Computer Driving Licences - let's make the compulsory.

[morningside.livejournal.com]

Okay, admittedly I'm living in fantasy land here, but sometimes I just wish there was a compulsory computing test that people had to pass before being allowed to use a PC unaccompanied. There's already a qualification called the 'European Computer Driving Licence', so why not make it that potential PC users have to pass that? It wouldn't make us unnecessary - we'd still be needed to fix genuine computer problems, just ones that weren't the result of stupidity. How so? Because not only users have to pass a test - consisting of various basic but common sense questions, and a practical test too - they could be given penalty points. User caught putting games on the PC? Penalty points. Caught distributing a virus? Penalty points. Rack up enough points, and the user could be banned from using a PC, and being forced to go back to pen and paper. Ah well, I can always dream.

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[mtlchick.livejournal.com]

As most of you know, earlier this year I sold my soul to Satan and went to work for Microsoft.

Today was hell.

Some little good for nothing fucker has released another virus, much like the Blaster worm. I swear if I ever meet anyone who claims responsibility for any of these I'm going to tear them limb from limb with my bare hands.

For those of you dealing with the virus, here are some links for your clients or yourselves.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and see if you're infected. If you're running a firewall and are up to date on your critical updates, you should be fine.

Removal tool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=76C6DE7E-1B6B-4 FC3-90D4-9FA42D14CC17&displaylang=en

Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841720

ROFL

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

I'm sitting next to one of my flunkies(sorry cary, "techs"), while he's talking a home user through resetting the bios jumpers.

from what I heard, he told the woman how to do it right. He really did. He's being VERY patient with her.

Got the jumpers back on, booted the system. No lie.

"Your jumpers are not configured correctly. Please put the jumpers back on the right way."

Smart-assed BIOS.

note: JESUS CARY CALM DOWN ALREADY you're not a flunky, you're a lackey. Happy now?