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Let's call today Technology Tuesday.

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PSYCHOLOGICALLY CORRECT COMPUTER ERROR MESSAGES

"A suboptimal event has occurred. Windows will now display the Indigo Presentation of Ceased Autonomic Functions."

"That password is not the one I wanted. Kudos, however, for a valiant effort."

"One of us made a typo and it wasn't me."

"This system has performed an act of civil disobedience and will now receive a non-judgmental time out."

"Please don't think of this crash as 'User Error,' but rather as an 'Input Exploration Experience.' "

"Division by zero would sure be nifty, but the oppressive mathematical elite won't let me do it. I have to stop, now."

"This application is unhappy and it is making all your other applications unhappy. Turn your computer off and back on to make us all happy again."

[selected from Chris White's Top Five on the Internet; some small edits by Mark Raymond]

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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." (Andy Rooney)

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