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Nov. 17th, 2005 10:47 pmAt the place where I work, we have two computers in the office and four in the computer (which are used for classes). They're all networked. It's a basic network but it allows all computers to use both printers and have (dial-up) Internet access and easy transfer of files between them.
Of the four in the computer room, the newest one keeps shutting down Word when people in the class try to save things (I'm told, can't replicate it though). the second one has an identity crisis and won't recognise it's video card or what day it is; the third one has a memory disorder (it's keep checking memory at the start until you hit Esc) and the one near the window no one likes.
They're actually better than what was there two years ago.
Last year, the primary school down the road gave some of their discards and mother wanted to use some of the them to replace the existing computers in that room. She kept asking me if they'd be any good. We'd have to wait and see what they're like, I said.
I'm working in the computer room one day (swapping CD drives betwen two comptuers while filling in as the computer tutor) and she comes in to tell me the "new" computers had arrived. Can they, she asks, be used as a replacement? It depends what they're like.. Well, says she, they're sort of beige coloured, like that one there.
That helps, I guess :)
I was reminded of this the other day. Julie, who is the lovely lady who runs the parent support group, wanted to know what was involved in setting up the office computer for their digital camera.
"What sort of camera is it?"
Pause, then mother starts "It's black--"
"No," says Julie, "it's silver."
At least the weren't being serious this time.
Of the four in the computer room, the newest one keeps shutting down Word when people in the class try to save things (I'm told, can't replicate it though). the second one has an identity crisis and won't recognise it's video card or what day it is; the third one has a memory disorder (it's keep checking memory at the start until you hit Esc) and the one near the window no one likes.
They're actually better than what was there two years ago.
Last year, the primary school down the road gave some of their discards and mother wanted to use some of the them to replace the existing computers in that room. She kept asking me if they'd be any good. We'd have to wait and see what they're like, I said.
I'm working in the computer room one day (swapping CD drives betwen two comptuers while filling in as the computer tutor) and she comes in to tell me the "new" computers had arrived. Can they, she asks, be used as a replacement? It depends what they're like.. Well, says she, they're sort of beige coloured, like that one there.
That helps, I guess :)
I was reminded of this the other day. Julie, who is the lovely lady who runs the parent support group, wanted to know what was involved in setting up the office computer for their digital camera.
"What sort of camera is it?"
Pause, then mother starts "It's black--"
"No," says Julie, "it's silver."
At least the weren't being serious this time.
