From: Nicholas Clark Date: 18:00 on 14 Jun 2006 Subject: Windows for teletubbies 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
From: Bill Page Date: 03:26 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies 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 <nick@xxxx.xxx> 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 >
From: John Handelaar Date: 15:16 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies 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 <nick@xxxx.xxx> 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.
From: Bill Page Date: 15:39 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On 6/15/06, John Handelaar <john@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> 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 <nick@xxxx.xxx> 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. > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > John Handelaar > > E john@xxxxxxxxx.xxx T +353 21 427 9033 > M +353 85 748 3790 http://handelaar.org > ------------------------------------------- > 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
From: Adeodato =?utf-8?B?U2ltw7M=?= Date: 20:40 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies * John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > Me, I hate top-posting. Full quoting here.
From: peter (Peter da Silva) Date: 23:24 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > > Me, I hate top-posting. > > Full quoting here. Oddball attributions. :)
From: Ricardo SIGNES Date: 23:28 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies --i1dAbsF9+zgeqzLb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=B3 wrote: > > * John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > >=20 > > > Me, I hate top-posting. > >=20 > > Full quoting here. >=20 > Oddball attributions. :) Lack of sig. --=20 rjbs --i1dAbsF9+zgeqzLb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEkd8m5IEwYcR13KMRAh0OAJ9r0xiL/c6/88I99kbsDwZTa+ANEgCcC4i9 BKK7SL5R8Qmlnl+XS0wlMDQ= =q7jg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i1dAbsF9+zgeqzLb--
From: David Cantrell Date: 23:32 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > * Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > > * John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > > > Me, I hate top-posting. > > > Full quoting here. > > Oddball attributions. :) > Lack of sig. Signed emails I can't verify.
From: Sean Conner Date: 00:32 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > > * Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > > > * John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > > > > Me, I hate top-posting. > > > > Full quoting here. > > > Oddball attributions. :) > > Lack of sig. > Signed emails I can't verify. Email cascades. -spc (This is not a sig)
From: Rhesa Rozendaal Date: 00:56 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies Sean Conner wrote: > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: >> >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] >>> >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: >>>> >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: >>>>> >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. >>>>> >>>>>Full quoting here. >>>> >>>>Oddball attributions. :) >>> >>>Lack of sig. >> >>Signed emails I can't verify. > > > Email cascades. > > -spc (This is not a sig) Me Too's.
From: Martin Ebourne Date: 01:36 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > Sean Conner wrote: > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 wrote: > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. > >>>>>Full quoting here. > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) > >>>Lack of sig. > >>Signed emails I can't verify. > > Email cascades. > Me Too's. Off topic postings. Martin.
From: Earle Martin Date: 15:01 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:36:07AM +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > > Sean Conner wrote: > > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim???? wrote: > > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. > > >>>>>Full quoting here. > > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) > > >>>Lack of sig. > > >>Signed emails I can't verify. > > > Email cascades. > > Me Too's. > Off topic postings. "Best thread ever"s.
From: peter (Peter da Silva) Date: 15:17 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: ] On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: ] > Sean Conner wrote: ] > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: ] > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: ] > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] ] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 wrote: ] > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: ] > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. ] > >>>>>Full quoting here. ] > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) ] > >>>Lack of sig. ] > >>Signed emails I can't verify. ] > > Email cascades. ] > Me Too's. ] Off topic postings. Apostrophe abuse.
From: Smylers Date: 15:32 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies Peter da Silva writes: > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > ] On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > ] > Sean Conner wrote: > ] > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > ] > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > ] > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > ] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 wrote: > ] > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > ] > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. > ] > >>>>>Full quoting here. > ] > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) > ] > >>>Lack of sig. > ] > >>Signed emails I can't verify. > ] > > Email cascades. > ] > Me Too's. > ] Off topic postings. > > Apostrophe abuse. Non-standard quotation markers. Smylers
From: demerphq Date: 15:42 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On 6/16/06, Smylers <Smylers@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Peter da Silva writes: > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > > ] On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > > ] > Sean Conner wrote: > > ] > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > > ] > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > > ] > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > > ] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 wrote: > > ] > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > ] > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. > > ] > >>>>>Full quoting here. > > ] > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) > > ] > >>>Lack of sig. > > ] > >>Signed emails I can't verify. > > ] > > Email cascades. > > ] > Me Too's. > > ] Off topic postings. > > Apostrophe abuse. > Non-standard quotation markers. One line emails.
From: Aaron J. Grier Date: 00:21 on 17 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:42:36PM +0200, demerphq wrote: > On 6/16/06, Smylers <Smylers@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > >Peter da Silva writes: > >> On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > >> ] On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > >> ] > Sean Conner wrote: > >> ] > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > >> ] > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > >> ] > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > >> ] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 > >wrote: incorrectly wrapped quoting, and encoding munging.
From: peter (Peter da Silva) Date: 16:24 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies > Peter da Silva writes: > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > > ] On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:56 +0200, Rhesa Rozendaal wrote: > > ] > Sean Conner wrote: > > ] > > It was thus said that the Great David Cantrell once stated: > > ] > >>On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:28:54PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > > ] > >>>* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-15T18:24:44] > > ] > >>>>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:50 +0200, Adeodato Sim=C3=83=C2=B3 wrote: > > ] > >>>>>* John Handelaar [Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:13 +0100]: > > ] > >>>>>>Me, I hate top-posting. > > ] > >>>>>Full quoting here. > > ] > >>>>Oddball attributions. :) > > ] > >>>Lack of sig. > > ] > >>Signed emails I can't verify. > > ] > > Email cascades. > > ] > Me Too's. > > ] Off topic postings. > > Apostrophe abuse. > Non-standard quotation markers. You win a purple teletubby with a leather purse.
From: Phil!Gregory Date: 16:51 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies * Smylers <Smylers@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-16 15:32 +0100]: > Peter da Silva writes: > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:36:07 +0100, Martin Ebourne wrote: > > ] Off topic postings. > > > > Apostrophe abuse. > > Non-standard quotation markers. Gullibility.
From: Phil Pennock Date: 15:56 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2006-06-15 at 23:32 +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > Signed emails I can't verify. A web of trust which looks more like the results of a spider on amphetamines after eating a wasp which has been supping upon the rum. Emails which I can't verify and there there was no reasonable expectation that anyone would be able to verify it, because the key has either no third-party sigs or only a couple of them. Its okay to not be in the strong set, but some effort! --=20 VISTA: Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans & Adware --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFEksaMQDBDFTkDY38RAmV1AKCKTqjaxBVErxG6L1gs+cTvdkw76gCeKt0m 4DkgVPMLGVh2XPxArUaPjTg= =qLX9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK--
From: Juerd Date: 23:33 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies Ricardo SIGNES skribis 2006-06-15 18:28 (-0400): > > > > Me, I hate top-posting. > > > Full quoting here. > > Oddball attributions. :) > Lack of sig. Thinking ALL information (such as vertical whitespace) still matters. Juerd
From: Chris Devers Date: 05:11 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On 15 Jun 2006, at 6:33 PM, Juerd wrote: > Ricardo SIGNES skribis 2006-06-15 18:28 (-0400): >>>>> Me, I hate top-posting. >>>> Full quoting here. >>> Oddball attributions. :) >> Lack of sig. > > Thinking ALL information (such as vertical whitespace) still matters. Failing to recognize that vertical whitespace aids disambiguation. But that fails in comparison to... > Juerd > -- > http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html > http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html > http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html > > P.S. I'll guess: > * Esperanto > * Name above sig > * Double newline before name > * PS below sigdashes... ...footers that are 10x longer than the original body content in the email. (Hands up, who stops reading after the sigdashes. Everyone? Thought so. It's all noise from there on out..)
From: Foofy Date: 23:51 on 15 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:16:13 -0400, John Handelaar <john@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Me, I hate top-posting. I hate un-snipped replies. :P
From: David Landgren Date: 15:05 on 16 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies Nicholas Clark wrote: [...] > 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. :-( Bzzzt. It's too easy to hate Windows. Fish. Gun. Barrel. kthx, next hate please, David
From: Nicholas Clark
Date: 18:17 on 17 Jun 2006
Subject: Windows for teletubbies
Yes, yes, so hating Windows is like shooting fish in a barrel, but here goes
again:
A helpful little dialog box has popped up telling me that
Updating your computer is almost complete. Your computer needs to be
restarted for the updates to take effect. Windows will restart your
computer automatically in 5:00 minutes.
||||||||||
Do you want to restart your computer now?
Restart Now Restart Later
only "Restart Later" is greyed out.
What the fuck? Who told you that I wanted to update? RealOSes tell me that
an update has a mandatory restart, and ask if I want to update at all.
Not JFDI and then hold a gun to my head. (15 seconds left...)
Nicholas Clark
From: jrodman Date: 18:32 on 17 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 06:17:16PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > Yes, yes, so hating Windows is like shooting fish in a barrel, but > here goes again: > > A helpful little dialog box has popped up telling me that > > Updating your computer is almost complete. Your computer needs to be > restarted for the updates to take effect. Windows will restart your > computer automatically in 5:00 minutes. > > |||||||||| > > Do you want to restart your computer now? > > Restart Now Restart Later > > > only "Restart Later" is greyed out. Look on the bright side. This way the users will be used to this behavior when worms pull the same stunt. Oh wait. -josh
From: demerphq Date: 21:10 on 17 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On 6/17/06, Nicholas Clark <nick@xxxx.xxx> wrote: > Yes, yes, so hating Windows is like shooting fish in a barrel, but here goes > again: > > A helpful little dialog box has popped up telling me that > > Updating your computer is almost complete. Your computer needs to be > restarted for the updates to take effect. Windows will restart your > computer automatically in 5:00 minutes. > > |||||||||| > > Do you want to restart your computer now? > > Restart Now Restart Later > > > only "Restart Later" is greyed out. > > What the fuck? Who told you that I wanted to update? RealOSes tell me that > an update has a mandatory restart, and ask if I want to update at all. > > Not JFDI and then hold a gun to my head. (15 seconds left...) Actually this isnt hateful software really, its hateful administrators. The setting you are describing are controlled by your companies security policies and not by XP directly. Yes its hateful that Microsoft allows this stuff, and its hateful that the people involved tend to be pea-brains who cant tell a secretary from a developer but the fault here is purely human, and not software. If you have local-admin rights you can override the policies that are enforcing this garbarge, but many firms will consider doing so a violation of their security policies and therefor grounds for dismissal. If you really want to know how to regain control of your pc id be happy to give you tips on #p5p. Yves
From: Earle Martin Date: 12:22 on 19 Jun 2006 Subject: Re: Windows for teletubbies On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 06:17:16PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > only "Restart Later" is greyed out. Been there, hated that: http://luke.hates-software.com/2005/04/21/b19de0db.html (grep for "Windows Automatic Updates") Still hatin'.
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