Meie Arvuti, kes Sa oled võrgus
pühitsetud olgu Sinu ketas
Sinu output tulgu, Sinu viirused mingu
nii nagu võrgus, nõnda ka disketi peal.
Meie igapäevane login anna meile esimesel katsel
ja anna meile andeks meie Ctrl + Alt + Delete,
nagu meiegi andeks anname out-of-memory ‘d.
Ja ära lase meil oodata, vaid päästa meid ära restardist,
sest Sinu päralt on autosave ja backup ja
ignore error igavesti,
I had this conversation recently with a lady who swore she had been using computers since forever.
* Tech Support: "All right. Now click 'OK'."
* Customer:
"Click 'OK'?"
* Tech Support: "Yes, click 'OK'."
*
Customer: "Click 'OK'?"
* Tech Support: "That's right.
Click 'OK'."
* Customer: "So I click 'OK', right?"
*
Tech Support: "Right. Click 'OK'."
Pause...
* Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."
* Tech Support: "YOU
CLICKED 'CANCEL'???"
* Customer: "That's what I was supposed to
do, right?"
* Tech Support: "No, you were supposed to click
'OK'."
* Customer: "I thought you said to click 'Cancel'."
*
Tech Support: "NO. I said to click 'OK'."
* Customer: "Oh."
*
Tech Support: "Now we have to start over."
* Customer:
"Why?"
* Tech Support: "Because you clicked 'Cancel'."
*
Customer: "Wasn't I supposed to click 'Cancel'?"
* Tech
Support: "No. Forget that. Let's start from the top."
*
Customer: "Ok."
I spent the next fifteen minutes re-constructing the carefully crafted setup for this lady's unique computer.
* Tech Support: "All right. Now, are you ready to click 'OK'?"
* Customer: "Yes."
* Tech Support: "Great. Now click 'OK'."
Pause...
* Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."
And people wonder why my mouse
pad has a target on it labeled
"BANG HEAD HERE!"
90-ndatel kui Internet oli alles noor, oli peaaegu iga amatööri poolt tehtud
personaalse veebilehe "kohustuslikuks" komponendiks paar animeeritud GIF faili.
Mõnel oli neid hulganisti, nii et silme eest oli kirju.
Eriti populaarne oli ka "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" silt, mis
seisis veebi mõnel leheküljel seepärast et esialgu polnudki sinna mitte midagi muud panna.
Ja nii siis oligi ta seal, lõputult, aastaid: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Mõned animeeritud GIF näited tollest ajast on siin olevas raamitud kastis.
See hüppav lammas oli minu kodulehel ka, vist aastal 1996 :D