I spent 45 minutes curing at my computer last night..

[draggar]

Yep. 45 minutes, I couldn't get my WiFi receiver to pick up the WiFi - it seemed to keep picking up the gateway IP address.

Yes, 45 minutes of frustration, resetting my receiver, rebooting my router, rebooting my computer, etc..


... all because I was using a capital letter as opposed to a lower case letter with the WiFi password.



(edit - maybe this should be in Oops?)

[dalesys]

Well, you're cure-sed now

[Kit-Ginevra]

Heal.... heal this router now O Lord... Cure it from its sins and sicknesses

[draggar]

Now I am cursing at my keyboard..

[wolfie]

Now I am cursing at my keyboard..

I thought the cursor was supposed to be on the screen, not in the chair.

[BPFH]

I thought the cursor was supposed to be on the screen, not in the chair.

As someone who programs the things, I can testify that very often, it's both.

[Silent-Hunter]

This reminds me of the time I spent six hours trying to get my kernel to compile and install, without realizing my boot partition was full.

[dalesys]

I don't care how much curing the computer gets, it still won't be bacon.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Heal.... heal this router now O Lord... Cure it from its sins and sicknesses

Don't forget to smack the modem with your open palm like you see in those faith healing services.

And if that doesn't work, hammer time!

[Seanette]

Hey, threatening machinery with physical harm can work.

Back in the early 90s, I was working at a 7-11, and we did video rentals. We had this pen-style barcode reader that was unbelievably temperamental. I took to telling it about my access to axes and chainsaws and guns (true, I did have ready access to all of these), plus my uncle the retired Marine who lived not very far away and knew about explosives (mostly true, only iffy thing is I'm not sure about his explosives knowledge).

It got to the point that that machine immediately started behaving itself when it heard my voice, even if it was my day off and I had just come in for a movie or some other minor item.

[Latekin]

It got to the point that that machine immediately started behaving itself when it heard my voice, even if it was my day off and I had just come in for a movie or some other minor item.

The machines are trying to start the uprising, but they're so bad at it they have to resort to half-assed passive aggressive measures and general moping.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Hey, threatening machinery with physical harm can work.

Back in the early 90s, I was working at a 7-11, and we did video rentals. We had this pen-style barcode reader that was unbelievably temperamental. I took to telling it about my access to axes and chainsaws and guns (true, I did have ready access to all of these), plus my uncle the retired Marine who lived not very far away and knew about explosives (mostly true, only iffy thing is I'm not sure about his explosives knowledge).

It got to the point that that machine immediately started behaving itself when it heard my voice, even if it was my day off and I had just come in for a movie or some other minor item.

And I thought I was the only one who talked to machinery . . . can't tell you how many times I've threatened all of the handheld units that I was going to toss them out through the dock and let the next truck that came in run over them.

All I have to do now is say "truck dock" and they straighten right out.

[Seanette]

And I thought I was the only one who talked to machinery . . . can't tell you how many times I've threatened all of the handheld units that I was going to toss them out through the dock and let the next truck that came in run over them.

All I have to do now is say "truck dock" and they straighten right out.

Told you verbal intimidation of machinery can work.

[gremcint]

ugh, amateur. Cure is for living things, you need to cast Technopurge.