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[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

[10:23:58] [jon] anyone know how to get a win98 machine to quit trying to connect to a domain?
[10:24:24] [chris] well
[10:24:36] [chris] there's always the full-can-of-coke approach
[10:24:37] [Talbot] you throw a rock at it
[10:24:45] [jon] i hate you guys
[10:24:46] [Pip] call a catholic priest?
[10:24:58] [Talbot] pray?
[10:25:22] [chris] I feel it's my responsibility as a knowledgeable tech rep to provide the most prudent information I have available to me

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[flainn.livejournal.com]

I lol'd

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

not terribly original stuff, but there was a nice flow to the moment.

[shirenomad]

*notices your journal name* *blink blink* *dies laughing*

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

FINALLY somebody gets it. *thank you*.

[kestrelct.livejournal.com]

I'm mystified as to your username, but in the "name" field in your info, that one's hilarious. *grins*

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

I liked it.

The username is obscure as hell, the only folks who might get it are people who've dealt with DSL provisioned by MCI (Worldcom) (Rhythms). Their individual circuit numbers are called "Service IDs" and the format is DSLACInnnnnnnn, so they'd show up some places in the rhythms cfi as:

SID: DSLACI40018792

So, yeah, I think it's funny, it immediately looked like some dood's name to me, but, no one ever ever *ever* gets it. Which, well, yeah.

[shirenomad]

Oh, sorry, I was cracking up at the "leaf" part, not your user ID.

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

right, got that, the "I liked it" was supposed to be a completely separate thought/acknoweldgement/OH SON OF A

and then the explanation of the other thing. I see it didn't really separate when read.

[spacebird.livejournal.com]

I noticed it immediately and laughed aloud. Good stuff.

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

yay!

[fearrett.livejournal.com]

Two words man.

Percussive maintenance.

Tech at work: "How'd you reseat the scanner's lightbulb garrett? I thought they were sealed up tight?"
Me: I hit it.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

True Story:

"I can't log in!"

(I bang on their keyboard REALLY hard for about ten seconds) "Try it now."

(It works) "Get out. Now."

(Stuck shift key)

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

[domain] I'm irresistable.
[Win98PC] Ah wish ah knew how to quit you.

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

nice :)

[ihateemo.livejournal.com]

I feel it's my responsibility as a knowledgeable tech rep to provide the most prudent information I have available to me

As do I.

UPGRADE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, UPGRADE!

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

11 days, tick tock...

[darkblade1.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to say:

"I'm sorry sir/madam, we don't support that. Microsoft doesn't either!"

[spacebird.livejournal.com]

We'll still be supporting it anyway. God damn upper management. *grumble*

[darkblade1.livejournal.com]

Not us. I laugh at your misfortune.

Haha.

Ok, I'm done now. :)

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

We will too, but I'm lucky enough to work software support in a cozy startup where I have the leeway to give customers best-practice pointers on support calls. I point out the looming EOL date as, "for the safety of your data, you need to be aware that Microsoft is going to let the internet eat your computer sometime in the 1 to 90 days following July 11". My customers, at least, are suprisingly amenable to being told (basically) "get your ass in gear".

[jecook]

I hear a fire ax will solve that problem. :smirk:

[mouser.livejournal.com]

While I like the "Get an operating system less then eight years old!" my response would be "Magnets. Big honkin magnets!"

[sid-dslaci.livejournal.com]

that's the beauty of this subject matter... the solution is obvious, but there are so many opportunities for self-expression in selecting the path to the conclusion.