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    by bfilmfan ·

    This reads like some of the worst written dialogue from your favorite 1950’s low budget science fiction movie:

    http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11186-0.html?forumID=75&threadID=187109

    Either that or some serious drugs were involved in the creation…

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    • #3094458

      It just goes to show

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      that you can’t save everybody from themselves. 😀

    • #3094455

      Kudos

      by jamesrl ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      For posting a somewhat helpful, politely toned reply.

      I, “evil grin mode on”, had some more devilish thoughts since I and just about everyone else posting here has certainly run into a similar type of individual, whose ego will not let them admit that they are hopelessly lost.

      I would much prefer to have one tell me that they really don’t understand and ask politely to dumb it down for them, than to try and get my head around that kind of post and similar kinds of questions. I re-read it a number of times, and I still don’t quite get to the essence of what the person is asking for exactly.

      I used to say when I was teaching computer courses that “There is no such thing as a stupid question”. I may have to rethink that notion.

      James

      • #3094453

        James, you should take a crack at his other question….

        by mickster269 ·

        In reply to Kudos

      • #3094440

        Ok children, remember

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Kudos

        “there are no stupid questions, only stupid people”.

        [i]Mr. Garison

        • #3096137

          Or..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Ok children, remember

          There are no stupid questions, only inquisitive idiots..

        • #3096127

          There are no dumb questions, but there sure are a lot of smart answers.

          by dc guy ·

          In reply to Ok children, remember

          That was my reaction to the responses to the question. It’s not that hard to recognize genuine non-native English. This is nobody’s joke. I felt that he deserved to be criticized for the errors in punctuation, spelling, and basic grammar, which are what made it so hard to read, and which could have been easily cleaned up with online resources. But making fun of someone just because they are a beginner in your own language is something only the French traditionally get away with. We anglophones are supposed to be above all that.

          English is an extremely difficult language and it’s a shame that historical accident has made it the world leader. Cut folks some slack. Our grammar may be somewhat streamlined but our phonetics and our syntax are unfathomable. Just try teaching ANYBODY to pronounce “squirrel,” or explaining to them the difference between arriving somewhere “on time” and “in time.”

          Civilization would advance far more quickly if we were all learning Chinese instead–and if the Chinese would make their written language as ridiculously easy to study as their spoken language. No tense, no number, no gender, no endings, no prepositions, just say what you’re thinking.

          It always amuses me that the people who think everyone on the planet should be able to just sit down and learn English are the same people who dismiss Chinese as “too difficult” without knowing anything about it.

        • #3096099

          Or how about

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to There are no dumb questions, but there sure are a lot of smart answers.

          the people without a sence of humo(u)r that don’t even recognise a classic South Park reference?

          “ok, now lets here from someone thats not a complete retard”
          [i]
          Mr. Garison

        • #3096013

          You need to tell him

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to Or how about

          “Respect My Authoritay” – Eric Cartman

          🙂

        • #3094730

          Followed by

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to You need to tell him

          a whack in the knee with my night stick!

          “screw you hippy!” – Eric Cartman

        • #3096093

          Ummm..let me clarify

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to There are no dumb questions, but there sure are a lot of smart answers.

          I wasn’t ragging on the the question, only commenting on JD’s comment..

        • #3096072

          and I was commenting on the commenting of the commenting

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Ummm..let me clarify

          and I was commenting on the commenting of the commenting…….

          well, it was in regards to the post James put up! B-)

          Some people just need to get over themselves!

        • #3096059

          We can keep this up all day..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to and I was commenting on the commenting of the commenting

          Or at least I can. I understand that can be a problem for your kind. At least as the aging process progresses…

        • #3096058

          Better living

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to We can keep this up all day..

          through chemistry! ]:)

          Lets Rock!

    • #3094413

      I love the great old

      by zlitocook ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      50’s bad movies, well any bad movie and that link was worse then any of them. Have you looked at
      The Chronicles of George web site? Great for a laugh.
      http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/

      • #3094329

        Great Link

        by bfilmfan ·

        In reply to I love the great old

        I had no clue it existed, but it’s in My Favorites now!

