Computer Horror Stories.

Hmm... I might try that now. rolleyes:-D

 

That ain't gonna work. You forgot the JB Weld... And jeeze, buy a roll of Reynolds Wrap, don't go cheap on your RAM's aluminum components.

I hear beer cans make very effective heat spreaders. :-D Empty ones of course, unless you have a liquid cooled rig.

 

Ahh thanks Fred. I'll get the JB Weld before I do this. True I'll use empty cans.

 

Why JB Weld? Duct tape is cheaper and comes in designer colors that coordinate with almost any brand of beer can.

 

Words spoken by someone who has not experienced the joys of the JB Weld. It is the serious kind of duct tape. :-D

 

Here is one for me. I have many, but you might find this amusing.

I was working as a frontline tech support for a stock broker's website. A man called to say that he was not receiving any streaming quotes from our trading software.

After some brief troubleshooting we determined that he had no connection to the internet. I asked him how he connects, and he said wireless. I asked him was there a way to hookup directly to the wall, and he flat out said that it was impossible given his location in the house to do this. Strange response, but I plowed on with troubleshooting.

Some hemming and hawing later, I determined that what would be best at this point, is to reboot the router. (We were unable to connect to the router's homepage to adjust or inspect any settings) Here is what happened convo wise:

Me: sir, we are going to need to reboot the router.

Customer: How do you do that?

Me: simple, we just unplug it, wait a few seconds and then plug it back in.

Customer: That's impossible, I can't do that.

Me: Sir, are you just not comfortable doing this, or is there some other reason why you cannot unplug it from the wall.

Customer: I can't unplug it from the wall, because the router is in my neighbor's house.

*major face palm at this point*


It because ridiculously clear, that this man was stealing his neighbor's internet.

Me: sir, I'm sorry, but I think at this point, you are going to need to talk to your neighbor and ask them to reboot their router.

Customer: You mean you can't help me anymore? I just need to get on the internet. You probably know how to get it running again.

Me: Sir, with all due respect, I think it might be best if you called a local internet provider and setup your own internet connection for your home.

Customer: Why should I do that? I can just use my neighbor's like always.

Me: Sir, you are using your neighbor's internet connection, and likely the reason you cannot connect, is that they have either enabled a password on their network, or changed it to something else. i will not help you try to connect to their network, as i would be in violation of several computer crime laws.


Customer told me to F-off and hung up.

Note: I could see this man's brokerage account. He had over 5 million dollars in cash money alone.



what a jackass.

 

...It was probably his neighbor's brokerage account as well that he was trying to access. Doesn't seem like the behaviour of a millionaire to me.rolleyes

 

Many self made rich folks are extremely stingy and only want to make money without spending any. They are psychologically sick people, I actually knew one who was an acquaintance of my mum's. Real greedy bitch.

 

Pretty much this.

 

Slightly OT, but I get a kick out of people who drive up in a big gas guzzling SUV, buy several 750ml bottles of booze at around $80 to $200 per bottle, then raise heck about the high price of gas... :confused

 

Well, to be totally honest, I am a bane to all computers. My first laptop was an old computer that my aunt gave to me and the only way to get anything off of there was to use a floppy disk. The only reason I don't use that computer anymore is because I got a new laptop for my 18th birthday.

The 18th birthday computer became my very own Frankenstein computer. Seven different computers and countless parts went into making it. My boyfriend said he had never met anyone with a computer like mine. I took it as a compliment.

Anyway, after I got a new computer, the hard drive melted the week before christmas and I lost everything. I'm now starting to rebuild from scratch while learning Linux.

 

when i got my first computer and was young. i wasnt thinking right and a pc got hot and screen was kept blacking out so i tried taking case off and hold the chip that was lose and held it to the position w pc on. and boy that shocked me litterally.