OT: Heavy sigh, shake head, roll eyes, punch wall
[115 byte] By [jverda] at [2007-11-26 13:19:26] 
I hate stupid people.http://www.break.com/index/verizon_wireless_has_trouble_with_math.htmlSFW
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I'm afraid to click at work.
kablaira at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> SFWThat depends on your corporate filters. Site is blocked from here. I've heard about this story, though.
doremifasollatidoa at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
It's just an audio stream of a customer service call.
jverda at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
I'll have to wait until I get home in about 8 hours then, no sound on this machine anyway.
kablaira at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
Neither the initial rep, nor his supervisor, nor the one or two people who tried to handle this previously, apparently, can handle elementary school math.I think I'll let my kids have a crack at this tonight. :-)
jverda at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> It's just an audio stream of a customer service call.They blocked a lot of sites now. All webmail, and many other sites, too. The whole http://www.break.com is blocked.
doremifasollatidoa at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
I'm lucky to work at a small tech company founded by a couple of young guys (the older of the two is a little younger than I), so that kind of lockdown hasn't happened. Yet. :-)
jverda at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> I'm lucky to work at a small tech company founded by a couple of young guys (the older of the two is a
> little younger than I), so that kind of lockdown hasn't happened. Yet. :-)
I work at a company with 81,000 people worldwide. There are people here who have worked for the company (through various mergers/acquisitions/etc.) longer than either of us has been alive. The lockdown only occurred recently (this past summer, maybe even fall).
doremifasollatidoa at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> They blocked a lot of sites now. All webmail, and
> many other sites, too. The whole
> http://www.break.com is blocked.
Do they block Google? If not, then you can get Google to proxy any site for you by using the translator set to English->English. A handy bookmark automates the process:
javascript:document.location.href='http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u='+location.href
A useful trick due to Google almost always being unblocked.
Mr_Evila at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> Do they block Google? If not, then you can get Google to proxy any site for you ...
Google's not, and babelfish for chunks of text is not, but either is blocked for translating a whole webpage:
Access denied by [filtername] content category. The requested URL belongs to the following category: Anonymizing Utilities.
doremifasollatidoa at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> If not, then you can get Google to proxy any site for you by using the translator set to English->English.That's a useful trick. I've tended to rely on Google cache, but that does have gaps. Thanks.
YAT_Archivista at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> I hate stupid people.> > http://www.break.com/index/verizon_wireless_has_troubl> e_with_math.html> > SFWOh my. Classic telco though. Actually they are less snotty and rude then most telcos.
cotton.ma at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
> I hate stupid people.
>
> http://www.break.com/index/verizon_wireless_has_trouble_with_math.html
Thanks for raising my blood pressure, Jeff. I must now stick a fork in my eyeball to ease the pain of that phone call.
Man, that guy has patience.
just my .002 cents
KelVarnsona at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
Good God this is painful to listen to.
paulcwa at 2007-7-7 17:46:12 >
My Favorite part is when the woman says that there is no such thingas .002 dollars!
Leditiona at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
.002 cents is less than a cent right? ;-)I would have been screaming at the lady 2 minutes in.
CaptainMorgan08a at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
Yeah, I don't understand how this guy went 27 mins without screaming. He is pretty calm throughout the thole ordeal. I'll have to admit, It took me about a min to understand what he was talking about in the beginning. These people just seem really dense to not understand that when you multiply KB by cents/KB you don't end up with dollars!!!
Leditiona at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
Already knew that one...Anyway, yesterday I got a bill over 0.00 Euro from my DSL provider...
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
:lol:
mlka at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> http://www.break.com/index/verizon_wireless_has_troubl> e_with_math.html> What plugin to Firefox on Linux do I need to see/hear this?
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> >
> http://www.break.com/index/verizon_wireless_has_troubl
>
> > e_with_math.html
> >
>
> What plugin to Firefox on Linux do I need to see/hear
> this?
Flash? If you already have flash plug-in installed, then it might need
a newer one (maybe 8.0). As far as I know Flash 8.0 is not available
on Linux yet :(
kari-matti
kari-mattia at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
Flash.**( No, not like that.
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
I got angry after only a few minutes. I can't understand how he could stay calm.Kaj
kajbja at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> I got angry after only a few minutes. I can't
> understand how he could stay calm.
>
> Kaj
I was ready to punch something. More than once,I found myself opening my mouth to expalin to the idiots why they were wrong. It was quite frustrating to remember that they weren't actually there live for me to verbally bitchsmack.
jverda at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> > What plugin to Firefox on Linux do I need to
> see/hear
> > this?
>
> Flash? If you already have flash plug-in installed,
> then it might need
> a newer one (maybe 8.0). As far as I know Flash 8.0
> is not available
> on Linux yet :(
>
I have the latest Flash 7 installed (updated yesterday to see if that was the problem) and I can see Flash on that linked page but I don't hear or see the target phone call!
:-( Never mind!
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> > I got angry after only a few minutes. I can't
> > understand how he could stay calm.
> >
> > Kaj
>
> I was ready to punch something. More than once,I
> found myself opening my mouth to expalin to the
> idiots why they were wrong. It was quite frustrating
> to remember that they weren't actually there live for
> me to verbally bitchsmack.
