After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with an unusual reason for the computers’ demise: the school had overtaxed the machines by making them perform difficult math calculations.
I’ve been overtaxed by difficult math calculations before.
What shouldn’t be a surprise is that the 11 million computers (not all at U of T) were found faulty. They had a Dell label on them, right? Oh, zing!
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