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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 08:17:13 +1100
Subject: Re: Misleading error message of the day
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:58 AM, alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> not as useless as "Keyboard Error press F1 to continue"

If it said "press F1 to ignore" then I would agree. This, however, is
more akin to "replace user and strike any key to continue", but more
implicit.

ChrisA