Bad day

Here's a guy having a REALLY bad day at the office.

Computer and Technology humor

CD ROM

Computer Help Line

When my hard drive crashed last week, I called the Dell help line and obviously got someone in India. Their English isn't the same as our English and I was asking for the person on the other end to repeat themselves just about every other question. In the process, I spoke to 4 different people - the first two were call center people who just entered my name into the computer and advised me that a one-time call would cost me $139.00.

The second two were a technician and his supervisor. I spent a grand total of 10 minutes with them as they determined that I had an unrecoverable hard drive. Think about that - that works out to about $800 per hour. Dell must be very proud of themselves! I think next time I'll find someone local who only charges $50 per hour.

How propitious that I saw the following video online this morning. Just wondering.



Just to note - I did like the Dell computer and I have ordered another one, BUT - I don't think I'll use their call center again.
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Computer problems

I've been messing with personal computers since the mid-1980's - TRS-80's, Color computers, etc. But I've just experienced my first major loss of data with the complete and total lock-up of a hard drive. I'm operating off of my laptop now, but I lost almost everything i had lined up to post on my blogs. It will take a few weeks to get a new computer and get everything reestablished.

Just sayin'.

A selection of 80 photos that can be used for your computer wallpaper

LINK to the photos...

Treat your computer nicely - you never know....

Seen on Bits and Pieces

Notebook Computer In a Book

This is a very clever video - a notebook computer in a book. Why Not?

My Documents (And Who's On First?) Video

Computer Error

Printer's Down

Productivity Chart

Updated Keyboard

Computer Error

Joke - Male or Femaile?

Computer Dependency

This just proves that we have become too dependent
on our computers.

Are you male or female? To find out the answer, look
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Not here, dummy

Joke - Computer Problem

I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Harold, the computer guy, to come over. Harold clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. He gave me a bill for a minimum service call.

As he was walking away, I called after him, "So, what was wrong?"

He replied, "It was an 'ID ten T' error."

I didn't want to appear stupid, but I nonetheless inquired, "An ID ten T Error? What's that, in case I need to fix it again?"

Harold grinned. "Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?"

"No," I replied.

"Write it down," he said, "and I think you'll figure it out."

So I wrote it down. I D 1 0 T. I used to like Harold...

Humor - Computer Lingo

Life before the computer

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!

Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3½ inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out!

Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for awhile!

Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!

Cut - you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!

Cartoons - Computers

Bathroom Dream

If I had one of these, I'm not sure I'd ever leave the bathroom for anything but meals.

Life before the computer - a Poem

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!

Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3½ inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out!

Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for awhile!

Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!

Cut - you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!