    • #3094379

      Here’s another good one

      by m_a_r_k ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11183-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=186778&messageID=1913797

      All of his posts are pretty hilarious. The guy’s name is Etanawanbi-something or other. He’s obviously not an English speaker. So I suppose we should cut him some slack. But damn, it IS funny as hell reading the stuff he writes! I may add him as a contact just so I can read anything that he posts from now on. haha

    • #3094378

      Here’s another good one (reposted but PLEASE READ!)

      by m_a_r_k ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      This was yet another freakin’ double post. I’m editing the original contents which can be viewed in my post above with the same title. I am getting tired of this really awful TR website. Pages take 20 seconds or longer to load, if at all. Many, many “page requested not available” errors. Is this thing built on 1980s technology? A bunch of IBM PC-ATs with 512K RAM hooked together through their RS-232 serial ports? If you ask me, it is by far the most unreliable, slowest web site on the whole Internet. Nothing even comes close because it is ALWAYS this bad. If this crap keeps up much longer, I am seriously considering abandoning this thing and never wasting any more of my precious time waiting for pages to load or resubmitting posts that didn’t get posted. I have better things to do than click my Refresh icon over and over again day after day.

      Regards,
      M_a_r_k

      • #3094358

        I tried that …

        by stargazerr ·

        In reply to Here’s another good one (reposted but PLEASE READ!)

        but my curiosity got the better of me and I returned to the world of TR ..

        Do something !!! Save Me !!! :p

        ]:)

        • #3096104

          I only come to TR for the online ads

          by m_a_r_k ·

          In reply to I tried that …

          I think TR is lacing the online ads with an addictive drug. Why else would I keep coming back to TR since 90% of the time when I download a web page all I see is an ad chock full of high-tech whiz-bang graphics? Some of those ads have more stuff going on than a Tom Cruise super-hero super-action super-thriller movie. I shouldn’t complain. No need to fork over $2.99 to rent an over-the-top movie when I can come to TR and watch the same amount of high-tech wizardry for the low, low price of 0 dollars and 0 cents.

      • #3094299

        Say it here

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Here’s another good one (reposted but PLEASE READ!)

        http://tinyurl.com/9grgv

        I feel your pain. Even the pain that I don’t directly cause you! :p

    • #3094312
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      All right I’m calling it quits for the day

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      After that one which I still can not understand but maybe it’s just that I don’t know what a [b]CHIP[/b] is. 😀

      I’m going to watch the newest French & Saunders DVD that [i]She Who Must Be Obeyed[/i] got yesterday at least that will have me laughing and I do need a break from this silliness. :p

      I don’t know if anyone got this persons answer to the HP Pavilion not booting into XP but I really liked the question “Was the Recovery CD HP compatible!” I suppose he expects that this person is using a Dell or Gateway CD to install on the HP with right? 🙁

      Instead of trying to find out why my DR USB HDD is no longer readable I’m off to watch a DVD as at least I know I’ll be laughing at it. Dawn French being a member of the CIA “Chocolate Intelligence Agency” that tracks all the nasty people who deal in that nasty chocolate. I just grab some chockies first. :p

      Col ]:)

      • #3094298

        Not you TOO?

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to All right I’m calling it quits for the day

        What is a “chockies”?

        I am living in the great state of confusion. ;\

        • #3096265

          “chockies”

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to Not you TOO?

          Chocolates…

          Lots of ways to spell it and then Colin’s version.

          Probably something like http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/key_events/milk_tray.htm

          Supplied free by Neil’s Translation Services ™ to Remove Confusion from the English Speaking World – Even Michigan and Australia if We Can Manage It.

          Neil 😀

          Oh! It’s good to be back at work.

        • #3096115

          The English Speaking World?

          by dc guy ·

          In reply to “chockies”

          We just rented “Millions” on DVD. It was a really wonderful, offbeat film and I heartily recommend it to anyone who is not too much of a curmudgeon.

          But the dialect… Uncompromisingly British English. Not the slightly-homogenized-for-international-audiences upper-class speech of “Pride and Prejudice.”

          In America we’re accustomed to accents being purely regional. Once you master the generic “southern” pronunciation and slang you can understand anyone from Dolly Parton to George Bush. But in England accents are an attribute of “social class.” We may understand middle class Londoners talking over dinner, but when the scenes shifts outdoors and we’re listening to construction workers, we can’t make out a single word.

          Thank the goddess for DVD technology. We just clicked on the “English Subtitles” button and read the dailog!

        • #3096037
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          Remember Neil

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to “chockies”

          GG is still looking for you for standing her up. :p

          Col ]:)

    • #3096242

      He got all miffed with me!

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      All I did was post the “Jabberwocky” poem from “Alice Through the Looking Glass”. It seemed to be appropriate to his question.

      Strangely, his posted comment to my question was far more understandable and in far better English than his original post. Correct use of the word “malarky”.

      Anyway, some people have no sense of humour. :p

      • #3096236

        Thoughtful Reply

        by bfilmfan ·

        In reply to He got all miffed with me!

