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the big E
Joined: 20 Apr 2013
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Location: speedwell Tn.
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | When I got my Runco 900 I was testing it in the hallway. The middle 1/3rd of the picture was projecting on my shower wall. I watched cartoons while in the shower  and NO there are NO pictures of that! |
I so I am guessing the winner is um analogrocks as he did it first yet no pics
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 2:56 am Post subject: |
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No pics no win 
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the big E
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | | No pics no win |
I agree no pics no win since no proof
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Not that i doubt the man's integrity ofcourse and im sure you agree!!
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the big E
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | | Not that i doubt the man's integrity ofcourse and im sure you agree!! |
I agree
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km987654
Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Posts: 2874
Location: Australia
TV/Projector: Barco BG809s
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 6:52 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else have a bad day with people breaking stuff? |
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| digitalayon wrote: | OK this may be frustration talking.....but I just got a call from one of our departments that just fried a 8 grand Dell computer by a X-RAY tube arcing and throwing 65,000 volts into its USB. The isolator to prevent that from occurring was not used because it takes too long to mess with. 15 Seconds!!!!!????  
Then I get a lady who dumped coffee down into her laptop and it went boom!!!
Then a maintenance facilities guy dismounts a projector to replace a bulb and he decided to use a power drill to undo the screws and replace the bulb with and he cracked the internal housing.
Now two of the users clicked on malware links and now their PC's open about 2,000 porn links a piece. I do not know what to say!!!  |
I work in the same industry and apart from the 65000v yeah I know what your saying. On one site I calculated that 98% of all IT issues are user related. 65000v might come in handy some days 
Like you frustrations does set in sometimes and I find myself asking "What have you got to do to get people to use common sense" and then I realised there is no such thing common sense is fiction. As far policies and procedures go again that 65000v sounds good as users will just chuck all the policies and procedures out the window if they think they are in the way of whatever they are attempting to do and then of course there is the "I found it like this" story.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:26 am Post subject: |
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I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me
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the big E
Joined: 20 Apr 2013
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Location: speedwell Tn.
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me |
I agree without a it person around no pc would get fixed(I am a it tech in training at college) but I have had people do some really stupid stuff(eg desktop with no icons or taskbar  don't ask how that happened I was told it had lost the drivers but with no way to tell how was I to know  but I fixed it)
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km987654
Joined: 25 Jul 2007
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Location: Australia
TV/Projector: Barco BG809s
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me |
Not physically demanding
Try shifting 160kg server. Oh sorry that was three and vertically. We have our physical moments shall I say. You may have missed the IT part of the job title as there is no people in that description as that's for others to manage.
If people kept ripping up your electrical wiring and then complain there was no power I wonder if you would say "well I get paid for this" if you do then your temperament is far better than mine. 
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CasetheCorvetteman
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| km987654 wrote: | | CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me |
Not physically demanding
Try shifting 160kg server. Oh sorry that was three and vertically. We have our physical moments shall I say. You may have missed the IT part of the job title as there is no people in that description as that's for others to manage.
If people kept ripping up your electrical wiring and then complain there was no power I wonder if you would say "well I get paid for this" if you do then your temperament is far better than mine. |
160kgs? Curt's lifted more than that on the tip of his old fella when he was chasing skirt after installing a projector in a sorority house!! I don't remember him ever complaining about physical demand!! Maybe it wasn't all once?
You make me laugh though, I thought it was really funny when I read that, who do you think puts these things together where I work? Who do you think wires them up? Who do you reckon makes them work when they don't? Certainly aint the IT department buddy, they couldn't run a choko vine over a sh**house Not that I expect youre in their league ofcourse 
If people kept ripping up electrical wiring I would be laughing. I would think this is great cause now while im repairing this "already existing installation", im not doing something else.... And don't think it doesn't happen either
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km987654
Joined: 25 Jul 2007
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Location: Australia
TV/Projector: Barco BG809s
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| Curt Palme wrote: | My tale is a bit different, but here goes. You guys know I was out of town for most of April, and right before I left on my first trip, I get a message through eBay from a guy in New Yawk looking for an EHT board for a Barco 808/Zenith 1200. I email back that I do have one, to email me through either this site or via the email address I gave him so I could get his info and send him a Paypal invoice. I get no reply. No biggie, that happens all the time.
