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<description><![CDATA[DigitalXeron posted : When I used to run a small webhosting operation of 250 users, I once had the following:<br>--<br>User: Can I email you my webpage to put it up for me?<br>Me: What's wrong with FTP?<br>User: I don't want to install software on my computer.<br>Me: Use this then: [link to web interface]<br>User: looks too complicated<br>(looking through server logs to see if they actually logged in, they didn't)<br>Me: Did you log in?<br>User: Yes<br>Me: ...Could you try again? (just going with their "already tried" thing)<br>User: Ok.<br>Me: Did you get in?<br>User: No<br>Me: (while I stare at logs, knowing they didn't do anything) What are you trying to do?<br>User: I tried emailing my website to the address [interface address] you gave me<br>Me: (bursting out laughing, since this is an IM conversation) Did you click the link I gave you?<br>User: I was supposed to do that?<br><br>--<br>Another user:<br>This one had a 10-20 MB video uploaded to the system and said video took 50-60 GB of transfer in 1 day, this was on a standard, free account, I removed the file and locked down the account - We had a section in our TOS that stated you may not use your account to solely upload media, they did, that one video and a few mp3s.<br><br>User: Why did you delete my site?<br>Me: Your video took 50-60 GB of transfer from our systems in one day.<br>User: But I had that video linked on these forums: [link]<br>Me: You breached our Terms of service with doing that, [link], read section [section number].<br>User: How did I breach it?<br>Me: (trying not to just block the user and terminate the account) See above.<br>User: Why did you delete my movie though?<br>Me: I tried explaining to you already<br>User: Can you put it back up?<br>Me: ...Sorry, I cannot host you any further since you fail to abide by the terms.<br>User: WHAT?! Why?! I did abide by your terms!<br><br>At this point, I terminated contact and terminated the account in full, redirecting all requests for the movie to a specialized 404 explaining to the people clicking the links at the forum what had happened.<br>--<br>A one liner I couldn't resist posting:<br><br>User: FTP is for bad people to send warez with!<br><SMALL>--<br>--Kradorex Xeron<br></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[David posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1294421" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1294421');">roc5955</a>:</SMALL><br><br><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/715380" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=715380');">Maxo</a>:</SMALL><br><br> I always back up config file before I change them.  That's saved me a number of times.<br> </DIV>Tell that to the mass of <STRIKE>losers</STRIKE> users who don't back anything up until they have lost something really important<br> </DIV>I don't for my wife, I have a script that runs. <br><SMALL>--<br>If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. <br><A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12602989~mode=flat">Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!<br></A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[roc5955 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/715380" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=715380');">Maxo</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR> I always back up config file before I change them.  That's saved me a number of times.<br> </DIV>Tell that to the mass of <STRIKE>losers</STRIKE> users who don't back anything up until they have lost something really important]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[djtim21 posted : I've got a great one - This has to do with an Avaya IP Telephone. It was sent to a site that is just outside the US, so the person understood english just fine.<br><br>Just for some info - to reset an Avaya IP phone, after the boot, you press the * key, then # several times until it says "Enter Command". At this point you can then press Mute-73738#(reset#) to restore the phone to the factory settings.<br><br>Okay - A support person was working with a women to get the phone reset. In passing the support person said "She gets to the enter command part - but when she hits the keys, nothing happens." I asked him if she was hitting the keys too slow - he insisted that the speed wasn't the problem. This had gone on for about 2 days. I told him to conference me in the next time that he called her.<br><br>So I get the call with the person out of the country and the support person. We get to the "Enter Command" part. She still states that nothing happens. I said the magic word "Just press the keys" She said "You mean don't hold down any keys?" - Bingo the phone said "Reset - are you sure".<br><br>This IP Phone didn't work for 2 days because she was holding the mute key down. <br><SMALL>--<br>"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.&#148; - Edmund Burke</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[BosstonesOwn posted : Actually I have 2 test boxes that sit in my basement, running my home network that have keyboards that people wanted replaced because they were dirty. <br><br>I told em use some alcohol in the water and just let it soak unplugged for a bit. They thought I was crazy. I took the usb keyboards back to my house dunked em in a bucket of clean water and alcohol for a couple days and all the crap they dropped in em came out. I took off the keys and let em sit in front of a fan for a couple days and they work great to this day.