An IBM systems programmer, an IBM engineer and an IBM salesman need to attend a conference at a city some distance away, so they jump into a company car and head off down the road.
After a while the car gets a flat, so they stop the car, get out, and regard the flat tyre in perplexity. The engineer and the salesman look towards the system programmer, since he is by far the smartest of the three, and ask him how to resolve the problem. The systems programmer looks shiftily this way and that, and eventually says, "Maybe it's just a temporary error. Perhaps if we re-boot the car it will fix itself." So they get back in the car, start the engine and drive off. But the tyre is still flat and they have to stop the car and get out again. The systems programmer says decisively, "I've become certain it's a hardware problem," and he looks at the engineer. The engineer tries not to meet the systems programmer's eyes and shuffles his feet. "Maybe if we swap the tyres around...?" he says hesitantly. So they do that, rotate the tyres around the car and drive off again. But the tyre remains flat and they have to stop the car once more. The systems programmer and the engineer shrug their shoulders and are forced to admit they are clean out of ideas, and look at the salesman. The salesman says, "Well, in the end, there's only one certain way to fix this. We'll have to upgrade and buy a more expensive car." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 9:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Comic cells about computer languages. One cell per language. Somewhat amusing. https://plus.google.com/109869642196332979578/posts/j6XwXVueBBX?pid=6126858494493293458&oid=109869642196332979578 -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
