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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Thomas Beckett wrote:

> burnett AT pobox.com wrote:
> > "...the Zune's sole wireless feature is "squirting" -- I know, I  
> > know,
> > it's Microsoft's term, not mine
>
> They totally stole it from Cory Doctorow's sci-fiction works,  
> actually.

They could have stolen something that didn't sound so freaky.  How  
many people want their friends "squirting" on them?

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