A week later, I'm up North, and get a phone call from a guy with a strong accent: 'Did you ship my part yet?' I have no effing idea who it is, but I see on my call display it's from New Yawk. So I ask what part he's looking for, He says 'A Barco part' Greeat!!!. Finally I get it out of him that he's the guy that emailed me a week or 10 days earlier through eBay. I have to ask a LOT of questions to get that out of him. I tell him that I never heard back from him, that I don't have his info, and that he hasn't paid me. I get 'Don't worry my friend, you will get paid'
Yeah right buddy, as soon as I'm 'your friend', I get worried.
So I tell him I'm out of town for another week, that he can email me, I'll confirm that I have his email, but nothing will ship out for a week until I'm back. Then I get 'what kind of business are you running anyway, this is bull****' type line.
It takes a LOT usually to piss me off, but now I've had it. I tell the guy in no uncertain terms that he can go find it elsewhere on the net, and good luck finding it, since I'm probably the last person on earth that has the board, and that even if he came to my door and paid me cash, I wouldn't sell it to him. I thank him for calling, and hang up on him. He calls back twice, I ignore him.
It gets better.... I get a call a week later, right in the few days I'm in town again before heading to LA. Same accent, different person, same New Yawk phone number. 'Hi, I'm looking for a BArco HV board.' I say 'sorry, I've already told your brother/cousin/friend that unless he emails me his info and pays me for the board, I'm not sending anything, and I STILL haven't seen an email. He calls AGAIN while I'm in LA 'have you sent my board?' I tell him no, I haven't, and no, I won't.
I get a call yesterday from a local number 'Hi, do you have a HV board for a Zenith Pro 1200'. DIfferent phone number, same accent. WTF? Turns out, the guy recruited a friend here in Vancouver to buy the board off me. I tell him the price, which is now $25 more than when we started, the terms are CASH only and I will give him a tested board once I see the cash. He then asks if I can send it to his buddy in New Yawk. I tell him absolutely not, that his 'friend' is a moron that can't follow basic instructions, and that I will make an exception, that I will sell it to this local guy with cash, in person. He says fine. He calls me back 5 minutes later, asking for my bank info so that he can pay that day, and pick up the next day. I tell him NO, and if he wants to change the rules one more time, I won't take his calls anymore either.
For shits and giggles, I listed the same EHT board on eBay at a slightly inflated price as well, just in case.
Well, the local guy shows up this morning, and after asking about the warranty, and trying to talk me down in price, and Skyping with his guy in New Yawk to make sure the part is the right one, and asking again if I can send it to New Yawk...... NO!!!... he actually pulls out cash, pays me and walks away.
1/2 hour later, his buddy from the same damn New Yawk number calls me. I ignore it, as I'm buried in a sound rack.
All I'm hoping is that the EHT board really was at fault. He never asked for troubleshooting assistance, so I never offered any. |
You know this would be sad if it wasn't so funny.
And these people have children can you imagine a whole family like this. Sounds like a TV show.
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AnalogRocks
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 10:46 am Post subject: |
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I had a bad day yesterday. My car broke down, the auto focus on my SLR stopped working and the zoom lever on my handycam stopped zooming out.
Bad things come in three's right?
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CasetheCorvetteman
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No.
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digitalayon
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| km987654 wrote: | | CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me |
Not physically demanding
Try shifting 160kg server. Oh sorry that was three and vertically. We have our physical moments shall I say. You may have missed the IT part of the job title as there is no people in that description as that's for others to manage.
