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Yessir....
BTW, is it getting hot in here or is it just me?
I would put good money on the fact that the support team for those cameras has received AT LEAST one trouble ticket simply stating, "the camera is not working"
No details of the 'issue' and certainly no additional hints as to WHICH camera is being reported as faulty.
People do NOT think these things through in that they do NOT put themselves in the position of the person responsible for trying to troubleshoot an issue. If they did they'd realize they have not provided nearly enough accurate info for someone to make even a reasonable guess as to the problem.
It's like pulling into the auto mechanic's garage, telling him there's a rattle coming from the engine compartment and asking if he can give you an estimate of the cost to repair and the time frame. C'mon, man...think about it.
Cops would call into dispatch who in turn would call me with "the signal is out" which over a 31 year period could mean one indication on one signal head for a specific direction or movement was out OR it could mean a whole #$%& 25 foot tall traffic signal pole with a 50 foot mastarm was hit by a dumptruck and was laying across 4 lanes of an expressway....I'm not kidding! Yeah, I guess you could say the signal was "out!"
To top it off they'd get irked when I'd ask a few questions trying to find out what REALLY was going on, based on the aformentioned "accurate" reporting in the past.
With all those Bullets, the PTZ and one Turret are lonely...
Stop, you're making my eye twitch even more! It's when they both simultaneously twitch independently... then it is REAL bad.People do NOT think these things through in that they do NOT put themselves in the position of the person responsible for trying to troubleshoot an issue. If they did they'd realize they have not provided nearly enough accurate info for someone to make even a reasonable guess as to the problem.
It's like pulling into the auto mechanic's garage, telling him there's a rattle coming from the engine compartment and asking if he can give you an estimate of the cost to repair and the time frame. C'mon, man...think about it.
Cops would call into dispatch who in turn would call me with "the signal is out" which over a 31 year period could mean one indication on one signal head for a specific direction or movement was out OR it could mean a whole #$%& 25 foot tall traffic signal pole with a 50 foot mastarm was hit by a dumptruck and was laying across 4 lanes of an expressway....I'm not kidding! Yeah, I guess you could say the signal was "out!"
To top it off they'd get irked when I'd ask a few questions trying to find out what REALLY was going on, based on the aformentioned "accurate" reporting in the past.
You forgot to share the instances where they claim something "isn't working", and then you finally get it out of them that it simply looks different than it did yesterday... but everything is still fully operational! Their final response... "well, I didn't know". Pucking feople!
I miss the days where mice where corded, and one had to resist the temptation to wrap it round their neck
. With wireless mices, that temptation is gone... Instead I resist the urge to return when they are not around and put a piece of scotch tape over the optical eye opening of the mouse
. I quickly realize it would result in another call to fix their pointer thingy
And you have to watch yourself when joking with folks that are not plugged in all the way when it comes to tech: you recall the clear plastic sleeve that the 3.5" floppies came in? OurStop, you're making my eye twitch even more! It's when they both simultaneously twitch independently... then it is REAL bad.
You forgot to share the instances where they claim something "isn't working", and then you finally get it out of them that it simply looks different than it did yesterday... but everything is still fully operational! Their final response... "well, I didn't know". Pucking feople!
I miss the days where mice where corded, and one had to resist the temptation to wrap it round their neck
I came back from the call a couple of hours later to find a county IT guy leaning over her PC and mumbling under his breath as he peered into the drive slot with a flashlight and tweezers "...stupid broad stuck the disk into the drive with the #$%@ plastic sleeve still on it and now it's all f****d up in there."
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And you have to watch yourself when joking with folks that are not plugged in all the way when it comes to tech: you recall the clear plastic sleeve that the 3.5" floppies came in? Our country secretary asked me about it as I was leaving for a trouble call and I jokingly told her it was "akin to a latex glove and can prevent a virus from getting into you PC."
I came back from the call a couple of hours later to find a county IT guy leaning over her PC and mumbling under his breath as he peered into the drive slot with a flashlight and tweezers "...stupid broad stuck the disk into the drive with the #$%@ plastic sleeve still on it and now it's all f****d up in there."
Ahh yes.. good 'ol packet wax.
I complained to a user having speed issues that I just used up the last of mine. Had them believing that a special wax applied to the outside of the Ethernet cable would allow the packets to move faster on the wire. I made sure to explain that there is only one special wax that achieves the results, and any other wax types would quickly 'yellow', resulting in an unwanted packet build-up
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Stop, you're making my eye twitch even more! It's when they both simultaneously twitch independently... then it is REAL bad.
You forgot to share the instances where they claim something "isn't working", and then you finally get it out of them that it simply looks different than it did yesterday... but everything is still fully operational! Their final response... "well, I didn't know". Pucking feople!
I miss the days where mice where corded, and one had to resist the temptation to wrap it round their neck
I miss the coffee cup holder that used to come on all PCs
OMG....never reboot PC when using it though.
...and laptops had optical drives.