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Tech Stories Archives - February 2004
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I love that show !!!
Stargate SG1, The other night when it played, they had the coolest thing. They always have references to other scifi series. Like, asking if we could name the ship "enterprise", or saying shit like "we macgyvered a connection between the dhd and the stargate" But, last night was the coolest! Carter was humming cuz she was happy... she was humming the theme to stargatesg1!!![By: Spyder19 / 2004-02-01]
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not to be an ass, but this is already posted. -whyme
did you notice how my post to another thread ended up on here? wierd. -whyme
I too, love SG1. Its one of the reasons I requested mondays off (so I could watch when the scifi channel plays 4 episodes in a row!) -Bobsentme
One of my favorites as well... -hkypipe
It's just sliders in uniforms, imoho -RTFM
Sliders was cool for the first few seasons, then they killed the professer, and it went down hill. - MrThou
Sci-Fi Channel rox! When I got cable tv hooked back up to my apartment, I went ahead and got a PVR so I dont miss anything. between Sci-Fi channel and L&O (all 3 variations), I've come close to the 50hr limit many times. -firebird2k2
Stargate is my favorite TV show! It's SciFi but has some nice archealogical/historical bits, Carter gets to be an intelligent & competent female w/o being butch, O'Neill is sarcastic & flippant, etc. Well written & engaging. Never did get into Sliders, tho. -Tekkie
Yeah, with the cancellation of FarScape, it is the closest thing to "space based" SciFi on that channel. (Keep your eyes open for the FarScape mini-series now in production.) -Captain Trips
Speaking of FarScape...I can't believe SciFi cancelled that and shows this far inferior show. Got tired of SG1 after the 1st season on Showtime. Lame. Maybe SciFi eps are better, I dunno. -ParkNuts
Love Stargate SG-1, but each season after the first is kind of disappointing. But not so disappointing that I'm not buying the DVDs! Just finished watching the 5th season and waiting for 6. Unfortunately, I can't get cable. -sassicatz
<men on film> Sliders. Hated it! So I returned to Greece...I mean Stargate! </men on film> -pennywithahole
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Engrish I speak her good
And this was someone who spoke quite clearly, no trace of an accent or a stutter or anything. Clear, enunciated madness.
ME: "What time of day is best to call you back?"
SF: "Could you get this done tomorrow and call me back Monday?"
ME: "It's very likely they'll do this tomorrow, but I'm not certain. What time of day is best to call you back?"
SF: "Monday or Tuesday."
ME: "What time - of - day is best to call you back at?"
SF: "Oh ... in the mornings."
*taking itchy trigger finger off LART launcher*
[By: teivrann / 2004-02-01]
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*blink* What we have here is failure to communicate...which is how he wants it! -modeski
NO NO!!! dont take the finger off the lart button!! in fact stab at it several times!! -Harm
REPEATEDLY! -RTFM
Start the larting, and then ask him what time user wants you to stop larting. See if he pays atention to your question then. :) -JH
Start larting? You mean I was supposed to stop? *looks down at dead body lying in front of him* Um...oops. -Bobsentme
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guess what i found???
