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Not twofo noobs but computer noobs generally, here's a sequence from my old job as phone support monkey:
Me: Now, type in tracert 212.159.6.9 and then press enter
Customer: [after some minutes of aggravatingly slow typing] Okay, now what?
Me: What do you see? Read off what's on screen.
Customer:I've just got tracert 212.159.6.9placenta
Me:[falls off chair]
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Me: Now, type in tracert 212.159.6.9 and then press enter
Customer: [after some minutes of aggravatingly slow typing] Okay, now what?
Me: What do you see? Read off what's on screen.
Customer:I've just got tracert 212.159.6.9placenta
Me:[falls off chair]
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I can't dl from epguides.com!
so so funny!
[20:57]<ball> anyone having some fresh charmed series?
[20:57] <whyiseverynicktaken> ball.........epguides.com is you friend
[21:07] <ball> epguides.com. no downloads available there
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> no
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> u need a special client
[21:07] <ball> wats that?
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> it's called download accelerator plus
[21:08] <ball> ok.forget it.thx annyway
[21:08] <whyiseverynicktaken> you're welcome
Sigh.....the opportunities i lost due to his laziness! I had such wonderful mental images of guiding him through installing DAP....... then putting the link in...then trying to dl...failing..........oh well!
[20:57]<ball> anyone having some fresh charmed series?
[20:57] <whyiseverynicktaken> ball.........epguides.com is you friend
[21:07] <ball> epguides.com. no downloads available there
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> no
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> u need a special client
[21:07] <ball> wats that?
[21:07] <whyiseverynicktaken> it's called download accelerator plus
[21:08] <ball> ok.forget it.thx annyway
[21:08] <whyiseverynicktaken> you're welcome
Sigh.....the opportunities i lost due to his laziness! I had such wonderful mental images of guiding him through installing DAP....... then putting the link in...then trying to dl...failing..........oh well!
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Searching broken!
[19:31] <GoodNickname> is searching broken?
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> awww
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> GoodNickname: no the search isn't broken
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> you have connection issues
Lol! that never gets old does it?
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> awww
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> GoodNickname: no the search isn't broken
[19:31] <Smelly_Kat> you have connection issues
Lol! that never gets old does it?
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The astrobug
I *know* this is supposed to be a page for funny thing *freshers* say....but this one *has* to go down as the most spectacular example of the astrobug EVER! What does it say????
[14:05] <astropoint> i have been knowi bit too latye having turned it off without noti bit too latye having turned it off without waking up
rofl!
[14:05] <astropoint> i have been knowi bit too latye having turned it off without noti bit too latye having turned it off without waking up
rofl!
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Another great one today
followed later by:[21:54:07] <wtrettrytuyti> ok, where r the rules?
[21:54:14] <astropoint> type -rules
[21:54:16] <Keynes> type -rules
[21:54:19] <Ohhhhyeah> please, tell me how to pronounce your name
[21:54:20] <astropoint> like it says on the MOTD...
[21:54:22] <wtrettrytuyti> wot?
[21:54:24] <Ohhhhyeah> type -rules
[21:54:27] <wtrettrytuyti> wot r type rules?
[21:54:36] <Ohhhhyeah> type -rules
[21:54:37] <astropoint> type, as in ont he keyboard, -rules
[21:54:37] <Ohhhhyeah> like this
[21:54:39] <Ohhhhyeah> -rules
[21:54:43] <Keynes> hahaha
[21:56:31] <wtrettrytuyti> anyways, i dont know wot u mean, and y'all seem kinda jobless, so please find someone else to have fun with.
[21:56:41] <wtrettrytuyti> wot r rules
[21:56:50] <wtrettrytuyti> where can i read the rules?
[21:56:51] <Wells> type -rules ffs
[21:56:52] <yoinkster> oh cheese and rice
[21:56:53] <Ohhhhyeah> ahahahaha
[21:56:54] <astropoint> argh!!!
[21:57:00] <Keynes> i should really be on ur side wtrettrytuyti
[21:57:02] <astropoint> just type -rules
[21:57:03] <Wells> type in "-rules"
[21:57:05] <yoinkster> how the fuck did you a) get on to this hub and b) get into uni ?!
[21:57:06] <Wells> -rules
[21:57:06] <wtrettrytuyti> -rules
[21:57:08] <Wells> say that
[21:57:11] <astropoint> yes!
[21:57:15] <Keynes> there u go