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geeks are not a public service

Feb 16, 2006 1:42AM PST

******************** says (17:12):
i kinda need ur help here
******************** says (17:12):
Please
ross | www.rosscbrown.co.uk says (17:12):
hey
ross | www.rosscbrown.co.uk says (17:12):
what can I do for you?
******************** says (17:13):
the mouse on the computer aint working
ross | www.rosscbrown.co.uk says (17:13):
Have you tried restarting it (the computer)
******************** says (17:13):
Yes, lol

***ROSS FIXES HER COMPUTER***

Some time later?

******************** says (17:32):
(btw hi)

Discussion is locked

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lol!

I feel your pain. I'm the personal IT gal for most of my friends (especially annoying when they call me at work for help...)

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Another one!
Feb 16, 2006 1:58AM PST

A few months ago:

Its about 4 am and Ross is tucked up in bed dreaming about super fast ram and Lightsabers and being Jack from 24.

Ring Ring

Ross gets op and answers the telephone: hello?

Voice on the other end of the line: Hey Ross, glad your still up, can you talk me thru setting up my wireless router and range extenders?

Ross: Um, did it not come with a CD?

Voice: Yes but I want to set it up right, the way you would?

Ross: Um ok?


I really should get one of those premium rate telephone numbers!

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Set some limits....
Feb 16, 2006 10:46AM PST

When my phone rings at 4am I think one of two things

1) Somebody is dying or
2) Somebody is going to die when I get ahold of them.

I am glad to help family and friends. But not at 4AM. It has never happened to me, but the conversation would be very short, "Call back at a reasonable hour." *click*

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The verdict...
Feb 16, 2006 2:14AM PST

Exhibit 1) userid: rosscbrown
Verdict 1) ross is typically a male name. rosscbrown must be male


Exhibit 2) post says ***ROSS FIXES HER COMPUTER***
Verdict 2) rosscbrown must be female


Exhibit 3) followup post says ''dreaming...(of) being Jack from 24''
Verdict 3) rosscbrown is man trapped in woman's body

Any more evidence, ross to help us out on this one? Happy

-Kevin S.

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(NT) (NT) i'm sure that is what everyone was thinking
Feb 16, 2006 2:28AM PST
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huh?
Feb 16, 2006 3:29AM PST

Sorry dude, verdict 2 is fallacious. Ross fixed *************'s computer, ie **************** is a female.

God I need a life...

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misinterpreted
Feb 16, 2006 3:50AM PST

It make sense now Happy It was difficult to follow the dialogue of ross's post (I read it about three times) and I took that statement to mean Ross fixed "her own" computer. After reading ross's other post, I now see Ross is always being bothered by friends/co-workers to fix their computers.

-Kevin S.

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I end up doing the same thing
Feb 16, 2006 6:45AM PST

For me, though, it's usually for my mom (a tech person herself). Usually it has to do with the fact that she still isn't used to OS X (she could probably talk circles around me in Classic land, though), so I have to give her support over the phone while I'm working (doing tech support).

-Ryan

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you might want to try this out
Feb 16, 2006 9:48AM PST
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Nice!
Feb 16, 2006 9:57AM PST

Thats cool!

In other tee news. Other than a BOL tee, i would really love to find a 127.0.0.1 tee. Now I know there is one on think geek, but I'm sure its not the one that I had seen (this was a few years back)

SO if anyone does have one of these tee's (think it has smaller lettering) please get in touch. (Please remember to wash it first if its second hand).

http://tinyurl.com/7pwxv - my blog (post) on the topic

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The only one I've ever seen
Feb 16, 2006 10:00AM PST
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I already own this shirt ..
Feb 16, 2006 11:33PM PST

.. and I get laughs when I wear it to work (as a tech support person) .. Oh, if only they realized that I wasn't wearing it as a joke .. Happy

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I wore that for one of the Holiday Help desk videos
Feb 17, 2006 4:46AM PST

I got in trouble for wearing a 'There's no place like 127.0.0.1" T-shirt on the video. T-shirts are not good for video credibility.

Plus I had to answer the question all day "What does that mean?"

But it was still fun and still one of my favorite shirts ever.

It's the Harmony Remote video here:

http://www.cnet.com/4520-11489_1-6393172-1.html

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wooh
Feb 17, 2006 4:59AM PST

dud you have good taste! Happy