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mh. have reread my post and see it wasn't all to clear what i meant. while it is in no way all right for a company to give cruddy support, the grunts on the front line get crapped on by the customer /and/ their bosses. they are only human, so a lack of effort or even just plain indifference is sadly to be expected sometimes. the worse the taining situation is, and the worse the flow of information from the backoffice techs to the frontoffice techs is, the more frustrated the frontoffice becomes. this only aggravates an already almost untenable situation. i digress, again. what i'm saying is you can of course expect the best support possible, but sometimes the frontoffice is just unable to deliver because they themselves are given the shaft, and sometimes they just dont give a damn because they have had it for the day. that's when these passing the buck incidents occur. sadly, once the buck has been passed, the passee usually ends up passing it on himself, since he doesn't want to end up with a real problem. hm. i need a nap. i am too unclear. but it is a complex situation. and i agree that it sucks to be the one that ends up getting the runaround.

you know, having operated as the tech support side i have to say that some users deserve no better. the one thing i have always tried to do is treat the next customer with a clean slate. otherwise, by the end of the day, my standard respons would be something like stfu, you fubared your system yourself, deal with it. those that have never been on 24h a day 7 days a week call, spending all day with a cellphone that can go off at any minute, using 3 batteries to be able to charge one at home, have one in the phone and a spare ready to swap into the phone should it go dead have little understanding of what it's like to be woken up at 2 am in the morning by someone that kicked their lan cable out of the comp and can't get onto /their/ internet.

:icon_jokercolor: :icon_jokercolor: :icon_jokercolor: :occasion14: /happy_bday.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':bday:' />:' /> /happy_bday.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':bday:' />:' /> /happy_bday.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':bday:' />:' /> Yeah, i second that. Happy Birthday Sir!

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hooray, we broke 1500! too bad i missed the rollover.

i find it despicable to see the mentally superior stoop so low to pick on their mentally challenged cousers of this forum.

rev, you look at that dish?

must...not...smite...rev i am talking about the mysterious disappearing posts by user The Reverend. either the server change is causing hickups here (raaaiiiggght) or you are purposely and willfully obfuscating your statements by shredding the evidence! was it ollie north that said ihave no recollection of that event? i forget...

if i didnt know you were a mod you would now have me scratching my head, lol.

hm. one more thing. the ground fault interrupter. this is a potentially ass saving piece of electrical equipment, cheap and maintenance free. in these past posts we have learned that even a relatively low amperage, say 30mA can already leave you dead as a doornail. think of the most likely place you are going to come in contact with an electrical current. thinking maybe kitchen and bathroom? that's right. these are the areas of the house where you have a bunch of handheld or stationary appliances around handy pools of water. these areas should have their circuits equipped with ground fault interrupters. what is the gfi? it is essentially a modified electronic fuse. it not only makes sure that the maximum current of say 16 amps isn't exceeded on the circuit, it also constantly compares the amperage on the positive and the negative wire. if these are off by as little as 30 mA, or less depending on the rating, it trips the circuit. what is the result of this? well, anytime an appliance has a fault that causes part of the current it is drawing to ground out, through it's case or heave forbid through you, it is drawing a certain amperage on the positive side, but on the negative less than that is coming back, because part of it is grounding out. this is what the gfi recognizes. this can prevent an accident from turning into a tragedy, and it is a good idea to have at least rooms with sinks, baths etc equipped this way, but it makes sense to add workshops, children's rooms, heck, the whole house. if properly wired, PLEASE do not try this at home, you can jab your finger in a socket and get stung, but the socket will be shut off before anything worse happens.

is it too late to have em throw a linux on the server instead of the windoze? but seriously, you rock.

another tech support ticket item hp laserjet 1100 i think, one of the first compact footprint vertical paperfeed cheapo personal lasers. location: concession stand in cinema. me: good evening, helpline etc blurb them: our printer ain't printing. at this point i know technical expertise in these cinemas was about early bronze age, if that. m: ok, are there any lights flashing on the printer? t: there were, but we just cleared a paper jam. m: good, try printing again. t: it's not printing. m: ok, what exactly is it doing? is it not feeding paper, putting out empty sheet? t: the paper got stuck again m: oh, ok. then you should open the printer, remove the toner/drum unit and check for any bits of paper left in the printer that could prevent paper feeding properly. t: i don't know how to do that. m: well, just open the hatch, there are arrows marking a big black thingy inside, pull that out. t: will i be able to get that back in? m: under breath: doubtful m: yes, no problem, it's easy t: ok, i see the bottom of the printer. m: ok, are there any bits of paper? t: yes m: remove them. t: ok. m: ok, then let's put it back together. t: um? m: yes? t: should i remove the coin and the bottle cap as well? yes, this was a printer at a concession stand in a cinema. things get dropped. m: yes, that would be a good idea. t: ok. 5 minutes or so of coaching them through reinserting toner/drum unit, closing lid, powering up. sigh. t: ok, now it's printing. m: wonderful. have a nice evening.

i was thinking exactly that, but decided it would detract from the post.

i'll buy it, and use it to make a pc version of where's waldo.

lol. REVEREND check the roof of the building in the lower left corner. the mounting of the sat dish is unbelievable! why is there no dl link? and for all the work they put into it they end up with warped cars that look like someone took a blowtorch to a wax model? looks like their perspective correction sucked the big one.

