Oldies vs ComputersAs someone who is "good with computers" I get a lot of calls from people who've got problems. Some of them even have problems with their computers.
Back many years ago working for a telecoms company, I was called to a senior secretary who "had put a disk into the drive and couldn't get it out". She had one of the first Mac II machines with two drive slots. But only one drive.
Opening up the case revealed stacks of floppy disks that she'd been posting through the hole in the case for weeks. She'd only decided there was a problem when her boss wanted one of them back...
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chthonic, Fri 22 Sep 2006, 13:58)
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Question Swap...Thanks to the b3ta newsletter, I found the website Question Swap at questionswap.com. I had been diligently asking and answering questions for a while, when I kept getting asked to hit Ctrl+V and send what came up. I quite liked that question so I used it for myself.
The reply I got back? (I paraphrase only slightly...)
"i am not going to do that!!!! i know what it does, it restarts your computer!!! I'M NOT AN IDIOT!!!"
Bless.
I also had a couple of other nice question/answers, such as
What’s she running from now?
me. I’m a rapist
Here's the link to my other favourite answers, in case anyones interested.
www.clubjemma.com/2006/02/25/like-an-advice-column-but-with-really-awful-advice/
Sorry if I'm not very good...it's my first time!
(, Sun 24 Sep 2006, 14:29, Reply)
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