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Subject:Re: An error as big as the side of a barn ( From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 16 Jun 1994 23:22:25 GMT
My all-time favorite system message:
"The application xxx has unexpectedly quit"
To which I always want to respond "No kidding! I hadn't noticed..."
A close runner-up is:
"Your data has been lost" to which in response you're expected to click
the OK button. ("No, it's NOT ok!")
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Janice Gelb | (415) 336-7075
janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com | "A silly message but mine own" (not Sun's!)
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