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Comment Tech Support... (Score 1) 13

How may I help you?
> It's not working!
Have you tried rebooting?
> Yes, it smells bad.
Why is that good sir?
> The CPU is smoking.
Smoking what good sir?
> Smoking itself it seems.

I got sidetracked, what was the article about again?
Ah yes, proactive customer support...

Comment Re:Maybe they're misinterpreting the results (Score 2, Insightful) 175

Theres also a difference of the persons willingness to learn. A person will only try to learn deeper material, ex. Knuth, if they want to, in which case they will. If the person is however forced to learn the US Consitution amendments by memory, theres a small chance that they will. Unless theyre a lawyer of course, in which case its a totally acceptable thing to do. Of Course.

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