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STUPID I.T. (Information Technologists, IOW...MIS directors) Questions:
ARE ALL COMPUTERS made in Boise? user asks IT . Why?
"Well," says user, "every time I turn on a computer, it starts up
with a message from Boise. But they keep spelling it wrong: B-I-O-S.
Why is that?"
POTENTIAL USER of an Internet database can't seem to access the
service. Support IT checks it out but with no success, so he
reinstalls the access software. During the reinstallation, user has a
flash of insight: "I don't have Internet access yet. Could that be
part of the problem?"
IT Director SENDS out a warning to users: "Our ISP has routing
problems in its backbone. You may find that some Internet
destinations work while others don't. I'll keep you posted as I get
more information." Fish's CEO fires back a query: "How will we know
which ones work and which ones don't?"
VENEZUELAN IT director building a data center doesn't have grounded
electrical power, so he straps ground lines to metal water pipes.
"But," asks his boss, "what's going to happen if we run out of water?"
"WE POURED all the water out of the computer, but it's still not
working," user tells help desk IT. "Could you send someone
over to look at it?"
SECRETARY CALLS IT in a frenzy. Her new boss starts in
two days - how soon can we get him set up? "Does he have a computer
in his office?" fish asks. "No," says secretary. "It's on order. Does
that matter?"
WATCHING IT troubleshoot a Windows 2000 PC that hangs on
start-up, user suggests, "Can you lubricate the hard drive to unstuck
it?"
Favorite question of the week: "If there's smoke coming out
of the back of the terminal, does that mean the system is down?"
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
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STUPID I.T. (Information Technologists, IOW...MIS directors) Questions:
ARE ALL COMPUTERS made in Boise? user asks IT . Why?
"Well," says user, "every time I turn on a computer, it starts up
with a message from Boise. But they keep spelling it wrong: B-I-O-S.
Why is that?"
POTENTIAL USER of an Internet database can't seem to access the
service. Support IT checks it out but with no success, so he
reinstalls the access software. During the reinstallation, user has a
flash of insight: "I don't have Internet access yet. Could that be
part of the problem?"
IT Director SENDS out a warning to users: "Our ISP has routing
problems in its backbone. You may find that some Internet
destinations work while others don't. I'll keep you posted as I get
more information." Fish's CEO fires back a query: "How will we know
which ones work and which ones don't?"
VENEZUELAN IT director building a data center doesn't have grounded
electrical power, so he straps ground lines to metal water pipes.
"But," asks his boss, "what's going to happen if we run out of water?"
"WE POURED all the water out of the computer, but it's still not
working," user tells help desk IT. "Could you send someone
over to look at it?"
SECRETARY CALLS IT in a frenzy. Her new boss starts in
two days - how soon can we get him set up? "Does he have a computer
in his office?" fish asks. "No," says secretary. "It's on order. Does
that matter?"
WATCHING IT troubleshoot a Windows 2000 PC that hangs on
start-up, user suggests, "Can you lubricate the hard drive to unstuck
it?"
Favorite question of the week: "If there's smoke coming out
of the back of the terminal, does that mean the system is down?"
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
