From: Neville Burnell <Neville.Burnell@...>
Date: 2005-06-16T12:11:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Way Off Topic Re: Funniest Thing Evar!

> Decades back I wrote a Lisa-like psycho-analysis program 
> in an early version of M$ Basic. While using it I noticed 
> a small bug in it and said "list" to list the program.

> I had forgotten I was still talking to the program so my 
> train of thought was totally derailed when the computer replied...

> Really?

> Why?

Back in my uni days, a similar thing happened to a comp-sci friend of
mine.

We were working on a VAX-VMS system, and the project [and heavily
overloaded machine] was frustrating my friend, so he typed [monty python
style]

RUN AWAY

And the terminal echoed

RUNNING AWAY ...

A few seconds passed while we all looked on gobsmacked, until the
teminal continued

<ERROR 43-1> PROGRAM 'AWAY' NOT FOUND