:MicroDroid: [USENET] n. A Microsoft employee, esp. one who posts
to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups. MicroDroids post
follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating
systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon
missionaries.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups. MicroDroids post
follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating
systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon
missionaries.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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your daughter loves me...
