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Re: [S] S+2000 Tips Window
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hong Ooi)
Fri Oct 1 11:17:24 1999
From: Hong Ooi <hong.ooi@wintermute.anu.edu.au>
To: Kim Elmore <elmore@nssl.noaa.gov>
Cc: S-News mail list <s-news@wubios.wustl.edu>
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 01:10:04 +1000
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On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 09:43:04 -0500 (CDT), Kim Elmore
<elmore@nssl.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> Perhaps this is common knowledge and perhaps these were in S+ 4.5.
>Regardless, I usually turn off the Tip of the Day window that comes up
>every time I start an application, like S+2000, or Word or ..., since I
>tend to retain details only when I need and use them. But, I decided to
>leave that window active for awhile in S+2000. Good thing I did, becuase
>I'd have otherwise missed out on some laughs. For example: "The
>difference bewteen a statistician and a computer scientist is that when
>the statistician has a good idea he writes a paper, when the computer
>scientist has a good idea she starts a company."
Here's another one:
"Contrary to popular belief, the paper clip Office Assistant in Word is
not hitting on you. It's a paper clip. Get over it."
--
Hong Ooi | Centre for Maths & Its Applications
hong.ooi@maths.anu.edu.au | Australian National University
http://www.zip.com.au/~hong | ACT 0200 Australia
Canberra, Australia | Ph: (02) 6267-4140
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