John, That's ones funny....
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 30, 2012, at 1:09 PM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
