[Richard Kimball]

I started out with Atari, but agree. The computer "old school" was really funny. They'd mock advancements and new ideas until the benefits became so obvious it was impossible to avoid adopting them. The mainframe guys mocked the PC. The command line guys mocked the GUI. There used to be T-shirts that said "real men don't use mice."

I remember the mainframe guys pretending to be gurus. I worked with a guy one time, and one of the people in the office had deleted an important data file. He said, "Well, I'll see if I can recover it." He had them bring the computer down to his office and closed the door. He sat on his @ss reading magazines for about seven hours, ran a file recovery program and recovered the file in about two minutes, opened the door and said, "I did it!" It reminded me of the old commercial where the woman locks the family out of the kitchen for a couple of hours, reads magazines, throws flour on her face and walks out with the Rice Krispies treats. The only thing he didn't do was spray sweat under his arms.

[TChris]

He sat on his @ss reading magazines for about seven hours, ran a file recovery program and recovered the file in about two minutes, opened the door and said, "I did it!"

LOL!

I've FELT like doing something similar from time to time.