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Um Just a bit of confusion, but how can Titanic be #54 in the top 10 movies of all time? Or did you mean top 100 movies?
Yes, I meant 100. I'm having trouble with my new keyboard, it randomly decides whether a key I hit is actually going to do anything. I BLAME WINDOWS ME!!!
I've seen Windows illegal operation errors on bank ATM screens. I find the fact that they use Windows deeply disturbing...
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Well now I am officlay Anti Microsoft.
I got a letter from collage today saying that while they were trying to up grade th media blocks computer system with a newer version of Microsoft (did specifiy either version) the new version crashed the whole system and as a result most of the students work has been lost.
We are just lucky that we saved our project work on disc so all thats lost is rough copys and reserch matiral we can find again on the net.
Thnak you so much Microsoft.
OH GOOD LORD, HOLD EVERYTHING! TITANIC IS #54 IN THE 100 GREEST MOVIES!!!
Pardon me while I go for a Stole in the Block and Tackle.
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Yes, I meant 100. I'm having trouble with my new keyboard, it randomly decides whether a key I hit is actually going to do anything. I BLAME WINDOWS ME!!!
My problem is that I just can't hit the right keys most of the time
I've seen Windows illegal operation errors on bank ATM screens. I find the fact that they use Windows deeply disturbing...
I used to work where they had those new type computer operated tills and a couple of times (one time in particular) they crashed and kept going funny. They were controlled and had to be reset by a main computer (I think in admin) and all we kept seeing was this main computer screen keep starting up and shutting down and also there was the moving mouse icon and menus popping up. The advantages or those tills over the old ones are: if you make a mistake you can correct it, the prices are preset and you don't have to put in each amount, they screen was touch screen. The disadvantages are: if the main computer crashes none work, you have to have a main computer for them to work, a swipe card is needed to open the till if you make a money mistake (only certain people had swipe cards), they were somewhat easy to log out, but difficult to login, etc. as you could see there are more disadvantages than advantages.
...the new version crashed the whole system and as a result most of the students work has been lost.
We are just lucky that we saved our project work on disc so all thats lost is rough copys and reserch matiral we can find again on the net.
When I was at college the problem was viruses and I lost quite bit of work due to a virus on my disk, thanks to the member of staff that used scan disk and corrupted the files for me so that they were unnaccassable and unusable. I remember reinfecting the hole college system on about three occasions as they had a virus on the computer I was using, which didn't have an antivirus on (I don't think most did at the time). The virus was a word virus and it got onto my word document, onto my disc and then onto other computers I used. Staff members killed the virus but it was reinfecting as fast as they were killing it. They thought that it was just on the hard drives but no one realised it was on my disc. We eventually worked that out out they used the virus killer on my disc and voilla, the virus was gone.
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Ah, the glorious Amiga. My trusty 600 is currently having difficulties with the joystick port. (in that the fire buttin doesn't work, and I know it's not the joystick since it's fine with my Commodore 64) I acquired a 1200 recently, but I've yet to put it through its paces. It has a hard-drive! A HARD-DRIVE!!! ON AN AMIGA!!! I remember Workbench had a "speak" program. I used to make it swear...
I have a 1.7Gigabyte hard drive (which is quite a lot... ) on my Amiga, with a CD-ROM...shame it's back in preston whilst I'm home at the moment...
And the program 'say' was brilliant. Make it speak at any pitch and speed...fantastic! Brilliant for 1991, and when I was able to emulate an Amiga via the PC (the only thing it did right) I got to use it again!
And the Titanic thing...well, just be glad it wasn't higher.
And Microsoft....
Gah.
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Hmm...there may be an opportunity to make the experience of Windows XP more pleasant, and that's by changing the sounds on startup and shutdown.
Startup sound: "Enter, stranger..."
Shutdown: "D-I-S-M-I-S-S"
Fatal error: "DONG!" (Liable to frighten the living daylightas out of you if it comes suddenly)
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Paxman: "I'm now speaking to Tim Child about the production of the 1980's gameshow, Knightmare. Mr Child, is the rumour true that in making the graphics for the series you never used the Amiga at all, but in fact you employed Win1?"
BVA: "As long as they have a valid work permit I don't care what country they're from."
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