PCs Use More Sick Days Than People 306
lunarscape writes "ZDNet is running an article about the 'absentee' rate of PCs in various UK workplaces. According to the article, while the average employee was out sick seven days a year, the average PC was inoperable due to a virus nine days a year. The article also discusses junk e-mail's impact on productivity, with one business reporting that 99.84 percent of all incoming mail is spam."
My computer is perfect (Score:5, Funny)
Traffic stress (Score:5, Funny)
Living in Seattle, they might think differently.
Weird comparison (Score:5, Funny)
Re:99.84% pure pork fat (Score:5, Funny)
sick days. (Score:5, Funny)
Not really sick days (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah its always taking sickies (Score:5, Funny)
Paid Sick Days? (Score:5, Funny)
Even if that is true... (Score:2, Funny)
Variety (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Traffic stress (Score:5, Funny)
Re:sick days. (Score:5, Funny)
Wuh Oh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Traffic stress (Score:5, Funny)
Do I hear -- An "Apple" a day keeps (Score:4, Funny)
Hey! No I don't mean the shiny colourful thing on my desk
Re:OS's (Score:5, Funny)
OSX is that hot geek woman that tries really hard to show everyone that she's not just a piece of meat, but instead has a brain. She never takes off either.
OS9 is that old guy on the edge of retiring who doesn't give a $hit about doing the job. He goes to the doctor alot because of cruft, complains about new technology, and talks about the old days to anyone that'll listen. He takes off quite a bit to visit the urologist.
WINDOWS is that guy who managed to get far in the company by taking pictures of the president of the company with a goat. He doesn't really do a lot on his own, but instead steals most of his ideas from the hot chick and the old guy and presents them to his superiors. He takes off all the time to play golf, visit his mistress, and to sleep off hang-overs.
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It's worse than they say (Score:4, Funny)
The worst of them are some of those especially illegal eastern European bioengineered viruses -- if a worker catches one of those, he calls the manufacturer and leaves the doors and windows at the workplace unlocked. And then he starts sending out hundreds of emails hawking penis enlargements, breast enlargements, home mortgages, spyware, and immunizations against the most popular, common viruses.
Re:99.84% pure pork fat (Score:4, Funny)
I like PC down days at the office... (Score:5, Funny)
My PC had no sick days this last years... (Score:5, Funny)
PCs on a Bender (Score:3, Funny)
We send them to the Steve Wozniak Clinic to detox.
I don't make much sense, do I?
LA (Score:3, Funny)
Psssh. Come out here, I'll introduce you to the 405. If the gangbangers don't kill you, the soccer moms surely will.
Re:My computer is perfect (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Weird comparison (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OS's (Score:2, Funny)
What we need is a way to integrate this feature with Exposé. Mmm, F11...
Re:Should we be suprised? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Weird comparison (Score:5, Funny)
As for nerds being enlightened, study this koan:
A software engineer had an impending deadline. As she worked
she found that the investors were closing in threatening
a takeover and layoffs. The night before the deadline arrived and
the engineer was late at work, when she found a basic flaw
in the architecture of the software which could take months
to fix.
Just then the pizza arrived. How sweet it tasted!
Re:My computer is perfect (Score:1, Funny)
You left one out... (Score:5, Funny)
(hey it's
Re:Traffic stress (Score:1, Funny)
"Boss, I can't make it in today... my ride is sick."
"&^%#(!!"
Re:My computer is perfect (Score:3, Funny)
Greetings, Captain Pedantic! It's swell to see you on the job!
99.84%, eh? (Score:3, Funny)
I've got a revolutionary system to fight spam that I guarantee will be 99.84% effective for this company! It's simple, free, and uses all existing tools! Here's some sample code:
PS: Don't listen to people who tell you it has a high rate of false positives. 99.84% effective, man!