        I acutally enjoyed the poem.

        I did enjoy his comment that the article “How a Computer Works” didn’t apply to a server.

        I think he must be the guy that used to call in to the Art Bell Show claiming to be a time traveler…

      • #3096216

        Insult to injury

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to He got all miffed with me!

        he didn’t even rate your answer either!

        Oh, the humanity…….

        • #3096201

          Lets do it for him then

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Insult to injury

          As opposed to simply accepting or rejecting, lets be more creative.

          I can’t give Neil high marks for originality, as the poem is well known, at least to those of us of a certain generation who actually read books for entertainment.

          I can give Neil high marks and priase for the appropriate appropriation of classical farsical literature in a humourous setting.

          James

      • #3096107

        But he misspelled “malarkey”

        by dc guy ·

        In reply to He got all miffed with me!

        And you politely demonstrated that no one is perfect.

        “Borogoves,” not “borogroves.”
        “Foe,” not “fow.”
        “Came wuffling,” not “and whiffling.”
        “Frabjous,” not “frabious.”

        Okay, so “fow” was surely a typo. But surely some of his were as well. He could have saved us a lot of “wading” if he’d taken a few minutes to edit his post using today’s online resources. It wouldn’t have made him look like a native speaker but it would have made it less time-consuming to read and more understandable.

        Everyone should edit their own posts. If we each spent the few minutes a day that would take, we would each save far more time on all the posts we read. It’s just simple collective economics.

        • #3096091

          I agree with you and I do edit them here

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to But he misspelled “malarkey”

          because I care about the readership. What I bestowed on our good friend Entawanabi was around fifteen seconds of Google, cut and the eventual paste of the first copy I found. Proof-read it? No, I didn’t even read it as I’ve known the poem since I was eight.

          Why do it? Not at all because of his execrable Engrish(sic) as my Spanish, for example, is crap. Because, even allowing for mis-translation or even Max’s multiple serial re-translations, the content was, technically speaking, incomprehensible bollocks.

          As for malark(e)y, both spellings are acceptable in any US dictionary that I’ve checked but the ‘e’ version is, I admit, more common. I haven’t found the ‘malarky’ version in the OED so I sit corrected.

          Neil 🙂

      • #3096019

        Excellent

        by montgomery gator ·

        In reply to He got all miffed with me!

        Your reply was first rate!! ROFLMAO!!

    • #3096238

      Is that english????

      by faradhi ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      After reading the post. I need and Asprin.

      I hate to be the skeptic but I wonder if it is not just someone trying to be cute.

      • #3096029
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        Well actually

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Is that english????

        Last time I was in the Philippines I visited a computer school where something like the above question would have been thought of as a good example of the smarts of the students.

        But at the same time it was a church school that was charging the parents a small fortune to teach the kids and they didn’t have one computer in the place just obsolete books.

        Of course not having any electricity might have been a hindering factor but those kids would never know anything about using computers let alone how to use or program one most wouldn’t be able to turn one on as that wasn’t in the books.

        Sad but true. 🙁

        Col ]:)

      • #3096030
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        Double Post Ignore

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Is that english????

        TR was supposed to fix this up. 😀

        Col ]:)

      • #3096025

        In fact..

        by montgomery gator ·

        In reply to Is that english????

        ..it appears to have been generated by the same routines that create subjects for spam e-mail that consist of random words linked together.

    • #3096177

      My guess is this

      by maxwell edison ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      .
      I would guess that English is not his first language, and he’s using a combination of some words he does know (or thinks he knows) and some sort of translation program, both for reading the message and to post his reply.

      My message converted to French:

      Je devinerais cet anglais n’est pas le sien la premi?re langue, et il utilise une combinaison de quelques mots qu’il sait (ou pense qu’il sait) et une esp?ce du programme de traduction, les deux pour lire le message et poster sa r?ponse.

      And back to English:

      I would guess this English is not his the first language, and it uses a combination of some words that it knows (or thinks that it knows) and a type of the translation program, the two to read the message and post his response.

      Converted to Portuguese:

      Adivinharia este ingl?s n?o ? seua a primeira linguagem, e usa uma combina??o de algumas palavras que sabe (nem pensa que sabe) e um tipo do programa de tradu??o, os dois ler a mensagem e coloca seua resposta.

      And back to English:

      It would guess this English is not his to first language, and uses a combination of some words that knows (neither thinks that knows) and a kind of the program of translation, the two read the message and puts its answer.

      Imagine translating a longer, more complicated technical message.

