tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post5520241474811029934..comments2024-03-28T19:58:17.811+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: ‘Internet, Internet, wherefore art thou, Internet?’Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-48170834788119932222011-10-18T06:55:15.558+01:002011-10-18T06:55:15.558+01:00Arquinsiel,
My wife cannot stand 'The IT Crow...Arquinsiel,<br /><br />My wife cannot stand 'The IT Crowd' but I love it! I worked with these guys ... or people very like them; perhaps I was even one of them!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-39657500453441357662011-10-17T23:38:48.215+01:002011-10-17T23:38:48.215+01:00Upon seeing the first episode of the IT Crowd that...Upon seeing the first episode of the IT Crowd that I happened to notice on TV I immediately passed up sex to say "this is what happens in work every day".<br /><br />There's a reason we computer nerds love that show.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-43514502647387903582011-10-17T23:30:54.381+01:002011-10-17T23:30:54.381+01:00Arquinsiel,
In my time I have been called down fr...Arquinsiel,<br /><br />In my time I have been called down from teaching a class of thirty students to 'sort out' a senior manager's computer. When I got there I switched the power socket - which was in full view of the senior manager - into the 'on' position (it had been switched off by the cleaner) and walked out ... and heard the senior manager say, as I left, 'Well I could have done that!'. I bit back the reply that was forming on my lips - 'Well why the f**k didn't you?' - and went back to my class.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-46481946347764739872011-10-17T23:06:34.254+01:002011-10-17T23:06:34.254+01:00Once upon a time I did local IT support in a parti...Once upon a time I did local IT support in a particular huge company.<br /><br />Regularly "some people" would decide their phone was not working and that it needed fixing (or plugging back in...). They would always call us directly to have us do this, despite the procedure being to email helpdesk and helpdesk passing the issues on with correct prioritisation etc. <br /><br />Knowing how lazy the people in question were it was a simple matter to walk into the server room and unplug their network connection before they had a chance to do so, resulting in a few minutes of peace.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-18368445919176034142011-09-21T15:47:38.022+01:002011-09-21T15:47:38.022+01:00Arthur1815,
This sounds so familiar!
Oh for the ...Arthur1815,<br /><br />This sounds so familiar!<br /><br />Oh for the days when we talked to each other.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. I did see one email that was sent to the Head of IT Support in one institution. It said something along the following lines:<br /><br />'<i>Please do not read this email. Fold it neatly into a long thin cylinder and insert it in your rectum. That way the message will get through to your brain much faster.<br /><br />PS. My computer is still not working despite me having asked you to fix it every day this week.<br /><br />Thank you.</i>'Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-23461634659477126082011-09-21T13:49:03.524+01:002011-09-21T13:49:03.524+01:00Bob,
A true story from my days in the classroom.
...Bob,<br />A true story from my days in the classroom.<br /><br />The SENCO is addressing the Director of Studies who is also responsible for IT in the school.<br /><br />SENCO: Anna, I need to tell you that I can't access my school email.<br /><br />DoS [probably thinking about her ongoing affair with the Principal]: Oh, yes... send me an email.<br /><br />SENCO: But my email isn't working!<br /><br />DoS: So follow school policy and send me an email.<br /><br />SENCO [through clenched teeth, restraining herself] MY EMAIL ISN'T WORKING!!<br /><br />Ah, happy days at the chalkface! Do I miss it?..... No - only the money and use of the Xerox machine/printer.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Arthur<br /><br />intenet access isn't working in thearthur1815https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333670394529977263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3266329566991607812011-09-21T12:22:22.842+01:002011-09-21T12:22:22.842+01:00Ross Mac,
The problem I have with emailing or tex...Ross Mac,<br /><br />The problem I have with emailing or texting from my iPhone is that the 3G network where I live is even less reliable than the Internet connection!<br /><br />The Internet is a marvellous thing .. and is now central to so much of what we do. What is not marvellous are the idiots who think that it is 'fun' to damage the equipment the Internet needs in order to operate.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-84358404601957006872011-09-21T12:11:55.454+01:002011-09-21T12:11:55.454+01:00Bob, I fear you may be showing your generation. Of...Bob, I fear you may be showing your generation. Of course you text or email the ISP from your cell phone! <br /><br />I spent 25 years supporting "Information Technology" as a generalist and interpretor (between techies and the people who use the machines). Its easy to forget that there has to be an actual, physical path of wires, microwaves, routers, switches etc etc from me to you for the little electronic packets to travel from me to you like magic. Anytime I stop to think about it at all, I'm amazed that it ever works. <br /><br />Doesn't stop me from getting annoyed just a little when the little,lights on my cable modem stop flickering!Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78459746096519270412011-09-21T11:01:03.127+01:002011-09-21T11:01:03.127+01:00Bluebear Jeff,
Welcome to the Information Age ......Bluebear Jeff,<br /><br />Welcome to the Information Age ... with an age being how long it will take to get connected!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9650912311009088162011-09-21T10:17:53.582+01:002011-09-21T10:17:53.582+01:00Hmmm, although I am halfway around the world from ...Hmmm, although I am halfway around the world from you (well, only 8 time zones, but we needn't be picky), our internet service has been dreadfully slow all day.<br /><br />I mean minutes to follow a simple link . . . and we are supposedly on a "high speed" cable service . . . of course they promised at the end of last year that if you phoned their service number you would be talking to someone within "six minutes". When I finally got through a few weeks ago at 4:15 in the morning after an hour and ten minute wait, the service technician confessed that the average wait time was between 3 and 4 HOURS during the day/evening and about two hours late at night.<br /><br />Oh yes, he was unable to help me insisting that the their technicians do NOT ever enter your home to set up the cable connection and modem . . . which, of course, they do in fact have to do.<br /><br />What can we do? . . . *sigh*<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com