Random thoughts thread

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Calum

So I was having trouble with my computer at work today. I tried a few things myself but all signs pointed to it being a problem upstream of my terminal. I went to the IT guys, told them about the problem and what I had done to troubleshoot it. They completely ignored what I said, went to the terminal and attempted the same things getting the same result. They then went and reset the server as there were a lot of people have the same problem. Afterwards they tried to log in on my terminal, which is a laptop, to prove the system. It worked, but was VERY slow.

IT guy #1 (while checking the amount of air blowing out from the vent ports) "there's not much air moving here, maybe the fan belt is broken and it's over heating."

IT guy #2 "no, it's a Dell. They only use 9 volt power cords. The HP's use 12 volts so they're faster."

I'm not making this up. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

There needs to be a facepalm smile. I hate having to go find a picture on google with my tablet. It's quite slow.

How much do your "IT" techs make and where can I apply? Hell I'll look like a genius compared to them.

[Want.FR-S]

Originally Posted by Calum

So I was having trouble with my computer at work today. I tried a few things myself but all signs pointed to it being a problem upstream of my terminal. I went to the IT guys, told them about the problem and what I had done to troubleshoot it. They completely ignored what I said, went to the terminal and attempted the same things getting the same result. They then went and reset the server as there were a lot of people have the same problem. Afterwards they tried to log in on my terminal, which is a laptop, to prove the system. It worked, but was VERY slow.

IT guy #1 (while checking the amount of air blowing out from the vent ports) "there's not much air moving here, maybe the fan belt is broken and it's over heating."

IT guy #2 "no, it's a Dell. They only use 9 volt power cords. The HP's use 12 volts so they're faster."

I'm not making this up. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

You should add the next comment: should I add a turbo? or a supercharger to pump more air out?

Mystery No. 1: computer fan does not have belt.

Mystery No. 2: voltage on power cord does not dictate the fan speed.

And three: check again, some HP laptops may use some odd 13.8 or other voltages so that it cannot be swapped with existing transformers. Weird, eh?

[serialk11r]

F*** got a B+ for a class :/ Maybe I shouldn't sign up for such hard classes. Hopefully the other 2 are As...well, A- would make me happy at this point.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Gas station on the way to work was out of 93, now I have to hunt one down nearby...

Originally Posted by Jayde

Must stop getting~5 hours of sleep a night. Damn you WoW!

My account auto-renewed and I haven't played in over 2 weeks...just don't have the time/energy after work anymore.

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Found out that for me, at least, finding twisties and pushing this car to it's limit (or maybe just my own) is both thrilling and terrifying at the same time.

Very terrifying. Taking a blind decreasing radius turn at 30mph when you could only previously take it at 20mph is scary as shit.

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

My account auto-renewed and I haven't played in over 2 weeks...just don't have the time/energy after work anymore.

Oh what class and server?! Here's my armory:


http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...c3%a9/advanced

Keep in mind that I just started playing again a week or two ago for the first time in almost 2 years. Last I played was about a month and half in Jan/Feb 2011. Before that I played Jan 2008-July 2010. Was the best hunter on the server, and if time/schedule/guildies allow, I can reclaim that spot. They don't have a hunter since the old Wrath guild fell apart when Cata started and the good players started a 10man.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Jayde

Oh what class and server?! Here's my armory:


http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...c3%a9/advanced

Keep in mind that I just started playing again a week or two ago for the first time in almost 2 years. Last I played was about a month and half in Jan/Feb 2011. Before that I played Jan 2008-July 2010. Was the best hunter on the server, and if time/schedule/guildies allow, I can reclaim that spot. They don't have a hunter since the old Wrath guild fell apart when Cata started and the good players started a 10man.

471 Frost DK. They took away Frost tanking :'( Played for ~3 weeks after I stopped playing WotLK about 3 years ago and haven't played in the last 2 weeks. Guild is some weaksauce guild IRL friend of mine knows from other games; not enough people to do 10 man content, but they're all cool folks. After this short break I'm not even inclined to play anymore, fun distraction but I hate when IRL friends ditch the game they made you pick up.

