<div dir="ltr">We can now resurrect this old joke with a new twist!<div><br></div><div><div><i>Three engineers were riding in a car: a mechanical engineer, a chemical engineer, and a Microsoft software engineer. The car stalled, and they rolled it to the side of the road.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>The mechanical engineer popped the hood, looked in and said "Look. The drive belt is loose. All we have to do is tighten it up and the car will work just fine."</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>The chemical engineer replied "No, that's all wrong. The problem is fuel contamination. We have to drain the fuel, filter it, and then everything will be A-OK."</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>The Microsoft software engineer told the other two "No, I've seen this problem before. We have to get back in the car, close all the windows, shut down the car, get out, get back in, start up the car, open all the windows, and then it will run."</i></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 February 2015 at 20:05, Mike Evans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@tandem.f9.co.uk" target="_blank">mike@tandem.f9.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 02/02/15 09:11, Paul Lawrence wrote:
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<div style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">New Year
Resolution
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<div style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Just to say
finally
I'm - finally - M$ free!! </div>
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There was I about to say smugly that we have been M$ free for about
7 years, but today I collected my new car. I opened the manuals
when I got home and they proudly proclaim that the on-board systems
are powered by M$. Damn! I suppose this means that it will reboot
randomly about once every two weeks.<br>
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