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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: ravuya on 17 June 2002, 03:29

Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: ravuya on 17 June 2002, 03:29
Enjoy. For those of you doubting that a crashed W2K/WXP machine automagically reboots, read this thread (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=380270) and the linked article.

Hey kids! Even Compaq wants to get in the game with it's how-to for the average moron. The infamous Any Key FAQ. (http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859)

If you manage to venture into the Operating Systems forum on the HardOCP forums, you'll also note that 98% of the posts made are problems with XP... drivers that are broken, pirated machines that stopped working, bad installs.
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: iustitia on 17 June 2002, 04:56
quote:
Originally posted by Ravuya:
The infamous Any Key FAQ. (http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859)


That is hilarious!  I knew XP Lusers were retards, but that just goes beyond anyones wildest dreams of how stupid people are!  I cant imagine someone seing /*Strike any key to continue*/ and then looking for the any key.  How stupid do we expect people to be!
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: ravuya on 17 June 2002, 20:37
quote:
Originally posted by iustitia:


That is hilarious!  I knew XP Lusers were retards, but that just goes beyond anyones wildest dreams of how stupid people are!  I cant imagine someone seing /*Strike any key to continue*/ and then looking for the any key.  How stupid do we expect people to be!


The Simpsons:
COMPUTER: "Strike any key to continue"
HOMER: "ohhhh... where's the any key?"
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: hnugz on 17 June 2002, 21:35
<--- wants a tab too.
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: foobar on 17 June 2002, 21:57
i'm almost certain that you know this, but, wtf !

the fact that homer simpson in the episode that he
eats himself fat to be working at home, and than gets to sit behind the computer, and when the computer says 'press any key' he says 'where's the any key??' was based on a REAL telephone call to microsoft's helpdesk.

And that was before XP was here ....
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: Gooseberry Clock on 17 June 2002, 22:38
[3F05] King- Size Homer (http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F05.html)  
quote:
"Press any key"

Benjamin Robinson says, "Before you laugh at Homer, consider this: The Compaq help desk reports that one of the most frequent new-user questions is, `Where's the "Any" key?'  The folks at Compaq fielded this one so often that they eventually gave up and changed all their documentation to read, `Press the ENTER key.'"


[ June 18, 2002: Message edited by: * Red Ranger Software * ]

Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: Master of Reality on 18 June 2002, 01:55
quote:
Originally posted by * Red Ranger Software *:
[3F05] King- Size Homer (http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F05.html)

some people have WAY too much time on their hands!
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: ravuya on 18 June 2002, 03:29
Well, I'm out of words now.
Title: Dell Does Microsoft's Dirty Work
Post by: CIA Agent on 26 June 2002, 03:55
Oh man, lmao! That was so funny. I've heard of people doing stupid things, but that is just... There's not even a word for it it's so stupid.
     Artificial inteligence will never match the power of natural stupidity.
     Never understitmate the power of stupid people in large numbers.