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- A few funnies from the computer industry.
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- (Spokesman for LEB to ICL computer user)
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- "But the power cut was only for 2 seconds. Your computer must be sensitive!"
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- The typists in the typing pool are taught that all abreviations should be
- expanded to the full words. One long report dealing with computer hardware
- from Digital Equipment Corporation (often refered to as DEC), had the
- abbreviation spelled DECEMBER. The Crime Reports Analysis Package was given
- another title.
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- Lamb's Law of Computing:
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- "It often works better when you plug it in".
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- Cane's Theorem:
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- "The remaining work to finish, in order to reach your goal, increases as the
- deadline approaches"
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- Davie's Motto:
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- "It is morally wrong to allow naive end users to keep their money".
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- Tuckwell's Axiom:
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- "If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first
- woodpecker would destroy civilisation"
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- Patel's Third Law:
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- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from Magick"
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- Fox's Theory:
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- "The more senior management who come to watch your demo, the lower your
- chances are of it working properly"
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- M.D. to Sales Manager:- "That salesman doesn't look as well dressed
- now as he did when he joined us 5 years ago";
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- Sales Manager:- "I'm sure its the same suit . . ."
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- Computer Salesman: "This is going to be a real battle of wits"
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- Sales Manager: "How brave of you to go in unarmed "
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- Q. What's the difference between a computer salesman and a car salesman ?
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- A. The car salesman knows when he's lying.
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- The above are as collected by Rodger Frampton in "IT's a Funny thing"
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- From G8UYZ @ GB7MAX
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- *** EOF
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