Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!oliveb!bunker!stpstn!aad From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: computer follies Message-ID: <2135@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 00:06:29 GMT References: <1109@idec.stc.co.uk> <1860004@otter.hple.hp.com> Sender: uucp@stpstn.UUCP Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 21 In article <1860004@otter.hple.hp.com> gjh@otter.hple.hp.com (Graham Higgins) writes: >thought I could at least try it, so I cursored down the screen and pressed >Return --- "login:" it said! I once had a user who had spend half an hour or so typing in a paper. TO ROM BASIC (on a pc). The "Syntax Error" messages (or whatever) after every line didn't seem to matter to him. I'm reminded of the columbia user who wanted to run pdp-10 executables on his trs-80. >"WARNING! Temperature overload! This terminal will explode in 30 seconds!" "clear >/dev/ttyxx" has a way of scaring people as well.; -- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is beak is not Anthony A. Datri,SysAdmin,StepstoneCorporation,stpstn!aad