When idiots run tech support

Brandon Davenport Jan 15, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Humor

• Customer: "The computer boots up without any warning beeps, but nothing shows up on the screen."
• Tech Support: "Is the monitor connected."
• Customer: "Yes, but there is no display."
• Tech Support: "Did you install the drivers for the VGA card?"
• Customer: "How can I install them before I'm in DOS?"
• Tech Support: "You have to install the drivers first before you can get a display."
• Customer: "You don't need VGA drivers to boot to DOS like you do for Windows. I should be able to boot to DOS."
• Tech Support: "Well, insert the floppy you received with your card. Go to the A:\Utilities directory. Type 'readme.com'."
• Customer: "I cannot see anything. How do you expect me to read a file on the screen?"
• Tech Support: "Read the file, and it will explain everything."

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YouTube Mutes Videos With Copyrighted Music

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Perhaps this has been going on for a while, but I’ve never noticed it before. YouTube users often create an original video using their favorite popular song as the audio. I’m afraid that they won’t be able to do that much longer, since YouTube has started muting videos that use unauthorized copyrighted music (and that pretty much means all user-created videos.) [...]

Steve Jobs Taking leave from apple!

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Apple has issued a statement saying that Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence due to health reasons. Steve Jobs sent out a letter to Apple employees today saying that hispreviously-explained health problems are "more complex" than he at first thought, and that he plans to return in June. In the meantime Steve will be around for major strategic decisions, andTim Cook (Apple's Chief Operating Officer) will take over the day-to-day in his absence. AAPL is down around 8% in after hours trading. [...]

We may be living in a hologram!

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The idea that we live in a hologram probably sounds absurd, but it is a natural extension of our best understanding of black holes, and something with a pretty firm theoretical footing. It has also been surprisingly helpful for physicists wrestling with theories of how the universe works at its most fundamental level [...]

Upcoming 2008 MMORPG's

Brandon Davenport Jan 11, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us News

2009 will be a great year for MMORPGs because of all the exciting announcements and upcoming releases. Everybody will be looking for the next MMORPG to take on Blizzard’s goliath “World of Warcraft”.  Here are 10 of the currently most anxious MMORPG for the gamers of this genre:

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Why don't girls talk to me?

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Microsoft Screwed Up Windows 7 Beta, So Unlimited Downloads for Two Weeks

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  If you haven’t grabbed your free beta copy of Windows 7 yet, there’s good news: you’ve now got 2 weeks to do so. Microsoft made the offer Saturday evening after what started as a well received offer turned into a potential PR disaster for Microsoft as servers failed and many people were simply unable to get their hands on the promise download.

Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc writes on the Windows 7 blog:

Due to an enormous surge in demand, the download experience was not ideal so we listened and took the necessary steps to ensure a good experience. We have clearly heard that many of you want to check out the Windows 7 Beta and, as a result, we have decided remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two weeks (thru January 24th). During that time you will have access to the beta even if the download number exceeds the 2.5 million unit limit.

While the move will be welcomed by many, I’ve got a better proposal: why doesn’t Microsoft give Windows 7 away for free, not just a time limited beta, but the end product. A free upgrade from the fail that was Vista might go along way in winning Microsoft fans and also counter some of the damage Vista has done. Better still: open source it. All these beta’s floating around are going to get their expiry dates cracked anyway, and tens of millions of people won’t be buying a copy now they’ve got a free copy, so why not go the next step.