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Bill gates likes this date for some reason, and most of his big projects are released on Nov 17.
11/17: Gates Unveils Spam, Security Help

11/17: Microsoft is working on building more secure products by designing, promoting security training and development, easing patch management, and partnering with hardware makers and security companies.

11/17: Bill Gate's announcement of MOM's availability, this editor offers a brief overview of MOM as well as the product benefits.

11/17: Bill Gates, when questioned about the more than 10,000 known bugs Microsoft acknowledged existed in Windows 98, claimed “There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.…The reason we come up with new versions is not to fix bugs.…It’s the stupidest reason to buy a new version I ever heard.”


11/17: "Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates offers two pills to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a 'Matrix' spoof video during Gates' keynote address for the Comdex computer convention in Las Vegas, Nevada November 16, 2003. 'Take the Big Blue pill and this story ends,' Gates says to Ballmer, referring to a pivotal scene in the movie and also to IBM's nickname, 'And armies of consultants are running around the IT world. Take the red pill (representing Microsoft) and you stay in Wonderland.' Gates played the character 'Neo' from the film." (LOL)

11/17: Prop 71 has raised about $26 million from a prominent list of venture capitalists and high-tech executives including Bill Gates and John Doerr.

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11/17 by Keael May 15, 2005
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The luckiest number on a clock
Hey 11:17 isn’t so unlucky after all
11:17 by ClipK74 September 30, 2020
super bad luck if you see this time on a clock.
don’t look it’s 11:17
11:17 by HarryOh May 23, 2019

11/17/94 

Ur The awsomeest person ever
like marisa rose skinner 11/17/94
11/17/94 by m506223 October 18, 2008

11/17/21 

i found him <3
him: i love you
me: i love you too <3

11/17/21
11/17/21 by ilovehim<33 November 22, 2021

Dec 11-17 

national pretend to date your best friend week
spend a week telling people you’re taken to rub in their faces that they’re single
A: Hey, dude, you single?
B: Nah, man, it’s Dec 11-17, i’m taken.
Dec 11-17 by randobitch488 December 9, 2020

11.30.17 

Very important coordinates that you must know for your navigational test if you plan on taking the Boatswain mate course.
"What were those three numbers I had to know for this test?"
"11.30.17"
11.30.17 by BM WOLF2017 August 29, 2017
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