GastonRabbit's definitions

Firebird

One of the former names of Firefox, Mozilla's standalone browser.

First Phoenix, then Firebird, then Firefox. Firefox is a good browser, but what's with the name changes?

by GastonRabbit June 29, 2004

Opera

A browser superior to Internet Explorer and its creators, who favor proprietary "HTML" over the W3C's standards.

Opera is better than Internet Explorer. Actually, snail mail is, too.

by GastonRabbit November 4, 2004

BMP

An image file format supported by many programs, including Microsoft Paint. BMP (which comes from the word "bitmap"), is intended for offline use, since BMPs tend to be large in size.

BMPs are not for the web!

by GastonRabbit June 24, 2004

Special Board

Hidden boards on GameFAQs that cannot be found without going through random numbers or obtaining a link elsewhere. They are the following (board numbers shown):

Brilliant - -1
Nine - 9
Board 250 - 250
Eggbeater - 486
Spork - 542
Spatula - 622
Semprini - 709
Jenny - 8675309
Lame - 20040401
Rnd() - 123456789
Pie - 314159265
Toaster Oven - 909090909

Currently, Toaster Oven is the Special Board with the most topics, with Spork in second.

Secret Boards are 1337.

by GastonRabbit June 24, 2004

Windows ME

Windows Mass Error. Windows ME is an OS directed towards consumers that was released in 2000. It looks like Windows 2000 on the outside, but on the inside it's full of more bugs than a beehive.

Windows ME user: lol windos me iz teh ro><or
Windows XP user: No it isn't.
Windows ME user: u r rong
Windows XP user: Here, lemme install Windows XP for you.
Windows ME user (now a Windows XP user): Wow, this is a lot better than Windows ME! Now I feel dumb for not upgrading.

by GastonRabbit July 11, 2004

'd

Suffix used for abbreviations that lamers tend to stick onto full words for absolutely no reason.

Don't use "'d" incorrectly. It'll only make you look like a n00b.

by GastonRabbit June 14, 2004

's

Added to the end of a word to make a singular possesive (or sometimes a plural possesive with words whose plurals do not end with S, such as people) or a contraction with "is" or "has". Poorly-educated people/foreigners tend to use it for plurals and verbs, but that usage is incorrect.

-Correct-
Bob's cat is black.
Bob's going to the store.
Bob's gone to the store to get his cat some food.
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-Incorrect-
Cat's are fluffy animals.
Bob has a cat that overeat's.

by GastonRabbit October 19, 2004