bp@pixar.UUCP (Bruce Perens) (12/14/87)
Here's another `Human-interface design anecdote'. A young clerk at NYIT sent a thank-you note to `daemon', that nice guy who sent her mail on how to get back the files she was editing when the machine crashed. She asked where Daemon's office was. Daemon replied that he worked in the machine room and would like to meet her there, also saying "don't mention this to any of those computer operators, I don't like them". The poor girl followed instructions, walking past the operators desks into the machine room without a word. Those operators didn't stop laughing for five minutes. bp
malcolm@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM (Malcolm Slaney) (12/15/87)
In article <1223@pixar.UUCP> bp@pixar.UUCP (Bruce Perens) writes: >A young clerk at NYIT sent a thank-you note to `daemon', that nice guy >who sent her mail on how to get back the files she was editing when the >machine crashed. She asked where Daemon's office was. Daemon replied >that he worked in the machine room and would like to meet her there..... [As told by GHG@ecn.purdue.edu] In a related incident....many years ago at Purdue there were some students who thought it would be a good idea to type the bible into the computer. During the winter break the machine their files were stored on was upgraded to Version 7. They were pretty shaken when they came back from vacation and found that all of their files were now owned by daemon. Malcolm