Many people in computer labs will assure you, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they were doing everything correctly, and it still wasn’t working, only to make you get up from your nice comfy seat to walk over to the other side of the room and do it yourself. Invariably, after it works the […]
Five cannibals get appointed as programmers in an IT company.During the welcoming ceremony the boss says: “You’re all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the company canteen for something to eat. So don’t trouble the other employees.”The cannibals promise not to trouble the other employees.Four […]
How many maintenance programmers does it take to change a light bulb?None. They try to fix the old one.”We looked at the light fixture and decided there’s no point trying to maintain it. We’re going to rewrite it from scratch. Could you wait two months?”
Teacher: Shall I put the school computer on?Pupil: No, Miss, the dress you’re wearing looks fine.
An office technician got a call from a user. The user told the tech that her computer was not working. She described the problem and the tech concluded that the computer needed to be brought in and serviced.He told her to “Unplug the power cord and bring it up here and I will fix it.”About […]
Comments made by Programmers when their programs don’t work: Strange… I’ve never heard about that. It did work yesterday. Well, the program needs some fixing. How is this possible? The machine seems to be broken. Has the operating system been updated? The user has made an error again. There is something wrong in your test […]
Q: How many Microsoft support staff does it take to change a light bulb?A: Four. One to ask “What is the registration number of the light bulb?”, one to ask “Have you tried rebooting it?”, another to ask “Have you tried reinstalling it?” and the last one to say “It must be your hardware because […]
Q: How many Pentium designers does it take to screw in a light bulb?A: 1.99904274017, but that’s close enough for non-technical people.
