Re: Learn how to fly a *real* pretend spaceship!

In message <et4m7k$f73$1$8302bc10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tim S <Tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Ric Locke wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:29:40 -0700, Ben Crowell wrote:

Andrew Stephenson wrote:
Sounds fabulous; yet again, I am _so_ glad I don't run Winblows.
You are about to ignite a rocket engine containing a thousand
tons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen. Are you sure you want to
do that?

It looks like you're trying to land a spaceship on an uncharted
planet. Would you like the Landing Wizard to help you?

Windows detected fatal error 0x8f35 at 0032:80fe. The program
Landing Sequence is not responding.
[LIFESUPPORT]
This program is not responding. It may be waiting for input from you, or
there may be a problem with your hardware.
Press [Wait] to give the program a further 20 seconds to respond.
Press [End Program] to end this program immediately. You will lose all data
and functions supported by this program if it ends improperly.
Press [Restart] to restart your computer. You will lose all data and
functions supported.
[Wait] [End Program] [Restart]


Please insert a disk into drive w

You have performed an illegal operation
<sound of police sirens echoing through the depths of the void>

Jacey

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