3 Apr
2001
3 Apr
'01
10:41 a.m.
At 4/3/2001 11:30 AM, you wrote:
Best trick to really freak out a mac user is to take a
picture (command 3
I think does this) of the desktop, then make that picture the desktop
background (wallpaper to PC types). Leave a few folders open, and when
they click to close them, nothing happens. Great fun to watch.
When I was in the seventh grade, the school had a shiny new mac lab, and
they tried to teach QuickBasic to everyone. I found it fun to write a
simple QuickBasic program that created a small modal window completely
concealed underneath the menu bar. After researching various ways of
getting the program run by unsuspecting students, it was fun to watch the
computer-challenged teacher/students try to figure out why the machine(s)
had frozen up. The teacher gradually grew suspicious of the machines as
the year progressed.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu