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Computer problems!

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:19 pm

Today my computer wasn't receiving a cable signal TV was also out and no phone! IT WAS OUT SINCE 2 ;00AM I called them and all I could get was their RoBo! How frustrating! :bang: Finally got Internet Phone and TV back at !!;00 AM1
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by Chris Peterson » Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:22 pm

orin stepanek wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:19 pm Today my computer wasn't receiving a cable signal TV was also out and no phone! IT WAS OUT SINCE 2 ;00AM I called them and all I could get was their RoBo! How frustrating! :bang: Finally got Internet Phone and TV back at !!;00 AM1
So now imagine a big solar flare that takes out the global communications network for days or weeks. No phones, no banking, no services.

Ours is a fragile society.
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:22 am

Chris Peterson wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:22 pm
orin stepanek wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:19 pm Today my computer wasn't receiving a cable signal TV was also out and no phone! IT WAS OUT SINCE 2 ;00AM I called them and all I could get was their RoBo! How frustrating! :bang: Finally got Internet Phone and TV back at !!;00 AM1
So now imagine a big solar flare that takes out the global communications network for days or weeks. No phones, no banking, no services.

Ours is a fragile society.

:thumb_up: And they advertise 99.9% satisfaction! :lol2:
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by neufer » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:20 pm

orin stepanek wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:19 pm
Today my computer wasn't receiving a cable signal TV was also out and no phone! IT WAS OUT SINCE 2 ;00AM I called them and all I could get was their RoBo! How frustrating! :bang: Finally got Internet Phone and TV back at !!;00 AM1
Let me put it this way, Mr. Stepanek. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by orin stepanek » Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:17 pm

neufer wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:20 pm
orin stepanek wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:19 pm
Today my computer wasn't receiving a cable signal TV was also out and no phone! IT WAS OUT SINCE 2 ;00AM I called them and all I could get was their RoBo! How frustrating! :bang: Finally got Internet Phone and TV back at !!;00 AM1
Let me put it this way, Mr. Stepanek. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

Well the problem wasn't my computer; (anyway not this time;) but with my server! It took them forever to replace a problem line! :roll: Not sure what your getting at; but there are some (9000 series computers out there! and one even advertises AI :mrgreen: 💻 ⌨️ 🖥!
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by bystander » Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:13 pm

I think he was referring to the HAL 9000
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk.
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Re: Computer problems!

Post by orin stepanek » Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:53 am

bystander wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:13 pm I think he was referring to the HAL 9000
Hal was nasty; but the ultimate AI; though non existent 'cept in Sify :mrgreen:
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