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azurelunatic) wrote2002-02-03 07:43 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-02-03 07:43 pm
Adam vs. the server; Azure vs. Microsoft
Adam decided to go out partying with his friend Larry the Atheist this weekend, Friday. ENKI, our former server, had been down, thanks to Adam's attempt to upgrade him with a faster processor.
Processor had been the right size to fit in the spot, but not the right power rating, or some such thing. When it was put in, ENKI went bye-bye.
ENKI sat around, mostly dead, for some weeks as Adam didn't figure out what it was immediately. My laptop was down, leaving Adam's laptop as the only local machine with a USB port.
Now, this would not be such a problem, for we had several other of Adam's computers, in working order... but the DSL modem, upon which we rely, is USB only. (Got to fix that... ) So we were without internet while Adam took his computer to school... Votania got pissed.
We finally prevailed upon Adam to get ENKI up and running again. Don't know whether it was Votania putting her foot down and saying "You will not leave this house with your computer until I get my internet set up on ENKI" or what, but he got it almost all set up.
When I came home from work yesterday, I found Adam buzzing around the house in search of the information from the ISP. We switched ISP's, because Qwest sold out to Microsoft, so now we've got Microsoft DSL, which is infinitely more complicated and less geek-friendly to set up. User-obsequious, I believe is Ron's pet phrase.
I set up the damn thing, finally, and went through two totally unnecessary password changes before finally getting connected to tech support. Chick in General Information tried to give me, when I asked for the number that my DSL modem was to dial, started giving me numbers with a (602) area code...
Got it working, though, by installing Microsoft's damnthing. Grr.
Processor had been the right size to fit in the spot, but not the right power rating, or some such thing. When it was put in, ENKI went bye-bye.
ENKI sat around, mostly dead, for some weeks as Adam didn't figure out what it was immediately. My laptop was down, leaving Adam's laptop as the only local machine with a USB port.
Now, this would not be such a problem, for we had several other of Adam's computers, in working order... but the DSL modem, upon which we rely, is USB only. (Got to fix that... ) So we were without internet while Adam took his computer to school... Votania got pissed.
We finally prevailed upon Adam to get ENKI up and running again. Don't know whether it was Votania putting her foot down and saying "You will not leave this house with your computer until I get my internet set up on ENKI" or what, but he got it almost all set up.
When I came home from work yesterday, I found Adam buzzing around the house in search of the information from the ISP. We switched ISP's, because Qwest sold out to Microsoft, so now we've got Microsoft DSL, which is infinitely more complicated and less geek-friendly to set up. User-obsequious, I believe is Ron's pet phrase.
I set up the damn thing, finally, and went through two totally unnecessary password changes before finally getting connected to tech support. Chick in General Information tried to give me, when I asked for the number that my DSL modem was to dial, started giving me numbers with a (602) area code...
Got it working, though, by installing Microsoft's damnthing. Grr.