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| 01:57.34 | flypiper | mzb, hey |
| 01:57.43 | mzb | gday |
| 01:57.50 | flypiper | long week |
| 01:57.58 | flypiper | you OK? |
| 01:57.58 | mzb | yes |
| 01:58.15 | mzb | got a cold ... pushed myself too hard :( |
| 01:58.17 | mzb | you? |
| 01:58.33 | flypiper | very good now that I have I-net again |
| 01:58.40 | mzb | :) |
| 01:59.13 | flypiper | freaking provider was bought out and the old company cut lines and said good bye.. sweet... :-) |
| 01:59.21 | mzb | nice |
| 02:00.09 | mzb | I've been working on laptops for a client ... all running Windows ... doesn't give me that warm-fuzzy feeling |
| 02:00.22 | mzb | but we'll see when he gets to play with the result |
| 02:00.35 | mzb | I have an unusual method of charging ;) |
| 02:01.21 | flypiper | your a better man than me... I abosutly hate to touch a winduhs box. |
| 02:01.37 | mzb | annoys me |
| 02:01.46 | mzb | had fun with a Dell rep |
| 02:01.56 | flypiper | nice |
| 02:02.09 | mzb | told client to take one of the laptops back under warranty because video ram was faulty |
| 02:02.22 | flypiper | ahhh |
| 02:02.28 | mzb | got call from client while rep was there ... got forced to talk to him (neither of us was keen) |
| 02:02.48 | flypiper | you had fun then... I like that kinda fun |
| 02:03.04 | mzb | rep informed me that the problem was nothing to do with hardware, and that the whole problem was that the system partition was full |
| 02:03.37 | mzb | I told him (basically) that he didn't know what he was talking about, and that if he restarted the machine (now that it was warm) the problem would be evident |
| 02:03.44 | flypiper | of coarse.. it wouldn't be a hardware problem. It never is with those dudes |
| 02:03.52 | mzb | blah blah ... didn't go any further with conversation |
| 02:04.12 | flypiper | LOL |
| 02:04.17 | flypiper | been there before |
| 02:04.17 | mzb | got a call from client 1hr later telling me that the rep had run away with the laptop, and his tail between legs ;) |
| 02:04.33 | flypiper | kool |
| 02:04.36 | mzb | shortly after getting off the phone he'd restarted the machine ;P |
| 02:05.00 | mzb | so client is now firmly convinced I know my sh!t ;) |
| 02:05.17 | flypiper | there you go.. that is excellent |
| 02:05.24 | mzb | charging system: "Take gear away, read my work logs, play with gear ... then pay me what you think my work is worth." |
| 02:05.46 | mzb | caveat: if you don't pay me enough I'm not going to be keen to do work for you again ;) |
| 02:06.01 | mzb | ah, he also needed an iPhone (from US) cracked to work in .au |
| 02:06.20 | mzb | which was interesting ... but still involved too much use of Windows (XP-SP2 only) |
| 02:06.37 | flypiper | yep.. That is interesting |
| 02:06.52 | mzb | unix in your hand ;) |
| 02:07.16 | flypiper | I have a mac.. and run linux on it |
| 02:07.37 | mzb | (client is a 78yo hyperactive pom... never seen anything like it) |
| 02:08.01 | flypiper | hmmm interesting |
| 02:09.01 | mzb | friend of mine setup some IP cameras for him a year|two ago ... but never managed to work out how to enable client to watch cameras remotely (duh) |
| 02:09.19 | mzb | so I've got all that going, fixed a few problems |
| 02:09.38 | mzb | client is now very wary of me saying "try me" ;)) |
| 02:10.21 | mzb | ie: "the reason your MFP isn't working is that it's out of black ink (I bet)" |
| 02:10.47 | mzb | client: "but I can still print ... so it can't be that ... I'll bet you 20 to 1 that's not the problem" |
| 02:11.04 | mzb | mzb: "They're good odds ... try me:)" |
| 02:11.09 | mzb | lol |
| 02:11.48 | mzb | happened a few times that day ... was quite amusing (did it to the friend, too ... with good effect) |
| 02:12.02 | mzb | at this rate I'm going to earn some silly nickname ;) |
| 02:12.12 | flypiper | probably. |
| 02:13.01 | mzb | nobody likes a confident smartarse that doesn't use many words (when working;) |
| 02:13.26 | mzb | but when you know the answer, the rest of the time is just waiting for others to catch up ;) |
| 02:13.42 | mzb | no point in convincing them ... just a waste of effort ;) |
| 02:14.12 | mzb | either way ... "try me" makes him shutup pretty quick now ;) |
| 02:14.27 | flypiper | my grandpa alway said " if you know something .. you can do something"... that's is what I go by.. gotta have an idea of how to fix it before you can |
| 02:15.04 | flypiper | the problem is.. most people don't know how to fix it.. |
| 02:15.18 | flypiper | sounds like you do.. congrats.. it makes you feel good Im sure |
| 02:16.02 | mzb | yep ... felt far too stupid for way too long ... now I'm getting more feedback and realising I totally undersold myself |
| 02:16.31 | mzb | particularly since meeting the members of the local LUG ;) (oops) |
| 02:16.36 | mzb | jk ;) |
| 02:17.17 | flypiper | :-) |
| 02:18.09 | mzb | most of these ppl don't understand the concept of O/C on 98th percentile, or how useful that ability *can* be |
| 02:18.33 | mzb | but makes solving problems quite entertaining (even with an audience) |
| 02:21.34 | mzb | (getting paid seems to make me a little haughty ;) |
| 02:36.12 | flypiper | that always does it for me !!! |
| 02:37.38 | mzb | I think I deserve a subwoofer ;) |
| 02:39.06 | mzb | hmm ... going to have to fix this drive-space issue = haven't even got enough room to create a DVD from a recording ... hmm |
| 02:52.17 | mzb | nope, subwoofer didn't want me |
| 03:01.28 | mzb | flypiper: do you know of a copy app where you can specify max bitrate? |
| 03:02.15 | flypiper | no.. sorry.. I don't |
| 03:02.50 | mzb | having problems flooding my network ;) |
| 03:03.10 | mzb | 12.4MB/s tends to make it difficult for (current) recordings |
| 03:04.51 | mzb | hah ... rsync seems to have something (missed it before) |
| 03:04.55 | mzb | --bwlimit |
| 03:05.07 | flypiper | nice |
| 03:12.15 | mzb | perfect |
| 03:12.20 | mzb | just what I needed |
| 03:13.48 | mzb | (I'm a gkrellm addict ;) |
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