[1566] in Humor
HUMOR: Complex Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Mon Aug 19 11:02:10 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:56:55 EDT
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 18:32:16 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From: ZEYLIK@neesnet.com
Source: Unknown
>Yesterday (8/8) I presented at a conference in Washington, DC. along with
>Netscape and Microsoft. The presentation went well; the Feds are really
>moving on the Intranet. Microsoft went first, followed by Netscape and then
>me. While the Senior Systems Engineer from Microsoft was giving his
>presentation, all of a sudden the overhead screen goes blank. Total
>black-out. Now, the overhead system is really cool - some high-powered
>projector at the top of this room that's an ampitheater beaming down to a
>huge screen. The room holds about 200 people. The Microsoft guy, trying
>to re-cover from this snafu, continues doing his presentation without any
>slides showing - he's just going off the top of his head while all these
>technicians start running around all over the place trying to find out what
>the hell is wrong with the system. No one can fix the problem. Can't find
>the "bug". About 5 minutes of this running around, scratching heads, etc.
>this dorky, pre-pubescent looking kid wearing headphones walks into the
>ampitheater and lumbers over to the PC and keyboard. The Microsoft Senior
>Systems Engineer, the head guy who's putting the conference on, and a couple
>of other folks are just standing there staring at the hardware in front of
>them dumb-founded - hopelessly lost. The dorky-looking kid takes one look
>at the setup, touches a key on the keyboard, and, voila, de-activates the
>screen saver!! The place was on the floor :-) ,..............
