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["Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

Hi Folks,

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:21:08 +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:

>> > AFAIK the only original contribution by Bill Gates was Clippy.

>> I've never seen a clippy.  What is it ?   :)

> Clippit was enabled by default in some versions of
> Microsoft Office, and came to be loathed by many users.
> It would pop open whenever the program thought the user
> could use its advice, and frequently the advice was
> unnecessary or useless in its context.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clippy

    Thanks for that.  Now I understand.  

    And I also enjoyed the wikipedia link to the funny mpeg.

Regards,
         Ron




Ron Clarke
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