On 6/15/06, John Handelaar <j...@userfrenzy.com> 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 <n...@ccl4.org> 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