i was digging around for a copy of w2k and actually found a copy of m.e. here. - who's up for skeet shot? [By: omegawolf / 2004-02-01]
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I think the real question is, why do you have that mister? -MrThou
did i say i bought it? no it was an old class-mates disc. i think i still have his presario drivers disc too. god knows i never had a presario!!! -omegawolf
I have an ME disk here somewhere.. <<Looks under coffee cup>> Ah here it is!! -PsiDOC
I'm not sure that ME would worth the waste of lead. -objekt404
My workplace is pretty strict about Windows licenses, actually... found out I had to format my XP machine to install ME a while ago, as it was the only available license. It's annoying to have to reboot "just 'cause" so often, on what is otherwise stable hardware. -namor
I only have Me at work because it came with the MSDN subscription. The only time it came out of the box is when I inherited the subscription and sorted it all out. -LaserGuru
They can have my 98SE when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers. -RiffRaff
i installed me on a computer i was about to junk. dear god, what a piece of crap. i was so glad when i got the parts for my new computer in the mail a week later. -whyme
I keep my copy of ME solely for the purpose that I could never live with myself if it found it's way into the wrong hands. Oh the humanity. At least with me, I know no-one else is being hurt. -obie099
"You." "Yes, me." "Me... me... me..." "Me too." -LaserGuru
You know, if you hold a CD in your hand and bend it one way, and then bend it the other, it explodes into a zillion tiny fragments. At least, that's how I get rid of coasters. The big surprise is I haven't cut myself yet, because I've been capable of cutting myself with a piece of rubber. I'm not allowed sharp objects. -teivrann
Put it in the microwave for 5 seconds...It's a heck of a light show! BTW: This will NOT kill the microwave. -88deep
I might have to take my fathers ME disc when I leave tomorrow. I've spent a lot of time over the holidays getting this system stable, and to leave it here would just be resigning myself to another holidays worth of IT support next year. -Splunge
I agree with Riff. I will run Win98se as long as I possibly can. If I were forced to upgrade though it would be win2k. ME and XP blow ass. -Dcadiman
i actually had to upgrade recently to xp. there's talk of me possibly going to back to tech so i thought i'd familiarize myself. w/ everything on, it runs ok w/ 256. admittedly i'm running on 1536 now, but i don't recomend the lusers run it w/o 512 minimum. -omegawolf
Let's see here... windows ME: Mistaken Edition? Many Errors? Mass Execution? Must throw Exception? Are there any others I'm missing? -Bynar
Malignant Edition, Malfunction Edition, Mangled Edition ..... -Flexo
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Fishies get everywhere!!
Ok, so I know there endemic to the world but sometimes y aget one that just takes the cake :)
SO, other day I was waiting in the hospitals X-ray department with my housemate, so her little boy can have a chest x-ray, and to get to the waiting area you first have to go through the main x-ray reception, where you get pointed in right direction, and this old couple comes doddering down the corridor, and hand the nurse in the waiting are their card, nurse checks it, then looks at the couple & tells them that the department they need is upstiars, on the next level. To which, said fishies respond with "Oh we know, we just didnt want to go up the stairs or use the lift".... My housemate hadda stop me turning round & saying something to these particularly fine examples of seafood.... They just get everywhere *sobs*[By: Bleakphoenix / 2004-02-01]
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They will never fail, they will always be around to make our lives hell. -Bunglehawk069
"OK sport, how about we move the departments around so you don't have to move you lazy old arse into the lift to get to where you need to be - after all this IS the NHS & we exist only to serve...@#*$&%?!^)....SARCASM OVERFLOW - PLEASE REBOOT STARFISH (Preferably up one flight of stairs where the doddering old coffin-dodgers need to be). -lineswine
i don't think i've ever run into someone too lazy to use an elevator -whyme
it is pretty danged lazy when you get to the point where you expect the second floor to come down to you and you don't find it a strange way to think. -obie099
*blink* <picks jaw up from floor> -redevil34
Oh you kids. You're missing it completely. That's called elderly license. When one achieves codger status you get a license to do, or not do, anything you like, and for any or no reason. It's your reward for making it through this life as far as you have. I can wait to get old, but when I do...lookout brother!! I'm gonna milk my license for all it's worth and reign hell down upon all of the youngsters! And I'm going to truly, truly enjoy it!!! -dobbin
The really irritating part is, this is a hospital. If they had asked somebody at the admitting area would have wheeled them up in a wheelchair. -Sien
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an open apology
when i read the story about georgia and evolution i was absolutly shocked. i didn't think anyone could support that position. i didn't realize it would bring any kind of real discussion. i apologize for posting the article and causing controversy.[By: whyme / 2004-02-01]
