__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 22 December 2006 14:21 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Looking Glass on Ubuntu
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The Sun's Looking Glass Project for a 3D GUI running on
>>| Ubuntu Linux (Dapper).
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjQ4Nza34ak
>>
>> With this particular background picture (3D environment rather), this
>> looks like Vista on steroids.
>
> <OT whinge>
> I've never really liked this term very much. As someone who's had to
> administer both topical and tabular steriods to his own child for years,
> fully cognisant of the permanent skin damage it causes, I can't really
> see steroids in such a positive light. I'm not deeply offended by it,
> of course, but at the same time, I'm not sure it's ideal in this usage.
> </OT whinge>
I hate the term myself. As you know, I finished second in this year's Mr.
Fitness contest because the winner was *ahem* doping. I won the previous two
contests, in 2003 and 2004. No drugs. Never.
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