So this guy Scott, who works at Google, hits the streets and asks some pretty serious questions to the people walking past him.
If you don`t know what the answers are, simply open up your Yahoo browser and search Internet Explorer for the answers, if you don`t know how to use Firefox Chrome that is.......*removes tongue from cheek*

Actual answers can be found here....

# There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. # A printer consists of three main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light. # The programmer's national anthem is 'AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!'. # At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. # Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for "still doesn't work." More can be found here... I can relate to almost all of these sayings....lol...anyone wanna change jobs?

So its been a while since I`ve been tormented.....I thought I had them all trained up and ready to face the big void we call the internet....not so.

I went yesterday to deliver a new machine to a client, and was setting up an MSN account for their daughter (as she is now of email sending age (Allah help us all)), and was talking the guy through the ways to connect to MSN, how to see who is online, blah blah blah...

He asked about how he could tell if he was still connected to MSN, so I told him there is an icon in the bottom right of the screen that he can mouse over to check the status....I then told him that if he is not using the computer at all then it would be best to switch it off entirely as I had just replaced his machine due to a power surge...so he asks me :

"And if I switch the machine off will I still be connected to MSN ?"

No comment.

This morning he phones and says he can`t send email, its just sitting there in his 'Outbox'...

So I ask him if he is connectd to the internet via his ADSL line, to which he replies :

"Oh, must I connected to the Internet to send email..."

So, I`m trying to register a domain in the co.za namespace, and I happily submit my request to the organising body that does this here in ZA, namely co.za...

The next thing, my e-mailed application is rejected with a message :

550 5.0.0 SPAMMER GO AWAY - RADDS

So I jump on the line to co.za and speak to their technical staff, who tell me that any mail coming in from a Datapro IP range has being blocked as they are housing spammers on their networks and refuse to do anything about it, so co.za has blocked anything from their range.

My call to Datapro goes something like this :

Me : "Hello, could I speak to someone in technical support please.."
Datapro : "Please hold sir...you`re going through to technical support..."
[call transfers]
Datapro : "Technical Support...this is X speaking, how can I help you..."
Me : "Hi, I`ve just submitted a ticket to co.za for a domain registration and it was rejected because you guys have spammers on your network and co.za have blocked your entire IP range, can you fix it ?"
Datapro : "I have no idea what you`re talking about, can I transfer you to someone more technical..?"
Me : "Yeah, that would be nice..."
[call transfers]
Datapro : "Hello this is Technical Support, you`re speaking to Y, how can I help you..."
Me : "Yeah, I`ve just submitted a ticket to co.za for a domain registration and it was rejected because you guys have spammers on your network and co.za have blocked your entire IP range, can you fix it ?"
Datapro : "I`m sorry sir, I`ll have to put you through to someone more technical to fix your problem..."
Me : "But I just spoke to someone who said they were putting me through to someone more technical...can I speak to your most technical person there please..."
Datapro : "Yes sir, please hold, I`m putting you through..."

At this point I get disconnected.

:(

So, like...its only a phone...perhaps Datapro need some training on how to transfer calls...but I had to laugh at the blatant honesty of the first person I spoke to...how many times do you phone in for assistance on something and you get greeted with a whole bunch of bullshit and *THEN* you have to be transferred to another person and tell your whole soppy story all over again....this one at least realised the extent of her training...hahaha....maybe Datapro have a "TECHNICAL SUPPORT" department and also a "MORE TECHNICAL SUPPORT" department, and if things are really bad then you get pushed up to "THE MOST TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT".

Sometimes even the techies get it wrong...sigh...I`m still waiting for my ticket to be approved :(

Throw away documentation and manuals, and users will be a hundred times happier.

Throw away privileges and quotas, and users will do the Right Thing.

Throw away proprietary and site licenses, and there won't be any pirating.

If these three aren't enough, just stay at your home directory and let all processes take their course.