      Personally, I’d give the guy a break and assume that things are simply getting lost in the translation.

      • #3096157

        party pooper

        by jaqui ·

        In reply to My guess is this

        We know that english isn’t his first language.
        but it’s so much fun reaming someone out for badly worded questions.

        • #3096141

          .

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to party pooper

          .

        • #3096094

          Let me be perfectly clear!

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to .

          Its not the question I object to, its the manner in which it was framed. And perhaps translation isn’t helping the case.

          But to me, a precise of what I read was: I am a smart computer guy and this is my theory, do you agree? Thats the tone that came across, intended or not.

          Let me take a non IT example. Many people think glass flows, as in over time glass gets thicker at the end closest to gravity – as evidenced by the fact that some medieval church windows have thicker bottoms than tops. Physics on the other hand says it isn’t so and that glass installers of the middle ages put the thickest parts of their glass sheets at the bottom as a practise.

          If you come into alt.folklore.urban and ask, “Does Glass really flow? Someone told me it does”, most of the time you well get a polite well researched answer.

          If, on the other hand, you post a question that isn’t a question but a theory; “I know its true because I read it in a book on medieval churches, and I believe it.”, you will get the full wrath of a bunch of people who can recite chapter and verse.

        • #3096073

          It doesn’t?

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Let me be perfectly clear!

          They said it in school, so it MUST be true!

          I think that was the same day we discussed evolution! 😀

        • #3096067

          It is such a bone of contention

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to It doesn’t?

          At AFU that they spell it “Gl@ss fl0ws” and treat it like a swear word/phrase.

          It is truly amazing how many “reputable” sources get it wrong. The “Inuit have 100 words for snow” also seems to get into the paper every 6 months or so.

          James

        • #3096018
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          OH NO YOU DON’T

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to It doesn’t?

          JD you are not going to bring that [b]Green Festering Monster the EL thread[/b] back to life in this discussion. if you continue in this vein I’ll work out a suitable punishment just for you. :p

          Something like hanging you by fish hooks through tender parts of your anatomy over a 1K drop onto steel bars sticking out of concrete. 😀

          That is just for starters I’m sure that I can come up with something far more painful latter. :p

          Col ]:)

        • #3095949

          The Devil made me do it!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to OH NO YOU DON’T

          It was just too perfect to pass up!

          I throw myself on the mercy of the court!

        • #3096046

          .

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to Let me be perfectly clear!

          .

        • #3096039

          I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to .

          .
          Let’s see what kind of ridicule it might generate. That seems to be the sport of the day.

        • #3096035

          Max

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          You left the ‘s’ off of makes. You are such a bonehead. Sheesh. And I could use some good racist and sexist jokes, my 7 year old would LOVE that.

        • #3095977
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          Max if you have some really good

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          Raciest & sexist Jokes e-mail them to me I’ll at least laugh over them without making you look anything but the purest driven snow. :p

          Col ]:)

        • #3095604

          Colin – It’s a damn shame. . . . .

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          .
          …..when your favorite watering hole (water cooler) gets so polluted. I suppose I’m glad to be on the outside looking in on this one. The stench is too overwhelming on the inside.

        • #3095603

          Colin – Read this entire discussion. . .

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          .
          …as though you’re the target of the ridicule. It kinda’ puts it in perspective.

        • #3095418
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          Just to stir the pot Max

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to I think I’ll leave my grammar mistake uncorrected

          As of last nights news its now official [b]Global Warming is Happening[/b] AU has just had the hottest year in recorded history and for the last 2 decades the temp has been steadily increasing. :p

          They are saying that 2006 is going to be a stinker and since I have the AC on in my [b]Lab[/b] from 6.30 AM till well after midnight I tend to agree its getting quite warm. Now I’m not saying that the Ice Caps are going to melt and flood the place out for the next few centuries but it has been BLOODY hot recently and even at night the temp hasn’t been dropping a lot either. 🙂

          As for my polluted sewerage pit becoming unbearable well I try to avoid Tasmania but even there the new pollution laws are allowing the ravages of industry to be turned back and there is now a massive out cry that grass and shrubs are now growing on the denuded hills that have been laid waste because of the heavy polluters so that piece of Tourist Industry is dieing and all that will remain are postcards of the area before the stuff grows back. But to be fair they are trying hard to keep the place looking like it did at the height of the pollution they are going around pulling out the shrubs and fertilizing with [b]Roundup[/b] anything that is attempting to grow there but they are slowly loosing the battle. 🙂

