I've always liked Neal Stephenson's description of the little bomb icon: "When a Macintosh got into trouble it presented you with a cartoon of a bomb, which wa

I've always liked Neal Stephenson's description of the little bomb icon: "When a Macintosh got into trouble it presented you with a cartoon of a bomb, which was funny the first time you saw it."[1] 1: http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html