LOL

1/9/2009 12:17:05 PM

scan that crap in with OCR

1/9/2009 2:20:38 PM

http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_stuptech.shtml

1/14/2009 3:44:24 PM

http://www.buy.com/prod/apple-imac-g5-1-8-512gb-ram-160gb-hdd-wifi-dvd-cdrw-17-osv-10-4/q/loc/101/210563220.html

So much RAM!

1/14/2009 9:48:37 PM

oh man, a typo

that so fits in with all the stories in this thread..

1/14/2009 9:51:16 PM

I knew a guy who was trying to fix someone else's computer at work, and he eventually typed in "sudo rm -f /", trying to erase some messed up things.

Soon after he did this, question marks started replacing the icons on the desktop, and eventually everything sort of just stopped.

This guy figured he'd screwed up, so he looked up the command he'd typed in, and like the first ten responses are all things like "NEVER TRY THIS".

Luckily, the computer used TimeMachine, so it was back up and running within the hour, but still.





That guy was me, WHOOPS

1/15/2009 3:29:58 PM

^^^ Im tempted to buy that and sue them for false advertising. Id win hands down. Bad thing is its not one type, but plastered all over the page.

1/15/2009 3:34:43 PM

^^If you had no clue what the command was, how'd you even think to type it??

1/15/2009 3:36:16 PM

I was trying to erase everything that had a certain name, and I tried to do something like
"sudo rm -rf | grep blahblah".

So naive I was.

1/15/2009 3:41:19 PM

wouldn't rm -rf / also erase your time machine backup, if it were mounted?

1/15/2009 4:07:15 PM

Somehow it didn't. Maybe because I stopped the command after things started messing up.

1/15/2009 4:11:43 PM

1/18/2009 2:15:42 PM

YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKED CAPACITORS...

1/18/2009 3:32:29 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=556039&page=1

poor girl

1/21/2009 7:43:07 PM

aunt: can you come over and help me get the internet going on the computer i bought your grandpa?
me: sure

--drive over there--

aunt: well here's the bellsouth CD i was using to install the internet but it wouldn't ever finish for some reason
me: [pulls computer out of desk, looks at plugs on back..no network cable, no wireless card] uhh..it's not connected to anything.
aunt: well it's connected to the computer in the other room, i know they have internet..why does it need to be connected exactly?

palm face #1.

aunt: we bought a gig of memory from staples and got them to install for us for [insert ridiculous price here that i don't remember]

palm face #2.

aunt: it keeps locking up though for some reason. any idea what might be wrong?
me: uh, the memory you just put in it maybe.. [takes out new memory, leaves just old stuff behind..computer works fine]

half palm face

Hmm.. pretty sure I had one more really big palm face moment but I can't remember what it was

1/25/2009 8:56:46 PM

Were you at least able to return the memory to Staples?

1/25/2009 11:34:30 PM

1/26/2009 12:56:52 AM

Quote :

"Were you at least able to return the memory to Staples? "

yep..no hassle from them at all..i was quite surprised

1/26/2009 8:01:31 AM

At least your grandma knows a few tech terms. Even more impressive that they were even aware of computer memory and attempted the install themselves. Everything that isn't the monitor is the "hard drive" with one side of the family. I get calls where "my hard drive is broken".

I don't want to let one set of grandparents anywhere near a computer. I'm sure I'd be on 24/7 tech support with things like "how do I get the clock in the corner to stop blinking".

1/26/2009 11:55:46 AM

well..they actually paid Staples to install the memory. I left out the palm face where they paid someone to do something so f'in easy. I could have easily walked my aunt through it.

When we went to Staples to exchange it they said they'd credit us a free memory install anytime we needed it.. lol

1/26/2009 12:00:47 PM

How much did they charge to install the memory?

1/26/2009 4:10:53 PM

^Too much, I'm sure.

1/26/2009 4:27:35 PM

contrary what someone apparently believes, yes originials in the tray go text side up, but originals on the glass go text side down while making copies

anyone want a stack of warm paper? haha

[Edited on January 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

1/26/2009 4:29:07 PM

Quote :

"^Too much, I'm sure. "

basically. i don't remember the number but anything over $5 is too much.

1/26/2009 4:35:28 PM

i'd probably pay $5 to replace it in my sisters pos hp, the case was a fucking pain to take apart

1/26/2009 4:38:51 PM

http://recovery.gov/

<h3><a href="http://WhiteHouse.gov">http://WhiteHouse.gov</a></h5>

1/28/2009 9:27:28 PM

Which makes about as much sense as

<body bgcolor="#ececec">

<center>
<p><br />
<p><br />

1/28/2009 10:05:04 PM

wtf

1/28/2009 10:08:27 PM

65 HTML errors, 28 warnings in a 1KB file

1/28/2009 10:11:13 PM

this comes from all the earmarking in stimulus bills from the democrats... they probably hired that lady that does dog websites at $500/hr

^^^which makes as much sense as making an image of text

Quote :

"http://recovery.gov/recovery.jpg"

[Edited on January 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ,]

1/28/2009 10:27:31 PM

From a business contact at Microsoft, haha

Quote :

"HI, I know you responded to my message but when I tried to open it another message was coming in. I’ve learned with new VISTA version of Outlook messages just disappear – they don’t go to deleted, or drafts or anywhere…. That is a long story just to ask you to please resend your reply. Thank you."

