[Liverpool] meeting report

[tony burrows]

David Watson wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:12:32 +0000, Richard Smedley
><richard.smedley03 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>Is anyone going to tell us what happened at the meeting?
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>> - Richard
>>
>>--
>>"The user-friendly computer is a red herring. The user-friendliness of
>>a book just makes it easier to turn pages. There's nothing
>>user-friendly about learning to read." - Alan Kay
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>Hey Richard,
>
>I will be posting something today or maybe tomorrow, there should be
>quite a bit for you to read (when I get around to typing it up).
>
>Strugling with a dying laptop atm, the battery died about 6 months
>ago, the power connector keeps falling out and now the screen won't
>come on.  Just got the go ahead to order a replacement.  Looking at
>the Toshiba Pro A60, anyone have any experience with them.
>
>
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Mine is a Dell Inspiron 8500.  Adequate but pricey, I only got it 
because the insurance company issued it as a replacement for one I 
dropped (which was a local from DNUK).


Looking at Richard's signature reminded me of a TV broadcast on IT I 
used to show my classes, with the quote:

"Most software is about as user-friendly as a cornered rat!"

from a senior developer in a large company.

Tony