That's right up there with: "my PC is down!" "Did you press the power button?" "Yes" "What do you see, try ...." ... "OK, it's really bad. What is the serial number?" "I don't know." "It's on the top at the back." "I can't read it. The light are off due to the power failure in the building." "Good bye"
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Scott Ford > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Too true to be funny - 51% of the surveyed Americans think > that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the cloud. > > Oh yes...I had a pc user once down in the early days of pcs. I asked > her if it was powered on, she said do I need to do that ....... > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Kirk Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I remember years ago, when I worked at an insurance company, that we > fired > > a network help desk guy... when users called in to say that their > remote > > 3270 cluster was down he liked to ask them to look outside to see if > there > > were any birds on the phone line. > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:39 AM, McKown, John > <[email protected] > >> wrote: > > > >> http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_2328330.asp > >> > >> > >> <quote> > >> The survey carried out on 1000 adult americans of age 18 and more > paint a > >> disturbing picture: 54% of americans do not know what the cloud is > and > >> claim to never have used it. But, from these, 95% use it regularly > for > >> online banking, online shopping, social sites such as Facebook or > Twitter > >> and online sharing of photos and files. All of these services > operate > >> within the cloud, but it would seem that not everyone understands > this. > >> Also, another alarming number is that 51% of the surveyed Americans > think > >> that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the > cloud. > >> </quote> > >> > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM- > MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
