Monday, October 23, 2006

Bless Microsoft Geeks

Well, wandering around attempting to fix internet issues this evening (I was steered, I might add, by English computer guru courtesy of this Skype business I've finally gotten connected to - people who know me, add me, I do enjoy bellowing into the corner of my laptop where the microphone is buried, and having a good ol' natter). Anyhoo, an error message came up at one point, clearly something that some Microsoft geek enjoyed creating in a bored hour, and I really rather liked it so thought would share with the globe at large:

Through a series of highly sophisticated and complex algorithms, this system has determined that you are not presently authorized to use this system function. It could be that you simply mistyped a password, or, it could be that you are some sort of interplanetary alien-being that has no hands and, thus, cannot type. If I were a gambler, I would bet that a cat (an orange tabby named Sierra or Harley) somehow jumped onto your keyboard and forgot some of the more important pointers from those typing lessons you paid for. Based on the actual error encountered, I would guess that the feline in question simply forgot to place one or both paws on the appropriate home keys before starting. Then again, I suppose it could have been a keyboard error caused by some form of cosmic radiation; this would fit nicely with my interplanetary alien-being theory. If you think this might be the cause, perhaps you could create some sort of underground bunker to help shield yourself from it. I don't know that it will work, but, you will probably feel better if you try something.

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