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Never caught it myself, that bad? -Warrick
i guess some people really got pissed. i don't think the fact that i called them hicks helped any, even if it does apply. -whyme
No need to appologize. I am impressed that the flames didn't get more out of control. Good job, fellow TSCers. Mighty impressive. -obie099
That's funny...I just saw a rerun Simpsons where Skinner said he just got banned the word "evolution" from curriculum! -billybien
I don't think anybody really got pissed. I don't appreciate being called a hick or a redneck or whatever simply because I don't agree with the general sentiment. Am I some bible-thumping brainwashed fundamentalist christian? I don't think so. Do I believe that creation is a more valid theory than evolution? No. I actually think that both have their points. I do appreciate that other people might think differently? Of course. You just have to understand that the techs that post here come from many different upbringings and are at different points in their life. What may seem dumb and close-minded to you at 18-20 might look different at 30+. Whatever. In any case, for the record, I just think that schools should teach evolution as the theory that it is instead of as established fact. Too many teachers teach it as the only possible explanation and I think that is wrong. Also, for the record, that official in Georgia was an asshat for suggesting that the word 'evolution' was the problem and thinking just changing what we call it would make any difference at all. -scooby111
first, i'm older than 18-20. second, though redneck may not apply, hick does. look it up. third, separation of religion and state. fourth, this already went to court and they made a movie about it. fifth, fuck it, it's not worth it. -whyme
Theory and fact are not mutually exclusive. The theory of evolution is the scientific explanation of the observed fact of evolution. If we want the US to continue to lead the world in science we have to nip this misunderstanding in the bud. -thx1138
First of all, I agree with the one official who compared taking out the word 'evolution' with teaching gravity w/o using the word 'gravity.' Actually though, the whole thing about "separation of church and state" is misunderstood by and large. Those three words never even appear in the constitution, yet people act like it would be unconstitutional to teach things like creation, even if no specific religion and no specific supernatural deity is referenced. -kman52000
I have studied the evolution of religions, work that one out.
ps I am not a god follower myself. But I have seen examples of the theory of evolution proved (the gene for scales to feathers for example, but never seen any gods, funny that. You'ed think with so meny religions about you might bump into one or two). -strider
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Birth Control
I'm on a call trying to help this woman set up her new service and all I can hear in the background is her rug rat kids screaming and yelling. I've got the volume down all the way and the little bastards are a physical force in my ears. Sheesh.[By: 88deep / 2004-02-01]
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I wish I were allowed to ask if they could send their kids to the other room when they do that. -lsvtec
I wanna ask alot of things, but I also want a job :p -MrThou
Probably not there fault.. Ill bet tis the only way they have of getting the attention of there bottom-feeding momma when shes watching her soaps all day. -Bleakphoenix
one of the agents at my call center ended up with a blistered eardrum from a kid screaming so loud in his ear... not good. -Eloewien
My mom had five kids... and we all had this psychological need to bother her when she was on the phone. She has teenagers still at home... and it doesn't stop. It's not a matter of class... it's some kind of problem whereby kids're attracted to the little electrons eminating from the phone. Either we must talk on it, or we must disrupt the person talking on it. It's like a new car and bird sh--. -battybeyond
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Groundhog Day came a day early
Customer calls in because his install CD gave an error message, stating it's incompatible with the language that his computer is set to. Oh wonderful. Never heard of that one.
So I try to go through a manual registration; not a big deal, but first I have to determine what his IP address is, if it's on the internal network before authentication or not.
ME: "Click on Start, then Run, and type in WINIPCFG."
SF: "Okay, click on Start, then what?"
ME: "Run."
SF: "Then type in what?"
ME: "WINIPCFG."
SF: "Okay, let me turn on my computer first."
ME: "Do you have a pen so you can write this down?"
SF: "Just wait a second, it's loading now."
ME: "Let me know when you get to the desktop, because it's going to be sort of pointless otherwise."
SF: "Which computer should I use?"
ME: "It doesn't matter."
SF: "My other one has XP on it."
ME: "This one will be fine for now."
SF: "These are behind a router. Is that okay?"
ME: "No, the modem has to be connected directly to the PC at first, then you can register the router later."
SF: "Okay, it's loaded. Click on what?"
