A little computer joke which is all so true

[Hagar (Doug)]

I was having trouble with my computer so I called Richard, the 11 year old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.

Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?'

He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Richard grin ned. 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?'

'No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down: I D 1 0 T

[astroron (Ron)]

me to a T when it comes to computers:rolle yes:

[h0ughy (David)]

Lol

[Davekyn (David)]

Hahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa

[Jay-qu]

It is very much like the common PEBKAC error

(Problem exists between keyboard and chair..)

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

very good
giggle and smirk

[Baddad (Marty)]

Clever, I like!!

[MrB (Simon)]

Haha, must remember that one.
As I was reading I thought the 'Ten T' was going to be ten thumbs.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Shes a gooden......cheers Kev.

[pgc hunter]

lol nice

[Ric]

Blooming 11 year olds, they think they know it all.

Problem is that they do.

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

As someone who does a lot of puter fixes, ID10T errors are fairly common.

Never been game to tell the customer though, diplomacy is best.

Bill

[Barrykgerdes]

Hi

This may be a little off the subject but I spent my working life in electronic repairing and I saw some prime examples of equipment being put out of action by simple faults that became catastrophes.

The two best were these.
Syptom: Could not tune the aerial! ( I guessed what was wrong but ----)
When I got there the transmiter was literally in pieces on the floor. I spent all day putting it back together. I did fix a few minor faults probably induced in the disassembly. When I got the equipment all back together I turned it on and tested it. Yes the aerial tuner still had the same problem.

I went to the Main distribution fuse board and replaced the "C" phase fuse. The problem was fixed.

The second was just the syptom: The radio has stopped working (Marine RT on a Game fishing Boat. I believe the boat was part owned by Lee Marvin who I met on a later job).

The boat was at Lizard Island so we had to charter a plane to get there.
I fixed the fault in a few minutes. Yes a blown fuse again. Too late to return to Cairns in the dark so we stayed the night on the mother ship, boy what a feast! and returned the next day. The whole exercise must have cost twice the value of the Radio transceiver.

Baz

[rider]

A company I worked for provided computer-based-training packages for the agricultural sector.

I received a very angry call from a farmer complaining that the provided disk wouldn't run.

During the extended call I happened to ask "what does the screen say?

Answer: what screen?

Turns out he thought he'd do the training whilst cultivating, and had loaded it into the stereo on his tractor.

[MrB (Simon)]

Haha, thats along the lines of the old worn-out story about the tech helpline guy who gets a call about a faulty cup holder on their PC.
The tech guy asks, "what cup holder?"
The owner replies, "You know... you push the button and it slides out."

[Nightshift]

My favourite is a sticker on a computer where I work, it is the usual silver sticker with the blue circle that says, "Intel Inside" and just under the blue circle it says "Idiot outside".

[Astro78]

love it!

[Jen]

:rof l:
now where is the any key again