<br><br>It really depends on your water source. I find those .10 a gallon fill up places with "spring" water to be a good supply of water :)<br><br>Hell I have cleaned Ipods , palm pilots , cell phones , and even dvd-r drives like that.<br><br>Of course you pull the batteries first.<br><br>I have an ipod mini that my wife dropped in vegetable oil, i dropped my phone in a cup of soda, and some palms that people dropped soda on here at work. Work fine after that. Some required a little old tooth brush scrubbing but worked. <br><SMALL>--<br> "It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Weasel posted : Depending on the quality of your water, even letting it dry fully can still be an issue because if there are enough mineral deposits in your water they can cause shorts on the keyboard circuitry.<br><br>But you are right, in theory letting it fully dry should make it usable again.<br><SMALL>--<br>How lucky am I to have known someone who is so hard to say good-bye to.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:37 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zyncotl posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/637748" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=637748');">David</a>:</SMALL><br><br><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1274901" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1274901');">refused</a>:</SMALL><br><br>She is 2 cubicles away from the guy that took his keyboard home and put it in the dishwasher because it was dirty. -_-<br><br></DIV>My sister did this once, the bad part is, after letting it air dry, it still worked. <br><br>I told her don't ever do it again, but it worked. <br><br> :uhh:<br> </DIV>There is no issue with using a dishwasher to clean a keyboard, hell you can take it and drop it (unplugged of course)in the bathtub full of water. Just let it dry fully.<br><br>Don't do this with a black keyboard as the soap tends to discolor the keyboards. <br><SMALL>--<br>I'd take the time to insult your intelligence, but you probably wouldn't get it.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Maxo posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1294421" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1294421');">roc5955</a>:</SMALL><br><br>The ones that really bug me are the ones who are smart enough to really mess up their PC, but not smart enough to know what they did.</DIV>That me and my Ubuntu box.  I'm always breaking something, but can't remember exactly what I did to break it.  Fortunately, I always back up config file before I change them.  That's saved me a number of times.<br><SMALL>--<br>"Padre, nobody said war was fun now bowl!" - Sherman T Potter<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad" >www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/" >maxolasersquad.com/</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/network/" >maxolasersquad.com/network/</A> My DSL Network Guide<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://myspace.com/mlsquad" >myspace.com/mlsquad</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[roc5955 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/172393" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=172393');">coxta</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR>This thread is so long, but how about this statement when something goes wrong and the user says:<br><br>"I didn't do anything".<br> </DIV>Believe you me, in my short tenure of fifteen years of support, I have learned that if a user says that they didn't do anything, they did, in fact, do something, so if something is REALLY screwed up, I say to the user, "And of course you didn't do anything, did you?"<br><br>They always show their most innocent face when they answer.  <br><br>The ones that really bug me are the ones who are smart enough to really mess up their PC, but not smart enough to know what they did.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[coxta posted : This thread is so long, but how about this statement when something goes wrong and the user says:<br><br>"I didn't do anything".<br><SMALL>--<br> cum hoc ergo propter hoc</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[gephc posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/637748" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=637748');">David</a>:</SMALL><br><br><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1274901" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1274901');">refused</a>:</SMALL><br><br>She is 2 cubicles away from the guy that took his keyboard home and put it in the dishwasher because it was dirty. -_-<br><br></DIV>My sister did this once, the bad part is, after letting it air dry, it still worked. <br> </DIV>I did this myself last year.  I wasn't being dumb; I was just fed up with the filthy thing and willing to buy a replacement anyway, so I gave it a shot.  I gave it plenty of time to dry, and I'm typing on it right now.<br><SMALL>--<br>This is not a cig.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[dentman42 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1274901" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1274901');">refused</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR>I don't know why he just didn't say he spilled coffee on them or something.