Needless to say... this call was 14 minutes of the same, trying to get to the internal authentication site to register his PC's MAC address. Upon trying to use the other computer, however, the call got disconnected. Oh, woe. I think I need to be loaded.
[By: teivrann / 2004-02-01]
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i tried getting loaded, thy dont allow that sorta thing where i work :D -MrThou
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Oh god, *shakes head*
EU: Ya, I'd like to know why your INTERNET IS DOWN (IN a demanding type voice) I get his phone number, ask what lights are on the modem. EU: Ya, there all on, but this searchtheweb website keeps coming up. ME: Run a spyware scan. EU: Oh, okay bye
FARKING MORON.......ahhhhhhh just cause it goes to a farking another website, DOES NOT MEAN YOUR INTERNET IS DOWN. YOU STUPID UNEVOLVED WASTE OF SKIN[By: Bunglehawk069 / 2004-02-01]
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So- he was from Georgia? -LaserGuru
Un-biological? -billybien
Sounds like the guy I got a while ago who thought his internet was down... I asked what error message he got and he said, "Under Construction" ... hmmmm -teivrann
I think he meant YOUR internet was down. His was okay, but it didn't show YOUR homepage. So obviously, it was YOUR internet that was down. (Mine is just fine, by the way.) All your internet are belong to us. -Captain Trips
tut, tut, I didn't think we were allowed to use the "E" word now?? -macbeth
"The system is DOWN!" </strongbad techno> -lineswine
Had a programmer come over the other day and ask if the internet was having problems. Why? Because one of our apps that uses a web interfase was having problems. Some of our programmers are the biggest (l)users of all! -sassicatz
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I cant get the Super Bowl
Not my story, I couldent care less about the event ((other then no one is calling :P)).
EU: I cant get the super bowl!
Tech: Im soo sorry ma'am. Nothing i can do, local office is closed
Not sure what happened after that, but i think something like this woulda been in order:
Tech: Neather can I because of people like you! Im stuck here servicing your ass!
The same applies to anyone who is rude and bitchy because they cant get the Internet. Well neather can I, because your to much of a mindless dick to realize teh standby light might acually mean something![By: MrThou / 2004-02-01]
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The fuckin' stupidbowl is on-air TV!!! What did these cocksmokers do before they got cable? -billybien
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The Degradation of Family Entertainment
So, I'm sitting here watching the halftime show, 730ish pm on Sunday evening. I figure there are probably a lot of kids watching too.
Everything going ok. They have some singers, they have a University band, seems like a decent show, although not my taste in music. The grand finale? Oh, nothing much, just Justin Timberlake ripping off what looks like a cutaway part of Janet Jackson's bustier. Revealing her gravity drained tit.
Now, number 1, this isn't really good stuff for 730 on a sunday night. Number 2, she could have picked a time to do this during the time in her life when her tits weren't sagging.[By: Gecko / 2004-02-01]
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LMAO, I didn't get to see the game or the show, but now I'm glad. Thanks! -Bobsentme
o.O GLad im working and not subject that that. -MrThou
Ha ha...Joke's on you! That was really Michael! -billybien
LMAO. They just had a streaker right before 2nd half kickoff. Isn't there something about degradation of society as a sign of the Final Judgement? -Gecko
We're decades past that, Gecko. ;) -teivrann
i didnt see the streaker? then again i was switching back and fore between the game and the str8 eye for the queer guy show. -postal tech
hehe, this was so newsworthy it made three stories on Fark! (not a jab at u) -BayouTech
Whaddya mean 7:30 - it was 2 a.m. here <g>...besides that, I'd give her one -lineswine
Whoops I'll have to remember not to type "strem of consciousness" again! -lineswine
So, let me get this straight, a bunch of big gorillas in helmets beating the crap out of each other is "family entertainment"??? (What's that? They're Americans? Oh, I see it all now . . . .) -robbor
It's better than dwarf tossing. :-) -LaserGuru
too bad we didn't see the Streaker. CBS and MTV apologized for it. Poor poor <insert team that lost to preven it for the people who haven't seen it yet> -Bunglehawk069
Yes, even Justin Timberlake has issued an apology for the 'wardrobe malfunction'. Could have been worse, at least she was wearing a pastie. -Answerboy
I was fortunate enough to have been outside restoring my nicotine levels to full capacity at the time of the flesh parade. Unfortunately, one of my favorite news webpages had it blazened across the screen....and it wasn't a pasty...it was a starburst metal hoop that was either held down by a piercing, or superglue...etc. -ledhed
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I have what?
