Seems to have worked. Thanks!
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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Zenkitty - Sep 18, 2005 9:08:27 am PDT #4541 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jessica - Sep 18, 2005 11:00:12 am PDT #4542 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not a question, just a rant. I went to Circuit City and bought an external hard drive enclosure (not the cheapest option, but available RIGHT NOW), and....I don't have a screwdriver that will get it open to put the damn thing in. My Philips-head is too fat, and my skinny flat-head is too wide. And the nearest hardware store isn't open on Sundays.
I was feeling so productive, too. Oh well.
(The printer issue has been solved by replacing the color cartriage.)
DCJensen - Sep 18, 2005 11:27:45 am PDT #4543 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
My Philips-head is too fat, and my skinny flat-head is too wide. And the nearest hardware store isn't open on Sundays.
Got a dollar store? A wal-mart, etc, too.
DXMachina - Sep 18, 2005 11:29:11 am PDT #4544 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jess, can you slip a dime into the slot?
Jessica - Sep 18, 2005 12:50:02 pm PDT #4545 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Got a dollar store? A wal-mart, etc, too.
My neighborhood is mostly small family-owned businesses, and very little is open on Sundays.
Jess, can you slip a dime into the slot?
Nope -- the screws are set into holes smaller than a pencil-width (that's what I mean by the Philips-head being too fat -- I literally can't fit it into the hole where the screws are). I need a skinny Philips-head screwdriver, and I can't get one until tomorrow.
I even tried one of my eyeglass-fixing screwdrivers, but the head was too small. I'm like the Goldilocks of screwdrivers here.
Jon B. - Sep 18, 2005 12:56:10 pm PDT #4546 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's asking me for the names of my incoming and outgoing mail server.
The outgoing is often smtp.yourISP.com
Tom Scola - Sep 18, 2005 1:03:02 pm PDT #4547 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I could lend you a screwdriver.
Jessica - Sep 18, 2005 1:44:15 pm PDT #4548 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hee! Thanks, but I can wait. It's probably something that'll be useful to have anyway.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2005 4:26:48 pm PDT #4549 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know if anyone here reads Computerworld's Shark Tank, but I just can't get enough of it -- lots of tales of clueless IT users, often management with pointless decisions.
DCJensen - Sep 18, 2005 4:56:24 pm PDT #4550 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh Lordy.
"You should have known that users don't follow established procedures, and taken that into account in your maintenance plan."