Verily I say unto thee, that Marti van Lin spake thusly:
> This is funny.
Windows needs "driver" discs for just about every insignificant piece of
hardware. I wouldn't be surprised if it needed a damned driver disc for
the fuse in the plug.
So much for the concept of Plug 'n Play ... more like "Plug 'n Get
Spammed By Hardware Wizard Popups 'n Find Driver Disc 'n Insert Driver
Disc 'n Install Driver 'n Install 300MB of Shovelware 'n Reboot Three
Times 'n Find The Damned Hardware Still Doesn't Work Properly 'n
Spontaneous Reset 'n BSOD 'n Corrupt Registry 'n' Lost Data 'n Pay
Retailer to Diagnose the Problem 'n Get Refund Because it's Closed
Source Garbage That the Retailer Can't Diagnose Beyond Following
Predictably Unhelpful Suggestions off a Useless Checklist 'n Cry Like a
Baby 'n Pound Fists on the Desk 'n Rage Like a Loony Until Your Eyes
Bleed and the Throbbing Veins in your Temple Burst and Splatter Blood
All Over the Customer Service Operator 'n Die of Heart Failure" Â.
Here's a more graphic image, just to make sure you get the point:
http://media.slated.org/albums/content/image/compuagony.gif
German translation:
http://media.slated.org/albums/content/video/ComputerKiddy_podit.mp4
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K.
http://slated.org
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