When I was working for G-way, I took a call from a very angry guy, and he was justified. He had called earlier and was unable to follow directions, so the agent referred him to Mcafee for an update against the IDtenT virus. This guy was foaming at the mouth. I am not sure how the Mcafee agent explained it to him, but it did not create happy thoughts. I was on the call for over an hour trying to calm the guy down. I wanted to both shake the original agents hand (for having the testicular fortitude) and strangle him.[By: Dcadiman / 2004-02-01]
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Shake his hand and strangle him with his testicles? -K1W1
Man... that requires balls the size of semi trucks... -teivrann
"Great Balls of Fire!" -Dr Jerkyl
Well who started all of this? With regard to the starfish I quote "and was unable to follow directions" , but he was obviously competent at neeping, whining ,bitching & shouting. Tough shit dickhead - you should have listened to the nice tech who was trying to help you in the first place! -lineswine
Most of my lusers have to pay me 40 dollars for virus support. so most fishies resort to full format instead of paying a fee. A lot easier! -LiQUidICicle
liquid: only $40? at g-way we charge $50 for 30min and $80 for 60min. "and ladies and gentlemen, before i forget. for the low, LOW price of $149 you can have your own technician for 1 full yr!!! imagine what you can do to that tech. imagine how you can annoy him w/ your tortorous whining. imagine, if you can..." </sales pitch> -omegawolf
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I'm not Dead Yet! pt 1
Ho hum another Monday morning, with its usual start to the day. un an HR report on people who left the previous week, and lock any accounts which we hadn’t already been told about. Two hours later answer my phone to find a Starfish on the other end, blathering on to someone beside him, and not noticing I’ve answered with my “Ghostbusters, whaddya want?” tone of voice.(note for reasons that will be clear later, I was half expecting this call) SF… and it’s too soon, I mean shit, what’s that all about?
Me: What’s what all about?
SF: Oh yeah um right, yeah (sound of trying to find a clue). Um Hi, it’s Fishy here, umm, my account’s locked out and I need to like fix my time sheet
Me: Fishy? I have your HR record showing that you left us last week, so your accounts have been locked, pending deletion.
SF: Well yeah, I’ve left but I’m here now and need to FIX my time sheet
Me (playing ignorant, difficult but I managed): What do you mean you’ve left but you’re here? Have you come back? Was the HR record wrong?
SF : No, no it’s not wrong, I left but I came back in today with Luser (another SF) so I could FIX my time sheet
Me: Well if you’ve left, you have no rights in any system and an administrator will have to fix up your time sheet. Your former Team leader can sort this out for you. to be continued... [By: K1W1 / 2004-02-01]
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I'm not Dead Yet! pt 2
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SF (sounding panicky)No, you don’t get it I HAVE TO FIX MY TIME SHEET! Shit, look I put some notes about some of the projects in there and they might not be right
Me: I’m sorry but only a time sheet admin can fix someone else’s time sheet, oh I see that ToughSod was you former TL, I’ll transfer you now. Click! Last Friday I overheard ToughSod talking to my boss about a certain SF that left in a somewhat inebriated state on his last day and that this SF had in a gesture of drunken stupidity put massive amounts of overtime claims with notes referring to a serious of physical acts his boss could undertake. The dawning horror on the SF’s face as he sobered up must have been a delight to see. In this case the SF was a right prick and people were pleased to see him leave, so seeing him hoist on his on petard was a pleasure.[By: K1W1 / 2004-02-01]
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There is justice! -FrontSideBus
*wipes tear away* That is one of the most beautiful LARTs ever... it makes one weep -teivrann
petard (pî-tärd´) noun 1. A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall. 2. A loud firecracker.
