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Re: remembering MRC

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From: nob... Scott
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:12
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On 23 Jul 2018 21:56:21 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
wrote:

>On 2018-07-23, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/21/2018 3:37 PM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:54:01 -0000 (UTC)
>>> "Kerr-Mudd,John" <nots...@invalid.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> One erm acquaintance claimed that the user interface for some users
>>>> should consist of just one button.
>>> 
>>> 	In some cases it should probably be disconnected.
>>
>> Remember on the cartoon show "The Jetsons", George Jetson's job at 
>> Spacely Sprockets... was pushing one single button over and over 
>> again...  George said:  "These three hour work weeks are murder!"  :-)
>
>    This is the story of a man named Stanley.
>
>    Stanley worked for a Company in a big building where he was employee
>    number Four Two Seven.  Employee number Four Two Seven's job was
>    simple - he sat at his desk in Room Four Two Seven and he pushed
>    buttons on a keyboard.  Orders came to him through a monitor on
>    his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them,
>    and in what order.  This is what employee Four Two Seven did every
>    day of every month of every year.  And although others might have
>    considered it soul-rending, Stanley relished every moment that the
>    orders came in.  As though he had been made exactly for this job.
>
>    And Stanley was happy.
>
>http://www.stanleyparable.com

The best $10 I ever spent for software by far.

While I was checking on that, I came across a game(?) called PC
Building Simulator. Which as of today sounds about as appealing as the
Help Desk Simulator.
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