[LINK] the Panic Button [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Rick Welykochy rick at praxis.com.au
Tue Dec 7 20:55:14 AEDT 2010


Ben McGinnes wrote:

> On 7/12/10 2:49 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 14:35 +1100, Fred Pilcher wrote:
>>> Bemused more than anxious. Why do you need flash to display a picture of
>>> a button?
>>
>> Reminds me of a great prank program from the early days of Windows. A
>> big red button appeared, with this written on it:
>>
>>      Press and hold to test.
>>
>> When you pressed and held it, the legend changed:
>>
>>     Release to detonate.
>
> I think I first saw that one as a tagline on a FidoNet BBS:
>
> Press to arm ... [click] ... release to detonate ... "uh-oh"

Another classic:

Yes means no and No means yes. Delete all files? [Yes/No]:


cheers
rickw


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