Re: Being a consultant

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 13:27

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In article <166@bbxeng.UUCP>, scott@bbxeng.UUCP (Engineering) writes:
> Do any of you lab-assistants and ex-lab-assistants out there have
> have some good stories to share?  Maybe start a thread in some other
> group?

My favorite was the business administration student who came up to me
and said "Basic isn't working". I walk up to his terminal and it said,
approximately:

	EECS 11/70 UNIX System

	;login: cs100ab
	Password:

	<motd>
	Erase set to ^H, Kill set to ^X.
	% 10 LET A = 0
	10: Command not found
	%
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
"Optimization is not some mystical state of grace, it is an intricate act   U
   of human labor which carries real costs and real risks." -- Tom Neff

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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Being a consultant
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Date: 18 Aug 89 13:27:10 GMT
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