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[Boerseun]

That was hilarious, T!

Even better than crazy error messages are brainless troubleshooting guides. I installed a new monitor on my PC the other day, and one of the gems from the user's guide went something like:

Problem: I do not see anything on my monitor.
Troubleshoot: Are you facing the monitor?

I know. Sounds like an old joke. But I kid you not - it's there. I guess the technical writers probably figure that nobody'll ever read it, so they fool around to see who can come up with the dumbest line. I sure hope that's the reason, because if these people print funnies like this in a serious frame of mind, then, well, God help humanity! But it gave me a good chuckle, though. Either that, or they've had it with Management and wanted to see how bad they can humiliate the company.

Another wellspring of idiocy is Microsoft's online troubleshooting guides. But they are not in the least humorous - they're just plain idiotic and useless.