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jld
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Mar 9, 2004, 06:16 AM
 
I remember OS 7.0 had a secret about box. Does Panther have any such easter eggs?
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Mar 9, 2004, 06:52 AM
 
Unfortunately, Steve has pretty much put the kibosh on Easter eggs in any new Apple software. Quite a shame, as the original Secret About Box was one of the best eggs ever (though its descendants weren't so good).
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Mar 9, 2004, 07:00 AM
 
kibosh?
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Mar 9, 2004, 07:27 AM
 
Originally posted by voodoo:
kibosh?
Ah yes, Kibosh.

And here I was too, thinking Millennium was making up words again
     
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Mar 9, 2004, 08:26 AM
 
It's a perfectly cromluent word.

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Mar 9, 2004, 08:50 AM
 
Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Ah yes, Kibosh.

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Mar 9, 2004, 09:05 AM
 
Your age shows when kibosh is a new word to your vocabulary :-D
That's cromulent, not cromluent...
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Mar 9, 2004, 09:08 AM
 
Originally posted by SMacTech:
Your age shows when kibosh is a new word to your vocabulary :-D
no. your age shows when kibosh is a new word to the vocabulary of those around you
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Mar 9, 2004, 09:25 AM
 
Originally posted by philzilla:
no. your age shows when kibosh is a new word to the vocabulary of those around you
So true...
     
   
 
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