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Tales from the Panchatantra (READ IT)

Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used
to develop
programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on
the banks of a
river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs
in the Sunday
market.

One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the
table
and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra
story of his
childhood (the woodcutter and the axe), he started praying
to the River
Goddess.

The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only
after
one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that
he had lost his
computer in the river.

As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty.
She showed him a match box and asked, "Is this your
computer ?"
Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness,
the engineer
replied, "No."

She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if
that was his. Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at
all!!"

Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and
asked if it was his.
The
engineer, left with no option, sighed and said "Yes."

The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was
about to give him all
three items,
but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked
her, "Don't you
know
that you're supposed to show me some better computers
before bringing up
my own ?"

The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that,
you
stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the
Trillennium and
the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM!". So
saying, she
disappeared with the Pentium!!
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Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's
better keep
your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to
open your mouth
and remove all doubt.