<br> </DIV>Ummm...because he didn't want to sound stupid?   :)]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[refused posted : His keyboard still worked for the most parts, keys all registered when pressed, numlock/capslock/scroll lock lights all came on, just the keys seemed "sticky" when being pressed. I don't know if he used dishwasher soap or what but they weren't very easy to press down anymore. Thats why he came to me in the first place..."can I have a new keyboard?"<br>I asked if he spilled something on it when he said his keys werent' working right. He said "no, about a month ago I took it home and washed it in the dishwasher, and the keys have been hard to press ever since. I thought i'd wait a while and see if they'd break in and work like normal"<br>I don't know why he just didn't say he spilled coffee on them or something.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Greg_Z posted : I almost feel like doing that to mine, or bringing in my own keyboard & mouse, due to I am tired of looking @ the crude from previous users.  I have done everything to get most of the surface gunk off of both of them.<br><SMALL>--<br>I threw out the map a long time ago.  Now I follow my own direction!</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[David posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1274901" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1274901');">refused</a>:</SMALL><br><br>She is 2 cubicles away from the guy that took his keyboard home and put it in the dishwasher because it was dirty. -_-<br><br></DIV>My sister did this once, the bad part is, after letting it air dry, it still worked. <br><br>I told her don't ever do it again, but it worked. <br><br> :uhh:<br><SMALL>--<br>If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. <br><A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12602989~mode=flat">Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!<br></A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[refused posted : She seemed pretty serious, and I didn't hear any complaints about the CD not working.<br><br>She is 2 cubicles away from the guy that took his keyboard home and put it in the dishwasher because it was dirty. -_-<br><br>I just try and avoid that section.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[PoloDude posted : Friend  "my cd drive on my dell laptop doesn't work,i dont know why"<br>Me- hit button to open it nothing happens, use paperclip and drive comes in 2 pieces, broken in half. <br>"well there's you problem!"<br><br>post 1000 cool]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[jm8 posted : that is a good one.<br>And I bet the cd didnt have a scratch on it after having gone thru the cdrom case.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dude NJX posted : I bet she was just screwing with you the whole time! LOL]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[refused posted : Person reported their CD got stuck in their cdrom tray. We have dell optiplexes, the small form factor ones. specifically gx260's, 270's, and some 280's. So after i heard about the user losing their CD in the drive, i picked up my trusty paperclip and went to their cubicle. This has happened quite a few times before.<br>I went up, popped open the drive.....nothing in there.<br>I said, "Where's the CD?"<br>the worker replied, "Thats what i'm saying, the CD is stuck in there"<br><br>The tray door/cd holder came out smooth. Pushing the cd-rom button ejects the cd tray fine and normal, no hiccups or scratching or none of the symptoms you would normally think of if there were an entire CD stuck inside. An keep in mind, these are the dell optiplexes, small form factor ones. Not those huge 1" full size CD-Rom's, they're about a half inch, maybe a little less.<br>So I ask the user... "Are you sure you put it in? And you didn't just think you did and you lost it somewhere?"<br><br>The luser replied with "I'm sure, i put it in there, and then it wouldn't read it, and now its gone. It like ate it"<br>I asked "did you push down on it so it locks onto the middle circle, the spindle that locks it on the tray???"<br>She was positive, she remembers pressing down and it locking in position.<br><br>I stand there for a bit..trying to think. Why would they lie?<br>I test it again, nothing in there...and i'm looking inside, all lit up, definitely nothing in there, at all.<br>I ask for a 3rd-4th time....ARE YOU SURE??? No possibility you could have mistakenly thought you put it in there?<br>User almost acted insulted that i was questioning them.<br>So to further prove that there was nothing in there, I open up the computer, and pop out the cddrive. Nice thing about the dells...everything is modular. 1 squeeze and out came the drive. Small drive too...i open it up...show her, nothing in there. Shake it...nothing in there.<br>By now the user is frustrated.<br>I almost tell her, you did not put it in there, and i tell her, "Maybe look around for the CD? Look in the case it came in?"<br>She's still insisting she put it in there.<br>So i say fine, i'll open up the drive, and show you that there is nothing in there.<br>I get about 10 feet away from the cubicle towards mine, adn she says "HEY, I found it!!!"<br>I walk back thinking...hah....was probably sittin on her desk.