Multi-tasking Jokes

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    New Deal software runs in a preemptive, multithreaded multitasking
    environment. But what does that mean? Here's an explanation from one
    of the designers of the software.
    The Walking and Chewing Gum Theory
    Single-Tasking: You are walking down the street
    and you decide you would like to chew gum. You stop, untie your shoes
    and take them off, get a pack of gum from your pocket, take out a
    stick, put it in your mouth and then chew. When you are done chewing
    you remove the gum from your mouth, place it carefully back inside the
    wrapper, put it in your pocket, put back on your shoes and then
    continue to walk.
    Task-Switching: You are walking down the street
    and you decide you would like to chew gum. You slip out of your
    loafers, grab the piece of gum you have stashed behind your ear for
    just such an emergency and chew, chew, chew. When you are done
    chewing, you remove the gum from your mouth and quickly place it
    behind your ear more...

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