The minimize button

I think my stupid advisor never learned the concept that different programs are rendered in different windows. He also never figured out the function of the minimize button. Occasionally he wanted to print a document on my or my officemate's computer. He would begin his ritual by sitting down and closing every single open program one by one and finally opening his and printing it. We have tried too many times to explain to him the fact that today's computers are capable of running different programs simultaneously but we finally gave up and accepted him as simply too stupid to learn.

My favorite times were when he was writing an email. In Rice's mail service when you click on the compose button it automatically opens a new window. So he would be writing an email and then open another program or accidentally click on the minimize button and be all confused and say "where did it go?". Yes, of course he doesn't know where and what a taskbar is. And indeed he would start a new email and start typing again. Great efficiency!

And that is how NSF money is spent. It is spent to pay fossils like that.