          But when it comes to raciest jokes the very best ones are told to me by those who are belittled by them and what’s worse is that I can’t repeat them without seeming like a raciest. Oh the inhumanity of life. 🙁

          Col ]:)

          PS It’s very hard to keep a straight face when one of the downtrodden tells you a very funny self degrading joke in a major shopping center without looking like an absolute fool which is the desired result when they tell the jokes. 🙁

          What can I say [b]The Devil Made Me Do It![/b] 🙂

          By the way currently I’m running a Data Recovery program in an attempt to pick up all the data that’s been thrown off my backup drive as the original person who is being talked about has claimed in another of his posts. With a bit of Luck I will not have to take the drive into a Class 1 Clean Room to get all that messy data out of the drive. 😀

          But seriously do you understand the question that was posted above? To me it is more of a statement rather than a question where either agreement or informed disagreement is asked for rather than solving a problem in the T Q & A section of TR.

        • #3096017

          One of those rare occasions

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to .

          This is a rare occasion where I agree with Jaqui on this one and disagree with Max. Let the reaming commence!!

          Maybe it is the computer programmer in me, but when I read the original post in question, the compiler in my head detected multiple errors. It was like taking a COBOL program and trying to compile it in C. Try that for fun one day!!

        • #3095976
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          Now be fair Tom

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to One of those rare occasions

          When I first read the question or statement which it really is I started thinking in Boolean. :p

          Guess I’m giving away my age by saying that right. 🙂

          Col ]:)

        • #3096022
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          Well Max at least I now know why my USB drive isn’t working

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to .

          According to this guy centrifugal force is causing the data to be thrown off the platters so it must be hitting the sides of the case and lying on the bottom of the enclosure. :p

          But as the drive is still working and showing up in [b]My Computer[/b] it’s still working just all the data has been thrown off the platters. 🙁

          Col ]:)

        • #3095984

          Energy Based Function

          by bfilmfan ·

          In reply to Well Max at least I now know why my USB drive isn’t working

          I think we should define the act of slinging as the “energy based function.”

          I think we have the basis of a whole new Friday yuk…

          Well there I was in the outhouse performing my energy based function…

      • #3096149

        Strange Grammar

        by bfilmfan ·

        In reply to My guess is this

        Your observation may well be accurate, but I am beginning to wonder if he isn’t a government law writer as the phrase “energy based function” really sounds like something a government agency would dream up.

        • #3096134

          government law writer?

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to Strange Grammar

          .
          As soon as I learn to read and speak double-talk, then I’ll be able to figure out what government law writers are saying.

          Or

          As soon as I don’t learn to not read and speak double-talk, then I’ll be able to figure out what government law writers are not trying to not say.

    • #3095600

      I EDITED THIS MESSAGE

      by maxwell edison ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      .
      Because I was both wrong and out of line.

      I owe both BFilmFan and jaqui a profound apology.

    • #3095598

      I EDITED THIS MESSAGE

      by maxwell edison ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      .
      Because I was both wrong and out of line.

      I owe both BFilmFan and jaqui a profound apology.

      • #3095279

        I think…

        by old guy ·

        In reply to I EDITED THIS MESSAGE

        someone needs a hug. Now where is that little dragon (or donkey whichever it was) when you need him? Either that or Barney and Baby Bop…

        I’m ducking. 🙂

    • #3095422

      Maxwell, don’t be so hard on us all

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      Maxwell, please save your comments for someone who deserves them more than BFilmFan and those others of us who have contributed to the feeding frenzy over entawanabi’s posts. The man – entawanabi – is a complete idiot.

      I agree with you that if someone asks a question, however stupid or however bad the spelling or grammar, we don’t really have the right to stick it to the questioner without better reasons. Entawanabi, however, sets himself up for anything we care to dish out because of his [b]responses[/b] to questions and articles. I include for your perusal the top four from his list of posts. I haven’t read the rest – yet.

      A response to a TR article on a delayed MS patch:

      Of course we all know in perfect world of programming there were no mistakes made (and if there were they were caught before they left the floor_Let’s assume this is so for this argument: Nowwe then look at “US” who are of course less perfect, “IT WEREN”T US”; so who did do it? The premise I pose and find in my field of expertise; Boy, do I want to snicker at me when I see what ya’ll can do; Is your system founded?; How many decades ago was that?; Just where is it operating and from what basis – I’m seeing some stuff that is not cool -?; Boot, Boot, Boot, and REBOOT, INSTALL, RE-INSTALL, Whoops! What happenned to the boot disc HOW OLD IS IT?

