David G. Miller wrote: > Oh, come on. I remember a fellow getting the message "Error in source > deck." from a programming class way back when (?? ALGOL on in an IBM > System/370 ??). > > Now that's a utterly useless error message. My favorite error message came from the telephone company's computer system. "We're sorry. Your call cannot be completed as dialed. You must first dial a 1 for the call to be completed.". Ahhhh, if you knew I had to dial 1 then why not just tell me and then complete the call for me?
