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Dorm Storm?

The Ape With No Name writes: "I work as a network technician at a major Southern university and we are gearing up for what is lovingly called "Dorm Storm," aka the weekend the students return to their dorm rooms, ethernet connections and BearShare. We'll move in approx. 3500 students, install and configure 1500 or so network cards and troubleshoot hundreds of circuit, switch and routing problems over the course of the next two weeks (with less than 50 people or so). I was wondering if anybody out in the academic computing community had some advice, stories to relate, yarns to spin for the rest of Slashdot with regard to other universities and their networking for students. You might think you have had a hell of a time setting up machines for users, but this becomes a Sisyphean task when you face a wireless, IP only, Novell setup for a grumpy architecture student on a budget Win2K laptop - one after another after another!"

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  1. Re:child porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    your logic is impeccable as always, RJHN.

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  2. Re:Ugh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A husband and wife love to golf together, but neither of them is playing as well as they want to, so they decide to take private lessons. The husband has his lesson first. After the pro sees his swing, he says, "No, no, no, You are gripping the club way too hard!"

    "Well, what should I do?" Asks the man.

    "Hold the club gently," the pro replies, "just like you'd hold your wife's breast."

    The man takes the advice, takes a swing, and POW! He hits the ball 250 yards straight down the fairway. The next day the wife goes for her lesson. After the pro watches her swing, he says, "No, no, no, You're gripping the club way too hard."

    "What can I do?" asks the wife.

    "Hold the club gently, just like you'd hold your husband's penis."

    The wife listens carefully to the pro's advice, takes a swing, and THUMP. The ball goes straight down the fairway, about 35 feet.

    "That was great," the pro says, "Nice and gentle. Now take the club out of your mouth and swing it like you're supposed to."

  3. Re:Hot network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was going to ask you WTF you meant, but this is most likely a troll. I give you credit for using networking as the bait instead of Linux vs. whatever. But you posted anonymously so you loose.

  4. child porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now that wonderland has closed down, I am in search of a good child porn repository. someone said that people on slashdot know of a good one? i have pics to trade

    1. Re:child porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dont take this putz seriously. Just ignore him and he will eventually die (hopefully soon). (btw) I doubt Ralph Nader actually dislikes jews let alone hate them.

    2. Re:child porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So you are another gay-virgin? He gay you know. He wants to suck you! Ask him so.

    3. Re:child porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      You sir, are a fucking idiot.

      Ralph Nader is a dune coon. Sand Nigger. Arab.

      Of course he hates Jews. We all do.

  5. fp by captainmoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  6. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As I stated early, stop smoking that bad weed (but now I'm starting to think LSD is also playing a role in your stupidity). (btw) The holocaust DID happen (unfortuneatly).

  7. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No one said zionism is legitimate. The torah is just as much bullshit as the bible. Speaking of stealing homelands, were the cruasades (all 9 of them) legitimate? I guess killing innocent people is OK with god.

  8. Re:Let's feed the trolls. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, what amazes me more than anything is that, even after all this time, you can troll a huge, long thread off of almost any first post on /.

    Fucking amazing coup, mang.

  9. the truth about file-sharing,&it isn't 'boutFredom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BearShare = mp3z, warez & p0rn

  10. Re:go vols by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...2nd in the SEC Go Gators!!

  11. Re:Hot network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How do you know she's loose? Did you fuck her?
    She could be a tight one too you know!

  12. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Banks ARE coporations. Buy a dictionary. FYI, the story of Caine (and the entire bible at that) is nothing more than fairy-tale dribble.

  13. My favorite experience... by Pollux · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm sure this has happened to a lot of techies out there, but I have to say it, because I was ready to explode with laughter when it happened.

    We got a call from one of the new freshmen coming in saying that he couldn't connect to the network. We asked the usual round of questions..."Did you follow the guidelines on the 'Network Instalation' sheet?" "Is everything plugged in...is the network cord plugged from the wall jack to the Network card in your computer?" "Is your computer on and running?" He was getting insulted, because he said he came from a high school that was "pretty high tech, at least compared to here." So, I got sent over as a tech.

    I got there, didn't get anything other than the DHCP error messages that said that it couldn't find a network to obtain an IP address. So, I checked the back of the computer quick, saw that things were plugged in, then ran to the room with the hubs to check that his line was connected. It was, and so I ran a line check to make sure it was the correct line. That too passed the test. I didn't hear of any other complaints from anyone else saying that they couldn't connect, so I figured that the NIC was probably bad. I opened up the computer and was about to take out the card when I removed the cable from the NIC, only to notice that it was simple phone cable, not an ethernet cable. I told this to the freshman, and got a "well, it fit in just fine, so it must have been the right cable" response.

    As soon as I left his room, I exploded in laughter and laughed all the way back to the CS department.

    1. Re:My favorite experience... by Jett · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This happens all the time. The really funny one is when they don't even plug it in. Even after you ask them "Are you sure the cable is plugged into the wall?" then you get there and they don't even HAVE a cable. It's like "are you the same person I talked to on the phone?" "do you understand anything I am saying?" Some people really have no clue whatsoever when it comes to computers.

