Topic: Something dumb I heard today
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Fri 11/05/10 07:58 PM




A woman said "I dont own a toaster because toasters kill more people every year than sharks do" Have you heard anything you would like to share? I would like to hear it.


That's ridiculous. If that was true, "Jaws" would have been a toaster.
yes and we'd all plug sharks into kitchen wall sockets



mmmmmmmm, fried shark, sounds yummy!


I have actually had shark steaks, but felt kinda guilty - oddly enough - they were pretty good

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Fri 11/05/10 08:03 PM





A woman said "I dont own a toaster because toasters kill more people every year than sharks do" Have you heard anything you would like to share? I would like to hear it.


That's ridiculous. If that was true, "Jaws" would have been a toaster.
yes and we'd all plug sharks into kitchen wall sockets



mmmmmmmm, fried shark, sounds yummy!


I have actually had shark steaks, but felt kinda guilty - oddly enough - they were pretty good


Seems like it would be from what I've heard, but I've only ever had the meat from a nurse shark, I want something like a hammerhead, great white, tiger, or bull shark; They seem like they'd tase better than the nurse did.

Gator is good too though, although this is highly off topic, sorry.

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Fri 11/05/10 08:06 PM
I don't have a Linux live CD. And I'm assuming obtaining one would be expensive. I'm looking for cost effective ways to solve the problem (ideally ways in which I do not have to spend a cent).

The repairman apparently (temporarily) addressed the problem when I sent it off, any ideas on how I could replicate his work?


That is the stupidist thing I've heard.

If you can get on this site, you can look up what Linux is, and clearly see it's free (in most cases).

The other stupid part, is this:
Why on Earth would you want to replicate what was clearly a hack job (if you read the thread you'll see why I say hack job), rather than actually adressing the cause of the issue and fixing it properly?

(My inner geek wants to go killface on this guy, scream at him til he cries and then fix his issue, possibly by replacing Windows w/ Linux)

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Fri 11/05/10 08:08 PM
:laughing: offtopic

yes u need to start ur own exotic meat thread....what

spock


but on here??? I can only imagine what kinds of responses that would bringscared

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Sat 11/06/10 03:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCb2BlvThYU

:)

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Sat 11/06/10 09:37 AM
OMG!! Several people from Utah have viewed my profile after this post. One of em' looked like that 'Sister Wife' I fear I may have incurred tha wrath of Fundemintalist Mormons. I heard they can be worse than AL Queda IM so nervous I cant spell.

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Sat 11/06/10 09:39 AM
^^ - that one is in the lead for today...

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Sat 11/06/10 09:45 AM




Oh, dumbest thing I heard today...

Customer - "My ISP said it's not an issue on their end, they can see the modem just fine."
Me - "Did they do a valid ping test?"
Customer - "Well, IDK, but my ISP would never lie to me."
Me - "Ok, well from my end, I can't see your modem, if I try to ping it, it says 'destination unreachable' indicating an issue with your connection."
Customer - "I JUST told you, my ISP would never lie to me, you MUST be doing something wrong" *mumbles* "stupid kid" *click*

he is lucky if the ISP service end really even looked


Oh, I know. Their ISP is AT&T... They always have our customers reset their routers, perform hard shutdowns of their computers, etc... Stuff that is very VERY bad to do to our equipment...

I talked to one of the owners of that restaurant, and explained everything to him, he is a bit more tech savvy than the manager I had spoke with. He knew exactly what I was talking about, and he knows his static IP, and when he saw he couldn't ping it, we did a 3-way call and we both layed into the AT&T tech when he said "Like the last tech said, we can ping the modem, it's nothing on our end, it must be because you are using linux."

Morons are breeding at an increasingly fast rate, and it scares the **** outta me sometimes.


I'm not sure who you were talking to, but AT&T has a separate # u have to call to get linux support. Their normal customer service teams do not support linux. It's a paid service. If you want AT&T to support linux it will cost ur client $114. (per call - sheer insanity - linux is almost as big as Windows these days)

Initially I had no problem with unbuntu and AT&T - in fact I connected thru ubuntu when I got my gateway (but the AT&T guy did not know that at the time). I need to reset my adapter now tho, and can't figure out how...I have had AT&T customer service agents suggest that I go into the ubuntu online forums...ummmm...heloo...I can't connect...whoa


I'll prolly end up getting my son to help me during the holidays as he is a linux developer as a hobby & I don't know the platforms
UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????

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Sat 11/06/10 09:56 AM




Oh, dumbest thing I heard today...

