The Ranting Thread

[Mark]

I once heard a wise man once say,

"The only simplicity in life, comes in death."

But Nick, and I seriously only say this because I care, it seems to be that alot of these complications in your life your bringing on yourself. I've got the same problem. My sponsor wanted to make me get K.I.S.S. tattooed on my forehead (figuratively speaking of course)





I hope

[Reliant121]

And then in little marker pen your roommate would put "...my ass" over your left eye

[Mark]

And then in little marker pen your roommate would put "...my ass" over your left eye

Bad little bro.....bad!

[Reliant121]

I'm just saying what I'd do.

Although I would make sure that every sharp or dangerous object was removed from the room.

[Tsukiyumi]

And then in little marker pen your roommate would put "...my ass" over your left eye

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Okay, I prefer honesty. Both here and in RL. So when a department manager told a fucking baldfaced lie to my face, was not happy about it.

There are certain things the department managers have to stop doing on the little handheld computers we use. One of them has... trouble stopping, and by trouble I mean she's fucking idiot. Today, while going by her department I notice she's done the things yet again. I tell her sternly but politely, "Chan, stop creating counts."

And she tells me right to my face she hasn't done any. I check my screen again and WHILE TALKING TO ME SHE MADE MORE!

I told our superiors about it. If action isn't taken next time I will shout her head off.

[Mark]

Er...isn't it "bite her head off"???

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Shouting her head of would be more impressive, since it involves my voice reaching kick-ass levels of force. And more cathartic that way too.

[Mark]

I just had a vision of you pulling a "Black Canary" shriek.

[Vic]

Shouting her head of would be more impressive, since it involves my voice reaching kick-ass levels of force. And more cathartic that way too.

His voice kills. (chanting) Muad-dib, Muad-dib, Muad-dib.


Okay, it's a paraphrase but it works.

[Nickswitz]

I hate Customer service reps who have no idea what they are talking about and then get beligerent when you can prove that they have no idea what they are talking about.
This is a chat I had with a FiOS customer service, and near the middle I figured out he had no idea what he was talking about, and at the end he proved it.

