2004-07-15

andrewducker: (Default)
2004-07-15 08:51 am

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Firefox users - useful tweaking guide here.

(sorry to have been so quiet for the last few days - been wallpapering, visiting friends in Stirling and am off to a concert tonight.  Normal service resumed....sometime)
andrewducker: (Default)
2004-07-15 05:58 pm

Old, but good

What if people bought cars like they buy computers?

General Motors doesn't have a "help line" for people who don't know how to drive, because people don't buy cars like they buy computers --but imagine if they did...

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HELPLINE:  "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"

CUSTOMER:  "I got in my car and closed the door, and nothing happened!"

CUSTOMER:  "I got in my car and closed the door, and nothing happened!"

HELPLINE:  "Did you put the key in the ignition and turn it?"

CUSTOMER:  "What's an ignition?"

HELPLINE:  "It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and turns over the engine."

CUSTOMER:  "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine?  How come I have to know all of these technical terms just to use my car?"
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andrewducker: (Default)
2004-07-15 06:31 pm

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My brother Mike is working on Fable - Lionhead's new game, due to go gold very soon.  On his journal he mentions the best bug report ever.
andrewducker: (Default)
2004-07-15 07:11 pm

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Doom 3 is shipping.

Which means it's time to buy a new PC.

Sooooon.