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Right, me too. It's like The case of the 500-mile email, it just never gets old. https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris
by blakesterz 6y ago
Right, me too. It's like The case of the 500-mile email, it just never gets old.
https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
"We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained...
- mech422 6y agooh yeah... Maybe we should bring out the BOFH files too... The world could probably use a good chuckle right now :-D edit: submitted the BOFH archives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735221
- m463 6y ago- the story of mel http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html - "Not just any wire but a 230 KV, many-hundred-amp, 10 mile long coax cable" https://archive.org/stream/engineering-pornography-this-is-one-of-my-favorite-geek-stories-of-all-time/Engineering%20Pornography%20-%20This%20Is%20One%20Of%20My%20Favorite%20Geek%20Stories%20Of%20All%20Time_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/engineering-pornography-this-is-o...
- b06tmm 6y agoI loved, loved, loved the BOFH! At some point The Register changed the format of the site and I haven't browsed it since then. Thank you!