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> We always joked that > a processor based > flashlight would need three buttons. Those being; ON, OFFF, and RESET. Reminds me of the development team working on a new vehicle. A mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer, and a computer engineer all shared in its design. When they were taking it for a test drive, though, the vehicle suddenly started behaving erratically. The M.E. said, "It must be the timing belt." The E.E. said "No, I think it's the alternator." The computer engineer said "First, why don't we just try pulling over, turning the car off, and restarting it?" (corny, i know, but what kind of engineering humor ISN'T?) Jen -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spam_OUTpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

I always heard this as the IBM Hardware guy, IBM software guy, and the IBM sales guy driving to a trade show when they get a flat tire. The software guy says, "Let's wait and see if it clears up by itself." The hardware guy says, "No, we need to keep swapping the tires around until we find the band one." The sales guys says, "I can't imagine you guys are this stupid. We have to buy a new car!" Al Williams AWC * Easy RS-232 Prototyping http://www.al-williams.com/awce/rs1.htm > {Original Message removed}

So many variations. I heard that it was a Microsoft rep who said "Let's get out of the car, shut it off, close all the doors, then get back in and all will be perfect." {Original Message removed}

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Jennifer L. Gatza wrote: >> We always joked that >> a processor based >> flashlight would need three buttons. Those being; ON, OFFF, and RESET. > > >Reminds me of the development team working on a new vehicle. A mechanical >engineer, an electrical engineer, and a computer engineer all shared in its >design. When they were taking it for a test drive, though, the vehicle >suddenly started behaving erratically. The M.E. said, "It must be the >timing belt." The E.E. said "No, I think it's the alternator." The >computer engineer said "First, why don't we just try pulling over, turning >the car off, and restarting it?" > >(corny, i know, but what kind of engineering humor ISN'T?) Imho, the kind that happens to oneself all the time. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads