http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspxIn unrelated news, we were joking about silly words at dinner. One of our developers said he hated the word "performant" and that Microsoft was the only place where you would hear it (clearly he is mistaken ). Of course I said I didn't like "so" and en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#144011Fri, 28 May 2004 19:07:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:144011life submissivenessQuite simply put, it should be called 'winblows'<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=144011" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#80331Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:38:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:80331Andrew WhitechapelOver the months, I've been wondering peripherally about this thing called blogging, and the other day I finally worked it out. It seems to me that a blog is a place where you can establish new patterns of thought flow. Not like face-to-face speech, not like IM, not like email. A place to put stuff that doesn't really fit anywhere else. Hmmm... interesting. Having been badgered nearly to death by The Indefatigable Kunicki (and that surely is his full and proper name, rather like The Amazing Marvo or The Divine Miss M) at the VSTO SDR, I decided it would...<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=80331" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#76530Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:05:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:76530Sean Gephardtclassic!<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=76530" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#76519Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:39:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:76519jeffdavEven if we stop using 'like' and 'so' we will not meet Peter's bar for proper English.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=76519" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#76143Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:57:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:76143Louis ParksSo, your main ask is that, like, people learn to talk rather than continue to adulterate the language?<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=76143" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptorr/archive/2004/02/19/76127.aspx#76138Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:76138Annita KrappMicrosoft Spork™ <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=76138" width="1" height="1">