Ghosts in the Machine

[esteefee]

I was having the kind of week, seriously, where computers are my nemesis; yet people are my friends, they are gorgeous, they are helpful, because they have filled the intertubes with information which is accessible through the googleweb. Do you even realize how difficult it was, peeps, to debug problems with widely-used software before the googles

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[em_kellesvig]

Does any of that mean you fixed it? ::iz baffled::

[esteefee]

Well, a good 50% of my job is debugging/pointing to OPPs (Other People's Problems, a variation on Someone Else's Problem) and making them fix it. He will create a fix, check it in, I will run a build, and et voilà! The weekend is redeemed.

[rabidfan]

::blinks::

So...my phones failure to receive text messages doesn't seem as tragic now. Thanks for that. Not that I *understand* any of the above, mind. But I feel better all the same. I'll remember that when I'm on hold with my carrier trying to find out *why* I don't have texting. It may keep me from saying swears and stamping my foot.

[esteefee]

Patience is always more useful when dealing with SEPs. :)) Good luck, lambchop!

[sheafrotherdon]

the details escape me, but I get the general picture. And GO YOU for gently leading the person whose problem it is to realize it's their problem :D

[esteefee]

<3 Yeah, I am pretty good with the soft hand...and then sometimes with the laying down the law when necessary. :D

[ride_4ever]

While I'm sorry for the hassles you had, the eloquent writing it engendered gave value to the situation.

(And LOL at the Harold reference. Oh machine.)

[esteefee]

I can just hear John saying it...

Thanks. I was in a mood. :D

[natsuko1978]

As a non-nerd geek, this post *so* reminded me of dating both Alistair (In-House Tech Support - basically "The IT Crowd" as far as I was concerned) and Dave (Programmer) and asking, "So how was your day?"

15 minutes of incomprehensible techno-speak later... Me: [short pause] "Good day or bad day?"

Someone Else's Problem and Works For Me are, however, replies found in many many places other than tech and programming. :D So I can at least get a vague sense of your frustration.

TFI Friday, indeed. Hope you have a good weekend!

ETA: You and several other people on my f'list have been mentioning POI, so I recently watched Random Episode That Was Starting on 5* (TV channel). I think I might have enjoyed it had I understood *anything* that was going on. I need to find the 1st Season, methinks.

[selenic76]

I highly recommend the show too! ^_^ You really need to start from the beginning though, to keep track of the bigger plot :)

[esteefee]

Me: [short pause] "Good day or bad day?"

natsuko, you made me spilge my coffee. thanks for that. :D

and yes yes! You must watch POI you must! I, as it just so happens, have mmmfr um long ago made available some starter samples as it were.