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- Dumb is good!
- Dumb numbers are good. You can’t run out of them and computers can assign them. A “dumb number” is a number which does not contain any meaningful internal elements. It’s just a number. A smart number, like the Vehicle Identification Number on your car, tells you all kinds...
- Tags: database, Dumb, dumb number, erp, LeoOfMars, PC, projects, smart number, software
- Discussion threads 2005-10-14
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- What's with the recent rash of dumb questions and postings from India?
- They range from 2 word illegible sentences to dumb technical questions being posted from people in India whose profiles claim they are "Desktop Support" or "Value Added Resellers". Folks, these are perfect examples of the kind of "quality experts"
- Tags: off-topic, Why Me Worry?
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Hitachi plays dumb in shunning notebooks
- About time :)I've been waiting for this. For years it's seemed a little absurd for companies to place expensive, complicated, buggy, security holes, a.k.a., full-featured PCs, on user's desktops. To heck with Citrix, et al, give 'em a dumb terminal to do their WORK. No viruses/spyware, no...
- Tags: Don "Bear" Wilkinson, Hitachi Ltd., notebook
- Discussion threads 2005-01-05
- Page numbering issues with section page breaks
- This may be a dumb question to ask but it's killing me and I have searched the web to the end for an answer. I have a 20 page document that contains a title page, table of contents, a summary page and the rest are all official policy pages with...
- Tags: kevinamartin@...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- hot
- am hotMove to Alaska? NT.Sign up with Elite Model Management? NT.Return yourself to your rightful owner? NT.Stick a fan under your deskand point it properlyrun around the office naked screamingTake Me! Take Me! to everyone you meet!!!Turn on the AC:)Open a windowand jump out, the air flow should...
- Tags: mimoa7@..., Microsoft Windows NT
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- Dumb is in the eye of the beholder
- I just published Deb Shinder's list of "10 dumb thingsusers do that can mess up their computers," and not surprisingly, ithas sparked a fairly edgy discussionthat touches on users' intractability or inability to learn basic practicesand develop a little tech self-reliance. Also included in this mix is thefailure of many...
- Tags: Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2006-05-18
- Diving for the exit
- The thing that always seems most dangerous and stupid to me is those folks on a multilane highway who are out of position as their exit apporaches and dive across 3 or 4 lanes of traffic to make their exit. One day on my way to work on...
- Tags: lane, wild driving, markvallaster@..., off-topic, exit
- Discussion threads 2006-09-09
- 10 midyear resolutions for support techs
- Olduvai and Tristram?I didn't know Becky was a DOOM and Diablo fan! Well, I'm off to Terokkar Forest to farm some Netherweb Spider Silk or maybe to the Elemental Plateau in Nagrand for a few primals. Papa needs an epic flying mount!RE: 10 midyear resolutions for support techs#1 What...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, user story
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Submit your entries for the 2001 Dumb Tech awards
- We've made fun of dumb users. Now it's time to poke a little fun at ourselves. Send us your stories about those techs who should have known better or just never got it at all.When Support Republic started the “Dumb User” contest in 1999, we received an overwhelming response. TechRepublic...
- Tags: Bill Detwiler, Dumb User, fax
- Technical articles 2000-11-20
- no route to subnet address?
- I have plugged in and connected a WYSE terminal. It will not connect correctly saying that " there is no route to the specified subnet address " I need to have this computer up and running ASAP.A Wyse terminal is not a computerIt's just that, a terminal. It needs...
- Tags: Mainframes, Jake@..., Wyse Technology Inc., computer, subnet
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Can't access Web setup page for Linksys wireless router
- I can't access the Web setup page for my Linksys wireless B router, model BEFW11S4. Browsing to the default IP address, 192.168.1.1, results in a page not found. Using the hardware reset button does nothing. Leaving the router powered down for a day does nothing. The setup CD is also...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, wireless router, Jay Garmon, Web, router, IP, Linksys Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- XP Pro Administrator account not in administrators group.
- I ran into a very strange issue today on a workstation and wanted to run it past you guys. Somehow... the local Administrator account on a workstation was no longer part of the local administrators group. We didn't notice that until after we removed it from the domain....
- Tags: Workstations, joel.gerstenmier@..., Microsoft Windows XP Professional, domain, workstation, administrator
- Discussion threads 2007-04-04
- 10 dumb things IT pros do that can mess up their networks
- End users aren't the only ones whose misguided actions can bring a smooth-running network to a screeching halt. IT pros make their share of mistakes, too--from sliding on DR planning to stalling on repairs to ignoring the need for logs and documentation. IT pro Deb Shinder has targeted a...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, ImageSkill, IT Pro Deb Shinder, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2006-08-23
- The dumb things organizations do to mess up team building
- I ran across an article the other day on about.com, written by Human Resources specialist Susan M. Heathfield. In the article, Heathfield cites 20 dumb things that organizations can do to screw up their relationship with the people who work for them. Here are a couple of my personal "favorites."...
- Tags: Workplace, Team Management, Personnel, Managment, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Extremely Stupid MIT Student wears fake bomb into airport
- news of the ODD! Happy Fridayhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_re_us/fake_bomb_15http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3635225&page=1MIT has apparently lowered their standards. This ID10T wore a tshirt with an actual circuit board on the outside into an airport. And was carrying a lump of play-doh.Doh!I'm sorry if this sounds mean but maybe police should have...
- Tags: SECURITY, Dr Dij, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Dumb Mistake with Shadow Copy on SBS 2003
- I made a really dumb mistake the other week. During a scheduled maintenance procedure I noticed two users with a lot of MP3s in their "My Documents" folders on the Server.Without thinking, I guess I am still in the NT 4.0 Admin Mode, I immediately deleted the MP3s from...
- Tags: AndeAnderson, DOCUMENTS, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, MP3, MP3s, networking, recycle, sbs 2003, server, shadow copy, Shadow-Copy
- Discussion threads 2005-07-13
- How Dumb Is This? or have these businesses loads of money to throw away?
- Record Fine Paid! Maybe the BSA $US 1m Reward scheme is starting to have an impact? http://www.pcprofile.com/BSA_Reward_scheme.htm
- Tags: SentryWatch
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- 10 dumb things users do that can mess up their computers
- Users find plenty of ways to run into trouble, from gunking up their system with shareware to leaving it exposed to attackers to forgetting about using surge protectors. Share this list with your own users so they can sidestep preventable problems like these. Technology may be changing...
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Internet, E-mail, Construction, Online Communications
- Download resources 2006-05-17
- power failure
- Ok, this is dumb coming from someone who's been working on computers for over 10 years. I am working on a system that keeps rebooting itself. It actually turns itself off as if someone were hitting the reset button on the front of it. It especially
- Tags: computer, hardware, hdd, motherboard, NocRaz@..., power failure, power supply, video card
- Discussion threads 2006-10-12
- Word Documents cannot be copied
- Hi peopleI have 2 PCs, one with Win98 and one Win2000. I regularly try and copy about 120 MS Word docs from my hard drive to my usb zip drive using Windows Explorer. Half way thru the list, usually exactlly half way, Explorer bombs out and gives an error message....
- Tags: bldsm@..., Microsoft Word, root directory, USB, windows, Zip Disk
- Q&A 2005-03-29
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