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Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons
I_am_Rambi writes "According to the US Patent office, patent #6,756,999 belongs to Microsoft. The patent this time is grouping taskbar icons processes. This is included in Windows XP, and some prior art in X. Looks like it was accepted two days ago."
What the hell is a "revmeter"? Are you a fucking moron? I think so. Look up: tachometer.
No, I'm not, but one of us might be. Why don't you google "rev meter" (in speech marks, so that you only find exact phrases) and then google "tachometer". Then compare the number of matches.
Revmeter, rev-meter or rev meter are all perfectly acceptable. And although tachometer might be more formal, revmeter is plainer and clearer for those people unfamiliar with that word. Besides, this is Slashdot, where people think that "spelt" as in "this is how a word is spelt" is spelt incorrectly and will proceed to argue the point without even bothering to reference a dictionary to check to see if they're talking out of their asses.
Now go grow a spine (so that you can kick the AC habit) and a brain (so that you can learn when to keep your mouth shut and perhaps even some manners), you pathetic little man.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg