Re: Stupid Users

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From: a... Vadim G. Antonov
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 16:21

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In article <92...@scorn.sco.COM>, alas...@sco.COM (I forgot my mantra) writes...
>Anyway, you would have been astounded at the number of people who saw the
>message "Hit any key to continue", and actually SLAMMING their hands down
>on they keys!

	I can tell you the funny story about stupid users -
	they were unable to do anything when they saw the message
	"Hit any key". Problem was solved by marking space bar
	with bold "ANY".

	Vadim Antonov
	DEMOS, Moscow, USSR
	(It is NOT a joke!)

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From: a...@hq.demos.su (Vadim G. Antonov)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Stupid Users
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Date: 11 Sep 90 16:21:04 GMT
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