PC MESSAGE GLOSSARY
Here's What Those Annoying Messages REALLY Mean!
It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving."
It says: "Press A Key" (This one's a programmers joke.)
Nothing happens unless you press the "A" key.
It says: "Fatal Error. Please contact technical support quoting error
no. 1A4-2546512430E"
It means: "... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that it's a hardware problem."
It says: "Installing program to C:\Directory..."
It means: "... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:\windows and c:\windows\system where you'll NEVER find them."
It says: "Please insert disk 7"
It means: "Because I know darn well there are only 6 disks."
It says: "Not enough memory"
It means: "I don't CARE if you've got 64MB of RAM, I want to use the bit below 640K."
It says: "Cannot read from drive D:.."
It means: "...however, if you put the CD in right side up..."
It says: "Please Wait..."
It means: "...indefinitely."
It says: "Directory does not exist..."
It means: "....any more. Oops!"
It says: "The application caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close."
It means: "....Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back."
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