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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 31 Mar 1998.
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Stupid Computer Newbie!

Stupid Computer Newbie!

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 31 Mar 1998 - 2 Apr 1998
amp <ada...@iol.ieYOURBRAIN!> ASCII art 31 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
It was 31 Mar 1998 06:47:39 GMT when wxw...@aol.com (Wxwilki) writed:

>In article <01bd5c5e$2d77f780$838ca6a5@ws131>, "Michael Rawls"
><cor...@questgate.net> writes:
>
>From the Actual Calls to Internet Technical Support home page at;
>>http://cornfed.questgate.net/tech_support/
>>
>>=================================================
>>
>>Tech: Internet Tech Support this is so-and-so speaking. May I have your
>>username please?
>>
>>Customer: Yes, I am having problem installing your software. I can put in
>>the first disk and it runs fine. Then it ask for the
>>second disk, but I can't get it to accept disk 2.
>>
>>Tech: Are you getting an error message?

Customer: Yes, it sez I AM A DOOFUS AND I LIKE BIG BOOOZIES!!!!!

>>Customer: No, I just can't get the second disk in the drive. It won't fit.
>>
>>Tech: The disk won't fit in the drive??

Customer: YEAH! AND I EVEN USED A HAMMER!!!!

>>Customer: Yes. The first one goes right in, but the second disk won't fit.
>>
>><The customer was not removing the first disk before trying to insert the
>>second disk>

Well duh.. That's up there with the cup-holder and the various many wierd
things users do with mice (both kinds).

>>====================================================
>>
>
>That's veery intresting.  I'll check that page out when I can.  Meanwhile,
>I've popped a clone to swim the Pacific at hyperspeed to Ireland and have
>authorized it to bang amp's head against the monitor.

*dang!* Yes, it's all becoming clear now.

>--Bill (wondering if this is a clumsy troll)

No, this is:
                 D'oh!
            _____  /            Troll
       __ / /   \\_    |||       /
       \ \| >@_@</ /  \___/     /
        \_    o  _/   /  /     / 
        ___\____/____/  /                                 Bananaskin
       /               /                  ----   ____ = /
     /      amp98  ___/         ___               --/ /
    /   /\   .===\\=_________  /  /                //
  /___/   \==               /_/  /     ---- - ---
 /  /\\    \_______________/_/__/                    Hahahaha damn you and
  \\\       \    \                                   /  your "troll" bridge!
  /   \ _____\    \   ______________   -- - ._____/~.
 /   / /          /  /     ____     \   -  _\___ /'      -Billy-Goats-Gruff 
\___/\/__________/  /    /      \    \      /   /\        (Getting away)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bridge~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOT TO SCALE (AGAIN) I WILL EXPLAIN THE ABOVE "JOKES" FOR A NOMINAL FEE!
Only 2 Billy-goats-gruffs were eaten alive (in a nice fruit salad) in this
ascii masterpiece!!

amp: who must rest now.
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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 2 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
-=[ Understanding the Technology ]=-  5/97
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         |       ___  |  | |         '-|     |-'
         |      /  _) |  | |           |.....|
function ======>|.'   |  | |           |     |<=== application
  key    |            |  | |    input  |.....|       software
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  main =>|            |  | |      |                 de-bugging   ||
 storage |            |  | ;______|_________________   tool ====>||
         |            |  |.' ____\|/_______________ `.           ||
         |            | /|  (______________________)  )<== user  ||
         |____________|/ \___________________________/  interface||
         '--||----: `'''''.__                      |             ||
            || jgs `""";"""-.'-._ <== normal flow  |    central  ||
            ||         |     `-. `'._of operation /<== processing||
            ||         |        `\   '-.         /       unit    ||
  surge     ().-.      |         |      :      /`                ||
control ==>(_((X))     |      .-.       : <======= output        ||
 device       '-'      \     |   \      ;     /_________       .-''-.
                        `\  \|/   '-..-'      |   /_\  /|     /______\
                         /`-.____             |       / /      [____]
                        / _     /_____________| _    / /_
          peripherals ==>/_\___________________/_\__/ /~ )__
            (hardware) |____________________________|/  ~   ) |\\\ ///|
                                            (__~  ~     ~(~~` | \\V// |
          overflow (input/output error) ===> (_~_  ~  ~_ `)   |  |~|  |
      _________                                  `--~-' '`    |  |=|  |
   _|`---------`|                       supplemental data ===>|  | |  |
  (C|           |<=== back-up        (()____                  |  | |  |
   `\           /                   ('      `\______,          \ |=| /
     `=========`           mouse ==> `,,---,,'                  \|_|/

-joan
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