Grrr

[digitalraven]

So, your laptop won't boot.

You're sure it was fine this morning.

Oh, you dropped it? But you only dropped it like this, so it should still be fine?

Get out of my sight.

Dear Microsoft...

[daddykatt.livejournal.com]

... I understand that Excel 03 can only process ~250k lines. This is why we have 2007.

Your claim that 2007 can process an unlimited number of lines was why we updated.

So, when I call you and ask you why, when I import plain-ol tab-delimited text, that Excel STOPS after a million lines, your answer of "Because that's all it can process" does not bloody well compute.

so, can it process a million lines or can it process an unlimited number of lines?

Riddle me that.

And, yes, I actually need to, routinely, process well over a million lines of data. And no, I can not split the data.

Unusual...

[tuba-man.livejournal.com]

My boss got a call from a prospective client this morning. This client is eccentric, retired, rich, bored and apparently a semi-genius PhD type. He decided he wanted satellite internet at his "Villa in Costa Rica". He bought a bunch of hardware already and wants us to configure it so next time he's in CR he can plug it in and be all set. Guess who gets to do the setup? I'm dreading and curious...

Interesting conversation bits:
"You want help in Costa Rica. You know we're in Denver, right?" "Yeah, but so am I most of the year." (Fair enough, I suppose, but why not go local to the problem?)

"We'd be happy to do it on-site for you instead, though we'd have to bill you for the travel expenses." (My boss is awesome) "Hell, you can get a round trip ticket for less than a thousand. Bring it on!" (Wait, he took that seriously?)



Anybody else have off-the-wall people requesting off-the-wall services lately?

Hands up anyone who hasn't wanted to do this?

[wibbble]

In El Reg today there's a blatant advert masquerading as a story, but they can get away with it because the adverts involves shooting some servers with an array of guns.

And then blowing it up.

US data firm blows s**t out of server

Heh.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

Dear Ms. User: You were on the spamstopper's site, looking in the spam folder for something that didn't come through? And you found it? And you clicked on Purge? And you're wanting it back?

Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!