      Maam, if you or someone is haveing trouble with there mouse reread in the Mouse program instead of replaceing the complete set-up, usually this is sufficient. It also highlights that occasionally that these things FADE, I think is the correct term, with use.

      ————–

      In this post, he answers a perfectly reasonable question about wireless security with complete tosh:

      The first part is to design your, or consider the structure of your user name and password Operation, that will provide most of your problems solutions, the second part is provided with a registerred ‘IP’, an Identification Protocol. I’m not sure where to get one but that is\was the common practise.24

      ————–

      Another response to a question on network access problems – in full!

      It is one of the rudimentary things: for a lot of reasons ‘THEY’ could no longer be networked together correctly. It is a place to start.

      ————–

      A response to a user with Access Denied problems on his home LAN:

      IP(Identification protocall) they have to be known to both machines, this normally is not the problem but bringing it up addressing it, it is out of the way. Next, this can be problematic of elderly machines and rarely elderly wiringnext is the operations scaled to the machine(s)- I’ve no way of doing much with this subject and maybe someone else will be able to remember the vocabulary requiring a minimum amount of mega-bytes for something to work at all, IS THERE A WAY TO TELL HOW MANY RESIDENT OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS ARE HOLDING HOSTAGE ‘megs”, Ikow I’m the only one that messes up that darn CAP LOCK button! Finally IF this is ‘a’ used set or one is used is it possible that the security operations are finnally catching up?

      ————–

      There is more and it does make for fun reading.

      These are responses to questions. I rest my case.

      Neil

      p.s. Sorry, I just had to add this answer re: a lost partition

      Your ‘drive`spins at a certain rate, out near the edge the gravities are high, the bucket weighs three pounds but when you swing it in a circle ay arms length it weighs much more, after a few years the medium spins off; agood example of extreme medium loss is a very small feild on your screen that is not expandable and you never seem to be able to save anything well, also you can toss your antenna as wellas its coating; so then do you have any storage medium left that is coherent? And how much. As far as recovery is concerned: in DOS 2.2 is Drive.RECif your drive is properly set-up and founded this will recoer what is possible including from fibers that used to hold the storage medium.

      • #3095408

        Sport of the Day – Do I misunderstand the rules?

        by maxwell edison ·

        In reply to Maxwell, don’t be so hard on us all

        .
        It seems that targeting a specific PERSON for public humiliation and ridicule, because a message that person posted doesn’t sit well with the reader, is indeed the sport of the day.

        What are the rules?

        Which messages qualify for such a verbal flogging?

        Which people qualify for such verbal floggings?

        Who gets to decide which messages and which people qualify for such verbal floggings?

        Please post the rules for this game so I can play it properly.

        Edited Part:

        And what about the sense of fair-play?

        Would you put your biggest, best, and strongest boxer in the ring against a scrawny and weak child? Of course not. That’s not fair. I’m all in favor of engaging in a verbal bout; and I’ll spar with the best of them. But for Pete’s sake, ganging up on a person in such a way violates the very essence of fair-play.

        • #3095377
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          Max do you remember the very first question I asked here

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Sport of the Day – Do I misunderstand the rules?

          And your response?

          It goes back a while now and involved Iraq and Rouge Nations I just asked quite honestly who got to decide who was a “Rouge Nation” the burns from all the flaming still haven’t healed properly yet but the good news is that the skin grafts now appear to be taking at last. 😀

          The pressure bandages are really becoming a absolute pain to deal with and it’s very hard to have a shower with them on. 🙁

          At the time I wasn’t trying to be funny but asking an honest question as it can be argued that those Nations willing to accept the [b]First Strike[/b] option could be considered as Rouge Nations by the International Community and I just didn’t want to see all those involved in the COW being called ‘Rouge Nations” in a couple of years time by others.

          But after that rocky start we’ve had some fun haven’t we?

          Col ]:)

        • #3095364

          I will admit I was taken aback

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Sport of the Day – Do I misunderstand the rules?

          By your reaction Max.

          You’ve never been shy about attacking others, and at times your sense of decorum has been lost, though I sense you do try to be good.

          What provoked me, and I suspect Neil and others is more than just the one post. In some of the other posts by this person I read a great amount of hubris and not a little condescention. Some of this posters answers in the tech Q&A have been just plain wrong and ill advised.

          I grant that English may not be this person’s first language, and that fact may be contributing to some level of communications challenge. But this poster is consistent.

          Are you honestly telling me you haven’t verbally flogged anyone here?

