From rhoskins@home.com Tue Mar 7 13:50:38 2000 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 08:14:57 -0800 From: Dick Hoskins Reply-To: waphgis@u.washington.edu To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: WAPHGIS: "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] I have not verified that this is true, but after 2 blue screens just this morning and IE5 that just shuts itself down because its tired, I guess, I can at least believe this anecdote is true for a while ... Dick Hoskins rhoskins@home.com > Dick, > > since you're a fan of Microsoft products ( ha!) I thought you'd enjoy > this. > > Phil > > ======================================================== > > > The classically-minded among us may have noted a new TV ad for Microsoft's > Internet Explorer which uses the musical theme of the "Confutatis > Maledictis" from Mozart's Requiem. > > "Where do you want to go today?" is the cheery line on the screen, while > the chorus sings "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis," This > translates to "The damned and accursed are convicted to the flames of > hell." > > Good to know that Microsoft has done its research. Or at least that they > have acknowledged where a great many people would like MICROSOFT to go. > Today. > > > > >