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Subject:Greetings From:Gendreau Simon <Simon -dot- Gendreau -at- PWC -dot- UTC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 23 Dec 1994 09:07:58 -0500
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> From: bk28050 (Henning Rick)
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> Hey Guys,
> A little Christmas computer humor
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> > From: dgiusto -at- xyvision -dot- COM (Dave Giusto)
> > Subject: Greetings
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> > Happy holidays from Xyvision support.
> > >From the holiday archives.....
> >
> >
> > The Twelve Bugs of Christmas
> >
> > For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Find a way around it
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Blame it on the hardware
> > Find a way around it
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Change the documentation
> > Blame it on the hardware
> > Find a way around it
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Say it's not supported
> > Change the documentation
> > Blame it on the hardware
> > Find a way around it
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.
> >
> > For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
> > Tell them it's a feature
> > Say it's not supported
> > Change the documentation
> > Blame it on the hardware
> > Find a way around it
> > Say they need an upgrade
> > Reinstall the software
> > Ask for a dump
> > Run with the debugger
> > Try to reproduce it
> > Ask them how they did it and
> > See if they can do it again.