when it counts! :-)\
> Ever have one of those days? I came into work and my flat
> panel had a blank screen with some message saying "DVI-D Can
> not display this mode". This has happened before and after
> jiggling cords, tapping the screen, etc (which sometimes seem
> to work) I tried to log in to my system blind since I've
> noticed that system activity seems to kickstart it into
> turning on. Unfortunately, I apparently had flubbed the login
> too many times because when the monitor did indeed flick on,
> I was getting a message that my account was now locked. Of
> course, our lan administrator is at a security conference and
> the boss is on vacation so nobody could help get it re-enabled.
>
> So I commiserate with some coworkers and, since I was
> planning on only working a half day and it's nice out, decide
> to take the whole day off. Suddenly the lan admin shows up.
> Weird. I sit down to show him how I'm locked out of the
> system, and the timeout on the lock expires and I can get
> back in. So now I'm here trying to decide if it's better to
> go home anyway before something else happens, or if I should
> make the most of it and get some stuff done since I'm here.
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