Archive for the 'humour' Category
Geeky Joke of the Day: Email Mistake
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 9th Aug, 2008
It’s wise to remember how easily email — this wonderful technology — can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences.
Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next [...]
Geeky Joke of the Day: BSOD
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 8th Aug, 2008
In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer revealed that the Redmond-based company will allow computer resellers and end-users to customize the appearance of the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), the screen that displays when the Windows operating system crashes.
The move comes as the result of numerous focus groups and customer surveys done [...]
Geeky Joke of the Day: Are computers male or female?
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 7th Aug, 2008
A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.
“House” in French, is feminine -”la maison,” “Pencil” in French, is masculine “le crayon.”
One puzzled student asked, “What gender is computer?” The teacher did not know, and the word was not in [...]
Geeky Joke of the Day: More Murphy’s Laws of Computing
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 5th Aug, 2008
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, [...]
Geeky Joke Of the Day: 10 Signs your DotCom is on the Skids
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 4th Aug, 2008
The company CEO has moved from the corner office to the ledge outside the corner office.
The manager informs you that the drinks in the company fridge haven’t been free and hands you a [...]
Geeky Joke of the Day: Where do Deleted Characters Go?
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 3rd Aug, 2008
QUESTION: Where do the characters go when I use my backspace or delete them on my PC?
ANSWER: The characters go to different places, depending on whom you ask:
The Catholic Church’s approach to characters: The nice characters go to Heaven, where they are bathed in the light of happiness. The naughty characters are punished for [...]
Geeky Joke of the Day: Twas the Night before Implementation
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 2nd Aug, 2008
Twas the night before implementation
And all through the house
Not a program was working,
Not even a browse.
The engineers hung by their tubes in despair,
With hopes that a miracle soon would be there.
The customers were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of progress danced in their heads.
When out of the COPE [unk acronym] there arose [...]
