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SteveDallas · 08-23-2010, 12:55 PM

My favorite was the eyeball flopping around on the optic nerve.

Gravdigr, that was excellent. I've always said I'd rather troubleshoot/fix 20 computers than one printer.

GunMaster357 · 08-23-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

I'll be the person banging on the keyboard .... wouldn't be the first time.

I'm probably one you're ranting about....

Yes, Im a computer programmer...

And proud of it!

classicman · 08-23-2010, 04:24 PM

I have no issues with programmers.

Just the printer that works only when it feels like it. Pretty much as described above.

GunMaster357 · 08-23-2010, 04:53 PM

I do have issue with printers too...

Or may be with the guys who devellop the printer drivers...

Why can't they come up with printers that have the same margins (top, left, right, bottom)?

Nearly every time I create a report, the costumer is unhappy because it doesn't print right.

SteveDallas · 08-23-2010, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

Why can't they come up with printers that have the same margins (top, left, right, bottom)?

How 'bout they just WRITE A FUCKING PRINTER DRIVER??

It seems obvious that more time is spent on things like checking how much ink is left in the printer and giving you a handy menu so you can click whether you need to print a photo, or a powerpoint presentation, or an email, etc. than is spent making sure you can actually send stuff out to the printer.

It's almost enough to make me nostalgic for the bad old days of the Epson ESC codes. At least you could tell exactly how things were fucked up.

Lamplighter · 08-23-2010, 06:03 PM

Talk about nostalgia...

MS Word 5.0 back in the early days was about 100k and just about as good as the current version.
No bells-n-whistles, but a easy-to-use word processor.

But then, things were always better back in the dark recesses of my mind.

Sheldonrs · 08-23-2010, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

I'll be the person getting banged on the keyboard .... wouldn't be the first time.

There. Now it seems more plausible.

classicman · 08-23-2010, 07:13 PM

Awe Shel. I never knew you cared.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-23-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Talk about nostalgia...

MS Word 5.0 back in the early days was about 100k and just about as good as the current version.
No bells-n-whistles, but a easy-to-use word processor.

But then, things were always better back in the dark recesses of my mind.

I was using open office, but it drove me crazy, trying to do what I didn't want to do. Then I found TinyWord, it's wonderful and free.

lookout123 · 08-23-2010, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

I'll be the person banging on the keyboard .... wouldn't be the first time.

The bed, the couch, even the floor are all probably more comfortable locations for your banging needs.

squirell nutkin · 08-23-2010, 10:56 PM

http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/...elf-destructs/

gets good about 30 seconds in

Scriveyn · 08-24-2010, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

... Nearly every time I create a report, the costumer is unhappy because it doesn't print right.

Well, artists can be difficult to please

I had trouble with my printer for months. Eventually, when I replaced the USB cable, all the troubles were gone

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... it drove me crazy, trying to do what I didn't want to do. ...

I hate software that is trying to guess what I want to do - especially MS WORD and EXCEL. It takes forever to turn off all the automatic formatting/replacing options and even then there are some nauseating "features" left. Gets worse with each new version.

Oh, and I'm a programmer too.

Flint · 08-24-2010, 12:27 PM

Since MS Word replaced the WYSIWYG interface to create headers with an "easier" and "better" menu of canned options, it now takes me about half an hour to figure out how to create a headers as extravagant as the title centered at the top of the page and the page number right justified. Once they start making it "easier" it becomes impossible.

Clodfobble · 08-27-2010, 12:08 AM

Let me state for the record, a bunch of poor Chilean miners being trapped underground for 2-4 months while they wait for rescue is not funny.

However, this MSNBC article about said miners has been absolutely cracking me up this evening. Scroll down to the bottom (you may have to click "show more text" to see the whole article first) and find the section where they display all the miners' photos, including little personal blurbs about each one underneath. I don't know who wrote these things, but some of them are very, very weird:

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Yonni Barrios
Age: 50
Marital status: Married
Driller. Wife has urged him to find different job after 25 years in mines.

Quote:

Juan Illanes
Age: 51
Marital status: Married
Spends free time with his wife. Has a son.

Quote:

Claudio Yanez
Age: 34
Marital status: Single
Supplemented mine pay with other jobs on days off.

Quote:

Ariel Ticona
Age: 29
Marital status: Married
Wife is six months' pregnant with his third child. Family says he likes parties.

And, you can filter the list by age range... in case you're only interested in the weird personal details of trapped miners who are 19-29 years old?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-27-2010, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Trapped miners need to watch their waistlines.

Quote:

Each miner trapped in that Chile mine must have a waistline smaller than 35 inches in order to escape through the mine shaft. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

Uh yeah, those guys trapped in the mine, better cut down on the partying and banquets.

08-23-2010, 04:24 PM	#3603
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I have no issues with programmers. Just the printer that works only when it feels like it. Pretty much as described above. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-23-2010, 04:53 PM	#3604
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I do have issue with printers too... Or may be with the guys who devellop the printer drivers... Why can't they come up with printers that have the same margins (top, left, right, bottom)? Nearly every time I create a report, the costumer is unhappy because it doesn't print right. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

08-23-2010, 07:13 PM	#3608
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Awe Shel. I never knew you cared. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-23-2010, 10:56 PM	#3611
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/...elf-destructs/ gets good about 30 seconds in __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

08-24-2010, 12:27 PM	#3613
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Since MS Word replaced the WYSIWYG interface to create headers with an "easier" and "better" menu of canned options, it now takes me about half an hour to figure out how to create a headers as extravagant as the title centered at the top of the page and the page number right justified. Once they start making it "easier" it becomes impossible. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-23-2010, 12:55 PM	#3601
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	My favorite was the eyeball flopping around on the optic nerve. Gravdigr, that was excellent. I've always said I'd rather troubleshoot/fix 20 computers than one printer.

08-23-2010, 06:03 PM	#3606
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Talk about nostalgia... MS Word 5.0 back in the early days was about 100k and just about as good as the current version. No bells-n-whistles, but a easy-to-use word processor. But then, things were always better back in the dark recesses of my mind.

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