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I bought my car for the cup holder. My rule is design the cup holder, then
build the car around it. It's a damn expensive cup holder. But, I no longer
have to drive one handed as I try to keep the drink from falling out of the
cup holder. That cup holder has probably saved my life.
And, for real drinkers, maybe a computer should have a little drawer that
pops our with a tray. It would, however, be a real expensive cup holder.
But, with the price of automated cup holder devices going down everyday,
whose to say.
Maybe the Network Computer failed, because it didn't have a cup holder.
David W. Locke
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Starr [mailto:writstar -at- wi -dot- net]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:10 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Of Mice and Morons
you say...
> EVERYBODY is a moron in some way. It is just flaky nonsense to assume
everybody
> deserves respect. Most people don't. They deserve to be whacked in the
head
> with a dead fish for their intense stupidity. You do not get respect
because
> you walk in the door or have genitals. Respect is EARNED through talent,
> accomplishment, and commitment - and some other stuff on a Successories
poster.
>
I think I must tell someone at least once a week that the biggest part of
my job is to be a professional "clueless idiot". I've always said that
it's my job to anticipate all the really dumb things someone can do
with/to the product I'm working on and to answer all the questions that a
moron could possibly ask. Better that I should do that than tech support
should have to answer the call from the bowb who needed a replacement for
the "cup-holder" on his computer.
Mike
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