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I am reminded of an incident that occurred during the “Reign of Terror” in France. It was a busy day for the guillotine, as the condemned lined up to face their fates. The first person, a young man, was led to the scaffold, placed face up on a long board; the order of execution was read, and the signal was given for the blade to drop. It did, but - due to a malfunction - it stopped less than two feet from the head of the condemned man. The official in charge observed that, as the man had gone through the ceremony, to have repeated it would constitute double jeopardy. He was thus released and allowed to go free.
The next victim, a woman, went through the same ordeal, with the blade dropping to within a foot or two of her neck and she, too, was released. This happened two more times, much to the consternation of the execution officials. Finally, a condemned man - who happened to be an engineer - was led to the scaffold, forced to lie face up on the board, and listen as his order of execution was read. Just as the blade was about to drop, he looked up and exclaimed: “I see the problem!”

*moral*
Obviously an urban legend. A real injineer would have fixed the problem after the first malfunction. Try it again, and hope for magic, is Microsofts' attribute.

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