Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> 
> The computers will be unplugged, moved from one building to another, and 
> plugged back in.
> 

A couple of months ago, a nice young network tech of my acquaintance [1] 
took a job in another state and moved out of the family home. [2]  His 
mother [3] and her significant other decided to move the SO's computer 
to the son's former bedroom.  All they had to do was unplug everything, 
carry it through a couple of rooms and down the hall, and plug it in 
again.  Shortly thereafter, my phone began to ring.

After explaining repeatedly that programmers don't change light bulbs 
[4], I agreed to investigate the matter. [5]  It seems that the video 
card was unseated [6], the keyboard was plugged into the PS2 mouse port 
[7], the speakers were plugged into the microphone jack [8], the USB 
mouse was plugged into the port that just didn't like it very much [9], 
this was, of course, an optical mouse that, oddly enough, was unable to 
detect movement when it was placed on a slick, shiny, utterly monochrome 
surface [10]...well, you get my drift.

NEVER underestimate the power of random human silliness.  ALWAYS TEST 
EVERYTHING.

--Sherry Shaw


[1] Okay, my nephew.
[2] I imagine he heaved a big sigh of relief.
[3] Apparently my sister.
[4] We are, however, fond of talking frogs.
[5] As in "crawl under the desk and start taking things apart."
[6] But the SO would never, never, never yank really hard on the monitor 
cable without first unscrewing the screws...
[7] An easy mistake, if you plug things in with your eyes closed.
[8] See [7].
[9] For every USB gadget, there's one USB port that doesn't like it very 
much.
[10] "But it's an optical mouse!  It doesn't need a mousepad!"

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