As is the case with Rodney Dangerfield, computer savants don't get no
respect.

Personally, we can only bemoan this tragic situation, but
sometimes it is deserved when computer nerds get out of their specific
areas of expertise.

A recent example occurred in a local unnamed department.

One of the
department members wanted to place a large graphic into a color
presentation.

The picture was very large and there was some question
as to whether it should be imported as a PICT, as a TIFF, or in the
graphics interchange format.

The so-called expert suggested that the latter was most appropriate
and made the conversion.

The trouble came when importation of this
file was attempted.

The file size was over 10 megabytes, and it blew
the computer out of the water.

In fact, the resulting problems did not go away until the operating
system was reinstalled.

There is an obvious moral to this tale of woe: ... beware of geeks
bearing GIFs.