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From Digg:

The Federal Communications Commission thinks you have the right to use software on your computer only if the FBI approves.

No, really. In an obscure “policy” document released around 9 p.m. ET last Friday, the FCC announced this remarkable decision.

If this actually gets enforced, I SWEAR I’ll move somewhere else.

Russian Constitution

On a Less Political Note, My Case Arrived in excelent condition today, and my other parts are due to arrive tomorrow. Cudos to Tigerdirect, and potential Cudos to Newegg.

-jX

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Things I hate about tech support

-Lousy Tech Support
Most problems DO NOT follow a script. Your computer is not all knowing and neither are you. Sometimes the caller actually has a clue about what they’re doing

-Communocation problems
Plese, Don’t outsource your customer service to a country with heavy accents. I don’t have anything aginst India, or any of those other cuontries… but please… communocation is key to getting help

-Bad connections
Make sure that the connections to your phone system are static free. Accents are hard enough to decipher

-Confusing Phone Systems
You Can’t predict every situation that the customer is calling about. a Selection you rarely see on a Touch-Tone system is “Presales Question”.

-Red Tape
Don’t force people to enter a serial number, Case number or anything like that before they can talk to a human being. This is veary frustrating

- Pointless responses:
Caller: “Hi I have an availiblity question about *service*. Your Website could not tell me wheather it was availible to me or not”
Tech Support: “Yes. This is a common issue… You must go to our website and use the availiblility checker there”
Caller: “Umm… I just told you that it didn’t work”
Tech Support: “Yes. Well. I will look it up for you. What is your address please”
Caller: “*Address*”
Tech support: “Just one moment”
*Hold Music*
Tech Support: “I apolgise, but I do not have that information availible to me at this time, please call *number*”
Caller: “Thats the number I’m calling now”
Tech support: “Yes. Have a nice day *click*”

Who’s with me?

-jX

whoa.

Today, Channel 4 Visited my House. O_O
One
Two

On Friday, Someone set off a stinkbomb in school. It was in proest of a new rule.
- Teachers have no contracts,
- Therfore, they do what is minimally required of them by the contracts that they were formerally bound to
- which is coming in to school by 7:15AM.
- Students come into school at about 7:00AM
- Students are “Unsupervised”.
- What does the school do?
- Heard everybody into the Cafeteria (like cattle),
- Which gives them about 45 seconds at their locker before they’re marked “late” to school

I do so love the smell of Sulpher/Hard Boiled Eggs

The New Rammstein Video!!

Rammstein - Benzin
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Computer Parts… hmm… yeh… they shuld ship tomorrow..

-jX out

I finally ordered the parts for my new computer!!

My Stuff:

• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
  
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz Venice
  
• Video Card: Leadtek GeForce 6800 PX6800TDH
  
• Memory: Kingston HyperX 2×256MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit
  
• Free WiFi Adapter: Gigiabyte GN-WPKG PCI
  
• Case: NZXT Trinity ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side & 400W Power Supply (TRACK)
  

-jX

Stay — I dunno.

P.S. I’ll Post Pics As I’m Building it.

From Digg:

Arrested for being a geek.

“The police decided that wearing a rain jacket, carrying a rucksack with a laptop inside, looking down at the steps while going into a tube station and checking your phone for messages just ticked too many boxes on their checklist and makes you a terrorist suspect.”

A) He should be happy they didn’t go for a headshot
B) That guy needs his stuff back.
C) They should expunge the record of this incident
D) They should Apologise
E) He should sue
F) Scotland Yard needs a kick in the balls, too.
F2)See last post

-jX

Stay greasy, stay out of the UK if you’re a geek.
(I’m technichally a Dual UK/USA Citizen, so I’m not biased)


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