OT: Unix can't win

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Fairlight
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:02 PM
> To: filePro List
> Subject: Re: OT: Unix can't win
> 
> In the relative spacial/temporal region of Wed, Jan 05, 2005 
> at 08:45:04PM -0500, Bill Vermillion achieved the spontaneous 
> generation of the following:
> > When asked his whereabouts on Wed, Jan 05 15:22 , tom heine 
> took the 
> > fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> > 
> > > similar but different problem with air traffic control
> > > 
> > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040917/1220226_F.shtml
> > > 
> > 
> > Gawd.  That would make me want to avoid all commercial aircraft.
> > 
> > Why in God's name would anyone put in a machine where human 
> lives can 
> > be lost in severe events that has to be rebooted every
> > 30 days.   Cost cutting at the expense of life and property 
> > is very foolish.
> 
> This reminds me of some of the things we were going to put 
> into Kelly's and my MS-Airlines spoof:
> 
> 
>                (i)  Deploy Landing Gear
>        Please insert MS-Airlines CD in drive E:
>        and enter your 64-digit activation code.
>           Press Next to deploy landing gear.
> 
> 
>        (!) Do you REALLY want to adjust altitude
>                to avoid mid-air collision?
>                     [Yes]      [NO]
> 
> 
> The airplane has performed an illegal operation and will be 
> grounded immediately.  
> Details>>
> General protection fault in module FUSELAGE.DLL at seat 21-A.
> Press Enter to crash.
> 
> 
> ...and on and on they went.  We must have had over a hundred 
> over a couple days' time.  Every time I go to make a 
> comprehensive list though, they seem to evaporate from my mind.
> 
> mark->
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Richard