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2017-02-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 (Groan) There has to be a joke in there somewhere like this old one:

A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport.

The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at her map, determined the course to fly to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position.

The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building because, like their technical support, online help and product documentation, the response they gave me was technically correct, but completely useless."

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-24 04:24|| 2017-02-24 04:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Harrison Ford should stop flying.

Posted by Airandee 2017-02-24 06:24|| 2017-02-24 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Ahem...pilots don't get "lost." They become "spatially ambiguitized."

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-02-24 09:21|| 2017-02-24 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 somewhere there is photograph (taken by my loving daughter) of me actually stopping and asking for directions. (not in a helo, of course)
she was shocked!

Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-02-24 09:32|| 2017-02-24 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, Microsoft...
Back when my connection was a telephone modem I was having trouble setting up my e-mail at msm.com. When I called on the telephone help line the operator told me: "I will e-mail you the instructions." (!?!)

Posted by magpie 2017-02-24 13:06|| 2017-02-24 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 What I loved about Microsoft was they would always blame the application or the hardware, then the application vender would blame Microsoft or the hardware. The Hardware folks of course played the same game. Good times.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-02-24 15:58|| 2017-02-24 15:58|| Front Page Top

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