Posted Tuesday 7th August 2007 17:44 GMT

"He had a failing grade and did not take the tests, but he maintained all the computers in the lab and the teacher found him indispensable."

Let me guess... despite never taking the tests, he mysteriously returned a 99% average and passed the course with flying colours?

Opinion

David McLeman

My 25 years of comical IT buzzwords

Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps

Will they have to drag him back like last time?

Are you getting what you want?

Playing the SLA long game

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