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If you don't know, we don't either 22 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
User calls this pilot fish in a panic because email freezes up when the user tries to send a certain message. It looks like the email client will need to be reloaded. But there's just one more questio...
Remember, only 13 more shopping days left until... 19 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
Flashback to the mid-1960s, when the Control Data 6600 computer was the fastest thing going -- and the two large, circular side-by-side CRT screens are more than they appear to be.
Aha! 18 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
This pilot fish is responsible for the firewall, so it makes sense when his supervisor asks if fish has stopped any Internet traffic going to a particular workstation. No, says fish -- but there's cle...
Mmm! Baked Apple! No, wait... 17 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
This big ad agency has a policy of leasing MacBook Pro laptops for its freelancers -- one of whom doesn't return the machine when he stops working for the agency. But getting it back is a little compl...
A little knowledge is, well, a pain 16 Oct 2012 | 06:19 pm
Manager approaches this network engineer because she wants a server moved offsite to a Tier 4 data center -- and pronto.
If I just keep asking, maybe it'll work 15 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
This multi-function printer is notoriously unreliable around the office, so it's no surprise when a user calls this help-desk pilot fish that her document didn't print. Well, it seems to be a surprise...
Whose fault is it anyway? 12 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
This employee gets a transfer to a new department, and a pilot fish dutifully makes all the necessary changes in permissions. But when she tries to do her new job, she can't -- and all eyes turn to fi...
Basement. Computer. Water pipes. Raised floor? Nope 11 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
It's the late 1990s, and this pilot fish is working as a consultant to a big staffing company -- one that apparently really needs tech advice. Unfortunately, when the company inherits a new computer r...
They just don't make 'em like they used to 10 Oct 2012 | 03:03 pm
Flashback to Sri Lanka in 1980, when this pilot fish is selling desktop computers to the locals and discovering just how little they know about what a computer can take.
Because users love having the latest version 9 Oct 2012 | 05:35 pm
This office has several remote users who connect from home to the actual physical PCs in their office, and they're pretty good about letting the IT support staff know about issues -- but they're not e...
