And lo on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:31:46 -0000, Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> did  
spake, saying:

> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:08:23 -0500, Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet>  
> wrote:
>
>> Go take a look there:
>>
>> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
>>
>
> This one actually made me laugh...
>
> The second day I worked doing phone tech support, I was called by an  
> elderly woman who was sobbing and panicked. After spending twenty  
> minutes getting her calmed down, I finally found out what her
> problem was. She had been on the Internet and recieved the ever-popular  
> message "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be  
> shut down." Immediately afterward, she had heard police
> sirens down the road and thought, "They're coming to lock me up!"

"This program has tried to do something in a way I don't understand so I'm  
going to shut it down" how easy would that have been to use; instead of  
illegal this and exception that?

-- 
Phil Cook

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