Nerds of the Community Unite!

[rettiger.livejournal.com]

Let's see if we can't whip this thing...

http://students.washington.edu/mmccain/nerdtest.html

1. Anduril
2. Captain Nemo
3. Computer Memory Output System
6. 12.0, 209 mhz (gives 2.508Ghz)
12. Peace and long life..
19. Weasel
21. Dr. Hawley Griffin
22. Because I choose to.
23. Red (I think)
24. 8 (I think)
30. 101010 (32+8+2=42)
31. Sherlock Holmes' partner
40. Spice melange
41. "What do you get when you multiply six by seven?"
42. 13 (I think)

Whosoever invented open plan offices deserves a kicking...

[morningside.livejournal.com]

Because not just is the whole building I work in open plan, with only a few offices for the big wigs, but even the tech helpdesk is too. So I get morons wandering over willy nilly instead of ringing up so I can actually talk to them while they're at their PCs. They wander over, asking me to come over and look at their PCs when they can see I'm the only person actually manning the desk at the time, my colleagues being elsewhere, and expect me to leave the phones unattended so they can have their 'problem' solved which is inevitably down to user stupidity, and get my arse kicked for abandoning the desk.

And the stupidity/annoyance doesn't end there either. Sometimes they wander over and can actually see me on the phone, and not only stand there slack jawed as if they're actually surprised I'm taking a call from someone other than themselves, but when I point to the headphones and indicate I'm on the phone, I've had a few of them just keep on talking. Sweet Jesus, what I'd give for a cattle prod.