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(Mis)Uses of Technology

by Mike Masnick

Tue, May 15th 2001 12:06am





It Was Outlook's Fault

from the everything-goes-wrong dept

An amusing little story about a technology day from hell that all started because Outlook automatically accepted a meeting invite. What I don't understand is (1) why the guy didn't just tell the other folks that he couldn't make the meeting once he realized what happened and (2) why he couldn't buy new ink cartridges over the weekend. However, once you get beyond that, it is still an amusing story - mostly because it's not you living through it.

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  1.  

    can't see the article

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    P. Stakem, May 15th, 2001 @ 6:20am

    When I call up this story (in Netscrape), I
    get an annoying ad overtop the text that
    won't go away. It might be an amusing story,
    but I can't read the first part. Please avoid
    referencing stories that don't allow you to read them.
    It pisses off valued readers early in the morning.

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  2.  

    this guy works in it?

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    AnonWanker, May 15th, 2001 @ 7:36am

    Fire him now. Dumbass.

    But then again I guess he is a writer so its ok.

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    Re: can't see the article

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    Anonymous Coward, May 15th, 2001 @ 7:37am

    Upgrade or die.

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    No Subject Given

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    Joe Schmoe, May 15th, 2001 @ 8:42am

    What a maroon!

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  5.  

    Re: can't see the article

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    Mike (profile), May 15th, 2001 @ 9:15am

    Hey, I'm sorry, but it works fine for me - so I really had no way of knowing how it would look for you. What I do with the site is try to find interesting news - not design it. I didn't realize I had to submit all the news I found to you for approval before I posted it to the site. I do try to find news that is readable, but if it works okay for me, there's really not much else I can do.

    Besides, I think you should be complaining to IDG... since it is an IDG news story, and not me. I just link to the news. I didn't design the page it was on.

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