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TSC Member SGTARKyTEK

Nick: SGTARKyTEK
Name: william nelson
Employer: US ARMY
Home Page: None provided
Location: Absentia
TSC Member Since: 2003-08-26

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Bio: I am back from Iraq after serving there for a year. Talk about hell desk support, I did it. Right now I am working help desk as a contractor for my state's National Guard network. We have around 1500 boxes and over 100 remote locations.
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An Evil PFY is a minion of the most evil sort. Used to be my primary subordinate, kept trying to set traps under my desk, never once cuaght me out. -CommanderData
My photo on my profile is now fixed (screwed up URL) - thanks for the heads up. -lineswine
hi ya sarge! saw the post re: ff/ems rants and oddities and was reminded of the famous joe vs the deer 911 "tape". will try to find a link to it for you, and here's a link with some pretty good stuff http://www.thelunatick.com/ems/ -wulfn1
found it! http://www.joeme.com/audio9/deer.wav -wulfn1
dude that is old.....but funny. -SGTARKyTEK
Hey Sgt, in response to your question, I'm held hostage really close to the UofA. -Techromancer
Howdy. Lemme explain "empty file". In the mainframe world, people write programs that perform multiple functions and depending on the input, the output files may or may not be written to. Instead of having multiple programs for multiple inputs/outputs, they have one. It means that most of the time, some of the output will be empty (expected). There are many other reasons but this is one of them. -spcadet
LCARS = Library Computer Access and Retrieval System -Tekkie
If you need info for an HP product install, let me know - I have some insight into the laser printers... up to a point. (Some are just low-end and cheap, and some are not.) -Skylark
I'm hoping thumbprints never become the technique for logging in. Saw a story where some researcher found out that he could fake out a thumbprint biometric with a gummi bear... with details. -chazz
Hey, Sarge. Are you in the big sandbox yet? If not, God bless and keep your boots dry*lol* Satterfield, Cedric A. Alltel Communication DSL/Internet Tech Support Div. 92A,74B US Army 244th QMBN Discharged 2002 -Alathea
curious, and in my defense, why did you accuse me of using google? not that i'm bitter. but out of my own curiousity, i went to google and typed "Gort Klaatu Barada Nikto" in. Star Wars didn't come up at all.. All I got were pages on The Day the Sun Stood Still and Army of Darkness. Am just curious, that's all. Were you using it (google)? -mousie
i was going to write this as a comment on my origional post but i wanted to make sure you read it. Do not judge what you don't know anything about. Yes I've been on disability for panic attacks but NO it was not an excuse to draw disability and I am insulted by that remark. If you lived in my shoes the past two months you would know that this was keeping me from working at all I could barely even watch TV without freaking out so next time keep your comments to yourself. -kmonson
Have you deployed to Iraq yet? I ask because in the early 60's one of my favorite passtimes was sitting on the edge of the hill at the end of our side-street, watching the MATS Hercs go in & out of an airfield that was a major Scud Target 30 yrs later. Appreciate the job you and your buddies are doing. The Kid goes into Subs this summer. -satanstech
No Double Tap? What REMF came up with that one...then again waiting till they fall over and shooting em again is not exactly a double tap... -Waylander
Haven't seen you post/comment in a while. Last I heard you had a close call and lost some friends. Everything okay over with you over there? -RiffRaff
Hey, sorry you had trouble getting my info to come up. I can't get it to come up either. My e-mail is tonym2@tampabay.rr.com. Pop em an e-mail. I will try to dig up my notes on ldif and importing/exporting AD! -JoeLugian
I just dug up my "Microsoft Official Curriculum" on AD. I can scan it and send it to you. -JoeLugian
Get yer MAC issue worked out yet? -satanstech
Got a buddy wants to join up (Coast Guard) to get into computers - any hints, tips, tricks? -satanstech
in case you missed it, dude, god bless from a crippled vet of the FIRST war in Iraq... come home safe, American Soldier -HappyCrappy
St Isidore - patron saint of computer technicians, computer users, computers, the Internet, schoolchildren, students. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainti04.htm Part of what he thought and said "we are not permitted to believe whatever we choose, nor to choose whatever someone else has believed." -BritishBunny
Still working on that mini-tank, but the airplane was originally a Czech Aero L-29 Delfin (NATO: Maya) -Grue
That mini-tank looks like one of the Scorpion variants that Iraq would have captured from Iran during their war. -Grue
You are also missing 'Tripping the Rift' on Sci-Fi. http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-17504/ -LaserGuru
