One of the Dilbert oldies. Published November 9th, though I can't remember what year. (I retrieved it from deep in my files.)

Three panels with Dilbert sitting at his computer and the pointy-haired boss standing behind him....

Panel 1. Boss: "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers."

Panel 2. Dilbert: "I think he means Unix not eunuchs, and I already know Unix."

Panel 3. Boss: "If the company nurse drops by, tell her I said 'Never mind'."

Dilbert actually helped me get a new computer system at work. It was around 2003 ? I needed a full upgraded system and of course the $100 million a year in profits company that i worked for felt it cost too much to buy new computers once every decade. So i showed my boss that days Dilbert.

It was the one where Dilbert boss had an etch-a-stetch as a computer and asked Dilbert to repair it. So Dilbert shook it and told the boss sometimes you just need to reboot the whole system. My boss died laughing and sent it up the managerial line and it actually worked. The company shelled out new computers for all us working drones. I've always been a fan of Dilbert but that day showed me the true purpose of Dilbert.

I remember buying memory strips for my pc so I could do my work, my bosses boss caught me putting it in the machine, asked WHAT ARE YOU DOING when I told him then showed him he went away grumpy, the next week I had a new computer and he had them pull the memory back out of the old machine which went into the trash.

I have also bought things like Microsoft word because we did not use that at work but all our vendors did. Sometimes companies in there effort to save money end up loosing money by not staying current with technology.

River