[French pétard, from Old French, from peter, to break wind, from pet, a breaking of wind, from Latin pêditum, from neuter past participle of pêdere, to break wind.] -robbor
Obligatory Blazing Saddles reference: Mel Brooks plays a character called Governor William J LePetomane. LePetomane was the stage name of a popular French performer from the beginning of the 20th century whose specialty was telling stories punctuated with flatulence. -LaserGuru
LG - that was rather "Longwinded" <ducks pun LART> -lineswine
ahhhhhhh revenge, brightens my day, that and GI Joe clips -Bunglehawk069
Nothing like a breath of fresh air. Unless it;s LARTing a starfish. -LaserGuru
Lemmie get this straight, you quit yesterday and now, today, you want back into my system so that you can cover your tracks? Aint gonna happen. Nope. Haveaniceday. -scooby111
You make us all proud. A commemorative yellow brick with your nick has been mortared into place on the BOFH Walk of Fame. -Skylark
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nowhere near tech related but...
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/ProductDetails.aspx?language=en-GB&product=ZZL39JET&category=gadg
- am i the only one who sees something wrong w/ this? this thing costs less than some townhouses i've looked at!!![By: omegawolf / 2004-02-01]
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Wrong??? I think postal is saving up for that! -Bobsentme
uhm, I used to work at a certain radio station, where we had a certain guest named mr.Dorn, who took me for a ride in one of these, to put all words aside, it was AWSOME!!! Mike is a great pilot, and a kewl person!!! -Spyder19
That price isn't even bad ... And though there's a lot of bad stuff to be said about Russians, their equipment is usually pretty robust. Just look at how long Mir really lasted. -Calydor
Yep, and maintenance costs for the first year will cost almost as much as the plane. -scooby111
Yeah... and it's a jet... that obtains jet speeds. Sort of like saying you're a walker that obtains walking speeds, isn't it? (Besides, I wanted the sub for sale on eBay a few years back.) -outofcoffee
cool i could fly it between maine and new jersey -postal tech
calydor: be careful upon whose toes you step. most people can't tell the difference between ukranians, russians, moldovians etc. -omegawolf
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Curious
I know there is a forum, and had a really good tip/idea for neuman on his business. Is there any special sign ups/credit/memberships needed to post to the forums? I see most of the member base listed, and can normlly post such as here. Yet my username and pass aren't accepted for forums. Any suggestions? Oh and on the business... Make sure to have atleast one table with nothing but a router, mouse, keyboard, monitor, hub, and cat5 cables. A lot of those games people bring in work great on their systems. I know I hate having to setup software on a machine just to play the game when I want to. Or, if my save game from the lan game even exists. So dont forget burners on atleast one systems per bunch for making saves of screen shots, game saves, etc.[By: MaskedMarauder / 2004-02-02]
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Remember that, in UNIX, the username and password are case-sensitive. Make sure you're using 'MaskedMarauder' and not 'maskedmarauder' etc. -scooby111
Nevermind, I lied. Username isn't, but password is. -scooby111
Scoob, userid *is*, for me at least...If not capitalized correctly (both), then the login fails. -CTYankee
My username and password is always "rejected" and I can get into the forums anyway... -bracketmonkey
Interesting. I wonder if it's browser dependent. I use firebird, but IE also lets me in regardless of case in the username. I seem to remember that it was case-sensitive. I used to use Mozilla. Anyone with a non-firebird mozilla that can confirm? -scooby111
I cannot log into TSC using "mrthou" username can be case sensitive -MrThou
This had me fooled for ages. If you (or if I , anyway) click Members Area (and enter name/password if required). Then click Message Board. You then get a screen with a big Enter Name / Enter Password box across it. No matter what you put in there it won't work. Just ignore it . Click Forum Index (up above the Name-password box area). And bingo- you're in the forum, all logged in . Took me ages to figure that out (Definately is thus, I just tried it now) -jedidiahstott
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Worst. EU. Ever. Part 3
