I tells ya, computers are sentient. Servers, in particular, are assholes.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

The damn thing had 6 month to crash but NOOOOOO, it HAD to wait for the one week when I'm 1,200 miles away. :argh:

[Deja Q]

1. Don't blame me, you're using Windows.

Nyah nyah nyah-nyah-nyah! :D :D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. No. Hard disk went kablooie. Physically.

We're on Linux. And (whew) we have tape backups.

[tsakshaug]

2. I expect my system to melt down

tomorrow. I go away until the beginning of January.

[htuttle]

3. Did you have to talk someone through restarting it?

"Okay. Look on the front of the computer tower and you'll see a button. Push it.

Now, you'll see two pedals on the floor in front of you. Those are the rudders. Grab the steering yoke, and pull it slowly forward..."


I hate that.

[ET Awful]

5. LOL . . . been there done that.

Now, you'll see a small screen with a DOS prompt.

"What's a DOS prompt?"

Never mind. See the black screen with some white text and a flashing cursor?

"Yeah"

Okay, go to that screen and type this password xxxxxxxxx.

"Nothing happened. No text appeared"

Yes, that's expected, it's a security feature

"But how do I know if I did it right?"

Has the screen changed and started processing mail now?

"It says 1 messagee delivered to xxxx"

Then you did it right.

"How would I know if I did it wrong?"

That's easy, the doors would have self-sealed and the room would have been pumped full of anesthetic gas until the authorities could arrive to take you away for re-educataion.

"What?"

Nevermind.

[htuttle]

6. LOL!

There's a little BOfH in all of us...

http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html

:evilgrin:

[ET Awful]

7. Where do you think I learned my people-skills from?

:evilgrin: