The Funny Side

Leaping a Sun 3

The following is a near-transcript of my call to Sun to ask about certain problems that we have been experiencing.

Sun: Hello, Customer Service.

Me: Yes, I've got a problem with my Sun workstations. The clocks keep speeding up and slowing down. All of them.

Sun: Ah yes, Do you have an email path? If so, I'll mail you the patch.

Me: Ah, it's a weird problem; it happened all at once.

Sun: Yes, at 7:00pm, Dec 31, 1987.

Me: What?

Sun: It's a leap year problem.

Me: What?

Sun: We've never had a Sun 3 in a leap year before.

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