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This was taken from How-To-Geek and I have it here just for archival purposes.  This is by far one of the most helpful tools when dealing with legacy servers!!!

I am not sure who wrote it but if I knew I would give him huge props, not to mention credit for this article as well.

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Since my world really is based in Windows, and some major changes are happening. Windows 7 and Exchange 2008, I have been focusing on Windows as of late. I still truly believe that Ubuntu and Linux are very very very close to opening the worlds mind to change. But the business world is still very grounded in Microsoft. At the end of the day Microsoft products are what pay my bills.

Apparently this is an old joke. I have never heard it but it made me laugh pretty hard.

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”

The man below says: “Yes you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”

“You must work in Information Technology,” says the balloonist.

“I do,” replies the man. “How did you know?”

“Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but it’s of no use to anyone.”

The man below says, “You must work in business as a manager.” “I do,” replies the balloonist, “but how did you know?”

“Well,” says the man, “you don’t know where you are or where you are going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met but now it’s my fault.”