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   Message 3,897 of 5,618   
   Snit to All   
   Re: Only Pirates Use Windows   
   20 Dec 10 08:54:34   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: usenet@gallopinginsanity.com   
      
   Gordon stated in post ienthj$ahm$1@news.eternal-september.org on 12/20/10   
   8:42 AM:   
      
   > On 20/12/10 15:26, Snit wrote:   
   >> Gordon stated in post ien6s7$68h$1@news.eternal-september.org on 12/20/10   
   >> 2:15 AM:   
   >>   
   >>> On 20/12/10 05:40, Snit wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You are using the term viral incorrectly.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Not at all.   
   >>>   From the OED:   
   >>> VIRAL (adj)   
   >>> "Of the nature of, caused by, or pertaining to a virus or viruses."   
   >>   
   >> Which proves my point.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > And to prove that you are BOTH illiterate, here's a quote from the BMJ   
   > using the phrase "viral infection".   
   > http://pmj.bmj.com/content/55/640/122.abstract   
   >   
   You took a silly insult against Windows in a literal way and are now   
   embarrassed to have been confused.   
      
   Get over it and move on.   
      
      
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