From MSNBC.com today. I'm sorry, but "final" is an absolute word. Like "pregnant". Or "best". Or "dead". Something can't be nearly final; that's just NewSpeak for it being not final. And yeah, the phrase "nearly dead" irks me too. What's the opposite, "nearly alive"?
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What makes me laugh is that this "nearly final" Windows 7 is a beta product...
It worked for Billy Crystal...
Miracle Max: "Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do."
Inigo Montoya: "What's that?"
Miracle Max: "Go through his clothes and look for loose change."
Another movie classic, btw. ;)
Amanda - so in effect, Microsoft announced that they now have an incomplete preliminary version of a preliminary version of the next Windoze. Terry Pratchett would have a ball with that concept.
Heather - Ooooo! The Princess Bride! Another one of my favrotie flics! Almost as many pieces of quotable dialogue as in The Holy Grail.
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
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