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17th November 2001 Archive

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  • Blessed are the Windows XP-makers

    Rev.Colson explained

    Watergate jailbird sees God in Windows XP "Religion costs much", the prophet Mark E Smith of The Fall once wrote - "but irreligion costs more"*. Our bootnote on the musings of a Watergate jailbird-turned-preacher on Windows XP drew a huge postbag, disproportionate to the importance of the story. Were we mocking Christianity? …

    Letters 17 Nov 2001, 01:47

  • The Beast's Seattlement, Skins, Transaction Monitors

    Letters Do you ride Tandem?

    Hello, hello, hello. And a hello and Thank-You to reader "DeeKay", writing from the Liechtenstein, who sends us this note: Well, you guys obviously love making up new words for current IT-events and companies, eg Itanic, SirCam-Merger, Fluffybucks, Chipzilla, The Beast etc!... How about calling the M$/DOJ Settlement a " …

    Letters 17 Nov 2001, 11:05