How long were you going to let me do that?

[angelgirl]

I went in to pick my son up from his new school. First time in the office. The receptionist points to a monitor on the desk and asks me to sign in as a visitor. There are large icons on the screen. 'Visitor' 'Staff' 'Student' etc.

I'm touching the icon and touching and nothing is happening. I tried tapping slower. Finally she looks up and says, Ma'am, that's not a touch screen.

Then I notice the mouse tucked behind the keyboard.

[dalesys]

Hello computer.
[/Scotty]

[Food Lady]

haha I would so do that.

[dragon_wings]

haha I would so do that.

Same. Damn iPhone spoiling me. :P

[fireheart]

Hello computer.
[/Scotty]

I pictured that with Denholm from the IT Crowd doing the same thing

[Beki710]

I have definitely done this before! My old doctors had touch screen to sign in for appointments but when I moved my new one didn't... cue embarrassment the first time I went... And every time I use my sisters blackberry she will sigh and say "It's not a touch screen..." but only after she's watched me try to get it work for a good 5 min. My argument there is that my boyfriends blackberry is touch screen! Damn Technology!

[Ironclad Alibi]

I'm touching the icon and touching and nothing is happening. I tried tapping slower. Finally she looks up and says, Ma'am, that's not a touch screen.

Then I notice the mouse tucked behind the keyboard.

Hello computer.
[/Scotty]

"How quaint."

[Kristev]

Star Trek 4. That's the one where they save the whales, but leave the Vulcan girl on Vulcan, right? (Big mistake to leave her behind, actually.)

[Sandman]

i thought she was pregnant with Spock's kid?

[wolfie]

Star Trek 4. That's the one where they save the whales, but leave the Vulcan girl on Vulcan, right? (Big mistake to leave her behind, actually.)

One story I heard about that movie is that in the Russian translation (sorry, Checkov, for the Star Trek series it's the original English, not the original Russian), a politically-charged line somehow made it past the censors (this was before the Soviet Union collapsed). The line? On arrival in the 20th century United States, Kirk told the crew "You are entering a primitive and paranoid society".

[CinSim]

In my library, the computers you use to check out your materials are touch screen, but the computer you use to sign up for an internet computer are not. I never laugh at people who prod the monitor. If you're new to the workstation, it's easy to focus on other things and assume it's touchscreen.

[Dreamstalker]

Hello computer.
[/Scotty]

I did that once (touchscreen AIO demo computer somewhere).
Salesman *not missing a beat, near-perfect delivery*: "Use the keyboard."

Back in the day I had some software that used an early voice-response engine...not that great, but my friends and I just had fun testing its limits. I keep planning to tweak Navi to use voice-response, but mom would probably heave a heart attack if the computer said hi (or worse, started swearing back at her when she got annoyed at Windows).

Sandman, that's what I thought too...