Chat Subject: FiOS Internet (Cannot Connect to Internet)
Your Question: Was just speaking to agent and was disconnected due to router issue.
A Verizon Service Representative will be with you shortly. Thank you. (15:18:34)
15:29:24 Estimated wait time is 7 mins 16 secs. We apologize for the delay. You are next in the queue. A representative will be with you shortly.
Agent Glenn has joined. (15:29:34)
Glenn : Chat ID for this session is 10021056170. (15:29:34)
Glenn(15:29:44): Thank you for using Verizon FiOS Technical Support. I apologize for any delays in reaching an agent. My name is Glenn, may I have your home street address, city, and zip code to look up the account?
Nicholas Switzer(15:30:08): Information
Glenn(15:30:23): thank you
Glenn(15:30:23): I will be sending an email that you can use as an extra resource to resolve any issues you may have with FiOS services IN THE FUTURE, in addition to using the In-Home Agent. Is there an email address where I can send it to?
Nicholas Switzer(15:30:43): information
Glenn(15:30:48): thanks
Glenn(15:30:53): how can i help you today?
Nicholas Switzer(15:31:36): No mobile devices can connect to the router, they connect but when they are connected they will not recieve a signal from the router
Nicholas Switzer(15:32:13): I was just on with another agent who got disconnected when we we're discussing sending out a replacement router
Glenn(15:33:03): when you say mobile, are you talking about cellphones?
Nicholas Switzer(15:33:22): cell phones, iPod, iPad, any device that isn't a laptop
Glenn(15:34:08): are you entering the correct WEP key?
Glenn(15:34:11): is there an error message?
Nicholas Switzer(15:34:11): yes
Nicholas Switzer(15:34:16): no, there is not
Glenn(15:34:41): your service is working. i can see the wireless network is being broadcast
Nicholas Switzer(15:34:48): yes it is
Glenn(15:34:53): you have laptops that are currently connected, right?
Nicholas Switzer(15:35:01): yes
Glenn(15:35:16): so, your service is working
Nicholas Switzer(15:35:26): for laptops
Glenn(15:35:36): with apple products, you may want to change the wireless channel to 11
Glenn(15:35:46): apple products seem to work better on that channel
Nicholas Switzer(15:36:04): the previous person did that and it did not change anything
Nicholas Switzer(15:36:11): it still would not connect
Glenn(15:36:26): it's not a problem caused by the verizon service
Glenn(15:36:36): the router only broadcasts the wireless signal
Glenn(15:36:46): it's either on or off (wireless broadcast)
Glenn(15:36:51): i can see that it's on
Nicholas Switzer(15:37:02): Yes
Nicholas Switzer(15:37:25): I know that, however it is a problem with the router allowing certain devices to connect to the internet
Glenn(15:37:35): incorrect
Glenn(15:37:45): router is not going to block some devices and allow other devices to connect
Glenn(15:38:00): if you enter the correct WEP key, you should be connected
Nicholas Switzer(15:38:18): yet I'm not, and it worked on the previous router that was connected
Glenn(15:39:33): you can also try changing the encryption scheme from WEP to WPA. that also helps apple products connect better
Nicholas Switzer(15:40:29): I have tried that as well, it again did nothing, the iPod in the settings panel states that it is connected yet won't recieve any internet data from the router
Nicholas Switzer(15:41:14): and currently the laptop that was connecting on the old router will not connect to this one
Nicholas Switzer(15:41:16): at all
Nicholas Switzer(15:41:45): all the information is correct, yet it won't recieve internet information even though it says that it is
Glenn(15:41:50): did you re-enter the WEP key? that information has changed, if you are using a different router
Nicholas Switzer(15:42:20): Yes, the correct WEP key was entered
Glenn(15:42:31): what did you enter?
Nicholas Switzer(15:43:10): I entereds information which is the WEP key that I set up just a few minutes ago before I was disconnected from the previous agent
Glenn(15:43:40): you cannot use that as a WEP key
Glenn(15:44:06): you can only use letters A-F for the passcode
Glenn(15:44:16): please set the WEP key back to factory default
Glenn(15:44:26): i'm sure you'll get connected then
Nicholas Switzer(15:44:51): yes you can, it is set up as 128 bit with ASCII
Nicholas Switzer(15:45:01): rather than a 64 bit HEX
Glenn(15:45:12): that's incorrect
Nicholas Switzer(15:45:18): No, it is not
Nicholas Switzer(15:47:41): Are you still there?
Glenn(15:47:46): yes
Nicholas Switzer(15:48:28): The problem with it seems to be it assigning IP addresses
Glenn(15:48:43): here's a definition of what WEP is: A 128-bit WEP key is almost always entered by users as a string of 26 hexadecimal (base 16) characters (0-9 and A-F). Each character represents four bits of the key. 26 digits of four bits each gives 104 bits; adding the 24-bit IV produces the final 128-bit WEP key.
Glenn(15:48:58): google it
Nicholas Switzer(15:49:04): Yes, that's using HEX rather than ASCII
Nicholas Switzer(15:49:06): google it
Glenn(15:49:26): Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Your session is now closed.
Thank you, have a nice day.

[Mikey]

Nice.

I laugh because while setting up my new router the other day, the installation software kept getting stuck while trying to configure it. When I called and finally talked to someone, he gave me some arcane IP to go to in order to configure it manually. When I explained that I had entered all the same settings with the software which was provided with the router, I was told that, "Yeah, that software doesn't work a lot of the time."

[Nickswitz]

Yeah, we set it up manually all the time, cuz we ain't cavemen. He was just stupid, I ended up getting what I wanted from another rep later on.

[thelordharry]

Yeah, we set it up manually all the time, cuz we ain't cavemen. He was just stupid, I ended up getting what I wanted from another rep later on.

What was it then? How did you fix it?

[Nickswitz]

Get a replacement. All that could be done, the router was screwed, and it sort of is working now, but whocares, they're giving us a free upgraded router! 8)