The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Ryujin]

I just fixed a very vital piece of equipment at work by blowing on it like a Nintendo cartridge.

Really regretting going to college.

Years back we had someone on our helpdesk who would routinely tell clients, who were having network connection issues, to unplug their Ethernet cable, blow on the connections, and then plug it back in. NEWS FLASH: This never worked.

 

[Deset Gled]

Years back we had someone on our helpdesk who would routinely tell clients, who were having network connection issues, to unplug their Ethernet cable, blow on the connections, and then plug it back in. NEWS FLASH: This never worked.

I can't speak from your experience, but in my tech support days that worked a lot. I wouldn't ask people to blow on it though; my default excuse was technobable about capacitance build up, static charge, or occasionally blaming Windows.

Having people unplug/replug cables is a polite (if mildly dishonest) way to make sure the cable is actually plugged in. If you ask someone to check if a cable is unplugged or loose, they will often assure you it's not without ever checking. And you should check it when asked. A cable working itself loose over time happens surprisingly often. The world is an imperfect place; screws fall out all the time.

 

[Ryujin]

I can't speak from your experience, but in my tech support days that worked a lot. I wouldn't ask people to blow on it though; my default excuse was technobable about capacitance build up, static charge, or occasionally blaming Windows.

Having people unplug/replug cables is a polite (if mildly dishonest) way to make sure the cable is actually plugged in. If you ask someone to check if a cable is unplugged or loose, they will often assure you it's not without ever checking. And you should check it when asked. A cable working itself loose over time happens surprisingly often. The world is an imperfect place; screws fall out all the time.

Oh, I definitely ask people to "reseat" cables all the time. Sometimes I'll straight up ask them to make sure everything is plugged in. The most common issues, however, are that someone either moved a computer to a different connection, on a different subnet, or they've never actually asked to have the MAC registered. I can see the switch ports, so I generally have a good idea what is really going on.

 

[overgeeked]

The best counterpoint to AI technology that I've ever heard:

"Why should I bother reading something that nobody bothered to write?"

Well played, spouse of mine. Well played.

My favorite is still: “It’s mansplaining as a service.”

 

[trappedslider]

"So,what happened to your car?"
"It got flung off an aircraft carrier"
"what?"

 

[prabe]

"So,what happened to your car?"
"It got flung off an aircraft carrier"
"what?"

I like the way some of them skim like rocks on a pond.

 

[Mad_Jack]

"So,what happened to your car?"
"It got flung off an aircraft carrier"
"what?"

Possibly the best argument for going to college - All the jobs that let you blow stuff up or throw cars off of boats for a living require college degrees...

 

[Deset Gled]

Possibly the best argument for going to college - All the jobs that let you blow stuff up or throw cars off of boats for a living require college degrees...

I don't need no book larnin' to be an arsonist, no siree.

 

[Scribe]

Possibly the best argument for going to college - All the jobs that let you blow stuff up or throw cars off of boats for a living require college degrees...

My buddy went into Engineering for this exact reason.

 

[J.Quondam]

My buddy went into Engineering for this exact reason.

The son of an old office mate of mine went to college specifically to study explosives. That was nearly 20 years ago, though, so I don't know if he's still in the field. Or scattered all over it, for that matter.