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The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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Quoth technical.angel View Post"I have a virus."
It's the ones that call up, "The anti-virus program says I have 26,542 virus!11!" that make my forehead all red and sore. Then I know I have a fully-functioning fake scanner on the computer already, and will probably spend a bit trying to disable it enough to clean it off.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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Quoth Geek King View PostI don't mind that one much. I just give the old, "Okay, shut down your computer until I get there."
This time, it meant she couldn't connect to webpages.SC: “Yeah, Bob’s Company. I'm Bob. It's my company.” - GK
SuperHotelWorker made my Avi!!
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Quoth technical.angel View PostWell, this one was a drop off. Of course, I boot it up, and DON'T see the fake AV. So then I have to find out exactly what "virus" means to the (l)user.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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After arriving home from dropping my brother over to his house last week, I was greeted (read: attacked, as I barely had the car door open at this point) by my mom, telling me that my younger brothers computer had 20-something viruses on it.
Being the builder of every desktop in the house, I obviously must know how to deal with it (and I did).
Went up to his room to check the computer and see a FIREFOX window open, pretending to be the my computer window. It is, of course, flashing every drive as having viruses.
I ask "why is it open in a firefox window?" to get the standard response of "I don't know"
Cue my beating him around the head and threatening to wrap the ethernet cable around his neck (until I remembered he was using the wireless connection) for being such an idiot. Fortunately it was easy enough to have AVG mop everything up, with me just having to add that if he does not learn to not click it if he is not sure of it, I will make sure he never has the internet again.
C.
Cursing himself for letting family know he was good with computers.
P.S. While I do not condone violence against SC's I am making an exception in this case.
P.P.S. If I do have to cut off his internet, should I tell him that he is on a Token Ring LAN and needs to find the token to get back online? He seems to be gullible enough to believe that one.Nothing in this world will ever be truly idiot-proof as long as they keep making more effective idiots... -EricKei
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Quoth Chrismor View PostP.S. While I do not condone violence against SC's I am making an exception in this case.SC: “Yeah, Bob’s Company. I'm Bob. It's my company.” - GK
SuperHotelWorker made my Avi!!
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Quoth Chrismor View PostP.P.S. If I do have to cut off his internet, should I tell him that he is on a Token Ring LAN and needs to find the token to get back online?
No really, Although I'm technically too young (24) to have messed with that miserable excuse for a network protocol, my internship at the local government gave me all manner of experience with ridiculously obsolete equipment, including MFM/RLL hard drives, 486 servers with exploding power supplies (coworker plugged it in after sitting in storage for so long, and all 4 power supplies exploded in sequence like a pack of fire crackers), Token Ring, and Novell NetWare.Coworker: Distro of choice?
Me: Gentoo.
Coworker: Ahh. A Masochist. I thought so.
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Quoth Chrismor View PostP.P.S. If I do have to cut off his internet, should I tell him that he is on a Token Ring LAN and needs to find the token to get back online? He seems to be gullible enough to believe that one.Three Token Rings for the System Administrators under the sky,
Seven for the Programmers in their halls of stone,
Nine for Users doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie.
One Token Ring to rule them all, One Token Ring to find them,
One Token Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie.
Apologies to J. R. R. Tolkien."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."
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Quoth Midorikawa View Post*runs away screaming at the mention or Broken Ring.*
No really, Although I'm technically too young (24) to have messed with that miserable excuse for a network protocol, my internship at the local government gave me all manner of experience with ridiculously obsolete equipment, including MFM/RLL hard drives, 486 servers with exploding power supplies (coworker plugged it in after sitting in storage for so long, and all 4 power supplies exploded in sequence like a pack of fire crackers), Token Ring, and Novell NetWare.
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Quoth Midorikawa View PostNo really, Although I'm technically too young (24) to have messed with that miserable excuse for a network protocol, my internship at the local government gave me all manner of experience with ridiculously obsolete equipment, including MFM/RLL hard drives, 486 servers with exploding power supplies (coworker plugged it in after sitting in storage for so long, and all 4 power supplies exploded in sequence like a pack of fire crackers), Token Ring, and Novell NetWare.
Quoth Ironclad Alibi View PostThree Token Rings for the System Administrators under the sky,
Seven for the Programmers in their halls of stone,
Nine for Users doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie.
One Token Ring to rule them all, One Token Ring to find them,
One Token Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie.
Apologies to J. R. R. Tolkien.
C.Nothing in this world will ever be truly idiot-proof as long as they keep making more effective idiots... -EricKei
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Quoth Chrismor View PostP.P.S. If I do have to cut off his internet, should I tell him that he is on a Token Ring LAN and needs to find the token to get back online? He seems to be gullible enough to believe that one.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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Quoth Chrismor View PostI'm 23, so I'm also too young to have worked with it, thank God/Allah/Buddha/Spongebob. I just happened to know of it, and a Dilbert comic strip with the same joke.Coworker: Distro of choice?
Me: Gentoo.
Coworker: Ahh. A Masochist. I thought so.
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Quoth Chrismor View PostThe trouble with that... wireless connection means no Ethernet cable. I like where you are going with it though.
C.I AM the evil bastard!
A+ Certified IT Technician
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