[Continuation] Dear Users… (A thread for Sysadmin, Technical Support, and Help Desk people) Part 11 - Page 5

Trebuchet · 26th August 2023, 11:51 AM

I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up.

novaphile · 26th August 2023, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Blue Mountain

I have backlit LED keyboard with replaceable keycaps. I asked Logitech if they had a penguin keycap that I could use in place of the Windows one. They didn't.

I looked into getting one from a third party, but for some reason didn't like the options.

Many, many, years ago, I was at a linux conference, and happened upon a stall that was selling various little open source source trinkets.

Amongst their items were little 'Tux' case badges.

I bought a whole sheet and have happily affixed them on many cases.

Hey look! They're still a thing!

https://www.case-badges.com/linux-tu...ges-p-201.html

alfaniner · 26th August 2023, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up.

I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what?

JoeMorgue · 26th August 2023, 05:28 PM

I've said this before.

My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up.

She's a monster.

grmcdorman · 26th August 2023, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by alfaniner

I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what?

Probably the buttons swapped - right button is "click", left button is "context menu" type of thing.

Darat · 27th August 2023, 03:18 AM

Trackball user for decades now - always throws anyone trying to use my PCs.

alfaniner · 27th August 2023, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I've said this before.

My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up.

She's a monster.

Another image I can't parse. Every wired mouse I've used had the wire coming out the top. (as you look at it from above)

TragicMonkey · 27th August 2023, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I've said this before.

My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up.

She's a monster.

So it operates by boat-steering rules, you move the mouse left to go right, instead of car-steering rules, you move the mouse right to go right?

The Man · 27th August 2023, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

So it operates by boat-steering rules, you move the mouse left to go right, instead of car-steering rules, you move the mouse right to go right?

Or counter-steering on a motorcycle.

novaphile · 27th August 2023, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

Trackball user for decades now - always throws anyone trying to use my PCs.

Same here, (Logitech TrackMan Marble) ever since I was told to 'stop playing the violin' back in 1996.

(Rotator cuff injury caused by mousing, no less, I'd never even tried to learn how to play a violin)

a_unique_person · 27th August 2023, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Wudang

I and others have encountered a few people with job titles like Enterprise Architect who have simply been promoted to it or claimed they'd been doing that job who are barely systems analysts. Terms like ADR mean nothing to them.

That's a three letter acronym.

arthwollipot · 27th August 2023, 06:59 PM

I actually just said "**** off" to a VIP caller.

Fortunately, they had already hung up the phone.

arthwollipot · 27th August 2023, 11:39 PM

Just took a consult from a T1. It went like this:

Person created a Teams channel, but they didn't add themself to the Teams channel, so they can't see the Teams channel, so they tried to create the Teams channel again but they couldn't because it already exists.

Can anybody see the Teams channel?

Yes, but they don't have permission to add other people to it.

Escalate.

catsmate · 28th August 2023, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

That's a three letter acronym.

Ah, TLAs.....

Wudang · 28th August 2023, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by catsmate

Ah, TLAs.....

And if it's longer, it's an XTLA - eXtended Three Letter Acronym.

JoeMorgue · 28th August 2023, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I actually just said "**** off" to a VIP caller.

Fortunately, they had already hung up the phone.

Tip I learned the hard way, don't make a habit of that.

You start doing it on the reg and sooner or later your timing is going to be off and it's gonna come out before they hang up.

Signed - Someone who in the very distant past muttered a last minute "For ****'s sake" while finishing a call with a CWO4.

Gord_in_Toronto · 28th August 2023, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Tip I learned the hard way, don't make a habit of that.

You start doing it on the reg and sooner or later your timing is going to be off and it's gonna come out before they hang up.

Signed - Someone who in the very distant past muttered a last minute "For ****'s sake" while finishing a call with a CWO4.

In the past quick thinking saved me in a similar circumstance when I was called out. I added, "It's something happening in the office."

Trebuchet · 28th August 2023, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up.

Originally Posted by alfaniner

I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what?

Originally Posted by grmcdorman

Probably the buttons swapped - right button is "click", left button is "context menu" type of thing.

Buttons swapped and I move it around with the left as well, despite being strongly right-handed. I hit on that years ago when the carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand became near disabling. By moving that one common task to the other hand, I've shared the activity better and no longer have significant CTS problems with the right. It's the buttons being swapped that always messed up the IT people.
Of course, now there's arthritis, but that's another story.