Customer - "My ISP said it's not an issue on their end, they can see the modem just fine."
Me - "Did they do a valid ping test?"
Customer - "Well, IDK, but my ISP would never lie to me."
Me - "Ok, well from my end, I can't see your modem, if I try to ping it, it says 'destination unreachable' indicating an issue with your connection."
Customer - "I JUST told you, my ISP would never lie to me, you MUST be doing something wrong" *mumbles* "stupid kid" *click*

he is lucky if the ISP service end really even looked


Oh, I know. Their ISP is AT&T... They always have our customers reset their routers, perform hard shutdowns of their computers, etc... Stuff that is very VERY bad to do to our equipment...

I talked to one of the owners of that restaurant, and explained everything to him, he is a bit more tech savvy than the manager I had spoke with. He knew exactly what I was talking about, and he knows his static IP, and when he saw he couldn't ping it, we did a 3-way call and we both layed into the AT&T tech when he said "Like the last tech said, we can ping the modem, it's nothing on our end, it must be because you are using linux."

Morons are breeding at an increasingly fast rate, and it scares the **** outta me sometimes.


I'm not sure who you were talking to, but AT&T has a separate # u have to call to get linux support. Their normal customer service teams do not support linux. It's a paid service. If you want AT&T to support linux it will cost ur client $114. (per call - sheer insanity - linux is almost as big as Windows these days)

Initially I had no problem with unbuntu and AT&T - in fact I connected thru ubuntu when I got my gateway (but the AT&T guy did not know that at the time). I need to reset my adapter now tho, and can't figure out how...I have had AT&T customer service agents suggest that I go into the ubuntu online forums...ummmm...heloo...I can't connect...whoa


I'll prolly end up getting my son to help me during the holidays as he is a linux developer as a hobby & I don't know the platforms


Lol, we support our systems, we just expect the ISP to ACTUALLY support their freaking connections, at the very least. I don't think it's too much to expect them to do an actual check of the connection, or to send a new DHCP Lease down the line. Our customers pay us to support our stuff, they all have business connections, so even if they won't support the systems themselves, they NEED to support their fckn connections.

And while Unix, and Linux, and the Posix like Operating Systems are very popular among computer hackers and people who run servers, but I know for a fact that Linux is not almost as big as Windows (at least in the desktop market). Windows has always, and will continue for a while, to dominate the Desktop world.

Don't get me wrong though, I do really hope that one day Linux (or some Linux like microkernel) will become the new Desktop OS. (I think the way the economy is going, it's just a matter of time before more and more ppl search for free OSes and find Linux).

And btw, if you EVER need help with linux, message me, and I will do my best to help support you :]

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Sat 11/06/10 09:58 AM

UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????


man, you're not even funny with these things, and they just keep getting more and more retarded.

Thanks for giving me new "dumbest" things though xD

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Sat 11/06/10 10:03 AM


UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????


man, you're not even funny with these things, and they just keep getting more and more retarded.

Thanks for giving me new "dumbest" things though xD


methinks it might be a pebcac error...

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Sat 11/06/10 10:14 AM



UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????


man, you're not even funny with these things, and they just keep getting more and more retarded.

Thanks for giving me new "dumbest" things though xD


methinks it might be a pebcac error...


Agreed.

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Sat 11/06/10 10:15 AM


UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????


man, you're not even funny with these things, and they just keep getting more and more retarded.

Thanks for giving me new "dumbest" things though xD
IM laughing Im havin' a good time. I hope u r too. And its ruh-tard-ded.

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Sat 11/06/10 10:17 AM



UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????


man, you're not even funny with these things, and they just keep getting more and more retarded.

Thanks for giving me new "dumbest" things though xD
IM laughing Im havin' a good time. I hope u r too. And its ruh-tard-ded.


lol, oh, i am. I've come to enjoy these forums a great deal.

no no no, it's "i am sofa king wee todd ed"

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Sat 11/06/10 07:08 PM

I don't have a Linux live CD. And I'm assuming obtaining one would be expensive. I'm looking for cost effective ways to solve the problem (ideally ways in which I do not have to spend a cent).

The repairman apparently (temporarily) addressed the problem when I sent it off, any ideas on how I could replicate his work?


That is the stupidist thing I've heard.

If you can get on this site, you can look up what Linux is, and clearly see it's free (in most cases).

The other stupid part, is this:
Why on Earth would you want to replicate what was clearly a hack job (if you read the thread you'll see why I say hack job), rather than actually adressing the cause of the issue and fixing it properly?

(My inner geek wants to go killface on this guy, scream at him til he cries and then fix his issue, possibly by replacing Windows w/ Linux)


There's no need to be arsefaced about it, saying as I'm the poster who originally typed that post.

For starters, we didn't all graduate from the Jonathan James Institute of Computer Hacking. There are actually a number of us out there who are a little ignorant on the subject.

Which is why I posted that topic to begin with. I only needed a bit of help, like many of us who post questions. I didn't post to get dumped on by some random antisocial jackass. So grow up, retard.

