one thing i find anoying is

[Derek Broughton]

Scott wrote:

>> You have to have a single Windows
>> computer (sometimes Mac) connected directly to their equipment.  Any time
>> I'm talking to a service-type person, I lie through my teeth and tell
>> them I'm using Windows.
> 
> I've thought about "lying" if the need arose, but in the past I'd be
> told things like "ok, right click on 'My Computer' blah blah blah..."

Two nights back (Satellite service is going out nightly at 9:30) I was on
the phone with Lincsat support, and my wife had accidentally left with my
laptop in her car, so I had to use her Windows laptop.  What a horribly
grueling experience.  It's easier to use my laptop, lie to the tech about
the OS and translate everything on the fly than it is to actually _use_
Windows...
-- 
derek