Re: Windows for teletubbies

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From: John Handelaar
Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies
Date: 15:16 on 15 Jun 2006
Bill Page wrote:
> you know what i hate? when people have their email clients set to wrap at a
> wider size than everyone elses, making the text stretch ever so slightly 
> over
> to the next line before starting again
> 
> On 6/15/06, Nicholas Clark <nick@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> 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

Me, I hate top-posting.

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