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Article #620452Re: testing new computer new isp
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:46
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:46
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jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote: > J. Clarke wrote: >> On 7 Feb 2018 18:10:00 GMT, Your Name Here <username@isp.net.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> This is a horrible computer . how in the hell do you guys >>> deal with smart finger skating pads? >> >> We mostly curse them thoroughly. If your computer also has a >> touchscreen, that may work better for some purposes. But everybody at >> work just plugs in a mouse. >> > So I have a choice between a touchy touch pad or the UDFH (User Device > From Hell)? > > Now to debug my shit. The software wouldn't let me enter my name > in the field which had "Your name here" in it. > > It appears that I have an identity crisis w.r.t. the computer > address. I don't know how to fix that. I have absolutely no > idea what the router's name is (I had Comccast install a router > and provide Cable TV last month). Most likely 192.168.0.1 I received zero documentation > about getting started. I went to the library to access Comcast's > on-line help and the bitch wouldn't answer anything until I > typed in my social security number. I told her I wasn't going to > do that and she said that she wouldn't answer any questions until > I did type it in. So I blew her off. > > There was a mention of a "red folder" on their web site. Now, > it that a physical slash folder which should have come with the > router box or is it a file hidden somewhere with a red folder icon. > > I'm about 45% convinced to cancel and say the hell with being > on-line. > > I'm very used to figuring things out with no documentation because > that was the norm in our shop; docs weren't available until we > hit field test. But finding anything in the GUI menu hell is > impossible. > > I'll stop ranting now. > > Do you guys see anything else which is wrong or odd or > impossible? > > /BAH > -- Pete
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