First post in this community

[dudeitsawesome.livejournal.com]

I just got a call from a user requesting that someone come look at his mac because it is "acting squirrely."
I spent the rest of the call trying to pry information outta this dude.

Although it would have been funny to put in a trouble ticket saying "mac acting squirrely."

Comments

[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an adjactive (or is it adverb?) that I haven't heard in ages

[xforge.livejournal.com]

When is a Mac **NOT** "squirrely?"

- the Mac admin...

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

Sounds to me like it was a case of luser imitating hardware.

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

*in squeaky high-pitched voice*
Fear my Mac's "Squirrely Wrath"!

(with apologies to Foamy)

[dudeitsawesome.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA. Best comment EVER.

[manuka.livejournal.com]

"Squirrelly" is a highly technical term describing a specific behaviour. In the case of a mac, this specific behaviour is that it's "broken".

:)

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

I take great glee in putting in EXACT user descriptions some days...

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

I always put in direct quotes if I can.

I remember one guy who wanted to know where his file was. It was gone, he said, "in lingo."

Not in limbo. In lingo.

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

...cause you never know - maybe he does have a share or drive called 'lingo' that is missing...

...but either way, it's still amusing and accurate!

[network-nerd.livejournal.com]

Jay Leno recently had a segment on "real 911 calls". In one, a frequent caller reports "Hookers" in his yard, making noise and keeping him awake. Dispatcher, in assigning a field unit, amends this to "prostitutes". Another patrol unit, familiar with said frequent caller, interjects that his backyard neighbors are named "Hooker".

[hisamishness.livejournal.com]

Did he run this tape?

Enforce my Cheeseburger! (http://crankylabs.com/ljimage/911tape.wma)

[network-nerd.livejournal.com]

Do you have a vermin extermination contractor you can dispatch?

[prozacnation.livejournal.com]

The mac may have been sending out its "squirrely wrath!!!"

:D