          James

        • #3095351

          I often verbally flog people

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to I will admit I was taken aback

          .
          It’s the who, the when, the why, and the how that I’m in disagreement with. I won’t blind-side an innocent bystander, and I don’t go looking for one to target. And usually, it’s only well into the course of a “discussion”.

          I’m kinda’ like the Tina Turner version of “Proud Mary”, if you know what I mean. And if my opponent doesn’t want to participate, I don’t try to beat him senseless into submission.

        • #3095313

          The rules?

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to Sport of the Day – Do I misunderstand the rules?

          I can only speak for myself and I think that I outlined my position earlier but I’ll recap. The rules, to me, are simple.

          If a poster is asking a question then we must accept until proven otherwise that the poster is sincere and that no amount of stupidity in that post qualifies for any degree of public flaming. If the best we can do is not answer then that’s what we should do. (We [b]must[/b] get an Angel emoticon!

          If a poster makes a statement, especially as an answer to another user’s question, then different criteria apply.

          In this case, before I posted ‘The Jabberwocky’ as a response to entawanabi’s original ‘question’ as flagged up by BFilmFan (more of a statement, really), I checked up to see what other activity he’d been involved with as I recognised both style and name.

          So,

          1) “Who gets to decide” – seems to be a sort of “by public acclaim”. If we didn’t agree with bFilmFan then we would have posted differently or not at all.

          2) “Which people qualify” – people who satisfy rule 1.

          3) “Which messages qualify” – again. Seems like rule 1 applies.

          Fair-play? I have the sense not to head-butt with you concerning, say, the US Constitution as I’d expect a pretty direct kicking and that would be fair. Much more to the point, I also have the sense not to persistently post absolute technical tosh on a technical forum as I’d expect what I’d get. Again, it would probably be fair.

          Peers come, peers go and I know, for a fact, that some have been driven off and not by me.

      • #3094916

        He seems to be taking hits in stride

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Maxwell, don’t be so hard on us all

        [b]I posted this in his TQ&A:
        [/b]
        [i]
        Do you want some Cheesy poofs dear?

        Yes I want Cheesy poofs!
        [/i][b]
        So he in return posted this in MY TQ&A:
        [/b][i]
        Crack open the harddrive you should find that it is almost not there, the stuff is gone!
        [/i]
        True, it wasn’t nearly as funny as mine, B-) but it does show he does have a sence of humor and can stand up for himself.

        • #3094914

          I don’t know…

          by old guy ·

          In reply to He seems to be taking hits in stride

          I still think someone needs a hug today. 🙂

        • #3094906

          Just as long

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I don’t know…

          as there is no accompanying reach around…. :O

        • #3094903

          Think,

          by old guy ·

          In reply to Just as long

          Shrek, the movie.

        • #3094793

          Huh?

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to Think,

          You want a reacharound from Shrek? Ewww!!

          I’m sorry, but male ogres (or males of any species) don’t turn me on. But if that’s your thing, well, as Jerry Seinfeld says “Not that there is anything wrong with that!”.

          I prefer human females (and female Vulcans, Andorians, Bajorans, and maybe some female Klingons, and especially green Orion females, but we have not made contact with those planets yet.) 🙂

          And maybe female elves (Arwen and Galadriel are hot), but I have not found out how to get to Middle Earth yet. 🙂

        • #3094738

          No, no, not me.

          by old guy ·

          In reply to Huh?

          I was just thinking that he might need a hug from the donkey in Shrek. I think he might have gotten the hug from his dog, though.

          Hey, I just hug the girls too.

        • #3094883

          Ahem!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I don’t know…

          I’m in charge of virtual hugs, I’ll have you know!

          Happy New Year!

          😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

          (Are we there yet? 😉 )

          😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

          (oh, for five minutes! :D)

          – love that donkey…..

          :p

          GG

        • #3094843

          Ok GG

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Ahem!

          YOU can get away with the hug and reach around! ]:) 😡

          So good to have you back AND to HAVE your back(side)…. :O

    • #3078280

      One of his answers

      by ozi eagle ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      In Tech Q&A a question was asked about how to stop a computer rebooting every 2 minutes.
      The following was this guy’s answer.

      This is endemic where the harddrive medium has been used up and is no longer even in the machine, it is also, less common, a symptom of an antenna that is gone or no longer working correctly.

      • #3078034

        I think

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to One of his answers

        that he was just TRYING to be funny after I went in and did a joke reply to HIS TQ&A.

        At least, I HOPE he was joking….. 😀

        • #3080072

          Don’t think so

          by ozi eagle ·

          In reply to I think

          If you read some of his other questions and answers, this one is actually half way intelligent.

