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>>> It knows it's you, and it doesn't like *you*.
>>>
>>> (Said by a sysop answering the phone for the 30th time when the
>>> mainframe had crashed and he was trying to fix it. I still giggle at
>>> the memory.)
>>
>> Now that's what I *call* a BOFH! O_O
>
> It was funny. He's a nice guy, but the trouble phone was mounted on the
> wall right over the operator's console. So he's trying to fix the thing,
> and the phone is ringing every 10 seconds as someone dials into the
> mainframe and it doesn't answer. After about the tenth call, he bellows
> that into the phone and slams it down, and everyone else in the room
> just fell down laughing. I've been using that expression for like 3
> decades now.
I'm still irritated with Chris.
Picture the scene: Me and my dad are on her hands and knees outside the
server room door. In front of us is a large pile of assorted bits of
metal and wire that *should* be inside the server room, servicing
requests. We're both kneeling there, leaning over this thing and trying
to get the job done.
...and Chris walks over, serveys the situation, and then offhandedly
enquires "you do know that Watson isn't working, right?"
(I believe my responce was of the form "yeah, no ****, Sherlock! Now
**** off and let me fix it!")
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 22-9-2009 22:59, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I'm still irritated with Chris.
>
> Picture the scene: Me and my dad are on her hands and knees outside the
> server room door.
Sorry, can you run that by me again? He was sitting on her hands and you
on her knees? Doing what?
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:15:40 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>On 22-9-2009 22:59, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> I'm still irritated with Chris.
>>
>> Picture the scene: Me and my dad are on her hands and knees outside the
>> server room door.
>
>Sorry, can you run that by me again? He was sitting on her hands and you
>on her knees? Doing what?
Do you really want to know?
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Regards
Stephen
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> I have sent them two queries about the problem already. No response.
This really pisses me off. I have sent them three queries already,
no response whatsoever. It has been more than a week already. Same
problem, nothing has happened.
And if I can deduce anything from google, I'm the only person in the
world having this problem (besides being ignored).
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- Warp
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > I have sent them two queries about the problem already. No response.
> This really pisses me off. I have sent them three queries already,
> no response whatsoever. It has been more than a week already. Same
> problem, nothing has happened.
> And if I can deduce anything from google, I'm the only person in the
> world having this problem (besides being ignored).
Perhaps it's not a problem with play.com after all. I used my email
alias for the email, and there might be something odd going on about it.
When I email myself something from one computer, the emails arrive at
my gmail account just fine, but when I send them from gmail itself, they
don't seem to arrive at all. I don't understand what's going on.
Could someone here send me a test email to warp at iki.fi just to see
if it arrives ok?
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- Warp
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Well, I went and created a new account, but this time using my gmail
address directly. This time it worked just fine, and I was able to order
the game. Weird.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Weird.
I'm wondering if the "you have signed up" message from Play.com is
triggering some spam rule that's only triggered if the "To" address isn't
actually your address. Direct mail to your gmail address might tip it over
into being not-spam. (Gmail doesn't save your spam anywhere, do they?)
Back in the early days, we were always amused and frustrated by getting
email from <nob### [at] nowherecom> (the default netscape user name) complaining
"why won't you answer me? You suck!" :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Weird.
> I'm wondering if the "you have signed up" message from Play.com is
> triggering some spam rule that's only triggered if the "To" address isn't
> actually your address. Direct mail to your gmail address might tip it over
> into being not-spam. (Gmail doesn't save your spam anywhere, do they?)
There's a spam folder. I always check it when I expect some account
creation process to perhaps send me something, just in case. There was
nothing there.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
>
> Could someone here send me a test email to warp at iki.fi just to see
> if it arrives ok?
>
I just did.
-Aero
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Well, I went and created a new account, but this time using my gmail
> address directly. This time it worked just fine, and I was able to order
> the game. Weird.
The curse has been broken. I am now the happy owner of Disgaea: Afternoon
of Darkness.
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- Warp
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