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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. -- ------------------------------------------- John Handelaar E john@xxxxxxxxx.xxx T +353 21 427 9033 M +353 85 748 3790 http://handelaar.org -------------------------------------------There's stuff above here
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