Windows for teletubbies

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From: Nicholas Clark
Subject: Windows for teletubbies
Date: 18:00 on 14 Jun 2006

There are many reasons to hate Windows. But this one was new to me:

I have been issued with an unlovely Dell running Windows for teletubbies.

I plugged a USB mouse in with one hand, while still using the machine with
the other.

A little speech-bubble like thing pops up saying "Windows has detected a new
human-computer interface device"


And then the fucking thing hung for 5 seconds. Presumably while it found
drivers. It's only a mouse, dammit. Haven't you seen a mouse before? Might
a USB mouse be a fairly standard thing?

If you plug a mouse into a Mac, it just keeps working.

Presumably teletubbies can only do one thing at a time, so Windows is built
down to that level.

Oh, and every time I plug or unplug the mouse Windows make stupid noises at
me. Yes, yes, the machine has a sound card. Do you need to keep reminding me?
Just shut the fuck up and be useful. Which is probably too much to ask. :-(

Nicholas Clark

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- Windows for teletubbies Nicholas Clark 18:00 on 14 Jun 2006
  - Re: Windows for teletubbies Bill Page 03:26 on 15 Jun 2006
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  - David Landgren 15:05 on 16 Jun 2006
- Ricardo SIGNES 23:28 on 15 Jun 2006
  - David Cantrell 23:32 on 15 Jun 2006
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  - Juerd 23:33 on 15 Jun 2006
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- Smylers 15:32 on 16 Jun 2006
  - demerphq 15:42 on 16 Jun 2006
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  - peter (Peter da Silva) 16:24 on 16 Jun 2006
  - Phil!Gregory 16:51 on 16 Jun 2006
- Windows for teletubbies Nicholas Clark 18:17 on 17 Jun 2006
  - Re: Windows for teletubbies jrodman 18:32 on 17 Jun 2006
  - demerphq 21:10 on 17 Jun 2006
  - Earle Martin 12:22 on 19 Jun 2006

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