Re: A Walk Through The Xbox 360 Evaluation Lab [3DO, WebTV, IBM, ATI joined up to make Xbox 360]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:22:08 +0100, "carl0s"
<carl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> posted something that
included:

>> Me wants an XBox 360
>> technolust.....drool....must game...HALO....more....HALO....
>isn't it funny how lust is an anagram of ****!

It's not necessarily a accident. The origins of the word "****" are
not clear, but the word may be a cross between the words slattern and
lust, since the word **** connotates not only one who lusts, but also
one who is untidy and filthy. 

>I'm not trying to be rude or insulting btw, it's just that I skimmed your

>post and thought I read "techno****" :) 

Melodie has a reputation here of being playful, but not of behaving in
a disreputable manner. 

Insults usually don't work unless there's at least a little bit of
truth to them - which is why Graphite usually sticks to "senior
technologist" in trying to insult me. He is wet behind the ears, so
I'm relatively senior, and he rarely knows what he's talking about, so
I'm a technologist compared to him. 

When he really goes around the bend, he hasn't the ability to act as
an adult, so he reverts to kindergarten behavior, crying "Liar, Liar"
at anything he doesn't want to hear, and anyone he perceives as a
meanyhead. 



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