How's this for a stupid thing I've heard. Some random know-it-all takes the time to help out a guy in a cordial and polite manner, then figures he'll be smart and post about how supposedly dumb said poster is because he's maybe not as up to speed on a subject as he allegedly should be. That's not only arsefaced, it's two-faced.

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Sun 11/07/10 02:49 PM





Oh, dumbest thing I heard today...

Customer - "My ISP said it's not an issue on their end, they can see the modem just fine."
Me - "Did they do a valid ping test?"
Customer - "Well, IDK, but my ISP would never lie to me."
Me - "Ok, well from my end, I can't see your modem, if I try to ping it, it says 'destination unreachable' indicating an issue with your connection."
Customer - "I JUST told you, my ISP would never lie to me, you MUST be doing something wrong" *mumbles* "stupid kid" *click*

he is lucky if the ISP service end really even looked


Oh, I know. Their ISP is AT&T... They always have our customers reset their routers, perform hard shutdowns of their computers, etc... Stuff that is very VERY bad to do to our equipment...

I talked to one of the owners of that restaurant, and explained everything to him, he is a bit more tech savvy than the manager I had spoke with. He knew exactly what I was talking about, and he knows his static IP, and when he saw he couldn't ping it, we did a 3-way call and we both layed into the AT&T tech when he said "Like the last tech said, we can ping the modem, it's nothing on our end, it must be because you are using linux."

Morons are breeding at an increasingly fast rate, and it scares the **** outta me sometimes.


I'm not sure who you were talking to, but AT&T has a separate # u have to call to get linux support. Their normal customer service teams do not support linux. It's a paid service. If you want AT&T to support linux it will cost ur client $114. (per call - sheer insanity - linux is almost as big as Windows these days)

Initially I had no problem with unbuntu and AT&T - in fact I connected thru ubuntu when I got my gateway (but the AT&T guy did not know that at the time). I need to reset my adapter now tho, and can't figure out how...I have had AT&T customer service agents suggest that I go into the ubuntu online forums...ummmm...heloo...I can't connect...whoa


I'll prolly end up getting my son to help me during the holidays as he is a linux developer as a hobby & I don't know the platforms


Lol, we support our systems, we just expect the ISP to ACTUALLY support their freaking connections, at the very least. I don't think it's too much to expect them to do an actual check of the connection, or to send a new DHCP Lease down the line. Our customers pay us to support our stuff, they all have business connections, so even if they won't support the systems themselves, they NEED to support their fckn connections.

And while Unix, and Linux, and the Posix like Operating Systems are very popular among computer hackers and people who run servers, but I know for a fact that Linux is not almost as big as Windows (at least in the desktop market). Windows has always, and will continue for a while, to dominate the Desktop world.

Don't get me wrong though, I do really hope that one day Linux (or some Linux like microkernel) will become the new Desktop OS. (I think the way the economy is going, it's just a matter of time before more and more ppl search for free OSes and find Linux).

And btw, if you EVER need help with linux, message me, and I will do my best to help support you :]
well I don't totally sgree with you about desk top use of linux, at least in the circles I travel, it's quite common, but no, not as common as windows, and since a lot of my friends and family members are dvelopers, I may just be exposed to a savvier interwebz social circle than the average joe. And yes regardless of what OS someone runs , the ISP needs to support the conenction free of charge after all that is what we are paying for - to connect

Is AT&T saying that they DO NOT want as customers the many of us who run linux? I doubt it. I just think the ticket holder I got saw a chance to make a buck. I should call back and NOT tell them that I'm on a linux platform - but I really don't want to waste my time

I'm fortunate in that I dual boot. And thank you for your offer of assistance with ubuntu - u r a sweet:heart:

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Sun 11/07/10 02:52 PM
on friday;
some girl's dad was visiting her.
and he asked her;
so do you ever see any of the football players around campus.
like masoli.
ahhhh.
sir;
what are you thinkinggg.

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Sun 11/07/10 02:52 PM





Oh, dumbest thing I heard today...

Customer - "My ISP said it's not an issue on their end, they can see the modem just fine."
Me - "Did they do a valid ping test?"
Customer - "Well, IDK, but my ISP would never lie to me."
Me - "Ok, well from my end, I can't see your modem, if I try to ping it, it says 'destination unreachable' indicating an issue with your connection."
Customer - "I JUST told you, my ISP would never lie to me, you MUST be doing something wrong" *mumbles* "stupid kid" *click*

he is lucky if the ISP service end really even looked


Oh, I know. Their ISP is AT&T... They always have our customers reset their routers, perform hard shutdowns of their computers, etc... Stuff that is very VERY bad to do to our equipment...

