Eric and the Silver Surfer

As we digital immigrants know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers. I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11-year-old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over. Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away I called after him, “So what was wrong?” 

He replied “It was an ID ten T error.”

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless enquired, “An ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.”

Eric grinned. “Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?”

”No,” I replied.

“Write it down,” he said, “and I think you'll figure it out.” So I wrote down.

ID10T

I used to like Eric, the little bastard.