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From: kraz@houxa.ATT.COM (A.KRASNA)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Summary: me too!!
Message-ID: <4860@houxa.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 89 21:36:48 GMT
References: <7143@pyr.gatech.EDU> <4744@sfsup.UUCP> <2887@sybase.sybase.com> <1912I78BC@CUNYVM>
Organization: AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA
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In article <1912I78BC@CUNYVM>, I78BC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Michael Polymenakos) writes:
> 
>   How about the young computer salesman giving some client a demonstration
> of the new electronic word-processor? He loads up a large document, and
> says: "watch this!". He hits a couple of keys, and converts every "i" in the
> document to an "a", making the text unreadable.
> 
>   "And it you can change it all back, just like this" he proclaims,subsequently
> converting all "a"s back to "i", including those that had been "a"s originally.



I hate to admit it but I did the same thing when I taught people word 
processing. Lucky they were so dumb I amde it seem as it I had
done it on purpose.

I don't know why I'm doing this but I just love when non tech people talk
about computers. My favorite is when the Home Shopping Club
sells PCs . THe best line. Comes with an 8 bit processing for ....
...... processing 8 bits.


-- 
  Allen S. Krasna attbl-ho
    (                                                                )
the space above left intentionally blank in memory of the late great Roy Orbison
 (after all had he not lived Thunder Road would have needed different lyrics)