do not press this button
Thread poster: simon tanner
simon tanner
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Nov 24, 2008

Have just started using MemoQ to try it out, and am already very impressed with its tweakability. One query, however. Could anyone enlighten me as to the purpose of the fourth icon from the left on the toobar, who pop-up dialogue box tells you "do not press this button". Of course, there is nothing more tempting that to press such a button, which I did. A dialogue box then popped up telling me "do not press this button again". Apart from testing how naughty people are, does this button actually ... See more
Have just started using MemoQ to try it out, and am already very impressed with its tweakability. One query, however. Could anyone enlighten me as to the purpose of the fourth icon from the left on the toobar, who pop-up dialogue box tells you "do not press this button". Of course, there is nothing more tempting that to press such a button, which I did. A dialogue box then popped up telling me "do not press this button again". Apart from testing how naughty people are, does this button actually have any function in particular circumstances?
Thanks
Simon
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Marie-Hélène Hayles
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Local time: 16:55
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Very HHGTTG... Nov 24, 2008

Either you're joking, or MemoQ is! That's straight out of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[Edited at 2008-11-24 09:48 GMT]


 
Selcuk Akyuz
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Local time: 18:55
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:) Nov 24, 2008

Read the following message:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MemoQ/message/3432

Selcuk Akyuz


 
simon tanner
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Italy
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ah, the loudspeakers... Nov 24, 2008

now that I have my speakers turned on, I get the cuckoo clock sound when I press the forbidden button. Well, useless it may be, but it's good to see a software developer with a sense of humour!

 
Jack Doughty
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United Kingdom
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In memoriam
More forbidden buttons Nov 24, 2008

Google images page
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q="Do%20not%20press%20this"&btnG=Search%20Images&gbv=2
gives lots of these.
The one on the left of the top row is a video.
The music is "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Josef Strauss, which was used by the BBC for all its coverage of the Apollo space program 1969-70
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Google images page
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q="Do%20not%20press%20this"&btnG=Search%20Images&gbv=2
gives lots of these.
The one on the left of the top row is a video.
The music is "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Josef Strauss, which was used by the BBC for all its coverage of the Apollo space program 1969-70.
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simon tanner
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Italy
Local time: 16:55
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hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Nov 24, 2008

Spot-on Marie-Hélène, that was in fact the inspiration behind it, as it turns out!

 
FarkasAndras
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best Nov 25, 2008

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=9644

 
Lia Fail (X)
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Spain
Local time: 16:55
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No cuckoo for me! Sep 7, 2009

simon tanner wrote:

now that I have my speakers turned on, I get the cuckoo clock sound when I press the forbidden button. Well, useless it may be, but it's good to see a software developer with a sense of humour!


Am I a cuckoo, I pressed ...and pressed ..... zilch!

Where's the joke here or who's messing with who?


 
Kevin Fulton
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United States
Local time: 11:55
German to English
Don't click this button either! Sep 8, 2009

http://www.eurozonetranslations.com/fool.html

 


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