Has anyone else noticed...

[WaeV]

That XP looks like a smiley that just ate something rotten?

[lisati]

That XP looks like a smiley that just ate something rotten?

:lolflag:

[-grubby]

Looks like something with it's eyes closed with it's tongue out, to me

[zmjjmz]

Yeah, I noticed this a while ago.
I'm not even sure where MS came up with that name.

[kevin11951]

Yeah, I noticed this a while ago.
I'm not even sure where MS came up with that name.

Experience...

as in "The Windows Experience"

[zmjjmz]

Experience...

as in "The Windows Experience"

That's a really sad naming scheme.

[Grant A.]

That's a really sad naming scheme.

Worse than naming releases after mainly unknown and mythical animals? :P

[zmjjmz]

Worse than naming releases after mainly unknown and mythical animals? :P

Very much so. At least Intrepid Ibex doesn't sound it like it came out of marketing's rear end.

[Kingsley]

Very much so. At least Intrepid Ibex doesn't sound it like it came out of marketing's rear end.
It sounds like it came out of an unknown, mythical animal's rear end. :p

[brunovecchi]

This thread is funny.

[elmer_42]

It sounds like it came out of an unknown, mythical animal's rear end. :p
But ibexes are real!

[WaeV]

mythical animal

We ought to name the next release Prodigious Puma.

[YaroMan86]

Tell me, what of all the Ubuntu releases has a mythical animal in its name, exactly?

[WaeV]

Jackalope.

[Grant A.]

Jackalope.

Which can occur in nature due to a specific type of bone cancer in rabbits which can cause two antler-like bones to jut out of the forehead. :)

[chucky chuckaluck]

Which can occur in nature due to a specific type of bone cancer in rabbits which can cause two antler-like bones to jut out of the forehead. :)

is that really true?

[Grant A.]

is that really true?

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

EDIT- My mistake, it's a virus that causes a type of cancer.

[lisati]

Yeah, I noticed this a while ago.
I'm not even sure where MS came up with that name.

There's a pun there somewhere....eXtrodinairy Pointless? (Something else comes to mind but I think I need to get my mind out of the gutter)

[kevin11951]

is that really true?

well... i will be one of the 20,000 people to post this wikipeda link in this thread:

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

[Grant A.]

well... i will be one of the 20,000 people to post this wikipeda link in this thread:

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

I beat you to the punch by a few seconds :)

[kevin11951]

I beat you to the punch by a few seconds :)

yes... i noticed :(

[elmer_42]

Don't cry so bitterly! There will one day be a new thread and you will be able to post that link first. Everybody gets their turn, your turn just may come later.

[kevin11951]

Don't cry so bitterly! There will one day be a new thread and you will be able to post that link first. Everybody gets their turn, your turn just may come later.

and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread, and another thread,

*Takes A Deep Breath*

and another thread,