From: Norman Palardy (npalardy_at_great-white-software.com)
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 14:40:17 PST
On Nov 02, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> If this is truly the case, then your IT people are
> stupid and incompetent and should be fired. It is
> uncalled for incompetence like this, that needs to be
> made an example of. There are far too many so-called
> "IT support *experts*" who can't tell their SMTP from
> their SNMP. (if you can't and you're in IT, then get
> out now before you hurt someone)
> I was given an IBM T42 at a new job after I left
> MCI/UUNET and within one day, I had scrounged a second
> monitor to run dual displays, fixed the IT's
> configuration of the wireless network, solved world
> hunger and developed a cure for cancer! (ok, those
> last two I didn't really do...but it sure sounds good
> on a resume!)
> Of course, I'm not a normal user, but this isn't
> rocket science! I mean, it's not like I had to write a
> new display driver for my video card and recompile the
> kernel (linux anyone?) to get it done!
>
> Sorry for the rant.
> Ed
No problem
I'd have fixed the damned thing IF i could log in as the administrator
but since I was in "Engineering" that was not permitted.
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