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09-05-2005, 07:38 AM
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I read your emails.
Location: earth
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why i love computers.
I recently upgraded some new hardware on my pc that caused me to have to reinstall xp over again a couple of times to work out some bugs and conflicts. No biggie, but very annoying. Well i got my pc working great finally, been running like a dream so i decide i should just clone an image of my current setup so i can just reload it instead of having to keep doing all the windows updates..etc if i have to format again. Well i install norton ghost, make an image, pc reboots to a bsod right after the clone image is created. Can't get by the error, nothing, windows recovery console, the repair tool..etc, the pc is doa. Makes me laugh that my pc went tits up while trying to protect it from crashing. lovely stuff.
Reminds me of the time i called to ask about auto insurance rates, while i was on the phone with the rep, someone hit my car park on the road.  |
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09-05-2005, 11:50 AM
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paranoid
Location: The Netherlands
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Remind yourself to NOT wear a parachute when skydiving, any safety measure seems to cause trouble with you  On a more serious not (a little), I'm surprised at your upbeat demeanor after this, I usually feel like killing something after such things happen.
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09-05-2005, 12:38 PM
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I read your emails.
Location: earth
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took me awhile to type that post as i had to dislodge my keyboard from the wall! kidding of course. I use to get angry, still do a bit i guess, only for the time wasting part of it. would rather be gaming or doing some surfing than doing windows updates, nortons virus updates...driver reinstalls, loading disc after disc after disc. fuck where is my beer.....
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09-06-2005, 06:33 PM
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Young Crumudgeon
Location: Canada
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Number one key to working with computers is to have a good attitude. This shit happens and if you can laugh when it does you're ahead of the game.
Working tech support, I've seen some crazy stuff. I laugh on the phones (with prudent use of the 'mute' button, of course) and smoke like a chimney on my breaks.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame |
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09-07-2005, 06:09 AM
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I am Winter Born
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Exactly - you've gotta have a good attitude. I just recently started working a new job doing cutting edge network security work and one of the guys was setting up a Windows 2003 machine to use as his workstation. He installed 2k3, all of the applications he'd need (no patches, firewalls, or antivirus programs) and then went home for Labor Day weekend. I showed up Tuesday morning and turned on the monitor to discover the machine hit by a couple of worms. And this is a security shop
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09-07-2005, 06:33 AM
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Psycho
Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA
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"Yes, I love technology. But not as much as you, you see. But I still love technology, always and forver, always and forver..."
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Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor |
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