2/6/2009 12:25:30 PM

Got on a call with one of my engineers who had a very difficult customer.

Their problem description was that "the network is slow" and therefore the switch must be sending and receiving packets slowly.

BobbyDigital: Saying the network is slow is a bit anecdotal, we really need to...

Customer: (angrily) WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S ANECDOTAL? THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU BELITTLING THIS ISSUE.

BobbyDigital: facepalm

BobbyDigital: Sir, I'm not belittling your problem, and I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but I don't think your understanding of the word 'anecdotal' is correct.


So, Then i go into a lesson on the definitions and difference between anecdotal and empirical evidence, and why technical problems cannot be solved by using 'data' such as "The network is slow." It's one thing if i'm dealing with my parents, but this guy is a Senior Network Architect (at least per his signature), and can't troubleshoot his way out of a paper bag.

Oh, and the same guy refused to work with the first support engineer (who was an outsourcer), because of the accent and poor english.

I should have somehow worked it into the conversation that I'm indian.

fucker.

2/9/2009 2:21:36 PM

That's a great idea! I'm calling the TAC right now- they'll help me fix our problems

2/9/2009 2:23:28 PM

Listen.

we have a special cdubya call routing rule that sends you straight to the least technical outsourcer in bulgaria that can be found.

2/9/2009 2:33:44 PM

That must be the gent that takes our 4948<>6509 LACP cases

2/10/2009 3:46:52 AM

That must be the same guy I always get when I have to call Watchguard.

2/10/2009 9:33:09 AM

Quote :

"Me: Do you have electricity and internet access? Customer: No, we have neither. Me: Dr. Swift, I would recommend calling the power company. Customer: We already did and they are working on it. I need my server up and running right now. Me: Dr. Swift, I don't think there is anything we can do for you until you have power. I would recommend going back to paper in the meantime. Customer: Unbelievable! [Click] "

Sounds like a great opportunity to steer them towards a UPS system. Assuming the data is stored locally they could have at least kept their local network running.

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 12:09 PM. Reason : l]

2/10/2009 12:08:24 PM

I'd recommend a backup generator for that purpose. Not too many UPS's are designed to keep an entire network of servers, switches, pc's and other equipment going, even for a few minutes. A generator would be more cost effective than putting high end UPS's at every workstation and for all the other equipment.

2/10/2009 12:21:13 PM

^ yeah for as much juice as a dr's office draws you will need a full generator

2/10/2009 12:23:42 PM

My mom wants to come watch Australia (on DVD) because my fiance has an HD tv.

2/24/2009 12:01:20 PM

^well i understand the premise, but DVD's do appear better on HDTV's than standard interlaced TV's... if you have an upscaling DVD player

2/24/2009 5:50:54 PM

I don't find that technically inept. I do, however, find the watching of Australia to indicate very poor taste in movies.

2/24/2009 6:24:25 PM

Quote :

"I was trying to erase everything that had a certain name, and I tried to do something like "sudo rm -rf | grep blahblah". So naive I was."

That doesn't even make sense.... In order to do what you're describing using the grep command, you'd have to pipe through at least three commands and use a couple of other commands (cut or awk) and xargs

ls -ltr | grep blahblah | awk '{print $9}' | xargs rm -f


/facepalm

[Edited on February 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM. Reason : s]

2/24/2009 8:31:58 PM

^^^Except she knows this.

I've explained it before. It's one thing to say "I want to watch a movie on your fiance's TV because it's big", and another to say "I want to watch a movie on your fiance's TV because it's HD"

This is the same woman who crops pictures from a 1.3mp camera in half, has them printed at 8x10 (or larger, sometimes), and fusses about them being grainy.
And refuses to learn how to add contacts to her cell phone

2/24/2009 9:02:35 PM

I wrote an app for my phone to be able to search and delete files off the memory card. It's called DeleteSD. You have to click a button labeled delete. It's posted on the google market place now. Someone did this and then posted in the comments of the app:

I CLICKED DELETE AND ALL MY FILES ARE GONE. I JUST UNINSTALLED IT AND THEY ARE STILL GONE. IT"S A DOODOO APP!!!!

3/11/2009 12:22:58 PM

ha

3/11/2009 12:54:22 PM

3/11/2009 12:57:02 PM

I am debugging a laptop for a co-worker. We work for a software development firm... She had no anti-spyware, antivirus, or firewall. I have already deleted close to 2000 files if not more that were downloaded to a temp file... Many of them were set to boot on startup, so I have to clean that too.. uggg

3/11/2009 1:47:19 PM

I still don't understand how people do that shit..

3/11/2009 1:55:02 PM

yeah I'm very close to saying sc#@w it, and just making them reload the entire OS... They should really have known better. And I'm pretty sure I gave them a list of programs they could use when they first got the thing.

3/11/2009 2:05:10 PM