well, i wouldn't call it overpriced. the things are mechanical twins of their larger brethren, so you're looking at buying pretty much the same parts as you would for a normal car, sans the interior decorating and shit of course, only much smaller. the entire suspension is completely adjustable, you build your shocks to suit the track, different tires etc. etc. etc. and the engines themselves are mechanical marvels. i mean, spinning a 3.5cc motor at 30k+ rpm without it exploding, while getting more power than a motorscooter is just incredible. of course there's also the running costs, maintenance after collisions, nitro 2-stroke fuel at 40 bucks a gallon, tires... there's a 1.2 cu in, 20cc 4-stroke out there with electronic fuel injection. the damned thing has sensors for the vitals and a small comp to regulate fuel. it's amazing.

don't lay off the dry humor!!!!! dry humor is the best.

the coplete kit/accessories/controller et al will set you back at least 1000$ us

looks like 1/8 scale to me, so they're running something like a .21 cu in engine, that's 3.5cc, with around 2 o 2.5 hp at 25 to 35000 rpm.

since rev is getting into all this, some more rules. if caught in a thunderstorm in the open, no depression to crouch in, do the following. put your feet as close together as possible, crouch down, arms around your knees. do not, under any circumstances, lie down. if you do, you may be slightly less likely to be struck, but if it strikes a tree or some such near you, the current will travel along the ground. the fun part is that the body conducts better than the ground, so, electricity always looking for the easy way out, the charge will bridge the six feet or so of ground you cover through your body. mhh, makes me feel tingly all over just thinking about it. if there is a depression, of course choose that to crouch in. do not stand near trees or the like. even if it hits the tree instead of you, and grounds itself through the tree, the tree sap boiling away will cause largish chunks of wood to seperate from the trunk at a surprising rate of speed. (the sucker blows up) slightly more likely than a lightning strike, you come across a live downed powerline. first of all, try not to touch it. (duh) but then the problem poses itself, how best to leave the danger zone. the answer? hop. looks silly, but akes sense. the reason: if you walk away, your legs will form a bridge across a piece of ground that the electricity will be only too happy to make use of. hopping or leaping away in bounds means that since you jump off the ground, then land in new spot, no arc is created by your body, so you're good to go. all this going on about arcing, how is it that them damned birds sit on a powerline all fucking day without turning into something akin to a roast chicken? well, electricity takes the easy way, so why should it bother with the relatively high resistance body of a bird if it can just zip underneath along that nice thick wire. of course, should the bird be unlucky enough to perch very close to a grounded part of a pole, thereby creating a space just small enough for the charge to arc from the line through the bird to the ground, well, don't you hate the stink of burning feathers? the open field problem is one that often proves deadly for livestock. see the thunderstrom, see the lightning strike, see the cattle or whatever standing there on all four with their legs far apart, hooves stuck into mud, well, they get zapped by charges traveling along the surface, plain and simple. other hazards include electrical fires. do not try to extinguish an electrical fire, especially one of higher voltage, with an extinguisher not rated for it, and maintain proper distance. the powder in an extinguisher will carry a charge to a point, so if you get too close, you can have the power arcing from the fusebox/transformer or whatever to yourself. ouchies. then there is the incredibly devastating exploding wire. this is unlikely to happen to you, but fun nonetheless. take say 10 feet of fairly heavy gauge wire, place it on the ground, and attach one end to a good ground. now run say 110 kv at high amperage to the other end, and you will get a bright flash, bang, and a trench several inches deep, depending on the wire. this is because such a load will cause the wire to heat quickly, in effect flashing the metal to steam. the moral of the story, if you are not 100% sure of what you are doing, call a professional. it is money well spent, as it will kepp you from paying a much higher price.

just because noone has reportet the holes in firefox yet doesn't mean they are not there. at least i know what to watch out for with ie...

your allnighter is showing, lol. you've got me thinking 'what did i say?'

there is also a new standard for encryption started by m$. wpa. supposed to be even more secure than wep, but slows you down even more. some routers can also filter mac addresses, these are unique to one network adapter, yes they can be spoofed, but then nothing is foolproof. filtering mac addresses means that you can either disallow certain addresses, not very useful, or allow only certain addresses. this means that you enter the addresses of all the devices you want using your wireless net into a list, and any device not on this list will be flat out denied access. this means that the neighbors kids etc won't be able to dick with your system. also, make sure you are not sharing more folders than necessary. while it is convenint to have the laptop and the desktop both sharing their c: with full rights, it opens all doors to an intruder, be it over wireless or from the internet. choose carefully what you share, enable write access, which also means right to delete, only if necessary, and password protect the shared folder. also, add a $ at the end of the share name, for example movies$. this will not show the folder in the normal my network places or network neighborhood views, you need to map this to a drive manually entering the name. to show that this is not rare, my neighbor has a completley unsecured wireless net. one fine day when i feel nasty i might just see if he has any pics of himself and the missus worth posting here...

:crybaby2: :crybaby2: :crybaby2: best actor, leonardo dicaprio. what, i ask you, has the world come to. LDC is the best actor of the past year? where are charles bronson, sly stallone, nick nolte, clint eastwood et al when you need em? some dork looking like a wet behind the ears college punk that get's his ass waxed every week stars in serious movies and get's lauded for it? and it's not just LDC. so many decent flicks got borked by casting some guy that looks like he's never further than 3 paces from a hairdresser with a fully equipped mobile salon. none of these guys have hair on their chest, they probably pack an epilady cordless in their man-purses. the current crop of hollywood upstarts must have been donoring for the chinese women's swim team, they are so devoid of testosterone. where are the gruff, beer guzzling and cigar smoking idols of our youth, i ask you. replaced by some fashion conscious clown whose high point is the ability to show true sensitivity? if i see one more of these punks in a role that should have been cast with a male actor, i am going to hurl!

th ones i thought you wanted to ad to your sig. i gathered you wanted to keep mine and add the one about the misclicks, the info on the quote driving you over 255 chars. so capture the quotes as pics and attach em to your sig. no chars used