Puzzlebrains

Computer trouble!

I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard, the 11 year old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.

Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem almost immediately.

As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?

He replied, 'It was an ID ten T operator error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T operator error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Richard grinned. 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T operator error before?''

No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down:


I D 1 0 T

I used to like the little ****

Love it!!

It reminded me of:
Osama Bin Laden decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting
> to let him know he was still in the game.
>
> Bush opened the letter and it contained a single line of Coded message:
>
> 370H-SSV-0773H
>
> Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condoleezza Rice. Condi and her aides
> hadn't a clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
>
> No one could solve it at the FBI
>
> So it went to the CIA, then to MI6 and Mossad. Eventually they asked
> Australian Intelligence (ASIO) for help.
>
> Within a minute, ASIO emailed the White House with this reply:
>
> 'Tell the President he's holding the message upside down.'

love it

Both very good

I've 'met' 11-year-old Richard before - he's also famous for saying that the problem is "somewhere between the keyboard and the seat", but the Bush one is a new one to me - excellent coding