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21 August, 2002: New Smileys
E G Mel Posted Aug 28, 2002
That's what Dos always used to ask when you got an error!
Mel 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Aug 28, 2002
I used to keep hitting retry - crashes the machine occasionally which is fun - especially when it's not yours!! 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
E G Mel Posted Aug 28, 2002
I used to curse and start wondering why it was having such difficulty reading the disc that was obviosly there before realising that I'd actually pressed return to soon and the comp hadn't had a chance to read the disc, hence the retry button tended to work for me!
Mel
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Aug 28, 2002
I used to hit it anyway - crashing a PC was so much fun in those days - espcially college machines!! 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Aug 28, 2002
Now we know it's not a Turing device.
A computer pretending to be a user would not be so sanguine in its references to self-errancy!
And a happy birthday to Dr. Noonian Sung! 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Aug 28, 2002
TR - and why not? It might be a philosophical computer!!
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 28, 2002
An existential computer would be a nice touch. 
What I object to is computers that tell you things
that aren't true, and can't be argued with. 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Researcher 178815 Posted Aug 28, 2002
Like "Windows Millenium is so easy to use, and crash-repellent!"
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 28, 2002
Just shorten the sentence a bit, and it
will be true:
"Windows Millenium is so repellent!"
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2002
Leave out the "so easy to use, and crash-" part... 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Aug 28, 2002
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Don't pay any attention to the 
.
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Researcher 178815 Posted Aug 28, 2002
My has a mind of it's own!
ie:
I scroll right, it scrolls to the North West..
I right click, it left clicks...
I drag down, it drags left.. 
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2002
You're holding it facing the wrong way...?
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 28, 2002
Hmmm.
My mouse doesn't seem to have any kind
of a face at all.
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Aug 28, 2002
Sounds like you have a problem!!
I never had a problem with Windows ME - better than XP by a long way!
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Johanna the Psychotic Bananna - - I'm back!!! I missed you, H2G2 Posted Aug 28, 2002
why do i reacognize the name noonian soong??
beware -- the squirrels are all around.
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Johanna the Psychotic Bananna - - I'm back!!! I missed you, H2G2 Posted Aug 28, 2002
sung wooops!
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Lady Scott Posted Aug 28, 2002
I'm quite sure this thread had a flow and direction the first time I was here...
I can't imagine what happened since then
21 August, 2002: New Smileys
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2002
Johanna, he was the scientist who created Data and Lore... 
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21 August, 2002: New Smileys
- 361: E G Mel (Aug 28, 2002)
- 362: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Aug 28, 2002)
- 363: E G Mel (Aug 28, 2002)
- 364: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Aug 28, 2002)
- 365: Tonsil Revenge (PG) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 366: Researcher 178815 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 367: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Aug 28, 2002)
- 368: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 28, 2002)
- 369: Researcher 178815 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 370: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 28, 2002)
- 371: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 372: Tonsil Revenge (PG) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 373: Researcher 178815 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 374: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 375: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 28, 2002)
- 376: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Aug 28, 2002)
- 377: Johanna the Psychotic Bananna - - I'm back!!! I missed you, H2G2 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 378: Johanna the Psychotic Bananna - - I'm back!!! I missed you, H2G2 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 379: Lady Scott (Aug 28, 2002)
- 380: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 28, 2002)
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