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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new
" G- o5 c& N# [: _+ [BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a 8 f0 W$ A! B! N8 W* T! v& H
Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window 3 L' i6 x, y8 s, b, i' v
and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your
^ a2 d; [1 e9 pflock, will you give me one?"
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his 0 [& o, O2 E. u. {! P, E
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."6 X6 O% X+ A) r0 ^
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The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a
5 L7 S- X* F, H) m: ?cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a
- h1 [' [; l2 ?* AGPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database . G# B; Z, M1 v6 ]
and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
/ V3 B7 _ `) K* j' cBlackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out & |& \* S; c9 `
a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and
+ R: p# ]& H/ |4 J+ Y* k' Psays,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".8 E* U( U( h0 O; v8 p8 J6 [5 X) I% e
$ b: K, P" G& e! a$ E"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. ' F/ w2 |( c5 e
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He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his 6 a# W: Z6 C {6 a
car.
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- \; n N V0 V0 T9 OThen the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business
3 _2 ^) @: D# i9 v: N; _4 Pis, will you give me back my animal?"# _ A( y. ?! o% u8 B# h7 t, o1 `
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"OK, why not" answered the young man.# L( J+ X" U, ^: h1 Z7 H
% ?& X, c7 m9 Y) u; p"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd.
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7 {( r d0 t( S0 h"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"/ p4 o) Y8 q O6 j0 |4 [: B J4 @
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"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although ! G4 _, z+ `: X. h [& ]" x
nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
( l) \+ h& p5 l# _( K/ lquestion I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give - p) D: I: Z' M* Z4 G, B: r
me back my dog". |
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