My wife also uses the buttons swapped, but moves the mouse with her right hand, due to an injury to her right index finger.

arthwollipot · 28th August 2023, 05:16 PM

I really wish some people would learn to use English proper.

This is a technical explanation we received this morning for a problem that has been ongoing for some time:

"...we believe that what we are seeing for most users is that some of the office com add-ins reduce the performance of MS Office to a point that when another process that also consumes resources occur, Office usability can reduce to the point where there it significant impacts on useability."

Okay, thanks for that.

TragicMonkey · 28th August 2023, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I really wish some people would learn to use English proper.

This is a technical explanation we received this morning for a problem that has been ongoing for some time:

"...we believe that what we are seeing for most users is that some of the office com add-ins reduce the performance of MS Office to a point that when another process that also consumes resources occur, Office usability can reduce to the point where there it significant impacts on useability."

Okay, thanks for that.

Well, it's not great but it does convey the intended meaning so it's not complete garbage. It's not like when they put in tickets that read "HELP I NEED HLEP MY COPMUTER STOP!!!!!!!!!!! FIX" or "nogran pfreing, please advise immediately" or "hi my name is margaret is this thing on i dont know computers its not doing anything my grandson said to unplug it but i cant find the part that goes in can you help me its margaret i sit by the window".

Trebuchet · 28th August 2023, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I really wish some people would learn to use English properLY.

Fixed that. Sorry. Or not.

TragicMonkey · 28th August 2023, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

Fixed that. Sorry. Or not.

this is margaret i think that might have been a joke can you fix my computer its making a noise more than the usual noise i don't like it this is margaret i sit by the window not the window with the tree outside it but the one with the view of the other building thanks

arthwollipot · 28th August 2023, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

Well, it's not great but it does convey the intended meaning so it's not complete garbage. It's not like when they put in tickets that read "HELP I NEED HLEP MY COPMUTER STOP!!!!!!!!!!! FIX" or "nogran pfreing, please advise immediately" or "hi my name is margaret is this thing on i dont know computers its not doing anything my grandson said to unplug it but i cant find the part that goes in can you help me its margaret i sit by the window".

I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal:

Quote:

Aquí Moni, Ajá. Pentecostés, puerta de tu padre o Pitágoras. Buena tarde. El fin de simple episodio para dar una vuelta por Internet que me ancho.

I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation:

Quote:

Here Moni, Aha. Pentecost, your father's door or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to take a tour of the Internet that widens me.

TragicMonkey · 28th August 2023, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal:

I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation:

It couldn't possibly be any clearer, I hope you leapt to enact this most reasonable request to widen the requester with an Internet tour. "We have such sites to show you!"

Norman Alexander · 28th August 2023, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up.

Heh, I, too, have worked with engineers and architects before. Being somewhat ambidextrous, this is usually no problem for me to help fix their PC.

Norman Alexander · 28th August 2023, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

Fixed that. Sorry. Or not.

You need to read my new book: English As She Are Spoke.

Norman Alexander · 28th August 2023, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

this is margaret i think that might have been a joke can you fix my computer its making a noise more than the usual noise i don't like it this is margaret i sit by the window not the window with the tree outside it but the one with the view of the other building thanks

Hello Margaret. Try NOT sitting near the window. Get back to me if that does not fix things. Rgds, techie1

Norman Alexander · 28th August 2023, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal:

I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation:

Hmmm. My translate attempt picked it as Spanish, thusly:

Quote:

Here Moni, aha. Pentecost, door of your father or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to go around the Internet that I am wide.

Obviously a MUCH better translation!

rdaneel · 28th August 2023, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

Hmmm. My translate attempt picked it as Spanish, thusly: Obviously a MUCH better translation!

My attempt also auto-detected Spanish, but I tried switching it to Portuguese and got this.

Quote:

Here Moni, Aja. Pentecostés, door of your priest or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to give a tour of the Internet that I am filled with.

TragicMonkey · 29th August 2023, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

Hello Margaret. Try NOT sitting near the window. Get back to me if that does not fix things. Rgds, techie1

now im by the priest and pythagoras door what is going on help me

Wudang · 29th August 2023, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

now im by the priest and pythagoras door what is going on help me

Cheats version of an old puzzle. With those two you know who the liar is.

TragicMonkey · 29th August 2023, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Wudang

Cheats version of an old puzzle. With those two you know who the liar is.

