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date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:48 +0100 (BST),    group: uk.media.animation.anime        back       
Re: Review: Appleseed: Ex Machina.   
Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added

<snip>
> >> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^
> >
> >No one has ever found the "any" key!
> >
> >I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and 
> >asked for a right hand mouse because his computer instruction book
> >said he needed to press the 'right hand mouse button'.  ^_^
> >
> Years ago, doing some inane computer course, 

Why are company run in-house computer courses always inane?

> the guy running it told us to "move our mice around until we saw the
> cursor on the screen", so the guy next to me picked his mouse up and
> waved it around in the air...
> I still giggle at that one :)

I've heard of similar reports, but never had the opportunity to witness the
event.  Probably a good job really as I might have a hard time keeping a
straight face. ^_^


== Peter ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"Making a clean getaway is the mark of a professional."
(Mireille Bouquet: Noir)
date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:48 +0100 (BST)   author:   (Peter Boulter)

Re: Review: Appleseed: Ex Machina.   
While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:48 +0100 (BST), starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter
Boulter) wrote:

>Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
>
><snip>
>> >> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^
>> >
>> >No one has ever found the "any" key!
>> >
>> >I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and 
>> >asked for a right hand mouse because his computer instruction book
>> >said he needed to press the 'right hand mouse button'.  ^_^
>> >
>> Years ago, doing some inane computer course, 
>
>Why are company run in-house computer courses always inane?
>
it wasn't inane, I took it as I realsied that I had no qualifications
to do with computing.
I dropped it when I realised that I knew everything they had to teach
me already...

>> the guy running it told us to "move our mice around until we saw the
>> cursor on the screen", so the guy next to me picked his mouse up and
>> waved it around in the air...
>> I still giggle at that one :)
>
>I've heard of similar reports, but never had the opportunity to witness the
>event.  Probably a good job really as I might have a hard time keeping a
>straight face. ^_^
>
Believe me, I had problems :)
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk
date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:56:19 +0100   author:   Tsunami

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