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Opie helping out in User Friendly?
« on: February 24, 2004, 08:48:09 PM »
One of the strips I read frequently is User Friendly.

Lately there has been a large amount of strips that suspiciously close to what Opie sounds like.

Here is an example:  http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040224
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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
Book: Very specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy around the area of kneecaps.

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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2004, 01:27:53 AM »
The BOFH is loose............
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2004, 12:31:16 PM »
So if one is Opie does that mean ZW is the other one?
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2004, 02:07:40 PM »
2 BOFHs in one place can mean only one thing.........
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2004, 02:34:38 PM »
TWO BOFHS IN ONE SPOT:eek:
Lord have mercy on the souls of the Luser
never mind....

[Edited on 2-25-2004 by [303]JollyRoger]
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2004, 03:38:08 PM »
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2 BOFHs in one place can mean only one thing.........



...Party on the Boss's budget!
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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
Book: Very specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy around the area of kneecaps.

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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2004, 04:00:56 PM »
ooooooo can i come?

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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2004, 03:53:37 PM »
Answer this:  What is the proper way to handle a HelpDesk call?
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Book: Very specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy around the area of kneecaps.

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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2004, 08:51:05 PM »
*find a not to plausable exscuse calander topic
*find out the problem
*get the user name
*mess with their heads
* exucute /killfile if nessery
* delete account

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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2004, 08:53:14 PM »
now i got one for you....
awser me this

DCE stands for-
DTR stands for-
DBMS stands for-

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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2004, 01:28:13 AM »
*Jolly's hand flies at full speed and smacks himself in the forhead, shacking his head and rolling his eyes at Snauz's responce; as he stands in the corner watching Snauz set himself up for a good ol' case of foot in mouth disorder.*
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2004, 08:48:23 AM »
We really can't expect more from a wannabe PFY now can we?
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2004, 10:01:04 AM »
Normally I would not deign to answer to a PFY, but here you go:

DCE: Data Communications Equipment
DTE: Data Terminal Equipment
DBMS: DataBase Management System

next time try tougher ones. ;)  I have been through the CCNA course, and work with RDMS everyday.

Something like name all the switches for memmaker and what their purpose is.  Tweak a system for greater than 640K base memory.
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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2004, 11:26:35 AM »
Or maybe the dip switch setting on an L1 controller for a 256 processor system.

If you hadn't guessed it yet, you just walked into a room full of BOFHs......we just hang out to "help" people like you with there sub-marginal computer knowledge.
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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2004, 11:46:16 AM »
*note to self.....dont act smart:cry:

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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2004, 11:54:29 AM »
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Answer this:  What is the proper way to handle a HelpDesk call?


HelpDesk call?  What call?  I don't hear a phone ringing do you? (hmm maybe I should replace the piezo speaking in my phone....NAH!!!!  Of course I still need to get rid of the blinking light telling me I have 1647 voice mails.
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« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2004, 11:57:56 AM »
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Originally posted by [303]snauzberries
now i got one for you....
awser me this

DCE stands for-
DTR stands for-
DBMS stands for-


Shoot even I knew what those were.  I've got one for ya....how is the advapi32.dll used to help secure an application?
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« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2004, 02:59:05 PM »
i must say that i have no clue........cept its a api libray for security stuff on windows

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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2004, 04:48:45 PM »
I going to take a whack at this one...

advapi32.dll  can use usernames and passwords to secure applications it also  will use the username/password to identify processes being run by a user.  it can also be used in secure Data Base calls. and is use alot in scripting as basic funtion calls
it also is used with encryption.


so it is not the best technical answer
I had to think back to one of my classes to even com up with what little I did



[Edited on 2-27-2004 by [303]JollyRoger]
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« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2004, 04:18:32 AM »
Ok, here is a real world question for all of you.  Let's see how many can get this right.

You are attempting to install perl 5.8.0 on RH9.0 and while installing it you want to turn off thread enabling.  How do you do it?

Google is no help on this question.  It is knowledge only passed from Unix Gurus to their disciples, or found by reverse engineering of Perl rpms by lazy BOFHs.  It only took me 5 hours to figure out how to do it.
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« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2004, 08:48:48 AM »
I could only wish to know as much as I want to know about Linux.
So I'm out on this one!
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« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2004, 08:53:24 AM »
shall i bow down to you now or later opie?

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« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2004, 01:19:45 PM »
This question wasn't aimed at you guys so much as it was at Yoda, Batswanna or maybe a few Clan members who never ever post here.
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« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2004, 07:47:49 PM »
Yeah mean like Vector?
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« Reply #24 on: February 29, 2004, 03:24:32 AM »
Yup........
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