If people kept ripping up your electrical wiring and then complain there was no power I wonder if you would say "well I get paid for this" if you do then your temperament is far better than mine. |
Yeah this guy did not have to swap 10 CRT monitors a day. Not to mention loading and unloading of computers and other equipment. Now users are clicking on sh*t everywhere online, we get overwhelmed. I am just getting over the Autorun virus. It is a lot of pressure when your company is losing 27 grand an hour when you are shut down.
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AnalogRocks
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | | No. |
You're not helping 
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mc86
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Location: pittsburgh, pa
TV/Projector: ECP 4500 (Vidikron box), ECP4500+, wanting 07MS/07MTS, evaluating pc soft-blend
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Hey Jeremy, maybe you need to switch to a happy cat for the good vibes! A quick google will surely find some fun ones...
Matt
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| digitalayon wrote: | | km987654 wrote: | | CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | I dont know what youre complaining about really, youre getting paid to do a job that is A; very safe, and B; not exactly physically demanding either. If these people werent f***en sh** up all the time, youd be doing something else youd likely moan about just as much!!
I love it when i get a call from the IT department to come and fix a computer issue, it usually means a very easy day for me |
Not physically demanding
Try shifting 160kg server. Oh sorry that was three and vertically. We have our physical moments shall I say. You may have missed the IT part of the job title as there is no people in that description as that's for others to manage.
If people kept ripping up your electrical wiring and then complain there was no power I wonder if you would say "well I get paid for this" if you do then your temperament is far better than mine. |
Yeah this guy did not have to swap 10 CRT monitors a day. Not to mention loading and unloading of computers and other equipment. Now users are clicking on sh*t everywhere online, we get overwhelmed. I am just getting over the Autorun virus. It is a lot of pressure when your company is losing 27 grand an hour when you are shut down. |
I used to repair the CRT monitors. I used to build the computers myself, then transport them to where they were to be installed. You make your jobs sound so difficult!!
We just never have virus issues with the permissions of user accounts cut down to prevent them accessing what they shouldnt.... Almost never have an instance where someone manages to stuff any settings, cause the only thing they can change is the volume.... And why wouldnt you run it that way? Do you have a reason you dont? It really would make your job so much easier. These computers are there for business, not entertainment!! They can only click what you and your network and policies allows them to click.
I know you think us electricians do nothing, but if lifting a few computers around and fixing mistakes made by people that were allowed to do as they please on your computers is a big difficult job, ill be glad to take your places You can come and crawl around in ceilings like a lizard all day, risk electric shock from the unlicenced electrical work done by people that think they know what theyre doing, remove and rebuild electric motors 3 men cant even lift, attend all fire alarms, provide first aid to anyone that may require it at any time, dig trenches and work on the roof in the rain....
Im ready to swap whenever you are gentlemen, show me the way!!! Hahaha!!
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fragzero
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We just never have virus issues with the permissions of user accounts cut down to prevent them accessing what they shouldnt.... Almost never have an instance where someone manages to stuff any settings, cause the only thing they can change is the volume.... And why wouldnt you run it that way? Do you have a reason you dont? It really would make your job so much easier. These computers are there for business, not entertainment!! Laughing They can only click what you and your network and policies allows them to click.
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Good example is my workplace, i work at a university and people buy computers from their own personal budget. They all use general software like matlab/spss/other math tools but also very specific utilities or software (sometimes written by other researchers).
Locking them down like in a traditional business would result in several requests each day to install a certain silly utility or update for program XYZ. We have tried this approach but currently we just give them admin permissions and if they screw up their pc we just reinstall the machine.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Thats fine when you give them the ultimatum like that and in your instance they are responsible for their own machine, but in our instance and at a guess id say the other two as well, the company owns them and end users are there for the purpose of completing a task.
We can gain access to any computer via the network if updates or program changes are required. Resolution is even locked to monitor's native.
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