I credit the old Doctor Who episode "Pyramids of Mars" for explaining that one to me the best.

rdaneel · 29th August 2023, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

I credit the old Doctor Who episode "Pyramids of Mars" for explaining that one to me the best.

That was my first time hearing that riddle.

Trebuchet · 29th August 2023, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Norman Alexander

Heh, I, too, have worked with engineers and architects before. Being somewhat ambidextrous, this is usually no problem for me to help fix their PC.

Unfortunately, I had to deal with the support people at Boeing, who were the lowest cost outside contractors they could find.

Norman Alexander · 29th August 2023, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

Unfortunately, I had to deal with the support people at Boeing, who were the lowest cost outside contractors they could find.

Which is why they produce hundreds of left wings but no right wings, and expect that if you simply turn some of them upside-down, they can be stuck on the other side of the planes.

arthwollipot · 29th August 2023, 10:35 PM

Unfortunately the existence of good service desks (like mine) does not negate the existence of bad ones. And believe me, in my years in the industry I've heard some horror stories.

catsmate · 30th August 2023, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I really wish some people would learn to use English proper.

This is a technical explanation we received this morning for a problem that has been ongoing for some time:

"...we believe that what we are seeing for most users is that some of the office com add-ins reduce the performance of MS Office to a point that when another process that also consumes resources occur, Office usability can reduce to the point where there it significant impacts on useability."

Okay, thanks for that.

By email? Shouldn't Outlook, or whatever client, flag up the spellings?

arthwollipot · 30th August 2023, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by catsmate

By email? Shouldn't Outlook, or whatever client, flag up the spellings?

This was in Teams, but yes.

TragicMonkey · 30th August 2023, 08:30 PM

Me: Are you sure you want the date fields to be varchar?
Them: Yes.
Me: What format should I put the dates into?
Them: Oh, any is fine.

I don't think they're actually going to use this data at all.

a_unique_person · 30th August 2023, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Tip I learned the hard way, don't make a habit of that.

You start doing it on the reg and sooner or later your timing is going to be off and it's gonna come out before they hang up.

Signed - Someone who in the very distant past muttered a last minute "For ****'s sake" while finishing a call with a CWO4.

Was it worth it, though?

