tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2546835238848224203..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Me and computersBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45874463060961625042010-05-17T10:35:02.683-07:002010-05-17T10:35:02.683-07:00I got so frustrated with a "help desk" t...I got so frustrated with a "help desk" tech that I suggested that the next time his car broke down he should call the dealership and have them "walk" him thru the repair process while he had his head under the hood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46042676176653503192010-05-17T07:02:58.206-07:002010-05-17T07:02:58.206-07:00"there’s a guy with a perpetual runny nose, l..."there’s a guy with a perpetual runny nose, lazy eye, and thinning hair at 22, toting around Natalie Portman stills from STAR WARS – and I’m his bitch."<br /><br />I don't care if this is a repost, it's still damned funny! Thank you, Ken!rmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11695684299272607712010-05-16T14:52:44.832-07:002010-05-16T14:52:44.832-07:00"even the tech support people don’t know what...<i>"even the tech support people don’t know what they’re doing."</i><br /><br />As a tech support person who visits a lot of his co-worker's houses in a year at $50-$75 a pop for "hey can do me a favor one Saturday?" sort of issues, you're right, sometimes we don't know! So don't feel bad. <br /><br />There's usually no big problem, but they just don't want to deal with it and are willing, nay eager, to pay someone to do it.<br /><br />And see, the theory was that if I tell them I'll help them for money, they'll stop asking me. <i>But they never stop asking.</i> <br /><br />And computers are rarely the problem anymore. It's always routers, or connections, or networking the house, or printers, or their personal website, or their kids got into something on the 'net, or ...Bandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484979719640677772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67480177786550388162010-05-16T13:27:20.006-07:002010-05-16T13:27:20.006-07:00Yeah. The boyfriend doesn't understand compute...Yeah. The boyfriend doesn't understand computers either. He opens jars while I show him how to check his email. So I guess my suggestion is to get a mistress who understands computers.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18726282121580975812010-05-16T11:51:57.720-07:002010-05-16T11:51:57.720-07:00ahhh, good old GTE. I always thought their initial...ahhh, good old GTE. I always thought their initials stood for Great Telephone Experiment.YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89599796493301578912010-05-16T08:33:11.526-07:002010-05-16T08:33:11.526-07:00Ken,
I'll perform your tech support for free....Ken,<br /><br />I'll perform your tech support for free. Of course, you'll have to fly me to LA and read my scripts.mcpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67132914436581163112010-05-16T08:26:39.063-07:002010-05-16T08:26:39.063-07:00"It took this guy (a “trained” professional) ..."It took this guy (a “trained” professional) two hours at which time he had managed to completely screw up every computer in the house, the router, and my microwave is now on the fritz."<br />Seriously?! OK that's not that uncommon, be it 2006 or 2010.<br /><br />"I had to call my computer guy (at “you need a loan” hourly prices), and it took him another two hours to fix things. And there’s still a problem with my email that he says can only be rectified if I upgrade my entire system"<br />Really?! I mean, really?! If I had read this back in 2006 I would have told you to either move out the state or from the USA. Either that or I should have moved there.<br /><br />Cheers,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56527835566264283102010-05-16T08:08:00.201-07:002010-05-16T08:08:00.201-07:00It's Sunday morning. What does any of this hav...It's Sunday morning. What does any of this have anything to do with Elena Kagan? And say what you want; has anybody received a "fatal error" notification message lately? Damn I miss those.<br /><br />I realize this also has nothing to do with connecticity, but am I the only one who thinks it's funny all those "Windows for Dummies" series of manuals now have an additional cover slug: "Especially for Seniors?" <br /><br /> If I'm not mistaken, aren't you already Macked?A. Buck Shortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51613222032285623672010-05-16T08:06:06.260-07:002010-05-16T08:06:06.260-07:00My Underwood never fails. But then again, I'm ...My Underwood never fails. But then again, I'm a schmuck.Sally creeping down the alleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55784985254838451692010-05-16T07:30:45.852-07:002010-05-16T07:30:45.852-07:00Get a Mac.Get a Mac.David O'Harahttp://marquisdesod.comnoreply@blogger.com