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Re: [News] A Collection of Erroneous Error Messages

  • Subject: Re: [News] A Collection of Erroneous Error Messages
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:12:12 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Manchester University
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__/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 21 July 2006 01:32 \__

> Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
> 
>> I saw an alpha version of an app with an error dialog something
>> like:
>>
>>      File not found.
>>
>>  [OK] [Not @^%$*$% Ok!]


Not as bad as my "cancer"/"cancel" typo. Oopsie.


> I believe it was some XPK (De)compression GUI for the Amiga, that
> years ago had an error dialogue for unrecognised filetypes that read:
> 
> "[Umm ...] [Err ...]"
> 
> I also remember seeing (what I think was) a spoof dialogue that I
> thought was particularly amusing, in an ironic sort of way:
> 
> "Press any key to reboot, or press any other key to continue".
> 
> Thus *proving* that the "Any" key is real !!!
> 
> Now ... where the hell is it?
> 
> Hmmm, zzzzzzzzz.


Have a load of this:

http://code.gnu-designs.com/yanoff_review/

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