Topic: Rejected Clippy prototypes.

[Nemesis]

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11.    Disembodied head of Bill Gates  - It's just too creepy.
10.    Agent Smith - Kept assimilating all the user's documents.
9.    Oprah - Head wouldn't fit on screen.
8.    Leafy, the Marijuana leaf - "It looks like you're smoking a joint! Do you need some help with that?"
7.    Kickajoo the Kangaroo - Australian accent too hard to understand.
6.    Barney the Dinosaur - Customers spending a ton of money replacing monitors with bullet holes in them while trying to shoot Barney.
5.    Barfy the Hobo - Children loved him until he threw up on their shoes.
4.    Tux the Penguin - Someone in the assistant creation department has a bad sense of humor... and no job.
3.    Primi the Fetus - Pro-life groups protested, because you could abort the use of it.
2.    Stevie the Em-Ballmer - Too frightening for users of any age.
1.    Dell Tech Support Guy - Couldn't make him give any helpful answers.

[Mr_Tricorder]

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1.    Dell Tech Support Guy - Couldn't make him give any helpful answers.

How is this different from the regular Clippy?

[Nemesis]

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1.    Dell Tech Support Guy - Couldn't make him give any helpful answers.

How is this different from the regular Clippy?

Sorry can't help you with that one.  (No I'm not doing a Clippy imitation).  On the rare times I have had to work with MS Office the first thing I've done when that paper clip has popped up is turn it off.  It annoys me really fast. 

[Bonk]

I dont install it at all, custom setup is a must with MS Office. F1 works just fine for me (and pretty much only used for excel worksheet functions refreshers and vba context help)

[Mr_Tricorder]

It's been years since clippy has made his presence known on my computer, but I've run into him several times on ther computers.  The most annoying thing that clippy does is tap on the screen.  My initial reaction is to get very angry at it because it's going to scratch the inside of the monitor.  After I realize that it's just an annoying graphic and it can't possibly damage the hardware, I settle down a bit, but now I'm thououghly annoyed because now I've been completely distracted.

You know what else is really annoying?  The HP help guy (ya know, the guy that looks like Einstein).  I really hate that one.

[E_Look]

"Scratch the monitor"

But I DO like the li'l doggy that comes with the file search app.  He does tricks, too!

[Mr_Tricorder]

"Scratch the monitor"

But I DO like the li'l doggy that comes with the file search app.  He does tricks, too!

Yeah, he does everything except find the damn files you're looking for.

[Just plain old Punisher]

Hey! Looks like you're trying to write a letter!!

[Mr_Tricorder]

Hey! Looks like you're trying to write a letter!!

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