<br>I return to her pointing inside the computer.<br>I look...and its sitting on the processor fan.<br>Now i know for 100% she was lying. She had to have left it laying somewhere.<br>No way, she could have put it in there...and it come off the spindle...OUT of the entire cd-rom drive and casing...through the computer...through the cables...onto the processor fan. LOL<br>I'm kind of insulted now that she would actually think that I may believe that that could happen.<br>I put in the cd-rom tray, say nothing, and walk back to my workspace.<br><br>I know as soon as i walked away they put it there, not wanting to admit they were wrong.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ilikeme posted : I regret starting to help friends with their computer problems because now one in particular calls me all the time with some really dumb questions.  Heres a recent one.<br><br>A few weeks ago someone I know called me saying his computer was giving a message saying he was low and disk space and his external hard drive was also full and was wondering what to do.  He also said he didnt want to delete things and did not want to buy another hard drive.  He also did not want to take the time to burn stuff to dvd or cd's.  I told him those were his only options but he would not listen.  He ended up calling Dork Squad and spent $150 for them to tell him the same thing lol.  He ended up burning things to DVDs.<br><SMALL>--<br><br><A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/ftth">Fiber Optics</A> is the future of high-speed internet access. Stop by the <A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/ftth">BBR Fiber Optic Forum</A><br></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ruscorp posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/627488" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=627488');">N10Cities</a>:</SMALL><br><br>I'm sure everyone has gotten the "my computer isn't working" calls without any further detail. </DIV>Is the network down? I know the problem can't just be me. I just asked Joe User in cubical 67 and he has a problem too.<br><SMALL>--<br>These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. - <A HREF="http://www.ruscorpx.org">RuS Corporation X</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[N10Cities posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/164582" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=164582');">kwitko7</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1387340" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1387340');">elnino</a>:</SMALL><br><br>I'm sure everyone has gotten the "my computer isn't working" calls without any further detail. </DIV>Oh, most definitely!  Check out this Dear User letter I found at my favorite SpamAssassin rules site.<br><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://www.rulesemporium.com/rant.html" >www.rulesemporium.com/rant.html</A><br> </DIV>I HATE those type of calls!  When someone would say that to me, I would say "Define - 'not working'"   :uhh:]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:12:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[techjoe posted : Our new "Network Administrator" couldn't figure out his own email addresses from the GAL and couldn't quite figure out how to change his password on a standard domain-joined workstation......<br><br>I know this isn't quite a user comment, but it is quite fitting to the theme..! Someone shoot me.........<br><SMALL>--<br><A HREF="http://www.clanc.cc">www.clanc.cc</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:41:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[hrobins posted : <br>I have had people who have had problems with even finding the DEL key....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:58:12 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[rratss posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/715380" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=715380');">Maxo</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1363228" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1363228');">wardsystems</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Remember to be very specific... press CTRL-ALT-DEL all at the same time!</DIV>Not specific enough.  I find I often have to break it down like this.  "With your left hand press the ctrl and alt keys that are to the left of the space bar.  While holding those two keys down with your left hand, take your right hand and press-and-release the del key."  Sometime you have to repeat that slowly step for step, but most people can get it.<br> </DIV>I also love it when they push with the entire weight of their upper body onto those poor keys. It's finally time for them to show the computer who's boss!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:54:59 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maxo posted : Here's a nice e-mail we just got<br><br><div class="bquote">Subject: Icons<br>From: <I>Lastname, Firstname</I><br>To: Helpdesk<br><br>Subject:</DIV>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:26:25 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maxo posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1363228" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1363228');">wardsystems</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Remember to be very specific... press CTRL-ALT-DEL all at the same time!