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Saturday, June 7, 2003

AskTog: Multiple Mistakes Drown Interface ….

AskTog: Multiple Mistakes Drown Interface. “I’m a member of the Building and Grounds committee at our Quaker meeting house. This month, when the group got together to check out problems around the building, someone had posted a hand-written sign on our new ultra-quiet dishwasher: ‘Do not operate the dishwasher unless John or Bettie is here to help!’ ” [via Tomalak’s Realm]

   Interface, General  Posted at 3:03 PM   

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