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NormalVisual (565491)

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by BadAnalogyGuy on Thursday June 05, @04:03AM (#23664095)
Attached to: Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition
ME was the last DOS based OS fyi.

That should be;

I was the last DOS-based OS, fyi.

Sometimes it's hard for a non-native speaker to understand how and when to use pronouns.
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  "Cloverfield" Trailer Available on Apple.c 2007-11-19 14:21 NormalVisual

Submitted by NormalVisual on Monday November 19 2007, @02:21PM
NormalVisual writes "After much waiting and speculation, the hi-def trailer for J.J. Abrams' new monster movie "Cloverfield" has finally been made available on Apple's web site. Still no really clear shots of the monster(s), but we really didn't expect that, did we? Let the hours of vapid and pointless speculation begin!"
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  MythTV Listings To Cost $15 for 3 Months 2007-08-09 14:36 NormalVisual

Submitted by NormalVisual on Thursday August 09 2007, @02:36PM
NormalVisual writes "Schedules Direct, the folks that have been working towards providing listing data for MythTV users in the shadow of the impending shutdown of existing listing services by Zap2It, has finally announced pricing for their soon-to-be-available service. They will be initially charging $15 for a 3-month subscription, but anticipate substantial price decreases as they get more people on board. I for one am quite happy to hear this news."
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  Image Spam Becoming a Growing Challenge 2007-01-05 19:08 Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 05 2007, @07:08PM
An anonymous reader writes "Image spam is a serious and growing problem, not least because of its ability to circumvent traditional email spam filters to clog servers and inboxes. In just half a year, the problem of image spam has become general enough to be representative of 35 per cent of all junk mail. Not only this, but image spam is taking up 70 per cent of the bandwidth bulge on account of the large file sizes every single one represents."
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