</DIV>Not specific enough.  I find I often have to break it down like this.  "With your left hand press the ctrl and alt keys that are to the left of the space bar.  While holding those two keys down with your left hand, take your right hand and press-and-release the del key."  Sometime you have to repeat that slowly step for step, but most people can get it.<br><SMALL>--<br>"Padre, nobody said war was fun now bowl!" - Sherman T Potter<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad" >www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/" >maxolasersquad.com/</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/network/" >maxolasersquad.com/network/</A> My DSL Network Guide<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://myspace.com/mlsquad" >myspace.com/mlsquad</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[wardsystems posted : Phone conversation with user:<br><br>Me: Ok, your PC is locked up, press CTRL-ALT-DEL.<br>User:OK.. (I hear keyboard noises "click, click, click")<br><br>Remember to be very specific... press CTRL-ALT-DEL all at the same time!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:14:38 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BosstonesOwn posted : yeap ;)]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Zyncotl posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/737475" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=737475');">BosstonesOwn</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Edited for spelling. Was late at nite ;)</DIV>I find it funny that you edited for spelling and then spelled the word night the way you did. I must ask... was that intentional?<br><SMALL>--<br>I'd take the time to insult your intelligence, but you probably wouldn't get it.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[BosstonesOwn posted : Here is a couple ones I ran into this month that frustrated me to no end.<br><br>DST fun:<br><br>A sys admin from a big university calls and starts asking about DST issues. I kindly told him , well the timestamps will be off on your server if you don't patch it.<br><br>After 30 minutes of walking him through patching he asks me if all machines on the cluster need to be patched as well, I laughed and said yes. He had me on hold for 15 minutes and came back and asked me how to patch again. So I walked him through it again. <br><br>Another 15 minutes passes and I ask him if I can close his case because now he gets how to do it. He proceeds to tell me how he can't remember how to do it because he is using a different login and user name for each server ! I walked him through patching 50 HA servers and got up and walked around the building for 20 minutes.<br><br>Email goodness:<br><br>Sys admin from a huge corporation calls in and asks me why his email isn't working. I told him I don't know lets troubleshoot the daemon and the server and figure out why. I start walking him through troubleshooting an enterprise server and he flat out asks me how can I get a desktop on this server. I said excuse me ? <br><br>We don't have gui tools to look at this issue. So I let it slide and I look through the logs he managed to send me, and I notice the send mail daemon is working fine. I even bounce emails off it. <br><br>I said sir the daemon is working fine I can bounce off it. He told me it can't be. He can't synch his phone with outlook because the server containing his phone book is "offline". <br><br>To my amazement the guy was a windows admin who thought we had managed to get exchange to run on one of our boxes running linux. So he was trying to synch up his phone from a usb port on the front of one of the enterprise servers because it was tagged as an email server in the data center.<br><br>Needless to say even the "bright" folks don't always have the light on upstairs.<br><br>Edited for spelling. Was late at nite ;)]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[kwitko7 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1387340" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1387340');">elnino</a>:</SMALL><br><br>I'm sure everyone has gotten the "my computer isn't working" calls without any further detail. </DIV>Oh, most definitely!  Check out this Dear User letter I found at my favorite SpamAssassin rules site.<br><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://www.rulesemporium.com/rant.html" >www.rulesemporium.com/rant.html</A><br><SMALL>--<br>"Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule."-- David Guaspari</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[dentman42 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1387340" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1387340');">elnino</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR>I'm sure everyone has gotten the "my computer isn't working" calls without any further detail.  When I try to find out exactly WHAT is wrong so I can fix over the phone, I always get the "I don't know, it just doesn't work!"<br><br>Seriously, is this what people tell their auto mechanics?  "My car doesn't work.  Fix it!"  <br>WHAT on the car doesn't work exactly?  The breaks?  The radio?  The headlights?  We're not magicians here. :)<br> </DIV>Calls? We get 'em in email! Calls would be a lot easier as the customer that emails never picks up their phone or returns voicemail, and replies to emails requesting that they call with another email.