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I guess new power supply ATX-type have no on/off switch. Just
Power supply detect latch signal from user or window command
or advance power control system.

I think avoid this nonsense, relabel with On/Off switch with ATX power
supply..

But excellent joke for Real computer people.....  :-)
Peter C.

Ted Ashton wrote in message ...
>Enjoy!
>
>Ted
>
>--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
>>
>> Abbott and Costello's first computer
>>
>> Costello: Hey, Abbott!
>> Abbott:   Yes, Lou?
>> Costello: I just got my first computer.
>> Abbott:   That's great, Lou. What did you get?
>> Costello: A Pentium II-266, with 40 Megs of RAM, a 2.1 Gig hard drive,
and a
>>           24X CD-ROM.
>> Abbott:   That's terrific, Lou.
>> Costello: But I don't know what any of it means!
>> Abbott:   You will in time.
>> Costello: That's exactly why I'm here to see you.
>> Abbott:   Oh?
>> Costello: I heard that you're a real computer expert.
>> Abbott:   Well, I don't know . . .
>> Costello: Yes-sir-ee. You know your stuff.  And you're going to train me.
>> Abbott:   Really?
>> Costello: Uh huh. And I am here for my first lesson.
>> Abbott:   O.K. Lou. What do you want to know?
>> Costello: I am having no problem turning it on, but I heard that you
should
>>           be very careful how you turn it off.
>> Abbott:   That's true.
>> Costello: So, here I am working on my new computer and I want to turn it
>>           off. What do I do?
>> Abbott:   Well, first you press the Start button, and then . . .
>> Costello: No, I told you I want to turn it off.
>> Abbott:   I know, you press the Start button . . .
>> Costello: Wait a second. I want to turn it Off.  I know how to start it.
So
>>           tell me what to do.
>> Abbott:   I did.
>> Costello: When?
>> Abbott:   When I told you to press the Start button.
>> Costello: Why should I press the Start button?
>> Abbott:   To shut off the computer.
>> Costello: I press Start to stop?
>> Abbott:   Well, Start doesn't actually stop the computer.
>> Costello: I knew it! So what do I press?
>> Abbott:   Start.
>> Costello: Start what?
>> Abbott:   Start button.
>> Costello: Start button to do what?
>> Abbott:   Shut down.
>> Costello: You don't have to get rude!
>> Abbott:   No, no, no! That's not what I meant.
>> Costello: Then say what you mean.
>> Abbott:   To shut down the computer, press . . .
>> Costello: Don't say, "Start!"
>> Abbott:   Then what do you want me to say?
>> Costello: Look, if I want to turn off the computer, I am willing to press
the
>>           Stop button, the End button or even the Cease and Desist
button,
>>           but no one in their right mind presses the Start to Stop.
>> Abbott:   But that's what you do.
>> Costello: And you probably Go at Stop signs, and Stop at green lights.
>> Abbott:   Don't be ridiculous.
>> Costello: I'm being ridiculous? Well, I think it's about time we started
this
>>           conversation.
>> Abbott:   What are you talking about?
>> Costello: I am starting this conversation right now. Good-bye.
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
>--
>Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
>          ==========================================================
>...She knew only that if she did or said thus-and-so, men would unerringly
>respond with the complimentary thus-and-so. It was like a mathematical
>formula and no more difficult, for mathematics was the one subject that had
>come easy to Scarlett in her schooldays.
>                        -- Mitchell, Margaret
>Gone With the Wind.
>

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