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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7797876, member: 110226"]Yes, I've had also had glitches occur, usually with long delays in submitting bids during the live sessions, or everything "freezing" up, usually due to the Internet connection timing out. Such is the fickle finger of fate technology bestows on us today.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least I don't see Clippy - not for a very long time. Remember him? Microsoft created this whimsical character as part of Windows 95. He would appear when something really bad has happened, such as the system crashing and the files you've been slaving over are gone, offering "assistance" that was really a road to nowhere. I never appreciated the appearance of Clippy; I found his presence during those very dark moments extremely irritating, at a minimum, and I was tempted on more than one occasion to pick up the monitor and chuck it through the window.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that there is a meme out there in the nether regions of the Internet of Clippy. I just hope he doesn't appear on my screen until my brain is nearly totally fried - PTSD, don't you know....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/clippy.png?width=398&trim=1,1&bg-color=000&pad=1,1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7797876, member: 110226"]Yes, I've had also had glitches occur, usually with long delays in submitting bids during the live sessions, or everything "freezing" up, usually due to the Internet connection timing out. Such is the fickle finger of fate technology bestows on us today. At least I don't see Clippy - not for a very long time. Remember him? Microsoft created this whimsical character as part of Windows 95. He would appear when something really bad has happened, such as the system crashing and the files you've been slaving over are gone, offering "assistance" that was really a road to nowhere. I never appreciated the appearance of Clippy; I found his presence during those very dark moments extremely irritating, at a minimum, and I was tempted on more than one occasion to pick up the monitor and chuck it through the window. I understand that there is a meme out there in the nether regions of the Internet of Clippy. I just hope he doesn't appear on my screen until my brain is nearly totally fried - PTSD, don't you know.... [IMG]https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/clippy.png?width=398&trim=1,1&bg-color=000&pad=1,1[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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