Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 10:56 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/04/2011 10:02 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > BTW, Googling PEBKAC yields about 70,700 hits; PEBCAK about 18,700. > > Wikipedia's entry also lists PICNIC ("Problem In Chair, Not In Computer) > > and ID10T as alternative designations for th

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/04/2011 10:02 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > BTW, Googling PEBKAC yields about 70,700 hits; PEBCAK about 18,700. > Wikipedia's entry also lists PICNIC ("Problem In Chair, Not In Computer) > and ID10T as alternative designations for the same issue. Does it mention either Luser or LART? -- use

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread les
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 12:27 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:06:22 -0500 > William Case wrote: > > > Only then, in my frustration, did I think to take the side panel off my > > computer, jiggle the cables to the harddrive, remove the cable and > > reattach it. Fixed everything.

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 17:41 +, g wrote: > On 01/04/2011 05:06 PM, William Case wrote: > > > > I know you might say, I have been there, done that. Even bought the > > T-shirt. But PEBAK continues exist in the best of families. > > sure does continue. that should be *PEBKAC*. > > *Proble

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread g
On 01/04/2011 05:06 PM, William Case wrote: > I know you might say, I have been there, done that. Even bought the > T-shirt. But PEBAK continues exist in the best of families. sure does continue. that should be *PEBKAC*. *Problem Exist Between Keyboard And Chair* (gbwg). -- peace out.

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:06:22 -0500 William Case wrote: > Only then, in my frustration, did I think to take the side panel off my > computer, jiggle the cables to the harddrive, remove the cable and > reattach it. Fixed everything. Check the dumb stuff first - that's my philosophy! (Had the same

Re: PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread William Stock
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 12:06 -0500, William Case wrote: > This note is just to get some frustration off my chest and to remind the > Fedora community that stupidity can reign no matter how smart you might > think you are. > ... > I know you might say, I have been there, done that. Even bought the

PEBCAK and frustrated stupidity still exists -- be warned!

2011-01-04 Thread William Case
This note is just to get some frustration off my chest and to remind the Fedora community that stupidity can reign no matter how smart you might think you are. Just did a virgin Fedora 14 reinstall after completely screwing up my operating system because I thought I had a failing disk drive. The