Computing Jokes

Abbott calling Costello

|Costello calls Abbott with some questions about UNIX.Costello: What is the command that will tell me the revision code of a program?Abbott: Yes, that's...

 

The Twelve Bugs of Christmas

|For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to meSee if they can do it again.For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to meAsk them how they did...

 

Microsoft runs the I.R.S.

|If Microsoft Ran The IRS "Government should be run like a business." We've all heard that chestnut. Here is how the Internal Revenue Service (nobody's...

 

Newest MS computer game

|Solitaire '99Here is the README.TXT file from Microsoft's latest software product. Microsoft Solitaire '98README file, v4.3Welcome!Congratulations!Welcome...

 

Microsoft renames itself

|NewsflashMicrosoft today announced that it will be changing its name to "Moft" -- which will clear up space on user's hard disks. It is estimated that a...

 

Microsoft trademarks TM

|Microsoft Trademarks the Trademark Symbol By Vince Sabio HumourNet Communications, Ltd. REDMOND, Wash (UPI) - Software and marketing giant Microsoft...

 

Waiting on a long line

|The checkout line at the hardware store was getting longer and longer as the clerk labored to get the new cash register to cooperate.At one point she wailed...

 

New product cuts stress

|From "Machine Design" Magazine......Byte BatAll too often, computers aren't up when you need them, or some sort of system error costs you a lot of time and...

 

Windows 98 hourly tweaks

|11th-hour tweaks for Windows '98 by Microsoft10. Included subliminal "Impeach Janet Reno" messages in start-up screen. 9. New Internet Explorer feature:...

 

A letter to the editors

|LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (The Times of London)Dear Sir,I am firmly opposed to the spread of microchips either to the home or to the office, We have more than...