9 Aug
2012
9 Aug
'12
12:21 p.m.
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 jonas at otter.se wrote:
Believe me, our community college district far surpasses anything in
Dilbert, or even Jonathan Swift's recounting of the Grand Academy of
Lagado (Part 3 in Gulliver's Travels)
To bring it back on topic, . . .
They once wanted me to make a BIG DEAL out of a donation of a Fortune
Systems Computer. I told them it would be nice to have, but that it
was NOT a "SUPER Computer", as they had on the paperwork.
Before that, they once upgraded a half dozen TRS80IIIs to TRS80IVs, at a
cost of $700 each, when IVs were available without drives and RAM for $600
each, and the current lab techs were thoroughly familiar with how to swap
drives and RAM, AND had enough extra drives and RAM that the IIIs could
have remained and ADD the IVs.
My best guess is that you only work there due to the entertainment value
of what stupid thing the adminstration is going to do next. :)
g.
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