March 26, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Lynn: fnord $ka-ching$ fnord. 😀
I finally did some spring cleaning on my thread subscriptions and let the rant go. I will no longer be an accessory to it becoming a rival to The Thread. But, please let me know if anything truly interesting happens over there.
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Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
March 26, 2009 at 12:32 pm
For those who haven't noticed, The BLOG button is now active on my posts. I now have a blog on SSC. 😉
March 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Lynn Pettis (3/26/2009)
For those who haven't noticed, The BLOG button is now active on my posts. I now have a blog on SSC. 😉
Cool.
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March 26, 2009 at 1:03 pm
There's a BLOG button? Is it surrounded by fnords?
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
March 26, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Uh, Bob, it's right there next to the button to send someone a Private Message. 😉
Okay, I know it snowing here now, but you may want to wait before hoisting the tankard o' ale.
March 26, 2009 at 1:10 pm
And I really have to ask, what is a fnords?
March 26, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Lynn Pettis (3/26/2009)
And I really have to ask, what is a fnords?
If you have to ask, we can't tell you.
Actually, you shouldn't be able to see fnord:anything between the:fnord fnords. Just stay where you're at. Someone will be visiting soon.
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March 26, 2009 at 1:13 pm
March 26, 2009 at 1:14 pm
fnord You can't see this link. fnord
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
March 26, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Okay.... Actually, I may have seen the movie mentioned in wikipedia, but I haven't read any of the books mentioned. i must be missing something good!
March 26, 2009 at 1:24 pm
They were good back in the day, but like my namesake said:
" The times they are a-changin' "
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
March 26, 2009 at 1:37 pm
AAaaahhhhh!!!!!!!
Three days of major internet connectivity issues and every tech I speak to wants me to restart the machine and reset the modem.
Then, tonight, the crowning glory.
The error is "The remote computer did not respond. PPP control link terminated"
The tech's immediate response: "The modem software is corrupt. You need to reinstall it"
I pointed out to him that the software does not uninstall properly (leaves pieces of drivers behind) and the only way to reinstall the software is to reinstall the OS.
He then had me doing some (completely useless) register edits.
He then reset my password.
An hour later.....
He goes and consults his techs who find out that there's a bunch of orphaned sessions on the tower that I'm trying to use.
Is there such a thing as competent technical support these days?
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
March 26, 2009 at 1:46 pm
You mean other than yourself?
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
March 26, 2009 at 1:49 pm
GilaMonster (3/26/2009)
AAaaahhhhh!!!!!!!Three days of major internet connectivity issues and every tech I speak to wants me to restart the machine and reset the modem.
Then, tonight, the crowning glory.
The error is "The remote computer did not respond. PPP control link terminated"
The tech's immediate response: "The modem software is corrupt. You need to reinstall it"
I pointed out to him that the software does not uninstall properly (leaves pieces of drivers behind) and the only way to reinstall the software is to reinstall the OS.
He then had me doing some (completely useless) register edits.
He then reset my password.
An hour later.....
He goes and consults his techs who find out that there's a bunch of orphaned sessions on the tower that I'm trying to use.
Is there such a thing as competent technical support these days?
Sounds like my last call to tech support.
Me: My computer won't POST
Tech Support: Have you tried rebooting?
Me: Uh ... yeah
TS: Did that help?
Me: No.
TS: Is the computer turned on?
Me: Yes.
TS: Go to the Start button, at the bottom left of the screen, and click on that with the mouse...
Me: No Start button. It won't POST. That means it doesn't even start Windows.
TS: I'm going to have to do a little research. Can you hold for a few minutes?
... it went downhill from there.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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March 26, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Oh, I forgot one thing.
He asked me to run ipconfig while I was not connected, and then sounded puzzled when I read back a list of disconnected adaptors and connections.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
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