Getting Hung Up on the Apple-Microsoft War

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 10:01 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 17:30 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 21:01 +0800, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> > 
> > > In Singapore, even if you paid those licenses, you may not get the
> > > support that you think you are entitled to. I once had an engineer who
> > > *literally* placed a hand on a malfunctioning server and proclaimed it
> > > healed! (not kidding!) 
> > 
> > The Fool! Everyone knows you need to wave a chicken foot.
> 
> I'm partial to the neck, head and beak. Especially the beak when there
> is a possibility that software may be involved in the problem. That way
> the issue gets diverted to the question of the presence or lack of lips.
> Giving me time to sort the software.

If you tell everybody then they'll know! <cackles> Part of being a good
magician, shaman or coder is to never let them see you sweat, providing
a good diversion pays dividends!  Ric
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...the Sin of Stupidity.
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