I talked to one of the owners of that restaurant, and explained everything to him, he is a bit more tech savvy than the manager I had spoke with. He knew exactly what I was talking about, and he knows his static IP, and when he saw he couldn't ping it, we did a 3-way call and we both layed into the AT&T tech when he said "Like the last tech said, we can ping the modem, it's nothing on our end, it must be because you are using linux."

Morons are breeding at an increasingly fast rate, and it scares the **** outta me sometimes.


I'm not sure who you were talking to, but AT&T has a separate # u have to call to get linux support. Their normal customer service teams do not support linux. It's a paid service. If you want AT&T to support linux it will cost ur client $114. (per call - sheer insanity - linux is almost as big as Windows these days)

Initially I had no problem with unbuntu and AT&T - in fact I connected thru ubuntu when I got my gateway (but the AT&T guy did not know that at the time). I need to reset my adapter now tho, and can't figure out how...I have had AT&T customer service agents suggest that I go into the ubuntu online forums...ummmm...heloo...I can't connect...whoa


I'll prolly end up getting my son to help me during the holidays as he is a linux developer as a hobby & I don't know the platforms
UBUNTU thats the foreign dude I talked to lastime I called AT&T. U guys know him too?????????
slaphead rofl

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Sun 11/07/10 02:59 PM


I don't have a Linux live CD. And I'm assuming obtaining one would be expensive. I'm looking for cost effective ways to solve the problem (ideally ways in which I do not have to spend a cent).

The repairman apparently (temporarily) addressed the problem when I sent it off, any ideas on how I could replicate his work?


That is the stupidist thing I've heard.

If you can get on this site, you can look up what Linux is, and clearly see it's free (in most cases).

The other stupid part, is this:
Why on Earth would you want to replicate what was clearly a hack job (if you read the thread you'll see why I say hack job), rather than actually adressing the cause of the issue and fixing it properly?

(My inner geek wants to go killface on this guy, scream at him til he cries and then fix his issue, possibly by replacing Windows w/ Linux)


There's no need to be arsefaced about it, saying as I'm the poster who originally typed that post.

For starters, we didn't all graduate from the Jonathan James Institute of Computer Hacking. There are actually a number of us out there who are a little ignorant on the subject.

Which is why I posted that topic to begin with. I only needed a bit of help, like many of us who post questions. I didn't post to get dumped on by some random antisocial jackass. So grow up, retard.

How's this for a stupid thing I've heard. Some random know-it-all takes the time to help out a guy in a cordial and polite manner, then figures he'll be smart and post about how supposedly dumb said poster is because he's maybe not as up to speed on a subject as he allegedly should be. That's not only arsefaced, it's two-faced.


u can create a start up cd off the net for unbuntu, and prolly other versions of linux- there are several versions. u can message me, but you'd be better to message pikles prolly - or find a friend who runs ubuntu and get them to create a start up cd for you - I suggest this partly because if you have to use code to set anything up they will prolly know it and u prolly wont - remmeber you wont be able to use ur DOS codes - which is what gets me every time (and gets my buds laughin' at me )slaphead

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Sun 11/07/10 04:18 PM



I don't have a Linux live CD. And I'm assuming obtaining one would be expensive. I'm looking for cost effective ways to solve the problem (ideally ways in which I do not have to spend a cent).

The repairman apparently (temporarily) addressed the problem when I sent it off, any ideas on how I could replicate his work?


That is the stupidist thing I've heard.

If you can get on this site, you can look up what Linux is, and clearly see it's free (in most cases).

The other stupid part, is this:
Why on Earth would you want to replicate what was clearly a hack job (if you read the thread you'll see why I say hack job), rather than actually adressing the cause of the issue and fixing it properly?

(My inner geek wants to go killface on this guy, scream at him til he cries and then fix his issue, possibly by replacing Windows w/ Linux)


There's no need to be arsefaced about it, saying as I'm the poster who originally typed that post.

For starters, we didn't all graduate from the Jonathan James Institute of Computer Hacking. There are actually a number of us out there who are a little ignorant on the subject.

Which is why I posted that topic to begin with. I only needed a bit of help, like many of us who post questions. I didn't post to get dumped on by some random antisocial jackass. So grow up, retard.

How's this for a stupid thing I've heard. Some random know-it-all takes the time to help out a guy in a cordial and polite manner, then figures he'll be smart and post about how supposedly dumb said poster is because he's maybe not as up to speed on a subject as he allegedly should be. That's not only arsefaced, it's two-faced.


u can create a start up cd off the net for unbuntu, and prolly other versions of linux- there are several versions. u can message me, but you'd be better to message pikles prolly - or find a friend who runs ubuntu and get them to create a start up cd for you - I suggest this partly because if you have to use code to set anything up they will prolly know it and u prolly wont - remmeber you wont be able to use ur DOS codes - which is what gets me every time (and gets my buds laughin' at me )slaphead


No worries; I managed to solve this thing on my own two days ago...flowerforyou