Confirmed: Life on Mars.

[JustAGuy]

So that's how to write a proposal! Always include an apocalypse clause: "the world will end if we don't _insert propsal here_"

Honestly, though, that really is the way to do it. When asking for a new computer at work, you don't just say, "with a Pentium-4 3.2 Ghz with Hyper Threading would be nice to work with, I could compile my programs in seconds!" you'd say, "my current machine can't support the 'new' software. I can't do my work on this! Countless hours of productivity will be lost if I don't upgrade!! I'm going to have to quit!!!"

Something like that. Don't say those things if your company is a bit strapped, otherwise they might give you the boot... "Can't work on this computer eh? We'll find someone who can, AND we'll give 'em a lower salary!"