I've had this on my bulletin board for years, and, after seeing someone offering a IIfx on the Swap list, I thought that I needed to share this. Let's hope this will soon be a reminder of bygone days, with the advent of OSX.
Apologies to Andy I, and to anyone who thinks this is too off-topic to post to Mac-Can. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please God, I'm Only 16 Minutes from Deadline By Andy Ihnatko What's wrong? Why is everything so black? I remember cajoling my boss into letting me handle the annual report this year. How envious the other fellows at the office would be. He didn't want to give it to me at first, but I finally managed to persuade him. How proud I was when I collected documents from all the departments and rant he scanner and the printer, all within the confines of the user manuals, at least at first. I felt so mature, so adult, as if I knew everything and nothing could ever harm me. So when a "friend" goaded me into expense-reporting a video-accelerator board for speeding up Photoshop, I didn't care about the risk...I thought only about speed. Ans sure, the MIS manager warned me about installing new system software and third-party extensions. She read off all the statistics on how many young managers like me crash and burn by taking too many chances during an important project. But what did she know? I saw only the MacBench needle twitching higher, higher, higher. I'm a young executive; I'm invincible. The company's annual report was finished. Finally, I was a winner. What's happening now? Everything's dark. The Chooser can't see the zone where Accounting's servers are. None of the charts and spreadsheets I've linked to the main report are showing up in print. Now, everything's printing in Courier. Suddenly, my hard disk won't mount at all. What's that noise? All I can hear is the sound of my boss sobbing, gasping, "Why? Why?" The vice presidents who were sure the report would be duplicated and bound in time for the board meeting are walking around like zombies. No, no, now my PowerMac just makes crackling noises and won't boot up at all. No! Please, God, I'm only 16 minutes from deadline. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lincoln -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
