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A comment on Microsoft's ARM blunder: Why Windows RT was DOA.

Re:Microsoft's ARM blunder: Why Windows RT was DOA by relaxatorium on Saturday January 19, 2013 @12:59PM (#5084082)
What's up with the repeated use of the term "fondleslab" here? Is that actual UK slang, or is the author just a weirdo?

I could not concentrate on any points made in this article because the repeated use of that term was wildly offputting.

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Re:Microsoft's ARM blunder: Why Windows RT was DOA by btbuilder on Saturday January 19, 2013 @01:14PM (#5084124)
It is in regular use by all authors on The Register.
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Re:Microsoft's ARM blunder: Why Windows RT was DOA by mixmastamyk on Saturday January 19, 2013 @01:37PM (#5084223)
Use of a funny word is wildly offputting?

Reminds me of an ancient bit on HBO's "Not Necessarily the News"... guy in the dark complaining bitterly at the TV, they rush him out the door into the front yard, limping in bathrobe, his eyes squinting in the sunlight, narrator loudly proclaims "GO OUTSIDE!". ;)

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Re:Microsoft's ARM blunder: Why Windows RT was DOA by relaxatorium on Saturday January 19, 2013 @01:43PM (#5084254)
"wildly" might be overstating it, but I find it gross. Same way some people just don't like the word "moist", I guess. I was curious where the word came from.

Anyhow, back to our regular discussions of what Fondleslabs are going to conquer the market in 2013.

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