Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

re: Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

Dave Reller — Wed, 24 May 2006 22:36:52 GMT

I thought it was "cow-irker"? Still, a nice Dilbert reference. :)

re: Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

Kevin Remde — Sun, 21 May 2006 21:44:10 GMT

Click on Matt Hester's name. His blog is where the link to his screen capture is located.

Or go directly to his blog post here:
http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2006/05/17/428884.aspx

-Kevin

re: Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

Amit Agarwal — Fri, 19 May 2006 15:51:04 GMT

Sorry but I couldn't locate the link to the screencast. Is it the same as the WDS homepage ?

re: Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

Kevin Remde — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:10:05 GMT

Wow. You win. 100 points for Cenk Kulacoglu.

I remembered reading it in Scott Adams' book, "The Dilbert Principle". Very funny book.

I recommend that book to anyone thinking of quitting their job. It will make you either quit your job outright, or keep it for fear of ending up in places and working for the people that he describes.

Nicely done!

re: Wondering about Windows Desktop Search?

Cenk Kulacoglu — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:55:30 GMT

The screen cast is very good. I have been using WDS for some time and will probably use for a very long time...

I traced the "cow orker" reference back to Dilbert and Scott Adams, where he explains it at http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/html/newsletter17.html
---- QUOTE ----
When some people see the word "coworker" they think it means the same as "co-worker." But it doesn't. Coworker is from the Olde English expression, "cow orker," as in the following sentence that is best read with a cockney accent, "I ain't workin' with 'im! He's a bloody cow orker!"
---- END ----

Also jargon dictionaries state "cow orker" as

Cow-orker (or, sometimes, cow-irker) is a term widely used on Usenet for a co-worker, derived from a typographical error. The exhortation to "keep the dash to the left of the w" is linked to the word. It could also mean a "dis" of a co-worker, saying they're just a "cow-orker," an intentional misspelling of the word.

This term was popularized by Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, but appeared earlier in the January 1996 version of the alt.sysadmin.recovery FAQ. There are plausible reports that it was in use on Usenet as early as 1989

Cheers
Cenk