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             Gives a whole new meaning to the word “automagical” …
                                        
> To: Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster
> From: Coxrid, IT director, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
> Re: My resignation
> 
> Headmaster:
> 
> I regret that I must resign my position, effective two weeks ago, at least.
> It is simply impossible under these conditions to create a modern,
> integrated, flexible IT architecture aligned with the school's educational
> mission and objectives.
> 
> Deployment of the OC-3 (Optical Carrier 3) fiber backbone met insuperable
> difficulties, as you know, when the cabling crew was attacked repeatedly by
> Dementors. Cabling staff rarely are effervescent people in the best of
> times, and having their life force sucked through their faces by cloaked,
> shadowy horrors as they lay paralyzed in icy terror is a serious de-
> motivator.
> 

“The trials of the Hogwarts IT director [1]”

Ah, I'm so glad I don't have that job.

[1] http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/articles/the-trials-of-the-

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