I still want to call go there and smack them with a rotten salmon trout :)
kajbja at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> I still want to call go there and smack them with a> rotten salmon trout :)The remainders of your last fishing trip?
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
Hey, come on folks. If call center people had any actual knowledge, they'd instead be writing answers for GeekInterview.com.
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> I still want to call go there and smack them with a> rotten salmon trout :)Frozen would be better!
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:17 >
> Hey, come on folks. If call center people had any> actual knowledge, they'd instead be writing answers> for GeekInterview.com.Hehe
mlka at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> Hey, come on folks. If call center people had any
> actual knowledge, they'd instead be writing answers
> for GeekInterview.com.
Like this little gem
RE: what is fixed bias with and without decoupling cap...
--
with ta decoupling capacitor u cannt get o/p bcz it blocks the DC and allows only AC ok .... is u dont us it it give the o/p but it's DC only so no use to hav a DC voltage in O/P ok
OR
RE: why the suply frequency in INDIA is 50HZ
--
hi
There is a condition that in india the electrical power generation is only by natural process such as running water from falls,hydel energy ,bio fuels etc.
But in USA the power gen is nuclear so they have 110v,60Hz.
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> Like this little gemWow, I've got to start trying harder, none of my answers are anywhere near that quality.
mlka at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> But in USA the power gen is nuclear so they have> 110v,60Hz.Yeah, and only 110 V instead of 230 V because the Americans are wimps. ;)
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
this guy's pathetic...tsk..tsk..
angeles1016a at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
:-) Having installed Flash 9 beta I can now share the frustration!
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> > But in USA the power gen is nuclear so they have
> > 110v,60Hz.
>
> Yeah, and only 110 V instead of 230 V because the
> Americans are wimps. ;)
This is why nuclear (nucular in Texan) is so problematic in Europe, we have to double up the power station to get the voltage and apply a brake to the generator to get it to run at 50Hz.
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> > > But in USA the power gen is nuclear so they have
> > > 110v,60Hz.
> >
> > Yeah, and only 110 V instead of 230 V because the
> > Americans are wimps. ;)
>
> This is why nuclear (nucular in Texan) is so
> problematic in Europe, we have to double up the power
> station to get the voltage and apply a brake to the
> generator to get it to run at 50Hz.
For any of the oldies like me watching who don't understand Hz, Hz == cps.
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> :-) Having installed Flash 9 beta I can now share the> frustration!Hehe.
kajbja at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> > :-) Having installed Flash 9 beta I can now share> the> > frustration!> > Hehe.That's how we laugh in Sweden :)
kajbja at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> For any of the oldies like me watching who don't> understand Hz, Hz == cps.Jebus, you really are old!
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> Jebus, you really are old!Yeah... (I still don't know what cps are.) I'll never accuse you of being an old **** again just because you know about acoustic line delay memory.
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> I'll never> accuse you of being an old **** again just because> you know about acoustic line delay memory.:-) I still use it!
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> :-) I still use it!Maybe, but it's no fun calling you an old ****. :)
CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> > :-) I still use it!> > Maybe, but it's no fun calling you an old> ****. :):-)
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:22 >
> I still don't know what cps are.Cycles per second ie Hertz.Though the really old buggers still try to tune their wireless dials to 247Metres to get ITMA on the Light Service,
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> > Though the really old buggers still try to tune their> wireless dials to 247Metres to get ITMA on the Light> Service,I use 1500 Metres for the Light Program.
sabre150a at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> > Jebus, you really are old!
>
> Yeah... (I still don't know what cps are.) I'll never
> accuse you of being an old **** again just because
> you know about acoustic line delay memory.
I ran across one of those (a line delay mem, not an old ****) when I was disassembling some retired equipment in the student workshop in college. Truly bizarre.
jverda at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
I am a contractor working on a project for the government. I'm lucky I can get to this site, and I'm not allowed to connect my laptop to the network and we can't use jump drives or anything like that. Stupid paranoid freaks. Heh heh heh ...PS
puckstopper31a at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> I ran across one of those (a line delay mem, not an
> old ****) when I was disassembling some retired
> equipment in the student workshop in college. Truly
> bizarre.
I ran across an old **** in the supermarket carpark, anyone know where I can get a dented fender fixed discreetly.
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> > I ran across one of those (a line delay mem, not
> an
> > old ****) when I was disassembling some retired
> > equipment in the student workshop in college.
> Truly
> > bizarre.
>
We had a training computer when I was at college (clown or barber?) it had magnetic core memory. It was programmed via control panel,it had little 12V bulbs connected to each bit in the CPU registers, no LEDs when it was made.
It was very "Lost in Space"
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> I ran across an old **** in the supermarket carpark,> anyone know where I can get a dented fender fixed> discreetly.Duct Tape fixes everything.
CaptainMorgan08a at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
> > I ran across an old **** in the supermarket> carpark,> > anyone know where I can get a dented fender fixed> > discreetly.> > Duct Tape fixes everything.I'll tell the old **** to put it on his hip!
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-21 15:49:27 >
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