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wtf... ms bob? by Supersonicdarky on 10-21-2006 at 08:49 PM

lol, i just found out about ms bob :P (no saying that this is old)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

dont you just love it? :cheesy:

did you know that Bob's face was used in MSN Messenger as a "Nerd Smiley"? :o

RE: wtf... ms bob? by vaccination on 10-21-2006 at 09:01 PM

Rofl, that's weird. You learn something new everyday i guess. :P

RE: wtf... ms bob? by CookieRevised on 10-21-2006 at 09:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
did you know that Bob's face was used in MSN Messenger as a "Nerd Smiley"? :o
I find that very doubtfull...

the smileys (yellow faces) are independant of MS Bob. It is only logic that also a smiley with glasses was created among all the others. That MS Bob was also a glasses wearing smiley is only coincidents.
RE: wtf... ms bob? by vaccination on 10-21-2006 at 09:40 PM

It does say it on wiki though cookie. *-)

Who knows. :P

RE: wtf... ms bob? by Mike on 10-21-2006 at 09:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
It does say it on wiki though cookie. *-)

Who knows. :P
Everyone can put everything in everything in a wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microso...ion=edit&section=4  :P
RE: wtf... ms bob? by vaccination on 10-21-2006 at 10:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
It does say it on wiki though cookie. *-)

Who knows. :P
Everyone can put everything in everything in a wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microso...ion=edit&section=4  :P

I know that, but you can usually trust wiki. I'm not saying ms bob is what gave birth to the 'Nerd smiley' though, just it's hard to know. :P
RE: wtf... ms bob? by rav0 on 10-22-2006 at 02:49 AM

It's Wikipedia.

Wiki is just the word for a website that visitors can edit.

Wikipedia is the name of a free web encyclopedia that is a wiki.

The Wikimedia Foundation runs Wikipedia, and other wiki-based projects, including Wiktionary.

Mediawiki is name of the wiki software that Wikimedia uses for it's projects.

RE: wtf... ms bob? by Anubis on 10-22-2006 at 09:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Everyone can put everything in everything in a wiki:
Yeah, that's always a problem with Wikipedia, and false facts do sometimes slip through onto wiki. However usually there are enough "Wikipedians" going around fixing problems with inaccuracies and debating with each other to make sure all the facts are correct and well researched. However this isn't done on a large scale employed professional level, but I'm sure one day Wikipedia will be a great source to find nearly all of current human knowledge :p.
RE: wtf... ms bob? by x2zen on 10-24-2006 at 05:31 PM

Some guy made a list of "10 Biggest Computer Flops of all time".

You can see it here: http://www.miguelcarrasco.net/miguelcarrasco/2006..._biggest_comp.html

MS Bob is number 8 :P