Funny Images Thread!

[Andrei_D12]

Repairing stuff...

 

[fezder]

talking about durability in those sabers then, won't brake easily ;D
seems you're quite new to ETO, welcome mate!

 

[Andrei_D12]

 

[Andrei_D12]

Yea, I'm new to this forum. Thanks!
About laser swords, I agree the fact that these "toys'' are almost indestructible, but this picture is just for fun...

 

[ronsimpson]

Andrei_D12,
And that is why I don't watch TV this week.

 

[Andrei_D12]

Today there are very few interesting things to watch on TV, especially in my country, but sometimes I find great stuff on Discovery channels...


I don't know if this image has been posted on this forum, but it's soooo funny...

 

[fezder]

JADE reminded me of this:

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

The cup holder one is my favorite:

Tech Support

• Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Enter Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the Any Key is.
  
  
• AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in.
  
  
• Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived from the customer along with photocopies of the floppies.
  
  
• Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of troubleshooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen and hitting the "send" key.
  
  
• A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid." The tech explained that the computer's "bad command" and "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken personally.
  
  
• A confused caller to IBM was having troubles printing documents. He told the technician that the computer had said it "couldn't find printer." The user had also tried turning the computer screen to face the printer but that his computer still couldn't "see" the printer."
  
  
• An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't get her new Dell Computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she pushed the power button. Her response, "I pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happens." The "foot pedal" turned out to be the mouse.
  
  
• Another customer called Compaq tech support to say her brand-new computer wouldn't work. She said she unpacked the unit, plugged it in and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when she pressed the power switch, she asked "What power switch?"
  
  
• Another IBM customer had troubles installing software and rang for support. "I put in the first disk, and that was OK. It said to put in the second disk, and I had some problems with the disk. When it said to put in the third disk, I couldn't even fit it in...." The user hadn't realized that "Insert Disk 2" meant to remove Disk 1 first.
  
  
• In a similar incident, a customer had followed the instructions for installing software. The instructions said to remove the disk from its cover and insert into the drive. The user had physically removed the casing of the disk and wondered why there were problems.
  
  
• True story from a Novell NetWare Sysop:
  Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?"
  Tech: "Yes, it is. How may I help you?"
  Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?"
  Tech: "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?"
  Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer."
  Tech: "Please excuse me. If I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotional at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder?
  Caller: It came with my computer. I don't know anything about a promotion. It just has '4X' on it."
  At this point, the Tech Rep had to mute the caller because he couldn't stand it. He was laughing too hard. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder and snapped it off the drive.
  
  
• A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was running it under Windows." The woman responded, "No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window and his printer is working fine."
  
  
• Tech Support: "O.K. Bob, let's press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. Now type the letter "P" to bring up the Program Manager."
  Customer: "I don't have a 'P'."
  Tech: "On your keyboard, Bob."
  Customer: "What do you mean?"
  Tech: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob."
  Customer: "I'm not going to do that!"
  
• from: http://mistupid.com/people/page032.htm

 

[Andrei_D12]

Life without microcontrollers...

 

[fezder]

Even if that's messy without micros's it'll teach much that micro can't teach

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

I had a guy that I was working with that had a PHD in chemistry ask me "Why does the wiring has to be neat"?

An EE student in my sophomore college class asked if he could jump his car with an "extension cord"?

 

[fezder]

Enought reasons for me to make as neat work as possible are first of all, they look more professional and are art themselves, and makes possible maintenace lot easier

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Yep, I know. The guy basically though that neatness took longer and we were "under the knife" so to speak. the project was a disaster in many ways. I told my boss the doors are being done wrong and instead of saying "thanks", he said "Why were you in there?"

We did end up doing a "walk thru" and found stuff like "shutt-off" valve handles plastered in the wall.
Me finding the doors actually saved time. The bad thing was, is I was delayed because they would not let anyone in the area until the contractors were finished. i would not have been working near the contractors for the most part.

No planning. No sort of "Gantt chart" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart, even informal. I was actually trained in project management, but it was below my pay grade. Next time, I'd let the boss take the fall. Every time, I stuck my nose into it, it saved time, but I got yelled at except once. I took the beating in that too because I had to design and build "on the fly". I bough the parts "I thought I would need" and tried to schedule arrival so i could keep busy with the "hard srtuff".

Bossy wanted to impress his boss by having things "checked off". In a large project, I leave the simple stuff for last because "I know" there is a low probability of issues. I don;t want to be in a situation of "waiting for parts" or "not designed yet". Those are higher priorities in my book than kissing someone's butt. "Interlocks" did not get put in place because I would have had to been in full shutdown mode. Stuff was ready to "drop in". I already needed to be the "last one done" before commissioning.

The good part is I never had to troubleshoot the system, just add to it. Early in the original design back in the 80's, I had to ultrasonically clean the air valve solenoid plungers. They buzzed because of dust in the manufacturing process. Somewhat tough to track down.

 

[Andrei_D12]

The next big achievement of mankind

 

[fezder]

**broken link removed**

 

[ronsimpson]

 

[Andrei_D12]

Teamwork...

 

[Andrei_D12]

Problems with coregraphy??
Try this!
(I'm curious what happens if he turns left...)

 

[DerStrom8]

Problems with coregraphy??
Try this!
(I'm curious what happens if he turns left...)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10200472857704135

 

[nsaspook]

Fine Wine.