[Mid] (OT) Computer weirdness....................

That's it, I'm convinced this computer has a mind of its own and will do as
it pleases whether I am using it or not. I've become a full fledged believer
in Computers As Artificial Intelligence. Who says comptuers don't have
individual personalities?

Six months or so, flush with the money that I had from paying off my car, I
decided it was time to upgrade and buy a new computer to replace the old 486
I had built a few years ago. So, convinced by my assistant manager at work,
who had just purchased one himself, I bought this brand spanking new Gateway
Essential 433c.

Now, having built the old 486, naturally, it had
some..................interesting personality quirks. Myself and about 3 or
4 others had worked on it, so it had a rather unique personality. But it was
a sturdy little machine and never gave me an ounce of problems.

This one, on the other hand.......................sheesh! It just goes and
does as it pleases, whether I am at the keyboard or no! What awakened me
this morning was the modem dialing itself even though I did not tell it to.
I woke up and disconnected it.

It just re-connected again, without my prompting.

Weird........................well, who says comptuers are just dumb machines
that are only as smart as their operators? This thing has a mind of its own,
and darned if I can figure out what it wants or why. From the get-go, this
computer has been..............well, let us just say it's been an
interesting experience getting to know it and its weird personality.

Saradwen

From: "Sally Burnell" <sburnell@raex.com>
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Received on Sun Oct 29 09:17:09 2000