Re: Windows for teletubbies

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From: Bill Page
Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies
Date: 15:39 on 15 Jun 2006
On 6/15/06, John Handelaar <john@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 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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well, the magic of gmail takes care of that for me
a brand new hate for you
a fucked up default is a fucked up default
There's stuff above here

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