Eventually one of the vice presidents gets involved and asked me what was going on. I told him everything and other people backed me up on how insane this guy was, barraging us with e-mails, voicemails, and calls. He's was really pissed me off. Just to shut the guy up, he decided to get one of the techs to speak to the guy to tell and e-mail him the account info. So the other tech had his own wonderful starfish experience that probably wasn't much better than my own. I didn't like that for two reasons. First, it makes me look like an asshole like I could have done that from the beginning when in reality I would have gotten in BIG trouble. Second, it confirms in this guy's head that he can get around the rules and do what he wants by bitching and screaming and threatening people. I just hope no one around he expects me to speak to that asshole again. I also wonder how smart it is to threaten someone with access to your personal information...[By: letsgoflyers81 / 2004-02-02]
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Oops, looks like I'm still a little heated about it. "He's was really pissed me off." should read "Here's what really pissed me off." -letsgoflyers81
That is harsh. Your not the a-hole here, you were following your guidelines. If the other tech has a problem with that, direct him to your sup, and state now that this could snowball into bigger issues as other people will do the same. -Bunglehawk069
i absolutely despise when customers make a big deal about a rule, and i have to hold firm, because i'm the asshole who gets fired for giving in... but a supervisor can choose to override me and break the rule for this person to shut them up. It completely destroys my credibility and teaches them that whining gets things done -battybeyond
Just my $0.02 - There is a sign at a construction site I go by every morning that reads "Where there is a rule there is a reason". -RedSwingline
I echo battybeyond's comment completely! That's happened to me way too many times -grahamwboyes
Holy fark. If it weren't for the fact that your bio says you're in PA, I'd swear you work for us. We have almost exactly the same rules. This waste-of-oxygen needs to be taken out back and pounded into the pavement. http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20040121.html -scooby111
I once worked for the Federal Govt, in an agency that ahd a lot of problems with sexual descrimination, hostile work environment, cronyism, and "Managers" with the authority to bypass rules. I learned long ago to document this stuff. Start a Journal. Keep a copy at home. If stuff like this come back to haunt you, you will have recorded the date and circumstances. -CyBear
I want to just say that its people like you who post the PART 1, 2, and 3 in the correct order when click next story, make reading this worth while -LowLevelFormat
LLF Johnson is right!</blazing saddles> -Bioguy
My 2¢ as well. I would approach the VP that arranged the call back and ask him a very pertinent question: Is it a policy, or a FARKIN' guideline??? The luser was your typical "wally" [suffers from the aforementioned "wal-mart" syndrome]. Should have told him "Call whine one one". -ledhed
Oh GOD. This sounds like the asshole we get on our phones telling us how smart and technically superior he is from us, but STILL CALLS US! And then he bitches at us forever about how screwed up our company is. If your guy owns a tattoo parlor in southeast Ohio...we may have the same jerk. -techiegoddess
Had a similar issue here, guy called in and spoke to every sup here and 12 dif techs. The nice thing is that the sup's backed up every tech and never gave in -lvl1
"Since you've threatened to come here looking for me, I'm obligated to report you to the local authorities. Have a nice day, and choke on it, you stupid motherfucker." -teivrann
What an asshole. Cant believe the rules where bypassed for someone like that. Makes me wanna start being a dick... Nah, One of you would come hunt me down :p -MrThou
When ANYTHING happens that's even questionable, I e-mail it to my sup as a "heads up", and cc myself on it. And since it's internal e-mail which could "disappear" anytime convenient, I dump it off to my home e-mail account. Probably never need it, but a printed copy of things like that could go a long way towards a very nice severance package if you ever get termed. -Ticketman
We went to puppy training last night, and the same rules apply: If it's barking at you, ignore it until it stops barking, otherwise it learns that barking persistantly gets it what it wants. -Sadu
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