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[hankinbaghdad]

I spent my first day back on the Mosul ISP site.  My team is capable and eager to do work - unfortunately at this point we've about done all the work that they're going to be able to do for a few days, which means they'll be sitting around twiddling their thumbs while I wrestle with configuring these fantastically documented pieces of cra^H^H^

Comments

[neverdoubt]

Funny. I call my wireless router (AirPort Extreme, a Mac thing-a-ma-bobber) the Magic Teleporter. Well, it kinda IS one, especially if, like me, you have no idea how the thing works. My technological knowledge sounds on-par with your average Iraqi's.

Dude!

[aikien]

You're missing out...clearly the polite way to avoid such lunches is this:

"Mr. Businessman, you're right. We would like to develop a magical teleporter. However, as a technically literate person like yourself surely understands, magical teleportation is a tricky business. It requires a lot of effort to create such a system. Therefore, I won't have time to have lunch with you this afternoon, given the time constraints in such matters. However, to make up for such an appaling social gaff on my part, the moment, the very second, we develop this magical teleporter, I'll make sure that your company is first in line for such a device and furthermore let everyone else in your company know that it was your vision and leadership that allowed you to be the first company to deploy magical teleportation."

[gorillashaman]

At the risk of being bludgeoned to death, what do the business men down the street have that makes everyone think they have a magical teleporter?

[noirem]

I like you. You make me laugh. You can stay.

[drd_prt_rbrts]

You make magical teleporters? When do I get mine?