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

[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.

[Melanie]

I've borrowed a Klingon cloaking device...

[Mike_Lynch]

Thanks for the correction Mel,

Most likely a "Memory Page Fault @ Location: FF16FF03 FF8FF47F"
on my part, had that car about 20 years ago.

Funny Thing: At one point the pipe broke at the exhaust header flange weld,
sounded like a HUGE sewing machine at "high" speed. Can't help but wonder
if that had anything to do with the fad (here in the states at least) of LARGE
diameter Loud pipes on Imports? I did manage to get another 10 ~15 MPH
out of the thing before repair.

[keithdoxey]

I've borrowed a Klingon cloaking device...

You mean you didnt create your own using PBP ?

Or is that too "on topic" to be allowed in this thread

[sayzer]

I've borrowed a Klingon cloaking device...

In a few years, you will no longer need borrow that device. You will just buy one!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science...ity/index.html

Thanks to nano tech and to the people who are able to play with it.