it is beside the ANY key ;)
I remember around 10 AM on a slow Wednesday morning I had a call put into my queue about someone unable to find the "any key". Some poor Tier 1 script reader put that call through to me. I had to really use restraint from laughing as I informed the woman that there was no "any key".
Hmm, you've given me an idea for a column called "Funny Tech Stories".
... WinErr 002: No error ... yet.
Don't forget these:
1) The broken cup holder (CD/DVD Player)
2) The non-working card reader (3.5" floppy drive)
3) The internal power strip (plugged into itself)
having their lunch break... about an hour later i was leaving the location, mission accomplished... how? every computer keyboard had a
nice golden "ANY" on the space bar curtesy of the letter transfer kits
i had picked up at the drug store O:) :lol:
when i lived in xxcarol's area back when we joined fidonet, we had installed a number of computers with networking and printers in a law firm... i don't remember the exact number but it was a decent sized contract so let's call it 50 systems... in the initial week, we they
were getting used to the systems and installing all their software, we fielded several calls a day, generally from the typing pool, about the
ANY key... after several days of this, i was told, "go over there and solve the problem once and for all."
I'm surprised this problem existed in English-speaking countries, where everyone knows meaning of word "any".
when i lived in xxcarol's area back when we joined fidonet, we had
installed a number of computers with networking and printers in a law
firm... i don't remember the exact number but it was a decent sized
contract so let's call it 50 systems... in the initial week, we they
were getting used to the systems and installing all their software,
we fielded several calls a day, generally from the typing pool, about
the ANY key... after several days of this, i was told, "go over there
and solve the problem once and for all."
I'm surprised this problem existed in English-speaking countries,
where everyone knows meaning of word "any".
In Russia it was much harder, because in 90's most software was not translated to Russian. We even had special job title "anykeyshik" -
junior sysadmin who tells users where is "any key".
I'm surprised this problem existed in English-speaking countries, where
everyone knows meaning of word "any".
Actually, the story of the "any" key is a hoax
which eventually started to lead its own life...
Actually, the story of the "any" key is a hoax
this is incorrect...
Andrey Mundirov wrote to mark lewis <=-
I'm surprised this problem existed in English-speaking
countries, where everyone knows meaning of word "any".
In Russia it was much harder, because in 90's most software
was not translated to Russian. We even had special job
title "anykeyshik" - junior sysadmin who tells users where
is "any key".
I think it's because the average computer user wasn't as educated in using a computer and took the "any key" literally ... looking for a key labeled "any". <G>
Mike Powell wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-
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I think it's because the average computer user wasn't as educated in using a computer and took the "any key" literally ... looking for a key labeled "any". <G>
Some people are afraid of touching the wrong key and causing something
bad to happen, too. So, too much choice in what they can touch makes
the anxious. :)
Mike
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