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... Dictionary of Acronyms and :-)'s ... and
some (real life) computer humor
NEWSGROUPS
FOR CZECHS AND SLOVAKS INTERNET PROVIDERS
IN CR & SR MAILING
LISTS - SUBSCRIPTIONS INTERNET SITES
OF GENERAL INTEREST + WWW CAFES Czechs and
Slovaks! Join live discussion online! Dedicated to Czech and Slovaks
or whoever interested in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Every Friday from
10 pm to 11 pm EST. Keyword INTERNATIONAL CAFE.
Access AOL
in Prague. The number is (as of July 1996): 24815281. Check also keyword:
AOLGLOBALNET
...and some
(real life) computer humor. (From Wall
Street Journal - Jim Carlton)
An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't get her new Dell Computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she pushed the power button. Her response, "I pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happens." The "foot pedal" turned out to be the computer's mouse.
Another customer called Compaq tech support to say her brand-new computer wouldn't work. She said she unpacked the unit, plugged it in, and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when she pressed the power switch, she asked "What power switch?"
Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the "Any"key is.
AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in.
Another Compaq technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files from his old diskettes. After trouble-shooting for magnets and heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer labeled the diskettes then rolled them into the typewriter to type the labels.
Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived from the customer along with Xeroxed copies of the floppies.
A Dell technician advised his customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold on, and was heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.
Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen and hitting the "send" key.
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