Can It Be this SIMPLE? (the Off-Topic continuation)

[sayzer]

Is there a particular topic here or we are just shooting for free and adding couple of quotes?

[Melanie]

This is free-for-all thread, the PIC controlled dragster is on the other one.

Like all good pub/club conversations (this one sadly doesn't serve alcohol or Turkish coffee), it starts with the price of gas and ends up fixing global warming, whether Pluto has enough mass to be called a planet or a skinny dog, and finally revealing Osama Bin Ladens hideout.

[Mike_Lynch]

Sayzer,
I think it rather turned into a free shot zone after being replicated into the OFF TOPIC
Area. What’s on your mind? I’m generally attempting to stay within the confines of
Energy Conservation, but did digress into the “loud music and cars” which was preceded by
a question about alternate energy development in countries other than the USA.

Like Melanie said, (Thanks Melanie, Nearly fell out of my chair laughing at that one.
So, Pluto is a skinny dog now, is that OFFICIAL or is that just Walt’s version of the story?)

[Mike_Lynch]

How many people could realistically Telecommute for the majority of their workweek ?
Myself being primarily a Field Technician of sorts don’t see it happening. . .

Client on the phone: “You want ME to unplug the system from the wall, take a SCREWDRIVER and do WHAT?”

One “US” PC manufacturer Headquartered in TEXAS, tried that for a while, they may still, I don’t know,
I once worked for a company who contracted a LOT of their Field Service Warranty Work.
Remote Control repair of PC systems, requiring component replacement, generally doesn’t work well.

The AVERAGE End User of a PC can't (or just will not) count the Pins on a DB25 Connector.

If you are at all technically adept and you are calling a PC company’s help desk for technical support,
the first thing you should say is “Put the SCRIPT Down, Get Me Tier Two!”

[Melanie]

I think two thousand cartoon fans met in Czechoslovakia (or in the country formerly known as) earlier this week and decided that Pluto was a dog.

Oh, tech support, you mean this kind of thing... (warning - don't click if you're afraid of a little bad language!), but if you work with clients you probably get a version of this at least once a day.

http://www.daujones.com/sounds/helpdesk.mp3

[Mike_Lynch]

. . . .Czechoslovakia (or in the country formerly known as) . . . .

That brings up another question, Where do i get parts for my YUGO now?

[Melanie]

You're obviously on the wrong side of the Atlantic Mike, over here in Yew-rope we managed to figure that Yugo's came from Yugoslavia (on the basis that the first four letters matched-up). Thankfully for Skoda's, they weren't left with a branding dillema when the country split.

[sayzer]

I was going to bring out "chicken from egg or egg from chicken" but Pluto sounds better to me.

Edit : Also, "why Melanie always appears to be offline although she is online?" could be another one.