AOPA Credit Card scam

"Jim Fisher" wrote:
I consider it Digital Darwinism. Some folks just don't need to own a
computer.

Anybody who has ever worked in IT should recognize this story.

The help desk gets a call from somebody having trouble setting up their new
computer. The tech goes back and forth with the person, asking questions
like, "Can you read me exactly what it says on the screen now?" and getting
answers that can't possibly be correct.

After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the
box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that he
does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it back in
the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are obviously
too stupid to own a a computer".

That's the funny part. The sad part of it is that at least half of the
time, the problem is that the software that comes with these things is just
crap, and it's a miracle that most people can get it to work at all. I've
been doing network for the past 20 years. For the past 5 years, I've been
writing software to manage networks. Yet, for the past couple of weeks,
I've been fighting trying to get two off-the-shelf consumer devices talking
to each other over my home network. If I can't figure it out (armed with
packet sniffers, protocol debuggers, and a computer science degree), how
are Mr. and Mrs. J. Random Customer supposed to manage?

Roy Smith wrote:

After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the
box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that he
does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it back in
the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are obviously
too stupid to own a a computer".

True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the
computer owner thought it should work without any...

Tech was fired over that comment too...

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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Roy Smith wrote:

After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the
box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that
he does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it
back in the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are
obviously too stupid to own a a computer".

True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the
computer owner thought it should work without any...

Tech was fired over that comment too...

Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm

--Gary

Gary Drescher wrote:

True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the
computer owner thought it should work without any...

Tech was fired over that comment too...

Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm

Nope true story:
http://www.snopes.com/humor/business...erf.htm#stupid

Except for the getting fired part, he married her instead...

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

Nope true story:
http://www.snopes.com/humor/business...erf.htm#stupid

Except for the getting fired part, he married her instead...

And except for the punch line.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

George Patterson wrote:

And except for the punch line.

She probably wouldn't have married him if he had...

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:33:09 -0500, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
...
Roy Smith wrote:

After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the
box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that
he does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it
back in the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are
obviously too stupid to own a a computer".

True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the
computer owner thought it should work without any...

Tech was fired over that comment too...

Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm

Urban legend does not necessiarly mean it's false. It may have been
repeated so often as to have taken on a life of its own.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


--Gary