On Saturday 05 February 2005 07:59 pm, Deep Thinker wrote:

>>> snip

> Yep. I ended up having to take the thing apart. Talk about a pain in
> the @55! I have one very small screw and one somewhat small screw in
> the top drawer of my desk. No idea where they are/were supposed to go,
> but I can get on my new machine running win98SE.

Don't worry about those extra bits; they're totally superfluous. Contrary to 
what you may think, the number, size and position of mounting screws is not 
the result of careful analysis and experimentation, but rather involves a 
series of random choices, the only constraints being design must appear to be 
plausible to a casual observer, i.e. supervisory personnel.

The same principle can be found in automobiles. I once had a 1955 Plymouth 
that lost about 2 or 3 pounds per year as excess parts were gradually 
removed, and it didn't run any worse when I sold it than when I bought it.

-- cmg

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