Cellar moving again, outage pending - Page 5

Undertoad · 02-19-2006, 02:31 PM

I have repaired, semi-repaired, and/or "non-repaired" just about every PC and/or every network of everyone I know in the last year. I am exhausted.

richlevy · 02-19-2006, 02:52 PM

I did once have a friend who was working for one of the Kennedy clan who I gave some free support to. She asked me to quote a billable rate but I ended up doing it for free since it only took 5 minutes.

My best unpaid/unofficial support call was for a coworker who was also a mainframe programmer. He was on oncall support and had a laptop and modem for the first time. He called me at about 2am and woke me out of a sound sleep. I was, however, able to diagnose his problem in less than 30 seconds.

Him: Rich, it's ****. I'm trying to dial in to **** and I can't get a dial tone with the modem.
Me: Where are you?
Him: Upstairs.
Me: Where's the computer?
Him: In the room with me.
Me: Where's the phone you're using.
Him: Here in the room.
Me: How many phone jacks are in the room.
Him: One.
Me: If the phone's in the same room as the computer, what's the modem plugged into.
(click) I was left holding the phone.

We did a recreation for our company dinner.

lumberjim · 02-19-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I have repaired, semi-repaired, and/or "non-repaired" just about every PC and/or every network of everyone I know in the last year. I am exhausted.

Undertoad · 02-19-2006, 03:37 PM

I think I remember what happened there dude... I put in the new power supply and it didn't fly and so we decided it was the motherboard. ...or something?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-19-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Yikes! What are you getting for your trouble? The only people that rate that from me (without paying) are my parents, in gratitude for them raising me to adulthood without strangling me (which was surely a weekly temptation, if not more often).

One's a friend with privileges and the other is the guy that stores my '57 chevy for me.

I got an email from Buster saying at 7pm tonight he still can't reach the Cellar.
I think he's on dsl, but I'm not sure.

Pie · 02-19-2006, 10:33 PM

I was wondering why I wasn't having any troubles with accessing the cellar, even right after the move (since I have Comcrap) when it hit me -- I run my own dns. That explains it.

02-19-2006, 02:52 PM	#62
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Best 'volunteer helpdesk' story I did once have a friend who was working for one of the Kennedy clan who I gave some free support to. She asked me to quote a billable rate but I ended up doing it for free since it only took 5 minutes. My best unpaid/unofficial support call was for a coworker who was also a mainframe programmer. He was on oncall support and had a laptop and modem for the first time. He called me at about 2am and woke me out of a sound sleep. I was, however, able to diagnose his problem in less than 30 seconds. Him: Rich, it's **. I'm trying to dial in to and I can't get a dial tone with the modem. Me: Where are you? Him: Upstairs. Me: Where's the computer? Him: In the room with me. Me: Where's the phone you're using. Him: Here in the room. Me: How many phone jacks are in the room. Him: One. Me: If the phone's in the same room as the computer, what's the modem plugged into. (click) I was left holding the phone. We did a recreation for our company dinner. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama** Last edited by richlevy; 02-19-2006 at 02:55 PM.

02-19-2006, 10:33 PM	#66
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I was wondering why I wasn't having any troubles with accessing the cellar, even right after the move (since I have Comcrap) when it hit me -- I run my own dns. That explains it. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-19-2006, 02:31 PM	#61
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have repaired, semi-repaired, and/or "non-repaired" just about every PC and/or every network of everyone I know in the last year. I am exhausted.

02-19-2006, 03:37 PM	#64
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I think I remember what happened there dude... I put in the new power supply and it didn't fly and so we decided it was the motherboard. ...or something?

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