Driven to MadnessCaptain Placid asks: What annoying things do significant others, workmates and other people in general do that drive you up the wall? Do you want to kill your other half over their obsessive fridge magnet collection? Driven to distraction over your manager's continued use of Comic Sans (The Font of Champions)? Tell us.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 12:11)
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This program is not respondingWindows is attempting to fix the problem
No. No it isn't. It's just pissing away my time before I inevitably have to close the window with all my unsaved data in it.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 15:38,
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That's rather sceptical.What it's doing is compiling an error report to send back to Microsoft. It will then immediately be ripped from a chattering teleprinter, and rushed upstairs to a developer who will immediately set to work on fixing the problem.
A hand delivered explanation will then be sent to you, with a pack of money off coupons for things like washing up liquid.
Happens all the time. I got a set of picnic plates for £12 last week, when Excel crashed.
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