Ever send an email while you’re under the influence of something and later regret sending that email? While it might not be as fun as flying by the seat of your inebriated pants you just dribbled in, it might also save you some embarrassment or more.
Category: Technology
Cool things in technology.
CenturyTel DSL + LinkSys WRT54G Router
So I just switched ISPs and am now with CenturyTel. When they came to install the filters on my lines the technician noticed my router and said that they did not support it so I would have to configure that myself. A quick search online proved that others were having a hard time setting up their existing router to their new DSL connection as well. Here is basically how I did mine.
The problem was that the router’s default IP address was 192.168.1.1. The new DSL modem also uses this same IP address by default. So there’s the conflict. Two different appliances using the same IP address.
You need to change the router’s default IP address to something else (192.168.2.1) so there is no conflict for both devices. I kept the router’s Internet connection type as “Automatic Configuration – DHCP” and gave “centurytel.net” as the domain name. I kept the DSL modem set as a “PPPoE” connection. Went back to the router and did a “DHCP Release” and then a “DHCP Renew” and viola – I connecting to the Internet via the router.
You can also follow LinkSys instructions here – that are slightly different than what I did. I’m guessing with their instruction, you will need to tell your modem to be a “Bridge” instead of a “PPPoE”
Geek Porn
I thought this was funny, I’m guessing only some computer nerds will have a chuckle. It also reminded me of Porn for Girls by Girls, another great spoof.
No Offense, But Your Opinion Means Nothing
During lunch yesterday a user said something to the effect of:
No offense to anyone, but I don’t think network administrators know what’s wrong half the time and they make good money.
I know the user didn’t mean it exactly the way it was said, but it still made me chuckle inside. This coming from someone who complained about their computer “acting weird” and needing help fixing it. Come to find out, there was a folder resting on the escape (Esc) key on the keyboard.
Trying to be civil, I bit my tongue and just remarked that every computer acts slightly differently. What I really wanted to say was:
First, there’s a huge difference between network administration, system administration, and help desk style support. Network administrators typically do know what is wrong, that’s why it gets fixed and business continues as normal. This is also why business critical servers are kept behind locked doors – so no other non-network admins can fiddle with them and muck something up.
Second, this is why system administrators in larger corporations lock down users’ computers. You are not typically given administrator privileges on your machine for this exact reason. The human factor brings too many variables into the situation and it’s rare that a user can tell you completely and accurately what exactly they did to experience this problem. Many times users will flat out lie to administrators as well. Nobody is baby sitting your computer use and looking over your shoulder. It takes time to investigate, meanwhile the user barely wants to give up their chair and certainly doesn’t want to wait for an administrator to investigate the problem – just fix it.
Third, do you really think companies would pay someone a salary to be right only 50% of the time? Don’t be so naive. Only meteorologists on your local TV station can be wrong that much and still keep their jobs.
Fourth, your opinion means nothing. You are a low level user that barely knows how to work your email and you even manage to screw that up. Why would you think an administrator is going to convey what went wrong to you? The details would fly right over your head. And eventually you would come to hate the administrator because almost everything that goes wrong will be traced back to it being the users’ fault. You would feel even more stupid on a daily basis.
I just have to laugh when someone who clearly doesn’t know what they’re talking about shows their ignorance by voicing their unfounded and worthless opinions.
Seriously, Stop That!
I can’t believe in this day and age that you can still visit a site that wants to take control of your main browser window by resizing it. Are you kidding me? That shit went out as soon as it came in. It’s totally annoying and way too intrusive. I can understand doing this to a popup window, but a main window? No! Typically websites entirely in Flash violate this rule more than any other, however I’ve been noticing a few other relatively high profile sites doing this crap. Once it happens to me, I’ll never visit that site again.
Another gripe I have is websites that use fonts that are unreadable unless you’re using ClearType. Not everybody uses it dipshits. Matter of fact I’d be willing to bet most people don’t use it. Just stop, or I’ll never read another damned thing you write – because I can’t without straining my eyes until it feels like I’m having forks jabbed in them.
Just these two examples alone make me feel like I’m bitching about midi music in the background of a web page, or animated cursors on a web page. That’s how ridiculous these things are and nobody should be implementing them. So stop.