…..”Click YES”
By Chuck Semenuk
“DOORWAY is deleting ten files. They cannot be retrieved once deleted.”
Milo Farnsworth sat in front of his personal computer scratching his head.
“Damn those so-called experts at Maggot-Soft! Every time they come out with a new version of operating system, they screw it up more than it was before.”
Years ago, Milo started out with the first PC. The old DOS operating system; now that was something that you could learn and work with. If you took the time to learn a little code, you could make the computer do whatever you wanted. Now, the machine is as dumb as a box of rocks. It thinks that it knows what you want to do and insists on doing what it damn well pleases.
Milo decided to do a bit of house cleaning on his hard drive and delete files that he no longer needed. He selected the files that he didn’t want to keep and clicked “Delete.”
A window came up on his screen. “You are trying to delete ten files. Are you sure that you want to delete these files?”
“Of course, dammit! Why do you think I’m deleting them?” Milo clicked on “Yes.”
“Of course, dammit! Why do you think I’m deleting them?” Milo clicked on “Yes.”
“DOORWAY is deleting ten files. They cannot be retrieved once deleted.”
“Yeah, yeah. Do it already!”
Un-needed files deleted, Milo went back to the report that he had been writing for work. After about an hour, he had added another six pages to the long document. Caught up in the process, he had forgotten to periodically save his work. All of a sudden, a message came up on the screen.
Un-needed files deleted, Milo went back to the report that he had been writing for work. After about an hour, he had added another six pages to the long document. Caught up in the process, he had forgotten to periodically save his work. All of a sudden, a message came up on the screen.
“DOORWAY has detected an error and must close this application. Your unsaved data will be lost. Do you want DOORWAY to diagnose the problem?”
Milo let loose with a tirade of expletives. “Damn you. You don’t have a clue and you can’t diagnose your way out of a paper bag!”
Milo grabbed his mouse and jerked the plug out of the computer, flinging it across the room where it hit the wall.
“DOORWAY has detected that your pointing device is disconnected. Please check your connection.”
“DOORWAY has detected that your pointing device is disconnected. Please check your connection.”
Having had enough “fun” for one day, Milo retrieved his mouse from the corner, plugged it in and closed down the computer.
“Sure glad I had the pacemaker installed. This thing would probably give me a heart attack.”