[Calum]

Originally Posted by Jayde

There needs to be a facepalm smile. I hate having to go find a picture on google with my tablet. It's quite slow.

How much do your "IT" techs make and where can I apply? Hell I'll look like a genius compared to them.

If you're a Canadian Citizen you're more then welcome to join up. I'm in the Navy. The IT guys are also our Nav Comm's.

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

471 Frost DK. They took away Frost tanking :'( Played for ~3 weeks after I stopped playing WotLK about 3 years ago and haven't played in the last 2 weeks. Guild is some weaksauce guild IRL friend of mine knows from other games; not enough people to do 10 man content, but they're all cool folks. After this short break I'm not even inclined to play anymore, fun distraction but I hate when IRL friends ditch the game they made you pick up.

I know that feeling. On my original server (Jan 2008 - ~Aug 2008) I played with my IRL friend who got me into the game, but he stopped playing and I moved to the guild I was with till the end of Wrath on the new server. Sure it sucks to lose the person you started playing with but I made new friends quickly and enjoyed it quite much.

Also, finally got around to getting Ronald Jenkees' new album Days Away. From the previews I've heard, it sounds great! Can't wait till it finishes downloading! Stupid work Wifi.

[M-17]

Originally Posted by Calum

So I was having trouble with my computer at work today. I tried a few things myself but all signs pointed to it being a problem upstream of my terminal. I went to the IT guys, told them about the problem and what I had done to troubleshoot it. They completely ignored what I said, went to the terminal and attempted the same things getting the same result. They then went and reset the server as there were a lot of people have the same problem. Afterwards they tried to log in on my terminal, which is a laptop, to prove the system. It worked, but was VERY slow.

IT guy #1 (while checking the amount of air blowing out from the vent ports) "there's not much air moving here, maybe the fan belt is broken and it's over heating."

IT guy #2 "no, it's a Dell. They only use 9 volt power cords. The HP's use 12 volts so they're faster."

I'm not making this up. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

I could only imagine this would happen if I ever had IT's like them working for me.

[Dimman]

Greater Detroit is very different from Greater Vancouver.

Very.

[Spd229]

I tried to play wow the last week or two. got to 90. got bored. Same bunch of folks I played with all through tbc, wotlk, and cata, seem more interested in doing dailies than content....granted that was the same issue in cata.

So I'm oddly enough ****ing around with BF3 and geometry wars.

Anyway, had an Acura NSX fly up to me yesterday. Rode all around me, finally caught a look at each other. Nodded and then the dude flies off. Got a wave as I passed him getting off an exit. Still not sure if he wanted me to play with him in Atlanta traffic or not...wasn't going to though, GSP loves that section of 75/85. Sexy car nonetheless though.

[ichitaka05]

F!!!! Hating work today... so many damn crazy ppl comin' and bitchy new staff.

I want this day to be over...

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Spd229

I tried to play wow the last week or two. got to 90. got bored. Same bunch of folks I played with all through tbc, wotlk, and cata, seem more interested in doing dailies than content....granted that was the same issue in cata.

So I'm oddly enough ****ing around with BF3 and geometry wars.

Anyway, had an Acura NSX fly up to me yesterday. Rode all around me, finally caught a look at each other. Nodded and then the dude flies off. Got a wave as I passed him getting off an exit. Still not sure if he wanted me to play with him in Atlanta traffic or not...wasn't going to though, GSP loves that section of 75/85. Sexy car nonetheless though.

Yeah dailies seem to be out of control from what I'm used to. I got the achievement for 25 dailies and face palmed. I remember when they were capped at 25!!

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by M-17

I could only imagine this would happen if I ever had IT's like them working for me.

Our help desk email was migrated to a new exchange service this morning. Regular call volume, but no incoming tickets. About an hour ago we decide something went wrong because several test tickets we submitted weren't showing up in our ticketing system. Yep, the migration fucked something up for our ticketing software and there's 90 trouble tickets pending.