# Stupid Sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sign/32138 "2000-09-05T20:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sign/32138/21 "2000-09-06T15:07:54Z")
drewbert – No kidding! There’s at least one Doper in the Chapel Hill / Carrboro area (well sort of, he’s a friend of mine IRL who has only posted about four times). When are you leaving, and would you be interested in meeting us for a mini-Dopefest before you go? ---
**Author:** ![alfred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfred)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sign/32138/22 "2000-09-06T15:14:58Z")
When you disable a piece of hardware in Windows 2000, a helpful box comes up saying: > [@](#): > > ‘Disabling this device will cause it to stop functioning. Do you really want to disable it?’ So it’ll **stop** functioning if I disable it? Really? It’s now somehow surprising that the opposite doesn’t happen when you install a new piece of hardware, e.g. ‘Installing this soundcard will make it possible for you to hear sounds. Do you really want to install it?’ ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sign/32138/23 "2000-09-06T15:28:23Z")
Once I went past an old apartment building that was being demolished. Up in one the remaining windows, a sign said, ROOM FOR RENT. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sign/32138.md?page=1)