I apologise for having no snapshot again
That has to be said. It's said. & I am sorry
Now what I want is --
I don't know if I have ever remarked, I probably have, that the message we
used to get from Windows "It is now safe turn off your computer" always
sounded sinister to me, as if it meant "but wait a few years"
Since then various incidents have confirmed the wisdom of my concern
And so to today when I just received the arrogant message
"The website is too busy to show the webpage"
Well, I'll try again now
Actually, this machine nonsense is to be distinguished from the human
version -- I tried recently to access a bSkyb facility and got "I'm afraid
that's gone with the clouds" and nothing more
I approached bSkyb suggesting that this is intolerable arrogance and I
didn't find it at all funny. A human replied and wearily explained that it
meant they couldn't do what they wanted to because cookies were disabled
There was a tone of _obviously_ about it
L
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Lawrence Upton
Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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