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:09:52 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[dentman42 posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/655853" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=655853');">JoelC707</a>:</SMALL><BR><BR>I doubt it is the reversing of the cable or a different one. If it really were the cable it wouldn't care which direction it was used. Oh, hey, maybe all the electrons are stuck on one end now and they need to start going the other way? ;)<br><br>Since you unplug both ends anyway, have you tried just unplugging both at the same time and plugging them back in? Maybe wait a minute before plugging them back in. My thought is that there is some kind of reset that takes place when it detects no cable connected for a set period of time. Thus why taking the time to plug in another cable or swap the cable around does something. It could also be because the connection is dirty and replugging the cable pushed the dust out of the way.<br><br>Strange, I never thought it could actually work. But you're right, it could simply be to ensure they replug the cable (the dirt/dust idea).<br> </DIV>Actually, depending on how the connectors were crimped on the cable, it might make a difference, though if it had been working it wouldn't suddenly stop. I've got a couple of cables where the connector on one end won't make a connection with my laptop's onboard NIC - the pins were pushed in just a little too far when it was crimped. That plug works fine with my switch, and it also works fine if I flip the cable. I've had it happen with a cable I made, and with a mass-produced cable (QVS, Belkin, or the like).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:06:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[61999674 posted : At a previous employer our rules were if it was computer related at all the case went to the IT Help Line, everything else came to us in Office Services.<br><br>You didn't get it right, you were told to call the correct number.<br><SMALL>--<br>He doesn't have issues, he has a subscription.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[rratss posted : I've had some good ones when I used to work at my company's NOC, but this one shines:<br><br>"Hi, the northeast corner of the 4th floor is freezing. Can you turn down the A/C?"<br><br>my co-workers have said that there's been complaints of overflowing toilets, broken chairs, and car alarms gone haywire... to the NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER!]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sweet Witch posted :  <BLOCKQUOTE><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/164582" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=164582');">kwitko7</a>:</SMALL><HR>Mr. "Knows-Nothing-But-Pretends-to-Know-it-All"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br>I call this the 'Cliff Clavin Syndrome' :D :D<br><SMALL>--<br>"Love is three-quarters curiosity." - Giacomo Casanova</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[kwitko7 posted : Every so often one of the installers we have (we make library-style shelving units) does clean-outs on the side.  He brings me all sorts of hardware.  The other day I'm looking through his latest haul.  I say to our purchasing manager- Mr. "Knows-Nothing-But-Pretends-to-Know-it-All":<br>"These handful of rigs are good to use in the warehouse for looking up basic info.  They're Compaqs with Celerons."<br><br>He says to me, "Hmm... I would have thought Compaq would use Intel processors in their PCs."<br><SMALL>--<br>"Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule."-- David Guaspari</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[61999674 posted : First thing I ask is "What does it do or not do?"<br><SMALL>--<br>He doesn't have issues, he has a subscription.</SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[elnino posted : I'm an IT guy at a hospital and I must say.... I hope nurses are MUCH better at fixing people then they are at using computers.<br><br>Yesterday I get this call at work:<br>Nurse: "Hi, what's the area code for Mansfield?" (The city is about 1.5 hours away)<br>Me: "How would I know? I know area code 419 is used around that area."<br>Nurse:"Well I need to know.  I need to call this number!!" <br>Me: "Have you tried looking in a phone book? Area codes are listed there"<br>Nurse: "Where would I look?"<br>Me: "Usually they start with a table of contents.  Let me walk up to the front of my department and grab ours.  Hmmm.... area codes, page 11."<br>Nurse: "Oh there it is!"<br><br>This one happened about a month ago:<br>"Hi, I'm trying to turn on my boss's computer so I can use it but I hit the power button and it won't turn on. Everything is black"<br>"Push down on the the back of the laptop to make sure it has a good connection with the docking station."<br>"I can't, she has the laptop with her on her business trip"<br>"Wait, so her laptop isn't there in the office with you?"<br>"No, it's not"<br>"So what are you trying to turn on exactly?"<br>"Oh, you're right.  What a dumb question. Sorry for bothering you"  <br>:)<br><br>I'm sure everyone has gotten the "my computer isn't working" calls without any further detail.  When I try to find out exactly WHAT is wrong so I can fix over the phone, I always get the "I don't know, it just doesn't work!"