Intel Director of Incident Response Jackie Stokes has captured the entirety of 2017 in a single image: a watercooler that won't dispense water until it has installed a Windows upgrade (caption: "I just wanted some water...").
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11:24 am Thu
Jan 5, 2017
Watercooler won't dispense until it finishes updating Windows
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