Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

[MauleSkinner]

Funny, but kinda dated now...

They wouldn’t be expecting it now…

 

[Zeldman]

They wouldn’t be expecting it now…

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition...

 

[jsstevens]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition...

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as…

 

[Charlie Golf]

 

[Charlie Golf]

 

[GaryM]

They should do that when Butch and Suni come back from the ISS.

By the time that happens, it won't be necessary to use humans dressed in ape costumes. Our simian overlords can do it for real.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

 

[Matthew]

 

[Daleandee]

 

[2-Bit Speed]

 

[2-Bit Speed]

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

 

[Bob Noel]

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actually, that's not really a joke. So many of the NEW! and IMPROVED! "features" are just crap.

 

[geneseib]

actually, that's not really a joke. So many of the NEW! and IMPROVED! "features" are just crap.

Once a device is marketed, the creators have nothing left to do except "improve" it. Before long all of the possible "good" improvements have been done, and still they continue.

 

[Half Fast]

Once a device is marketed, the creators have nothing left to do except "improve" it. Before long all of the possible "good" improvements have been done, and still they continue.

I think you just described Windows.....

 

[flyingcheesehead]

I think you just described Windows.....

"Let's just give it a bigger number and move everything around."

 

[Daleandee]

"Let's just give it a bigger number and move everything around."

... and raise the price.

 

[AV8R_87]

"Let's just give it a bigger number and move everything around."

Plus remove some features that people liked so they are forced to use the "improvements".
Win 8 start menu, Win 11 taskbar

 

[Bill]

I think you just described Windows.....

"Let's just give it a bigger number and move everything around."

... and raise the price.

Oh, you like Excel and Word? You can’t own them anymore but we’ll rent them to ya.

 

[AV8R_87]

Oh, you like Excel and Word? You can’t own them anymore but we’ll rent them to ya.

And that's how people switch to Open Office.

 

[strikes2k]

And that's how people switch to Open Office.

Or just continue using MS Office 2003 indefinitely.

 

[JOhnH]

Plus remove some features that people liked so they are forced to use the "improvements".
Win 8 start menu, Win 11 taskbar

Either remove features, or move them to a "pro" version that costs more.

 

[Bob Noel]

Or just continue using MS Office 2003 indefinitely.

until some part of the OS is deprecated causing MS office 2003 to crash

oops - this is a joke thread... let's get back to some fun stuff

 

[AV8R_87]

oops - this is a joke thread

The joke is on the end user.

Anyway, joke, you said?

 

[Charlie Golf]

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

 

[Charlie Golf]

 

[AV8R_87]

 

[bflynn]

Things you didn’t know you didn’t need.

 

[SkyChaser]

 

[Daleandee]

 

[Sac Arrow]

My boss asked me if I was good at spreadsheets. I told him I Excel at them.

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

 

[Bill]

My boss asked me if I was good at spreadsheets. I told him I Excel at them.

Word.

 

[robin ardoin]

Word.

Perfect!

 

[AV8R_87]

Perfect!

As long as you have Access to it.

 

[Mahneuvers]

As long as you have Access to it.

Powerful point.

 

[jsstevens]

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This will only make sense to software folks of a certain, shall we say, vintage?

If you have a team of x programmers building a COBOL compiler, how many passes will the compiler take?

x-1 because someone has to be manager.