Microsoft's Finest

[280PLUS]

ONE OF MICROSOFT'S FINEST
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> One of Microsoft's finest techs was drafted and sent to boot
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> camp. At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a
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> rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target. The
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> report came from the target area that all attempts had
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> completely missed the target.
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> The Microsoft tech looked at his rifle and then at the target.
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> He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again.
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> He put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and
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> squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his
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> finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the
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> target area: "It's leaving here just fine. The trouble
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> must be at your end!"


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[jefnvk]

HA!



(Although, I could dig up a bunch of *nix geeks that that would fit)

 

[Farnham]

(Although, I could dig up a bunch of *nix geeks that that would fit)

Watch it, buddy, Solaris is never wrong...

S/F

Farnham

PS: When the problem appears between Windows and UNIX, Windows is ALWAYS wrong. GUI using sissies...

 

[jefnvk]

Hey, I got a Windows box, a Fedora box and a Solaris box sitting here. All give me the same trouble: none. It just takes me ten times longer to do anything from the command line in Fedora and Solaris than in Windows

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

UNIX actually is very user friendly. It's just picky about the company it keeps.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[bogie]

Hey, at least Microsoft has a gun club, unlike a LOT of corporate entities I could mention...

Speaking of which, how do I go about getting a TOTALLY anonymous e-mail address?

 

[dasmi]

Ahhhh Microsoft.
I support 87 Windows XP machines at work, and a few 2000 and NT 4 servers.
When I come home, it's my Powerbook with OS X and my Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu Linux.

 

[mussi]

In that joke, you can also replace the Microsoft Support tech with an SAP programmer...

 

[dfaugh]

As a computer consultant

I've dealt with 'em all...Currently have machines running:

Windows 98
Windows 2000 Pro (several)
Windows XP(Home and Pro)
Windows NT Server 4.0
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Enterprise Server

Used to have but gave up on:
UNIX
Linux
Solaris

I have a couple customers that have servers running either WinNT 4.0 or Server 2000 that have been running for YEARS. In one case a server ran for 3 years with no problem...They only reason it wasn't longer was because I had to take it "down" to move it.

 

[Shovelhead]

originally posted by mussi
In that joke, you can also replace the Microsoft Support tech with an SAP programmer...

..or the Tech Support Desk personnel from any I.T. equipment company.

I work for Verizon,
We always hear "The problem is in the phone lines" :banghead:
'Bout 90% of the time the problem is in the equipment, settings, or patch cords.

 

[Old Fuff]

I think that after his finger got better (if any part of it was left) he'd say that the bullet was at fault, but that Microsoft would sell you an upgrade sometime in the future for $300.00. But in the meantime downloaded patches would do ...

 

[Pointman]

Dang it Sylvilagus Aquaticus you beat me to it....

Lets not even get started on vendor "tech support" or what they currently attempt to pass off for it.

 

[Poodleshooter]

In that joke, you can also replace the Microsoft Support tech with an SAP programmer...

Ugh. Our SAP has been up and down all week for various updates of dubious utility.

 

[mtnbkr]

Speaking of which, how do I go about getting a TOTALLY anonymous e-mail address

If you have broadband, set up a server (your choice) running some sort of mail system on your home network. Configure your broadband router to allow mail traffic into your network. Give your email address as user@<yourpublicipaddresshere>. If your public IP is dynamic, you'll need to get a free domain name from someone like dyndns.org and use your router to keep that domain name synced with your ip address. At that point, your email address will be [email protected]thing

My Netgear router understands dynamic DNS and updates dyndns.org whenever my IP changes. That way, my url always points to the public interface of my dsl modem. The router then allows traffic on certain ports to pass through to my server. I'm not running mail this way, but there's no reason why it wouldn't work as well.

That's about as anonymous as I can think of. Anything else requires you to trust the 3rd part running your mail server.

Chris

 

[secamp32]

Every time we set up a new T-1 or DS-3 and it doesn't work

(which is everytime) Verizon or MCI ALWAYs says "Its your router" so we waste hours trouble shooting the router config. But its ALWAYS their line not our equipment. :banghead:

 

[Nick1911]

Speaking of which, how do I go about getting a TOTALLY anonymous e-mail address?

Mailinator

Good only for non-sensitive (spam) email - requires no log in or setup, you can have any email address for free, anyone can access it, and you can disclaim ever using it. It's only really good for the give-us-your-email-to-sign-up sites that then sell your email address to spam lists. DO NOT use Mailinator for anything remotly sensitive or anything that even contains your real name! For these things you need to set up a mail server.

Edit: Mailinator seems to be down for routine service at the moment.

 

[Librarian]

Watch it, buddy, Solaris is never wrong...

I used to work for the guy who managed the release testing for Solaris (early 90's). He said they used to go to user conferences, and introduce themselves thusly; "Hello, I'm from Sun, and I'm sorry...."