Office Wizdom
Thu Oct 07 2004

While waiting for this stupid server to complete what it's doing, found some "encouraging" quotes (got to print them out and stick on the wall):

1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human. . .to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it's downright natural.
7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
8. If at first you don't succeed, blame your computer.
9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.


~Ahhh, the realities of life!~

3 Comments
  • From:
    PredatorEd (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Oct 07 2004
    As a former network administrator, I can sympathize with your situation greatly. Therefore, I've decided to leave you with an often seen, but still very funny, list of special Windows Haiku. Enjoy!!

    A file that big
    It might be very useful
    But now it is gone.

    The Web site you seek
    cannot be located but
    countless more exist.

    Chaos reigns within.
    Reflect, repent, and reboot
    Order shall return.

    Aborted effort
    Close all that you have worked on
    You ask far too much.

    Windows NT crashed.
    I am the Blue Screen of Death
    No one hears your screams.

    Yesterday it worked
    Today it is not working.
    Windows is like that.

    First snow, then silence
    This thousand-dollar screen dies
    so beautifully.

    With searching comes loss
    and the presence of absence:
    "My Novel" not found.

    The Zen that is seen
    is not the true Zen until
    you bring fresh toner.

    Stay the patient course
    Of little worth is your ire.
    The network is down.

    A crash reduces
    your expensive computer
    to a simple stone.

    Three things are certain
    Death, taxes, and lost data.
    Guess which has occurred.

    You step in the stream
    but the water has moved on.
    This page is not here.

    Out of memory.
    We wish to hold the whole sky
    but we never will.

    Having been erased
    the document you're seeking
    must now be retyped.

    Serious error
    All shortcuts have disappeared.
    Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

  • From:
    Labyrinth (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Oct 08 2004
    Knock knock, MissTick. I have a delivery for you. Fresh Tulips from Gorgeous Someone. And oh yes, he's sending also this message saying Gorgeous Someone loves you and wanna keep you company. Will you please sign this card here? Thanks madame. Now where's my tip? Teeheee.

    Orient:)
  • From:
    Bubbles1956 (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Oct 10 2004
    Whew I know what you mean about that SomeOne. But who cares if he is gorgeous? At this point............well...............just a SomeOne would not be bad LOL.
    I love the Office Wizdom's.