[SGVLUG] Today's real-life humor...

[James Neff]

Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> I don't know what the folks around here were thinking when they designed
> this, but the program we use to track "changes" to the system has a
> field for entering the date we plan to implement the change.  That in
> itself is fine, but what finally got my attention was the "helper" form
> for entering dates -- not a "calendar" form like EVERY other date field
> on the form, but rather a form with three drop-downs for year, month,
> and date, and [get this] a checkbox to indicate the date is "BC"...
>
> (yeah, I know -- not really a linux topic, though I'd like to think your
> average linux programmer would at least raise the "is this really
> necessary?" question during the design-review phase...)
>
> Tom Emerson
> 818-977-8828 
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That will come in handy when the universe begins to contract and time 
runs backwards.