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[ex-deliveryboy.livejournal.com]

I just had to explain to the sales manager how to FORWARD A FUCKING EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!



seriously. he calls me over to look at something, I go over, realize its an email that I apparently need to see and ask him to forward it over to me.


I get the email. See that he copied and pasted the text, so I don't get the oh so crucial attachments that the cusotmer sent, and have to go back over and show him how to forward.

You're going to donate this? Seriously?

[laptop-mechanic.livejournal.com]

Okay, slightly befuddled older lady, sure we can format the drive in your old tower so you can donate it to some needy person.

Hey, wait a minute, this is an AT machine... that happens to be a 486 DX2 with 8MB of memory.   Do you hate who you're donating it to THAT much?  I don't think whoever you give this too is going to be able to use it for much in the way of modern computing. If you want to donate a cheap machine, then get a netbook.

Over-qualified?

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

I've heard this as a definition as people won't hire you because you have too many certs, seeing you as using their job 'as a stepping stone' or just an excuse for some type of discrimination.

When I applied for Geek Squad, I was told I needed a A+ cert, and got one within a week. Then, they told me I was OQ.

Recently, my friend who has been unemployed for years, has gotten his A+, Net+, and CCNA. He worked as a repair tech for Comp USA till they went bust. In a recent interview, he was turned down for being OQed. This is a bit insane, given he would've taken any job, any rate, and have stuck there.

I may be ranting, but what is it with companies turning OQ techs down? They should be pleased that they have employees with more experience instead of monkeys with crimpers.

I'm pissed.

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[hiroe.livejournal.com]

After some light reading in the post below about the lady wanting to donate the 486, i got to wondering: How many of you are like me, and love scrapping old machines because of the parts that can be salvaged out of them?

Hard drives: Rare earth magnets are useful and fun, platters and separator rings are shiny, and aluminum recycles with positive cashflow.

Power supplies: Full of useful chokes, coils, ceramic resistors, and aluminum heatsinks. Can sometimes be salvaged intact and running, and i always have a need for 12vdc and 5vdc power supplies for model railroad applications.

Memory sticks: I always snag these and use a heat-gun to blow the actual chips off the stick; then add the sticks to my pile for eventual conversion into cyberpunk plate mail.

Processors: I want to mosaic tile my bathroom in used processors, with all the pins facing out. Perhaps i'll even install them in Space Invaders patterns. Heatsinks are also useful, and/or aluminum.

Mobos: Occasionally useful for lifting an odball logic chip or two; plus the bios EPROMS are typically reusable. I think i even used one for burning and swapping in macrovision/region-free firmware for my Apex DVD player.

Floppies and CD-ROMS: I usually find small gears and motors here. Also, some of the internal parts make great freight-car scrap loads, when painted to look like rusty steel.

Cases: Sheet steel. Useful for projects, or recycling.

Case LED/Switch harnesses: I reuse the header plugs for connecting signalling logic boards to the layout.

Keyboards: I pull the keys off and glue them to things. Like bus stop shelters and parking meters. Arrow keys are great for directing people along a route, and letters can be useful for quotation (or poetry, but that's not really my thing).

Mice: I've got a bucket of (cleaned) mice balls at work. Haven't yet found a purpose for these, but it's probably only a matter of time.

Cathode Monitors: ....well, i don't have much use for these. If they work and have A/V hookups, they can get used in the game room at cons. If not, trash.

Flatscreens: I love pulling the cold-cathode light bars out of these. 12v inverters are not too difficult to get, so i often use them as passenger-car or station lighting. The lucite sheets are fairly useful too.



How about yourselves?