    • #3078049

      Another of his questions

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      • #3078033

        Wow

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Another of his questions

        I can’t even bring myself to go in and give him a hard time over it.

        Kind of like tripping someone with crutches. Sure it is funny for a few minutes, but when they call the cops, fun and games are over. B-)

      • #3078030

        ~blink…blink…blink~

        by jaqui ·

        In reply to Another of his questions

        ~shake head~

        ~pound head against wall~

        that was just cruel neil.
        my brain still hurts from reading that.

      • #3078020
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        NEIL you are a “M##########R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Another of his questions

        At first I was so confused that I had to reread it several times in an attempt to understand what he was attempting to get across I’m still not sure. Buts what even worse I answered his statement come question but I’m honestly still confused. 🙂

        I’m going back to that Bloody Intel Training Course and attempting to follow their destructions and make an [b]Extreme Games Machine[/b] which I just can not seem to get right must be those Pentium Extreme Chips it’s the only thing that is stopping me from completing the entire thing. 🙁

        Col ]:)

      • #3077993

        At least Maxwell was able to give the guy an answer

        by dmambo ·

        In reply to Another of his questions

        That’s better than most of us. I didn’t even understand the question! Sheesh, I never would have suspected the sub-BIOS as the problem. 🙂

    • #3109065

      Interesting post from our chum

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      I was thinking of sending him $2.50 simply for all of the laughs!

      http://tinyurl.com/a4koy

      Edited because I forgot to press the [Shift] and there’s no way I’m paying him 42.50 [b]anything[/b]

      • #3109037

        I gave him a reply

        by jellimonsta ·

        In reply to Interesting post from our chum

        I replied to his little discussion on processors. 🙂

        I must say, I did get quite the chuckle reading through his initial ‘Tech Q&A’ and the subsequent responses.

        • #3108961

          can you say

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I gave him a reply

          FREAK? 😮

        • #3108926

          Invasion…

          by jellimonsta ·

          In reply to can you say

          of the body snatchers? 😀

        • #3108877

          I wonder

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Invasion…

          how to type the scream that the “invaders” made? I am either way too tired, have way too much time on my hands, or both! (12:05am EST)

          oh well, you know what I am taking about. just pretend I wrote it! 😀

      • #3134606
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        Thanks for the URL Neil

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Interesting post from our chum

        As he has provided personal information I’ve just offered to take him to the cleaners. 😀

        Col ]:)

        • #3134566

          Nice Col

          by jellimonsta ·

          In reply to Thanks for the URL Neil

          Can you take a couple of suits and a shirt of mine? :p

        • #3107734
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          Well it’s not something that I would normally do

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Nice Col

          But if you insist I can arrange to have them donated to my favorite charity. :p

          The one that helps old IT workers back into real life and how to deal with the day to day problems and act like they are not Life & Death decisions. 🙂

          Col ]:)

      • #3134554

        Professional Blog

        by ozi eagle ·

        In reply to Interesting post from our chum

        Hi,

        I’ve just read this guy’s professional blog, and unless I’m mistaken, he took large courses in Dumb!

        • #3107729
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          Actually I thought it was well written

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Professional Blog

          And he was extrapolating from HHGTTG and instead of just using Earth to find out what the Ultimate Question is he was expounding that the entire Solar System was the computer that was programed to find the question to which the answer is 42. 😀

          Col ]:)

    • #3096951
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      But wait it gets even better

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to Weird Technical Question

      Have a look at these they leave me speechless. 😀

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6336-0.html?forumID=75&threadID=188843

      and the mix for this thing at

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=56&threadID=189052

      Now maybe I’m missing something here but by the provided description you have a 1 gallon Microwave seal able container with a partial Faraday Cage in it with two bare wires coming out of it and a gelatinous mess poured into it and somehow you are supposed to be able to interface this with a computer.

      And this is this persons description of them self.

      Computer Operator, Current Professional application Installation & Set-ups of computers and computer systems; Hardware Core Structures, Core Structure Set-ups and Foundings. Tremendously large, Dumb education at American Speaking Universities and Colleges, not English speaking, a lessor language.

      Tag: research into mainframe operations in todaystechnology ( see entry at projects ‘is there a mainframe

      1 member(s) using “research into mainframe operations in todaystechnology ( see entry at projects ‘is there a mainframe”

      See member(s) interested in “research into mainframe operations in todaystechnology ( see entry at projects ‘is there a mainframe”

      This goes beyond [b]Weird Technical Questions[/b] to something far worse requiring large amounts of drugs applied by Medical Professionals. 🙂

      Col ]:)

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