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On 2012-08-01, at 8:15 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> 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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>
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