On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:30 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > "Excuse me, ma'am, I've set the font rendering to 'Best shapes', is that > okay?" > > "I don't know, what are the other choices?" > > "'Monochrome', 'Best contrast', 'Subpixel smoothing', and 'Use system > settings'." > > "'Use system settings'? What does that mean?" > > "For you, ma'am, it means 'Subpixel smoothing'." > > "But 'Subpixel smoothing' is one of the other options you just gave me, > isn't it?" > YOU HAVE FIVE NEW UPDATES. > "Yes, it is." > > <pause> > > "So ... why did you offer it with two different names? Were you trying > to trick me?" > > "Not at all. That's just the one we recommend for you, so we want to > make it twice as likely that you'll choose it." > > "Oh, for heaven's sake. You could have just *told* me that you recommend > it ... But wait a minute. If you recommend 'Subpixel smoothing' for me, > why on earth did you set it to 'Best shapes' to start with?" > > "I'm terribly sorry, ma'am, one of my other personalities was dominant > when I did that." > > <longer pause> > > "Your ... other ... personalities?" > > "Yes, ma'am, that was my 'Gnome' personality. Right now I'm in my > 'fontconfig' personality." > > "You have the personality of a gnome? ... No, wait, don't bother > answering that question. I'm leaving."
Scott -- Scott James Remnant sc...@canonical.com
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