On: Due to failure in the IT system, it is not possibl...

[paranoidrobot]

We extended that at a technical college I went to for a while because so many of the teachers were downright incompetent.

"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach work here."

[devoutsalsa → paranoidrobot]

I had a professor in college teaching computer systems and design. Somehow he got to talking about the NSA. He said that back in the 60s, the NSA had computers that were running at 1000. “1000?” I asked, wondering if he’d forgotten the units. He replied “Yes, 1000.”

[Hendrikto → devoutsalsa]

And nowadays they are over 9000. How time flies…

[ChuckNorris89 → devoutsalsa]

I've heard this joke before on HN.

[Sebb767 → ChuckNorris89]

I'm not sure I got the pointe. Could you explain?

[mitchdoogle → Sebb767]

The professor is incompetent because he doesn't actually know how to talk about the performance of computers. It's not really a "joke", more of an anecdote

[cyanydeez → mitchdoogle]

Or he was about to reveal classified information and stopped short.

[LoveMortuus → ChuckNorris89]

In the original it's actually over 8000, which is interesting because numbers usually don't cause translation issues.

[devoutsalsa → ChuckNorris89]

I’ve told this once or twice before I think. True story.

[tristor → paranoidrobot]

I heard from a group of teachers (my mother was a teacher) that were at our house once. "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, administrate."