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To: Thomas Scharf who wrote (3665)	10/29/1997 1:03:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 62558

Finally a de-coded list of Windows Error Codes: WinErr 010: Reserved for future mistakes by our developers WinErr 011: Window open - Do not look outside WinErr 012: Window closed - Do not look inside WinErr 013: Unexpected error - Huh ? WinErr 014: Keyboard locked - Try anything you can think of. WinErr 018: Unrecoverable error - System has been destroyed. Buy a new one. Old Windows licence is not valid anymore. WinErr 019: User error - Not our fault. Is Not! Is Not! WinErr 01A: Operating system overwritten - Please reinstall all your software. WinErr 01B: Illegal error - You are not allowed to get this error. Next time you will get a penalty for that. WinErr 01C: Uncertainty error - Uncertainty may be inadequate. WinErr 01D: System crash - We are unable to figure out our own code. WinErr 01E: Timing error - Please wait. And wait. And wait. WinErr 01F: Reserved for future mistakes of our developers. WinErr 079: Mouse not found - A mouse driver has not been installed. Please click the left mouse button to continue. WinErr 042: Virus error - A virus has been activated in a dos-box. The virus, however, requires Windows. All tasks will automatically be closed and the virus will be re-activated

To: Thomas Scharf who wrote (3665)	11/3/1997 9:56:00 PM
From: Robert Northington	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

This lady always wanted an expensive car -- a > >status symbol to drive around and be seen in. > >She scrimps and saves, goes to the dealer, and > >plops down several years' income for a brand > >new, state-of-the-art, computer-enhanced, > >kick-ass dream mobile. > > > >She's driving off. Decides she wants some music > >and searches for the radio. The dashboard looks > >like a control panel at NASA. She fiddles with this > >button, that gizmo... jiggles these and those, but > >finally gives up. Can't find the damned thing. > > > >Furious, she races back to the dealership and > >screams at the salesman. Tells him they forgot > >to install the radio. He assures her it's right there > >in front of her. It's hooked into the onboard computer. > >All she has to do is tell it what she wants. > >He demonstrates: "Classical", he says. click > >The car fills with the sounds of Paganini. "Blues", > >he says, and click a B.B. King classic plays. > > > >She drives off amazed. "Country", she says, > >and click a Garth Brooks tune comes on. > >"Folk" click Joan Baez sings about the night they > >drove ol' Dixie down. "New Age" click Yanni at the > >Acropolis snaps on. She's so captivated by this new > >toy that she isn't paying much attention to the road. > >Another driver runs a light and cuts her off. > > > >"ASSHOLE!!!" she screams. > > > >click > > > >"Good morning, everyone. You're listening to the > EIB network.