<br><br>Seriously, is this what people tell their auto mechanics?  "My car doesn't work.  Fix it!"  <br>WHAT on the car doesn't work exactly?  The breaks?  The radio?  The headlights?  We're not magicians here. :)]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[David posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/655853" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=655853');">JoelC707</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Since you unplug both ends anyway, have you tried just unplugging both at the same time and plugging them back in? Maybe wait a minute before plugging them back in. My thought is that there is some kind of reset that takes place when it detects no cable connected for a set period of time. Thus why taking the time to plug in another cable or swap the cable around does something. It could also be because the connection is dirty and replugging the cable pushed the dust out of the way.<br></DIV>That's the theory I have had. I have enough new cables in packages still to where even if it was a cable I could just simply replace it. I visually inspected the last cable and even plugged it to my sister-in-law's computer upstairs currently. My thought on the reset was possibly dead on, but at the same time a power off of 5 minutes I would think would fix that as well. I mean I power everything off, modem router & hub. At that point it technically should reset, but sometimes it don't. Ironically it don't do it often, last time it did it was last year july. <br><br><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/655853" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=655853');">JoelC707</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Strange, I never thought it could actually work. But you're right, it could simply be to ensure they replug the cable (the dirt/dust idea).<br> </DIV>It could be just to switch it might have the port reset too, and even dirt/dust ideas as well. That modem will always be "a little off" but it's a goodie and I keep it. <br><SMALL>--<br>If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. <br><A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12602989~mode=flat">Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!<br></A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[JoelC707 posted : I doubt it is the reversing of the cable or a different one. If it really were the cable it wouldn't care which direction it was used. Oh, hey, maybe all the electrons are stuck on one end now and they need to start going the other way? ;)<br><br>Since you unplug both ends anyway, have you tried just unplugging both at the same time and plugging them back in? Maybe wait a minute before plugging them back in. My thought is that there is some kind of reset that takes place when it detects no cable connected for a set period of time. Thus why taking the time to plug in another cable or swap the cable around does something. It could also be because the connection is dirty and replugging the cable pushed the dust out of the way.<br><br>Strange, I never thought it could actually work. But you're right, it could simply be to ensure they replug the cable (the dirt/dust idea).]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[gabeman posted : My buddy was calling a user back on a ticket... the conversation went something like this:<br><br>"Are you at your computer right now?"<br><br>"One second... (toilet flush)"]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gooiool posted : I get a call today to see about unit not working .<br><br>Husband is out of town and she tells me she tried getting on-line. Ask her what the problem was , what was it doing ?<br>Reply was that's why I called you I don't know.<br> K Are you in front of your computer? Reply , No let me go get it ....<br>She comes back to the phone and says she's got it . I asked if this was a laptop.<br>Reply, Yes of course it is . Told her to power it up and wait until the  boot was done. <br> Her Reply , If I could do that I wouldn't have called you!<br>Well puzzled I ask what do you need help with ?<br>Her reply was , Turning it on !// All the time she is yelling at me ..<br>So I thought I would do this step by step, Huh.<br>1st after that I said turn the power button on. ( Thinking to myself that's going to set her off ).<br>Her reply , That's why I called you I don't know where it is . <br>Well that's when I said , Just go ahead and bring it in and there is a 45 dollar board fee.<B><br><br>Should have said 100.......computer lit. 101</B><br><SMALL>--<br>As always thank you Gooiool  &copy;2005.<B><A HREF="/forum/disco">Team Discovery</A></B><br><B>Please join us in the fight against cancer and juvenile diseases.<B><A HREF="http://www.tdprojecthope.com/">Project Hope</B></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:20:46 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[David posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/655853" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=655853');">JoelC707</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Sorry David <A HREF="/useremail/u/637748"><i class='fa fa-user'></i></A> but this one I heard is too funny to pass up. Seems the "new" AT&T CSR's are <I>really</I> reaching now.