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Cisco Ships Mexican Folk Music On VPN Client CD

Posted by samzenpus on from the whistle-while-you-work dept.

jemduff writes "So we receive our brand new firewall from CISCO and all goes well with the setup... until we try to upgrade our VPN client and we discovered that the installation CDs from CISCO contain 12 tracks of Mexican music!!? Not too bad if you're into that kind of music ... too bad if you need to get onto your corporate network. How much did those routers cost, again? 5,000,000 pesos?"

10 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. Well, of course by wandazulu · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Windows version uses OLE.

    1. Re:Well, of course by Kooty-Sentinel · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Linux version comes with Samba ;)

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  2. Uh-oh by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    An american company outsources its CD-pressing to China and ends up with Mexican folk music on the discs.

    I don't why but I'm sure that someone, somewhere, is blaming Canada for this.

  3. That software has bugs, specifically by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    la cocoracha!

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    1. Re:That software has bugs, specifically by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      la cocoracha!

      The chocolate-roach?

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  4. Re:Meanwhile... by santiagoanders · · Score: 4, Funny

    Los chicanos no compran esos CDs. Se venden copias en la calle, y esos son mas baratos. Vive la Raza!

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  5. An interview with the new Cisco VP of Mfg... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Q83I0Nyvc

  6. OK guys... by blind+biker · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must admit: this is funny. I picture the whole situation, and the mariachi music coming out of the speakers of the laptop, and I laugh my ass off. Just imagine those CCIEs with the WTF look on their faces.

    I wish I was there, with a camera.

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  7. Re:Translation by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess the funnier part is, thousands of Traditional Mexican music lovers haven't noticed the squeals and chirps coming from their CD players.

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  8. When played by chord.wav · · Score: 3, Funny

    The last track, past the minute 13, has a hidden message. It translates: "This is Ramón speaking, if you hear this please call amnesty international. I've been enslaved in a chinese CD-making factory. Somebody please help me!!"