BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error

Subject: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 03:19 AM

Well, only taken 3 days to get my ADSL link working - 2 nightmares...

1) I had an old Belkin modem (2nd hand!) single port and no wireless - after a few hours not getting anywhere I went and asked for a new modem and got a D-Link..... haha - but it was only a ROUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2) after a second day of a couple of hour stuffing around with the tech on the phone, I found what the real problem is....

You need a 'úsername' to connect - and there was a typo in the email they sent me - they put an 'a' where there have been an 'e' .... so what I thought they had said was not what they thought I thought they had said .... the thick accent of the nice lady was the main problem, I think.... :-)

Yay Murphy!!!

So now the Belkin is working fine.... :-)... as you can see....
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Belkin F5D5730au
D-Link DIR-615

for the techies....

when I recover my sanity, I'll connect the n wireless link up and sit in front of the TV and chat to you guys....

Damn, this laptop does not like me typing smileys - the keyboard layout is madness....

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: Tangledwood
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 03:22 AM

"the thick accent of the nice lady was the main problem, I think.... "

and I bet that Murphy didn't have an Irish accent. ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 04:10 AM

Nah Murphy's law is for real to me. My reaction to it is human error.

Coming out of hospital, having broadband breakdown, then website hacked to bits, then coping with father blazing totally irrationally as he was worried about a hernia op and then when taking solace in music, having my PA amp blow up on me are things beyond my control and you can get series of events when you least need them...

My eventual reverting to alcohol which has made me very ill again as a coping method was an error on my part.

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: C-flat
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 05:14 AM

Also known by the acronym PEBKAC.

Problem exists between keyboard and chair.

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 09:31 PM

OK looks like my router is now happy too ... sigh ...

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: bobad
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 10:14 PM

Jon, courage, my friend.

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 13 Nov 10 - 09:38 AM

INPUT THROMBOSIS!

Defined as the presence of a static clot between chair and keyboard.

Don T

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 13 Nov 10 - 09:50 AM

""the thick accent of the nice lady was the main problem, I think....""

A relevant tale:-

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India The Personnel Manager said, 'Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it , you cannot qualify for this job.

Mujibar said, 'I am ready.' The manager said, 'Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink, and Green .'

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, 'Mister manager, I am ready.'

The manager said, 'Go ahead.'

Mujibar said, 'The telephone goes green, green, and I pink it up, and say, Yellow, this is Mujibar.'

Mujibar now works at a call centre.

No doubt you have spoken to him. I know I have.

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Nov 10 - 10:21 AM

Hopefully not a DFU?

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 01:05 AM

Of course, when I bought the router, I had asked for a MODEM/router...

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 10:53 AM

In my area, it's probably an advantage to have separate router and modem (for DSL). My ISP likes to provide their own modem, it belongs to them, and they're responsible for making it work.

They have made four free modem replacements in a little over two years for me, and I've found that the modem makes an excellent "fuse" to protect the router from "line events" suffiently strong to blow the guts out of the modem.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Murphy's Law - Human Error
From: Amos
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 11:04 AM

LOL, John. Murphy turned to advantage!! Well done.