Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

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HK <payer33859.RemoveThis@mypacks.net> wrote:

> > Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> > Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> > into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> > *sigh*
> >

This is why the help desk always asks that most infuriating of
questions, "Is it plugged in?"

Dave

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In article <michelle-266591.06235607042008.TakeThisOut@news.west.cox.net>, Michelle
Steiner <michelle.TakeThisOut@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <1if18zn.1ovt3dy132qrnkN%dave_devine@nospamcop.net>,
> dave_devine.TakeThisOut@nospamcop.net (Dave Devine) wrote:
>
> > > > Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> > > > Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable
> > > > back into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works
> > > > properly. *sigh*
> > > >
> >
> > This is why the help desk always asks that most infuriating of
> > questions, "Is it plugged in?"
>
> "Yes, it's plugged in; the green light is on, and Airport Utility sees
> it. Oh, you mean is the ethernet cable plugged in? Wait a sec, I'll
> check.... Sorry to have bothered you and wasted your time. No, there's
> nothing else I need right now. Thank you."

This is why a good support technician will ask you to *unplug and
reconnect* every cable, as though the problem is a flaky connection on
one of them.

In the process, you will discover the cable that's not plugged in
without having to admit that you missed something so fundamental, which
will give you a warm fuzzy feeling toward the company.

--
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In article <michelle-C78C90.05240007042008 RemoveThis @news.west.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle RemoveThis @michelle.org> wrote:

> Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> *sigh*

Just another sign of aging!

Stuff like that happens to me on a regular occurrence nowadays!

In article <michelle-C78C90.05240007042008 DeleteThis @news.west.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle DeleteThis @michelle.org> wrote:

> Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> *sigh*

One of my favourites as an MSEE or electrician - worked many many times:

It works better if you plug it in

From Murphy's Laws, if I am not mistaken.

Welcome to the club

Marc

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In article <marc.heusser-6EE63C.00525108042008 RemoveThis @news.uzh.ch>,
Marc Heusser <marc.heusser RemoveThis @byeheusser.commercialspammers.invalid>
wrote:

> In article <michelle-C78C90.05240007042008 RemoveThis @news.west.cox.net>,
> Michelle Steiner <michelle RemoveThis @michelle.org> wrote:
>
> > Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> > Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> > into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> > *sigh*
>
> One of my favourites as an MSEE or electrician - worked many many times:
>
> It works better if you plug it in

It depends on what it's plugged into, as well. I read about a tech
support call where a customer had a power strip plugged into itself and
wondered why it didn't work.

So, Michelle, you haven't hit bottom yet! (That may or may not be
comforting, though...)
--
Kevin Michael Vail    | I would rather have a mind opened by wonder
kevin RemoveThis @vaildc.net      | than one closed by belief.   -- Gerry Spence

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In <kevin-7AABAC.20031407042008 DeleteThis @news.verizon.net>, Kevin Michael Vail wrote:

> It depends on what it's plugged into, as well. I read about a tech
> support call where a customer had a power strip plugged into itself and
> wondered why it didn't work.

Hey! I've got a pending patent for a perpetual motion machine based on
that discovery!

Cheers,

-j

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In article <1if18zn.1ovt3dy132qrnkN%dave_devine@nospamcop.net>,
dave_devine DeleteThis @nospamcop.net (Dave Devine) wrote:

> HK <payer33859 DeleteThis @mypacks.net> wrote:
>
> > > Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> > > Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> > > into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> > > *sigh*
> > >
>
> This is why the help desk always asks that most infuriating of
> questions, "Is it plugged in?"
>
> Dave

It's really infuriating when it isn't plugged in.

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by different standards than what is leisurely planned in
comfortable conference rooms.

In article <kevin-7AABAC.20031407042008.RemoveThis@news.verizon.net>,
Kevin Michael Vail <kevin.RemoveThis@vaildc.net> wrote:

> In article <marc.heusser-6EE63C.00525108042008.RemoveThis@news.uzh.ch>,
> Marc Heusser <marc.heusser.RemoveThis@byeheusser.commercialspammers.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> > In article <michelle-C78C90.05240007042008.RemoveThis@news.west.cox.net>,
> > Michelle Steiner <michelle.RemoveThis@michelle.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Last night, I got a brainstorm; I actually looked at the Airport
> > > Express. Sure enough, I had forgotten to plug the ethernet cable back
> > > into the unit. I plugged it in and everything now works properly.
> > > *sigh*
> >
> > One of my favourites as an MSEE or electrician - worked many many times:
> >
> > It works better if you plug it in
>
> It depends on what it's plugged into, as well. I read about a tech
> support call where a customer had a power strip plugged into itself and
> wondered why it didn't work.
>
> So, Michelle, you haven't hit bottom yet! (That may or may not be
> comforting, though...)

And then there's the ultimate. "Oh, I cannot see that, we are in a
blackout."

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by different standards than what is leisurely planned in
comfortable conference rooms.

In article <47fb5bdf$0$27657$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I've done that. I set up the audio for a party once, got it all plugged
> in, couldn't figure out why the amp wouldn't come on. I'd plugged it
> into itself, "ooh, out of outlets, where shall I plug this one; ooh, I
> know, the amp has one ..."

Better than plugging the speakers into the wall, as at least two of my
friends have told me they did. This disaster was even mentioned in
speaker instructions I got once. It appears some people just cannot
resist the temptation to use those connectors for speakers.

--
What is done in the heat of battle is (normatively) judged
by different standards than what is leisurely planned in
comfortable conference rooms.

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:05:55 -0400, Walter Bushell wrote
(in article <proto-4AFBC6.14055509042008.RemoveThis@70-1-84-166.area1.spcsdns.net>):

> In article <47fb5bdf$0$27657$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I've done that. I set up the audio for a party once, got it all plugged
>> in, couldn't figure out why the amp wouldn't come on. I'd plugged it
>> into itself, "ooh, out of outlets, where shall I plug this one; ooh, I
>> know, the amp has one ..."
>
> Better than plugging the speakers into the wall, as at least two of my
> friends have told me they did. This disaster was even mentioned in
> speaker instructions I got once. It appears some people just cannot
> resist the temptation to use those connectors for speakers.

Back in the days when a 64 character X 16 line plasma panel cost about $1000,
one of our plasma panels failed. Years later, the first-level supervisor
told me that he had covered for one of the technicians, who had put 120 v AC
across the signal input to the panel. I didn't even ask how he had come to
do that.

--
John Varela
Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email.