For your new laptop name...how about 'Dancer'? <BFEG> Hope you enjoy it! -CTYankee
Sarge, I found a copy of the CD version, and will be sending it via email -CTYankee
Got a hit on that USB cam, ended up with a driver file IC100.zip, 1,482,916 bytes. Gimme an e-mail address and I'l zap it out to you. -Grue
In MDB's recent post, you mentioned at least allowing installation of printers & deleting temp files. I'm assuming this is done via Group Policies? -CTYankee
Breastwatching.com. Cool. How long 'til they let y'all come home and get some? -MadJack
That's not the way the Treaty went: http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/npr/vol02/22/dembin22.pdf - After 8+ years NK used the US's refusal to follow up on its treaty obligations as an excuse to re-start their Nuclear Program. -satanstech
Yeah, that happened about once a month at least. Not like they could figure out how to do pmcs anyway (even if they did RTFM). It was entertaining at times, loved getting to call a Lt Col an idiot because he overfilled the battery. Where did you go through 63b school? Ft Jackson for me. Best of luck and come home safe. -redevil34
SGTARKyTeK: Should I get the job, There is space reserved in my suitcase for whatever you & your buddies think I can get thru Customs -satanstech
That's too bad about Contractor personal weapons, my unemployeed vietnam-vet buddy that is inhabiting a cot in my living room won't go unless he can "carry" -satanstech
Dude, getting bombed should involve beer, not explosives. Keep your head down! -Psudo
Glad to hear you're heading out of that shithole, Sarge. You take good care of that banjo now! (BTW, don't tell anyone but I actually like bluegrass banjo - I play several instruments but being a Southpaw I could never get the hang of one. It's just that the traditional image of a backwoods, beat-up-truck driving, banjo-playing redneck is just too good a target to pass up...) <g> -Gromit
re: your "wierd story (ot)" posting...do you think she'll gain custody of his banjo? -lineswine
if you need a place to host the file let me know I have some space.. If its faster for you to FTP it, I'll let you know the U/P for the site -neuman1812
From Dogcows English-English to American-English dictionary: Flatmate = Co-habitant. Mains=Domestic electricity supply. Inland Revenue = IRS. -Digital Dogcow
I'm gonna hit you so hard you are gonna hum like a 10 penny finishing nail hit with a greasy ball-peen hammer. Was that Brother Dave Gardner? -atomicbill
If you make it up I-10 to Baton Rouge, visit the RS in the Mall of LA. I'm there 6 days a week. -Answerboy
Wow, guess your work takes you all over the world, huh? Nice to hear of another TSC member working (even if it's a temporary position) relatively close in La. :) -BayouTech
So, you listen to Savege, huh? Does that mean you're a citizen of the Savage Nation? :) -JH
Let me tell you about the word "sir". One time while I was cruising around somewhere in the pacific ocean on a Polaris sub some of us were thinking about having to call officers sir. We decided that sir should be spelled as "CUR". Same sound though. Now what is a cur? Usually it referes to a mongrel or stray dog, and usually a male. Now the pc term for a female dog is "bitch." So then all male dogs are a "son of a bitch." Therefore when you call someons a "sir" you are calling them a SOB. Of course we did not tell the officers about this. -atomicbill
SGT, why didn't Apple go with AMD? Well, Intel's EM64T is about as much 64-bit as is AMD's Athlon64. In fact, Intel apparently stole AMD's op codes... so the two are code compatible, just not AMD "borrowing" from Intel this time. But the major reasons for getting away from PPC were that PPC is a tiny part of IBM's and Motorola's revenue, and IBM's fabs were likely to be swamped with XBox 360 and PS/3 CPU work anyway; and the PPC has never had a low-power variant, so Apple notebooks were heavy and short-lived as well as being hot, but AMD's mobile version is not as cool as the Pentium-M line. Either Intel or AMD would have been good, but Intel edges AMD in the low-power market still. -chazz
SGT, Is there anything me or kennz can help you out with on Toshiba's end? we are tech support for all laptops currently in the US. I don't mind helping out a TSC member in need :) -CrystalMare
Hey, you were gifted a tshirt with your membership. I just need to know what size you would like and where we can ship it to! Thanks! -Hawkswifey
Hey Sarge... Nice butt. Whoa Sarge. Put down that banj................oh heck! That hurt. -Rabbitt
Hey Sarge. Just checking on if you are enjoying that star? -SSBBM
Hey SGT, what did they get for Xerox machines? might be able to save you alot of headaches with tips on how to return them for something that works ;) -halitech
chances are I've talked to some of your users. what models did you get there? -halitech
Hey SGT, what kind of help do you need w/ the "Half Processed" notebook? -Bynar
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