I wrote a post a while back and said that my cellphone is the most annoying item I have in my life. Obviously, there was a “currently” implicit in that statement. I don’t anyone can disagree that the most annoying (and loathed) item ever to exist on this planet is the Microsoft Office assistant paperclip. (The reasons of why I’m even using Office in the first place are too sad and depressing to enumerate.)
I saw an amusing cartoon (warning: animated GIF - may cause partial blindness!) the other day which brought back the horrifying memories of the 5-10 seconds it took to disable the devilish creature and make it disappear the first time I opened Word. * shudders *
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MatGill | 25-Aug-08 at 10:58 pm | Permalink
There is also this multiple clipboard feature in the office suite that bugged me like hell. They should add an option to install the software with preselected settings for more-intelligent-than-a-carrot (MITC) people.
I’m blessed to be working on Linux (unless I want to play DotA or watch movies on PPStream, check it out). I really felt sorry for you. May god have mercy on your soul.
yzt | 26-Aug-08 at 2:09 am | Permalink
Weep for me brother, for my soul is chained in bonds of Microsoft. Weep for my salvation!
MatGill | 26-Aug-08 at 10:00 am | Permalink
Just heard that Microsoft paid a comedian 10 (f’ing) million dollars to make them commercials similar to the Mac vs PC ones, which takes us to this questions: if you had the talent, would you help Microsoft with their ads for that kind of money? 99.99% of people would sell their souls at that price.
eam | 28-Aug-08 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
It’s easy, stop using Office and live happily ever after. This is exactly what I did.