26th August 2023, 11:51 AM	#161
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 37,642	I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up.
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26th August 2023, 03:29 PM	#162
novaphile Quester of Doglets Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sunny South Australia Posts: 5,607	Originally Posted by Blue Mountain I have backlit LED keyboard with replaceable keycaps. I asked Logitech if they had a penguin keycap that I could use in place of the Windows one. They didn't. I looked into getting one from a third party, but for some reason didn't like the options. Many, many, years ago, I was at a linux conference, and happened upon a stall that was selling various little open source source trinkets. Amongst their items were little 'Tux' case badges. I bought a whole sheet and have happily affixed them on many cases. Hey look! They're still a thing! https://www.case-badges.com/linux-tu...ges-p-201.html
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26th August 2023, 05:10 PM	#163
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 28,403	Originally Posted by Trebuchet I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up. I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what?
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26th August 2023, 05:28 PM	#164
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 45,240	I've said this before. My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up. She's a monster.
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26th August 2023, 06:47 PM	#165
grmcdorman Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,433	Originally Posted by alfaniner I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what? Probably the buttons swapped - right button is "click", left button is "context menu" type of thing.
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27th August 2023, 03:18 AM	#166
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 111,118	Trackball user for decades now - always throws anyone trying to use my PCs.
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27th August 2023, 06:42 AM	#167
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 28,403	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue I've said this before. My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up. She's a monster. Another image I can't parse. Every wired mouse I've used had the wire coming out the top. (as you look at it from above)
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27th August 2023, 07:32 AM	#168
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue I've said this before. My wife inverts her mouse. Not let me be clear she doesn't change the direction in software, she literally reverses her mouse on her desk so the cord is facing up. She's a monster. So it operates by boat-steering rules, you move the mouse left to go right, instead of car-steering rules, you move the mouse right to go right?
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27th August 2023, 08:10 AM	#169
The Man Unbanned zombie poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Posts: 18,195	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey So it operates by boat-steering rules, you move the mouse left to go right, instead of car-steering rules, you move the mouse right to go right? Or counter-steering on a motorcycle.
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27th August 2023, 04:23 PM	#170
novaphile Quester of Doglets Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sunny South Australia Posts: 5,607	Originally Posted by Darat Trackball user for decades now - always throws anyone trying to use my PCs. Same here, (Logitech TrackMan Marble) ever since I was told to 'stop playing the violin' back in 1996. (Rotator cuff injury caused by mousing, no less, I'd never even tried to learn how to play a violin)
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27th August 2023, 04:52 PM	#171
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 45,710	Originally Posted by Wudang I and others have encountered a few people with job titles like Enterprise Architect who have simply been promoted to it or claimed they'd been doing that job who are barely systems analysts. Terms like ADR mean nothing to them. That's a three letter acronym.
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27th August 2023, 06:59 PM	#172
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,444	I actually just said "**** off" to a VIP caller. Fortunately, they had already hung up the phone.
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27th August 2023, 11:39 PM	#173
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,444	Just took a consult from a T1. It went like this: Person created a Teams channel, but they didn't add themself to the Teams channel, so they can't see the Teams channel, so they tried to create the Teams channel again but they couldn't because it already exists. Can anybody see the Teams channel? Yes, but they don't have permission to add other people to it. Escalate.
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28th August 2023, 03:05 AM	#174
catsmate No longer the 1 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 29,319	Originally Posted by a_unique_person That's a three letter acronym. Ah, TLAs.....
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28th August 2023, 08:20 AM	#175
Wudang BOFH Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire Posts: 15,774	Originally Posted by catsmate Ah, TLAs..... And if it's longer, it's an XTLA - eXtended Three Letter Acronym.
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28th August 2023, 09:00 AM	#176
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 45,240	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I actually just said "** off" to a VIP caller. Fortunately, they had already hung up the phone. Tip I learned the hard way, don't make a habit of that. You start doing it on the reg and sooner or later your timing is going to be off and it's gonna come out before they hang up. Signed - Someone who in the very distant past muttered a last minute "For **'s sake" while finishing a call with a CWO4.
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28th August 2023, 09:37 AM	#177
Gord_in_Toronto Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24,049	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Tip I learned the hard way, don't make a habit of that. You start doing it on the reg and sooner or later your timing is going to be off and it's gonna come out before they hang up. Signed - Someone who in the very distant past muttered a last minute "For ****'s sake" while finishing a call with a CWO4. In the past quick thinking saved me in a similar circumstance when I was called out. I added, "It's something happening in the office."
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28th August 2023, 12:25 PM	#178
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 37,642	Originally Posted by Trebuchet I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up. Originally Posted by alfaniner I don't understand this? Mouse with the left, what? Originally Posted by grmcdorman Probably the buttons swapped - right button is "click", left button is "context menu" type of thing. Buttons swapped and I move it around with the left as well, despite being strongly right-handed. I hit on that years ago when the carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand became near disabling. By moving that one common task to the other hand, I've shared the activity better and no longer have significant CTS problems with the right. It's the buttons being swapped that always messed up the IT people. Of course, now there's arthritis, but that's another story. My wife also uses the buttons swapped, but moves the mouse with her right hand, due to an injury to her right index finger.
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28th August 2023, 05:16 PM	#179
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,444	I really wish some people would learn to use English proper. This is a technical explanation we received this morning for a problem that has been ongoing for some time: "...we believe that what we are seeing for most users is that some of the office com add-ins reduce the performance of MS Office to a point that when another process that also consumes resources occur, Office usability can reduce to the point where there it significant impacts on useability." Okay, thanks for that.
