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"I was doing computer system administration for the Air Force some few years ago. The Help Desk gave me a call from a certain major who was having a problem with his workstation. I spoke with him and he told me,

"'Every time I switch it over to 'Official' the screen goes blank.'

"I went down to see what this 'Official' mode was. Risking court-martial, I then spent about twenty minutes explaining to this ex-pilot that 'Off' was not an abbreviation for 'Official ...'"

----------------A Final Thought ...

"There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one’s own industry, or by the stupidity of others."

- Jean de La Bruyère (1645-96), French writer