Subject: Fwd: Technology challenged...


>   > > A young executive was leaving the office late one
>   > > evening when he
>   > > found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a
>   > > piece of paper in
>   > > his hand. "Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very
>   > > sensitive and important
>   > > document here, and my secretary has gone for the
>   > > night. Can you make
>   > > this thing work?"
>   > > "Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the
>   > > machine on,
>   > > inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
>   > > "Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper
>   > > disappeared inside
>   > > the machine. "I just need one copy."
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE SURVIVE
>   > > I saw a lady at work today putting a credit card
>   > > into her floppy
>   > > drive and pulling it out very quickly. I inquired as
>   > > to what she was
>   > > doing and she said she was shopping on the Internet,
>   > > and they asked
>   > > for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM
>   > > "thingy".
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > I worked with an individual who plugged their power
>   > > strip back
>   > > into itself and for the life of them could not
>   > > understand why their
>   > > computer would not turn on.
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > 1st Person: "Do you know anything about this
>   > > fax-machine?"
>   > > 2nd Person: "A little. What's wrong?"
>   > > 1st Person: "Well, I sent a fax, and the recipient
>   > > called back to
>   > > say all she received was a cover-sheet and a blank
>   > > page.
>   > > I tried it again, and the same thing happened."
>   > > 2nd Person: "How did you load the sheet?"
>   > > 1st Person: "It's a pretty sensitive memo, and I
>   > > didn't want
>   > > anyone else to read it by accident, so I folded it
>   > > so only
>   > > the recipient would open it and read it."
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > Tech Support: "What does the screen say now.."
>   > > Person: "It says, 'Hit ENTER when ready'."
>   > > Tech Support: "Well?"
>   > > Person: "How do I know when it's ready?"
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > Several years ago we had an intern who was none too
>   > > swift. One
>   > > day he was typing and turned to a secretary and
>   > > said, "I'm
>   > > almost out of typing paper. "What do I do?"
>   > > "Just use copier machine paper," she told him.
>   > > With that, the intern took his last remaining blank
>   > > piece of paper,
>   > > put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five
>   > > blank copies.
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > One of our servers crashed. I was watching our new
>   > > system
>   > > administrator trying to restore it. He inserted a CD
>   > > and needed to
>   > > type a path name to a directory named "i386." He
>   > > started to type
>   > > it and paused, asking me "Where's the key for that
>   > > line thing?"
>   > > I asked what he was talking about, and he said, "You
>   > > know, that
>   > > one that looks like an upside-down exclamation
>   > > mark." I replied,
>   > > "You mean the letter "I"?" and he said, "Yeah,
>   > > that's it!"
>   > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > I was in a car dealership a while ago when a large
>   > > new motor home
>   > > was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle
>   > > was in dire need
>   > > of repair and the whole thing generally looked like
>   > > an extra in "Twister."
>   > > I asked the manager what had happened. He told me
>   > > that the driver
>   > > had set the cruise control, then went in back to
>   > > make a sandwich.