Got an essay to write? Can't be arsed?

[Kosila]

I had a really stupid technology teacher in high school. When we had to hand something in (usually a file on a CD) I would do the following:

1. Create the file in Paintbrush (just a big black square... the size of the file depended on the size of the square).
2. Save the file with a .doc extention (.doc for an essay in Word... or .ppt if the project was in powerpoint... etc..).
3. Save on disk and hand that in.

When the teacher went to open the file in Word, all she would see was those crazy ascii characters. When the teacher asked me about it, I would just say, "OH shit I'm sooo stupid. My version of Word is newer. Let me save it again in the right format and hand it in tomorrow." And I would act really disappointed with myself about why I didn't save it in the right format.

And voila! Extention. That OBVIOUSLY doesn't work with smart teachers or professors in university. This teacher was really nice. Also note that this was a couple years ago when it was a common mistake to save in the wrong format.

[Styan]

I've pulled that one off Kos :p...


I love the homestar references in the original document