10 Aug
2015
10 Aug
'15
7:51 p.m.
At least the Unix messages were silent. I remember one Unix clone that
programmed sounds of an explosion when the system crashed. Users did NOT
find that funny...
Last week I was attending a lecture in the Sierras where there was no
Internet, taking notes on my iPhone. I had it in airplane mode with "Do
not Disturb" on and had Siri configured to talk only when in handsfree
mode. Nevertheless, a careless double press of the round button told
everyone attending the talk "Siri is unable to find the internet!"
I would a preferred a printed "eh?"
Steve
Steve Johnson wrote:
Nowadays, while I'm happy to have some fun
with them, I think throwing
humor at people who have just screwed up is playing to a tough audience.
I think you're right. Especially, anyone who's dealing with the nearly
indecipherable messages coming out today's C++ compilers is likely to
be in no mood for snarky messages from his/her tools.
I recall that these things were much funnier when I was younger (college /
grad school).
Arnold