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You see a person with pack of smokes and lighter in hand, dressed for cold weather, walking toward a door:
"You going for a smoke break?"
one of the stupidest questions i ever heard was from a hardware engineer 4 when I worked for enterasys. this one requires a bit of setup.
Enterasys is like a small version of Cysco, they make networking equipment and software; you know, what the internet essentially exists on. The ranking in the company goes like this: 1 2 3 4, pretty simple. An engineer 4 is a senior level engineer, meaning they have been working with routers, switches hubs and all manner of networking equipment for over 10 years AT LEAST.
So i get a call from a guy and look him up. Engineer 4. In all seriousness he asks:
"Is the server with the internet on it down? I can't get to my home email."
problem number 1 is minor: dont waste company resources (IE, helpdesk personel) because you cant reach your personal email, we dont care.
The big one is, this man managed to put in over 10 years designing and building hardware for the internet and HAS NO IDEA HOW IT WORKS.
For the 2 maybe 3 people who are reading this and may not know, the internet is a collection of servers, switches, hubs, routers, cables and half a million other pieces of equipment scattered all over the world. Not on a server in one building where itmight come to a crashing end because someone spills a glass of water.
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