<br><br>Ok so my dad (also an IT guy) was at a customer location today and all the sudden the internet access went out. Naturally they came to my dad and he immediately went into an "it wasn't me" bit. Well they tracked the problem to Bellsouth (AT&T) and the customer called them up. Now the customer is no dumbass when it comes to computers so he wasn't too happy having to deal with the script reading CSR that had no clue what she was doing.<br><br>After trying everything in the script and it still wasn't working she told him to unplug the CAT5 from the router, then unplug the other end from the wall (IFITL network) and swap the cable around. She swore up and down this had solved many problems before. The customer lost it at this point. I have no idea what happened after that or if the connection came back up. <br> </DIV>The weird thing is, I have a 5360 that I have to do that to now and then, or swap cables. As weird as it sounds, and I have yet to put my finger as to the reason why it works!<br><br>Honestly, I think that 5360 I have is possessed. I don't get why reversing a network cable or even a different one made all the damn difference. <br><br>Only other reason why I think they do it is just so people will actually unplug and replug in the Ethernet connections.<br><br>True sounds crazy and I admit it's funny, untill I had to do it once I laughed all the time when I heard this at first. Now with that 5360-002 I have. I still laugh at it, but I don't discredit it as much.<br><br>I think my next avatar I want is going to be a 5360 with red horns on it. <br><br> <br><SMALL>--<br>If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. <br><A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12602989~mode=flat">Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!<br></A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:47:45 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[JoelC707 posted : Sorry David <A HREF="/useremail/u/637748"><i class='fa fa-user'></i></A> but this one I heard is too funny to pass up. Seems the "new" AT&T CSR's are <I>really</I> reaching now.<br><br>Ok so my dad (also an IT guy) was at a customer location today and all the sudden the internet access went out. Naturally they came to my dad and he immediately went into an "it wasn't me" bit. Well they tracked the problem to Bellsouth (AT&T) and the customer called them up. Now the customer is no dumbass when it comes to computers so he wasn't too happy having to deal with the script reading CSR that had no clue what she was doing.<br><br>After trying everything in the script and it still wasn't working she told him to unplug the CAT5 from the router, then unplug the other end from the wall (IFITL network) and swap the cable around. She swore up and down this had solved many problems before. The customer lost it at this point. I have no idea what happened after that or if the connection came back up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:34:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maxo posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/1031550" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1031550');">tapeloop</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Works along the same lines as people not knowing their own phone number.<br><br>"I mean, I never call <I>myself</I> right?"  :hmm:</DIV>Sometimes I get a pause when I ask people for their name.<br>"Ahhhh, its ... John Doe." :o<br><SMALL>--<br>"Padre, nobody said war was fun now bowl!" - Sherman T Potter<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad" >www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/" >maxolasersquad.com/</A><BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://maxolasersquad.com/network/" >maxolasersquad.com/network/</A> My DSL Network Guide<BR><br>&raquo;<A HREF="http://myspace.com/mlsquad" >myspace.com/mlsquad</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:16:46 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[tapeloop posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/175582" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=175582');">elias</a>:</SMALL><br><br>You let them know they just have to type in their username at the top, which leaves them very confused. Then they start guessing what it might be until they finally get it.<br> </DIV>Works along the same lines as people not knowing their own phone number.<br><br>"I mean, I never call <I>myself</I> right?"  :hmm:<br><SMALL>--<br>I cannot stand demagoguery.  If you disagree with my stance, you're a blithering twit. You're not a twit, are you?</SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:12:10 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[elias posted : I always find it funny how people usually don't know their username.<br><br>Every morning they just hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and type their password.<br><br>So when you go to their machine and login as Administrator, they go to log back in when you're done and come running after you saying they can't login anymore.<br><br>You let them know they just have to type in their username at the top, which leaves them very confused. Then they start guessing what it might be until they finally get it.<br><SMALL>--<br><A HREF="http://www.inintimates.com">My Webmaster Gig</A> | <A HREF="/forum/disco">Crunching the Midnight Oil</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:59:58 EDT</pubDate>
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