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HUMOR: DOS as it should be

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Jun 27 11:10:55 1995

To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:02:30 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>


From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From: EAElliott@aol.com

>     CONGRESS.SYS Corrupted:  Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/n)?
>
>     Cannot find REALITY.SYS. Universe halted.
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>     COFFEE.EXE Missing - Insert Cup and Press Any Key
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>     2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
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>     Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
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>     My software never has bugs.  It just develops random features.
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>     C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\GO C:\PC\CRAWL
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>     C:\DOS   C:\DOS\RUN   RUN\DOS\RUN
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>     BUFFERS=20 FILES=15 2nd down, 4th quarter, 5 yards to go!
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>     Access denied--nah nah na nah nah!
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>     C:\> Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
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>     Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaay..
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>     Why doesn't DOS ever say "EXCELLENT command or filename!"
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>     As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
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>     Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)
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>     ... File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)
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>     SENILE.COM found . . . Out Of Memory . . .
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>     Who's General Failure & why's he reading my disk?
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>     RAM disk is *not* an installation procedure.
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>     Shell to DOS...Come in DOS, do you copy? Shell to DOS...
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>     All computers wait at the same speed.
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>     DEFINITION: Computer - A device designed to speed and automate errors.
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>     Press <CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL> to continue ...
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>     Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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>     Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue...
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>     Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.
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>     "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981
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>     Press any key... no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!
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>     Press any key to continue or any other key to quit...
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>     REALITY.SYS corrupted: Reboot universe? (Y/N/Q)
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>     Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)
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>     Hit any user to continue.
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>     Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (T)hrowup
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>     Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic
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>     (A)bort, (R)etry, (T)ake down entire network?
>
>     (A)bort, (R)etry, (G)et a beer?




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