mocachapeau
Dagobah Resident
Hi everyone,
I wasn't sure if this was the right section to post this, so if it isn't, please let me know.
My brother-in-law, the only other seeker I know, called me today and told me of a really bizarre experience he had a few days ago.
While up on a step ladder, trying to install a light fixture, he was becoming very frustrated and angry because it wouldn't fit properly in the holes that were already there. The fact that he was getting so angry over such a trivial thing was, in turn, upsetting him even more. So while he was grumbling and cursing away, he heard his computer beep two or three times, about fifteen feet away. The sound it made was the sound that Windows makes when an error occurs. He looked over in that direction to see that the computer was displaying the blue "welcome" screen with the choice of different user accounts. A window had appeared there and, while he was looking, he saw the cursor move, very quickly.
His first thought was that someone was trying to hack into his computer, so he went over to check it out. The window that had opened was one asking if he had forgotten his password, but on his wife's account. The only thing that would have caused that window to open was if someone had tried to log in with the wrong password. He tried logging in with a wrong password and found that it didn't make that same sound when he did so. He then logged in to his account, found nothing unusual, and unplugged his internet connection, just in case. He left it displaying his desktop.
Back on the step ladder, still getting angry with the light fixture, the computer repeated the same noise a couple of times, but with no internet connection. Looking over at the computer, again he saw the cursor moving and another window had opened up.
What had opened was a Notepad document that he had saved on the desktop on Christmas Eve. He had heard a song that night that he really liked because it made him happy, relaxed, and it made him laugh. So he wrote down the title in the Notepad document, to remind him to download it at a later date, and saved it on his desktop.
All that was written in the window that had opened by itself was, "Monty Python - Always Look at the Bright Side of Life", and the cursor was pointing at it. My brother-in-law is a web master - far from computer illiterate.
Well he started crying, and called his wife in to show her, and when she walked in the room she felt a distinct chill and all the hairs on her neck stood up.
It's the first time either of us have come across such an occurence, and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about what the heck that kind of thing is all about.
I wasn't sure if this was the right section to post this, so if it isn't, please let me know.
My brother-in-law, the only other seeker I know, called me today and told me of a really bizarre experience he had a few days ago.
While up on a step ladder, trying to install a light fixture, he was becoming very frustrated and angry because it wouldn't fit properly in the holes that were already there. The fact that he was getting so angry over such a trivial thing was, in turn, upsetting him even more. So while he was grumbling and cursing away, he heard his computer beep two or three times, about fifteen feet away. The sound it made was the sound that Windows makes when an error occurs. He looked over in that direction to see that the computer was displaying the blue "welcome" screen with the choice of different user accounts. A window had appeared there and, while he was looking, he saw the cursor move, very quickly.
His first thought was that someone was trying to hack into his computer, so he went over to check it out. The window that had opened was one asking if he had forgotten his password, but on his wife's account. The only thing that would have caused that window to open was if someone had tried to log in with the wrong password. He tried logging in with a wrong password and found that it didn't make that same sound when he did so. He then logged in to his account, found nothing unusual, and unplugged his internet connection, just in case. He left it displaying his desktop.
Back on the step ladder, still getting angry with the light fixture, the computer repeated the same noise a couple of times, but with no internet connection. Looking over at the computer, again he saw the cursor moving and another window had opened up.
What had opened was a Notepad document that he had saved on the desktop on Christmas Eve. He had heard a song that night that he really liked because it made him happy, relaxed, and it made him laugh. So he wrote down the title in the Notepad document, to remind him to download it at a later date, and saved it on his desktop.
All that was written in the window that had opened by itself was, "Monty Python - Always Look at the Bright Side of Life", and the cursor was pointing at it. My brother-in-law is a web master - far from computer illiterate.
Well he started crying, and called his wife in to show her, and when she walked in the room she felt a distinct chill and all the hairs on her neck stood up.
It's the first time either of us have come across such an occurence, and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about what the heck that kind of thing is all about.