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Offline Diana

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OT: M$ iLoo
« on: May 13, 2003, 08:16:29 AM »
*grin..I love good humor. April fools came late this year.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/912835.asp
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2003, 11:03:18 AM »
Hmm. Wonder why everyone found it so believable?  wink.gif
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2003, 10:48:02 PM »
Actually they had to kill the project cause the beta testers couldn't tell which way to face.
There was cra* in both directions.

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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2003, 11:00:23 PM »
LOL! Good one Kris.  laugh.gif

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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2003, 11:37:19 PM »
I had reservation about the keyboard myself.........  blush-anim-cl.gif

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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2003, 01:45:32 AM »
Oh, unbelievers.... check out this site and you'll know why few people questioned it as a possibility....
in particular check out Pedrick
« Last Edit: May 14, 2003, 01:50:39 AM by Highmac »
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2003, 07:58:13 AM »
*grin and then this morning, they are retracting the hoax.

It wasn't a hoax..smile.gif
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2003, 06:32:57 PM »
A choice chunk in the saga was this:
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On Monday, technology Web site CNET, based on a tip, wrote that the iLoo was a hoax and quoted Microsoft spokesman Nouri Bernard Hasan as saying, 'I can confirm it was an April Fool?s joke."

from the AP story which may yet have to be revisited.
I doubt Mr Hasan has been sent to the corner.
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