Ok, well I know when I got my Linksys WAG54G wireless gateway and
started using my Ibook wirelessly with the device, I got a knock at
the door from a woman in one of the other bungalos in my block
wanting the password to the network so she could hook up her computer
to the Internet. I was stumped for a few minutes but it turns out
that my network which had the SID of "Danes Home Network" was putting
out a strong signal at the time and the woman hadn't turned on her
own wireless gateway so naturally her computer was picking mine up, I
had WEP incription enabled etc and the woman was under the impression
that "Dane's Home Network" was shared throughout the block of
bungalos, I've since found out that this isn't an uncommon
arrangement in some housing facilities.
On 10/09/2007, at 11:23 AM, John Panarese wrote:
A lot of the stories are pretty common from tech support folks
and have, in some cases, been written off as urban legend or computer
myth. Some probably are, but I do know of someone who actually had a
customer complaining that either their keyboard was mismarked or was
missing a key because they could not locate the "any key". I kid you
not again. My friend did tell me of a woman who couldn't quite
understand that one needed an email account or provider to receive
email. She thought that people simply used her street address and
her computer got her mail for her. Once more, I thought he was
joking, but this guy is the kind of person who doesn't joke around
like that. He probably is actually Too Serious, in fact.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
I could well imagine, perhaps you could shar a couple of those
stories with us some time.
On 10/09/2007, at 3:00 AM, John Panarese wrote:
Some of the stories this guy has told me have really scared
me. The lack of common sense simply makes me pray these folks
don't drive cars or operate any equipment that can pose a danger to
themselves and others. When someone asks him if the computer needs
to be plugged in to work because pushing keys on the keyboard isn't
doing anything, I wonder, and he's not the only support person I've
heard receive that question from a caller either. Note this was a
Dell desktop support call.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ok, well if anyone is stupid enough to use a CD tray as a coffee
cup holder then quite frankly, they don't deserve to be using a
computer and should be locked away from them.
On 10/09/2007, at 2:22 AM, John Panarese wrote:
Hah. Sadly, there have been people who thought their CD trays
were, indeed, coffee cup holders. I didn't believe this could be
possible, but I know a guy who works for Dell tech support in
Canada and he encountered this a couple of times over the years.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Because with slot-loaded drives, you don't get that neat new 52x
coffee cup holder.
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Slot loading drives are brilliant. First of all, everyone
should remember that car stereos have been using the same design
for years and years and you rarely hear about anyone having
issues with those. I suspect car CD players get a lot more wear
and tear than computer CD drives...at least overall. I've known
people in the past who have been careless and accidently busted
their CD drive drawer when it was sticking out of their
computer...both laptop and desktop varieties. The space saved
and reliability and minimization of risk of breakage afforded by
slot loading drives is a wonderful thing, in my opinion, and I
don't understand for the life of me why few, if any, PC laptop
makers have followed suit.
Josh de Lioncourt
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