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Re: Currant Bun

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From: Kenneth MacDonald
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:00
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hanssen <Peter.Hanssen@glg.ed.ac.uk> writes:

    Peter> Trevor Best wrote:
    >>  Being a programmer, I regularly come across this level of
    >> intellegence in clients. When I tell them to print they ask
    >> "how?" <sarcasm> oh, not that there's a big button on the form
    >> with a picture of a printer on it or anything like that to help
    >> them </sarcasm>

    Peter> Or what would you say if your airline expects you to fly
    Peter> the plane you're on for your next holidays...

Passengers delegate and pay for trained professionals to fly, but
often seem reluctant for to do the same for their computer systems.

Kenny.
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From: Kenneth MacDonald <kenny@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Currant Bun
Date: 2000/01/14
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