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28th August 2023, 05:46 PM	#180
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I really wish some people would learn to use English proper. This is a technical explanation we received this morning for a problem that has been ongoing for some time: "...we believe that what we are seeing for most users is that some of the office com add-ins reduce the performance of MS Office to a point that when another process that also consumes resources occur, Office usability can reduce to the point where there it significant impacts on useability." Okay, thanks for that. Well, it's not great but it does convey the intended meaning so it's not complete garbage. It's not like when they put in tickets that read "HELP I NEED HLEP MY COPMUTER STOP!!!!!!!!!!! FIX" or "nogran pfreing, please advise immediately" or "hi my name is margaret is this thing on i dont know computers its not doing anything my grandson said to unplug it but i cant find the part that goes in can you help me its margaret i sit by the window".
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28th August 2023, 05:46 PM	#181
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 37,642	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I really wish some people would learn to use English properLY. Fixed that. Sorry. Or not.
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28th August 2023, 06:03 PM	#182
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by Trebuchet Fixed that. Sorry. Or not. this is margaret i think that might have been a joke can you fix my computer its making a noise more than the usual noise i don't like it this is margaret i sit by the window not the window with the tree outside it but the one with the view of the other building thanks
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28th August 2023, 07:39 PM	#183
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,444	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey Well, it's not great but it does convey the intended meaning so it's not complete garbage. It's not like when they put in tickets that read "HELP I NEED HLEP MY COPMUTER STOP!!!!!!!!!!! FIX" or "nogran pfreing, please advise immediately" or "hi my name is margaret is this thing on i dont know computers its not doing anything my grandson said to unplug it but i cant find the part that goes in can you help me its margaret i sit by the window". I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal: Quote: Aquí Moni, Ajá. Pentecostés, puerta de tu padre o Pitágoras. Buena tarde. El fin de simple episodio para dar una vuelta por Internet que me ancho. I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation: Quote: Here Moni, Aha. Pentecost, your father's door or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to take a tour of the Internet that widens me.
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28th August 2023, 08:06 PM	#184
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal: I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation: It couldn't possibly be any clearer, I hope you leapt to enact this most reasonable request to widen the requester with an Internet tour. "We have such sites to show you!"
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28th August 2023, 08:54 PM	#185
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,717	Originally Posted by Trebuchet I mouse with the left. No matter how many times I told the IT guys remoting into my work computer about that, they always got messed up. Heh, I, too, have worked with engineers and architects before. Being somewhat ambidextrous, this is usually no problem for me to help fix their PC.
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28th August 2023, 08:55 PM	#186
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,717	Originally Posted by Trebuchet Fixed that. Sorry. Or not. You need to read my new book: English As She Are Spoke.
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28th August 2023, 08:57 PM	#187
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,717	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey this is margaret i think that might have been a joke can you fix my computer its making a noise more than the usual noise i don't like it this is margaret i sit by the window not the window with the tree outside it but the one with the view of the other building thanks Hello Margaret. Try NOT sitting near the window. Get back to me if that does not fix things. Rgds, techie1
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28th August 2023, 09:00 PM	#188
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,717	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I may have posted this before, but we once received this request in our portal: I ran it through Google Translate, which auto-recognised it as Portuguese, and provided this translation: Hmmm. My translate attempt picked it as Spanish, thusly: Quote: Here Moni, aha. Pentecost, door of your father or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to go around the Internet that I am wide. Obviously a MUCH better translation!
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28th August 2023, 09:21 PM	#189
rdaneel Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'M IN THE PHONEBOOK! I'M SOMEBODY!!! Posts: 4,688	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander Hmmm. My translate attempt picked it as Spanish, thusly: Obviously a MUCH better translation! My attempt also auto-detected Spanish, but I tried switching it to Portuguese and got this. Quote: Here Moni, Aja. Pentecostés, door of your priest or Pythagoras. Good afternoon. The end of a simple episode to give a tour of the Internet that I am filled with.
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29th August 2023, 06:44 AM	#190
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander Hello Margaret. Try NOT sitting near the window. Get back to me if that does not fix things. Rgds, techie1 now im by the priest and pythagoras door what is going on help me
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29th August 2023, 06:51 AM	#191
Wudang BOFH Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire Posts: 15,774	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey now im by the priest and pythagoras door what is going on help me Cheats version of an old puzzle. With those two you know who the liar is.
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29th August 2023, 06:59 AM	#192
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 66,989	Originally Posted by Wudang Cheats version of an old puzzle. With those two you know who the liar is. I credit the old Doctor Who episode "Pyramids of Mars" for explaining that one to me the best.
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29th August 2023, 07:07 AM	#193
rdaneel Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'M IN THE PHONEBOOK! I'M SOMEBODY!!! Posts: 4,688	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey I credit the old Doctor Who episode "Pyramids of Mars" for explaining that one to me the best. That was my first time hearing that riddle.
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29th August 2023, 10:25 AM	#194
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 37,642	Originally Posted by Norman Alexander Heh, I, too, have worked with engineers and architects before. Being somewhat ambidextrous, this is usually no problem for me to help fix their PC. Unfortunately, I had to deal with the support people at Boeing, who were the lowest cost outside contractors they could find.
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29th August 2023, 09:43 PM	#195
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,717	Originally Posted by Trebuchet Unfortunately, I had to deal with the support people at Boeing, who were the lowest cost outside contractors they could find. Which is why they produce hundreds of left wings but no right wings, and expect that if you simply turn some of them upside-down, they can be stuck on the other side of the planes.
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