On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Steve Simmons wrote: @> > Really? @> > @> > Speaking as someone who's worked with computers for many years, I have to @> > say that I spend quite a bit of time and energy criticizing them. @> @> [[ comments about anthropomorphizing computers elided ]] @> @> My wife has always been fascinating by one of my standard comments when @> working on a computer with a problem: "You lieing sack of shit." I tend to jolly them along, instead. "I know you don't like Word. I don't like it, either. But we both have to work with it, so you might as well just play along. Come on, there might be a new ethernet card in it for you." It's only when they crash for no reason or otherwise prove unendurably obstinate that I pull out the swear words. After all, you've got to show the things who's bo!@_49)(($# NO CARRIER