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To: BenLurkin
was an aspiring rapper

I thought the text said "self-aware"?

8 posted on 03/22/2013 12:13:00 PM PDT by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: kevkrom
I thought the text said "self-aware"?

Last year I had a funny experience with Apple.

I was trying to set up iTunes on my laptop and ran into some kind of problem. After trying a few minutes to solve it myself, I called the Apple help line. They were very responsive, and "escalated" my problem a couple of levels very quickly.

Having been "escalated," I was talking to a very smart sounding young female. She began to tell me what to do... go here, select this, press that, etc.

Then she says "OK, now wait a few seconds for iTunes to become self-aware."

That was too much for me. I started giggling. I said "Self aware? You mean iTunes is conscious? Is iTunes going to become SkyNet?"

Well, she didn't laugh. She seemed a little deflated through the rest of the call. I tried to cheer her up with my sense of humor, but to no avail.

She did - I hasten to point out - fix my problem.

10 posted on 03/22/2013 12:21:46 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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