Ron & List, I know I probably shouldn't do this but because of Ron's comment below, it just seemed SO appropriate. :-) Forgive me. Avery >>Keith, >> >>I believe that term sprang from usage of MicroSoft applications. >> >>Or was that discribing them . . .? >> > > >Sorry Jon, but there isn't a lot of evidence that much of anything ever >*sprang* from MicroSoft application usage. Something will occasionally drag >itself out into the light and die horribly, but there doesn't seem to be >much springing going on. If you were to change the wording from "sprang" to >"slunk", I'd certainly concede the point. > >"Format your hard drive, or Halt and catch fire" [Y]es [N]o > ^ >Pound forhead on keyboard to procede. > > Ron N ==================================================================== A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."
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