  14. Re:Let's feed the trolls. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate my school
    I hate life
    I hate linux
    I love microsoft
    I am a troll
    I like my ps2
    I i'm off topic
    Windows rules and everything else drools especial the LGPL and GPL piss ant wanabes

  15. PURE PLAYA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok listen... get the students who know a thing or two to donate a saturday... installing this crud. As long as they only have to do it for the girls. Not all geeks are antisocial, i would be more than willing to help out, as long as it was hot girls that I was helping.

  16. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's a schzo masturbator. He loves porn. He also has maybe fucked under 5 times. He more of a meat beater. Master of the accu-jack. He needs his interpertation of the bible at the same time. He's a sick man. Take that weapon you caress and stick it up your butt and be the first KKK dude to be climaxed at death by butthole.

  17. primero by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first?

  18. Re:Hot network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    maybe they all just dragged their feet while walking across the silk carpeting, and plugged their Palm Vs in.

    OR MAYBE YOU ARE A STUPID FUCKSTICK HOO-WAH!!! OHHHhhhhh

  19. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ofcourse they wouldn't endorse it publically, cause that is bad pr. But actions speak louder than words, and the KKK is a voilent group and they attract violence as well.

  20. Re:No no no - this is how you use geek skills; by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what would that do, block it?

  21. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are funny old man, actually trying to convince people that you don't do drugs. lol.

  22. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not every jewish person beleives in zionism. So defending jews as being equals hardly qualifies as defending zionism. And look in an any up-to-date history text book and you will see that there were 9 crusades.

  23. get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ralph Nader may not like some corporations, and SOME of those coporations may be run by a person who is jewish. But that is a long shot from him hating jews.

    1. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You forget that the bible isn't the truth. More than jews dislike nazis, the reason why neo-Nazis aren't allowed to march is because half the time they are the cause of violence at these marchs. And almost every nazi faction in america endorses violence against those they dispise. Caring about public well-being is nothing to be ashamed of.

    2. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      SHUT THE FUCK UP you pathetic jew apologist. If you think that being the ancestor of all the genetically inferior jews, niggers, mexicans, and eskimos in the world doesn't punish Cain, I hope you have a kid with down syndrome. If you don't think the jews control the world, just try flipping through more than 3 channels in a row on TV without seeing the image of a filthy jew, or the jew's propaganda. Or try having a perfectly legal neo-Nazi rally parade in a major metropolitan area, and you will see how much control the jews have.

    3. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The bible and ALL intepretations of it are nothing but complete bullshit. And how do these "undesirables" punish Cain. You have VERY flawed logic, just shut up now. And jews do NOT control the world, stop smoking that bad weed.

    4. Re:get it right moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ralph Jew Hater is more than one person.

  24. Let's feed the trolls. by antek9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yup, that's what antisemitism is about: misunderstood and therefore personalized anti-capitalism. Capital is an abstract relationship, for god's sake, wake up dude, read some Marx.

    --
    A World in a Grain of Sand / Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Infinity in the Palm of your Hand / And Eternity in an Hour.
    1. Re:Let's feed the trolls. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Factual Comment

      Martin Luther - 1483-1546 I seriously doubt he was quoting marx (only about 300 years too early?)

      And if you mean Martin Luther King JR - say so .

      Please be accurate at least when you are talking crap

    2. Re:Let's feed the trolls. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey your girl fucks good.

    3. Re:Let's feed the trolls. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey Nader did you talk to your girl? She's getting bored dude. Stay offline for a while and get your love life in order. Maybe you'll become a happier man. She's about to leave you!!! She called me last night!!

  25. Here's an option by rppp01 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You could try and work your ass off for the next month with the new whiners coming into college, or else you could just give em all the finger and go get a quiet job at microsoft making solid applications and OS's for us all.

    .....oh wait......

    --
    They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to...protect me from the enemy, myself
  26. go vols by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:f1rst 00mpah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Windows? You give them pamphlets describing how to installed networking on Windows? Two things, fuckface: 1) Why the fuck are you assuming they are fucking Windows users, you OS zealot? 2) If you are using Windows, and are stupid enough to need "help" installing networking (by the way, here's a clue: the very fact they use Windows itself seems to indicate you need "help"), then please find the nearest shotgun and place your head against it while a more educated user pulls the trigger. You fucking Windows zealots make me SICK.

      I'd be lying if I didn't say there was a little Windows hater in everyone.

  28. Re:Ugh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A lady goes to the doctor to see about getting a facelift. "Well," says the doctor, "I can do the facelift, and then you'll have to come back in six months for a follow-up."

    "Oh, no." the woman replies. "I want it all done in one shot. I don't wan to have to come back." The doctor thinks for a second, then offers, "There is a new procedure where we put a screw in the top of your head. Then anytime you see wrinkles appearing, you just give it a little turn, which pulls the skin up, and they disappear."

    "That's what I want!" exclaims the lady. "Let's do that."

    Six months later the lady charges into the doctor's office. "Well, how's the procedure holding up?" the doctor asks.

    "Terrible!" the lady bellows. "It's the worst mistake I've ever made."

    "What's wrong?" asks the doctor.

    "Just look at these bags under my eyes!" she hollers.

    "Lady," the doctor retorts, "those aren't bags, those are your breasts. And if you don't leave that screw alone, you're going to have a beard!"

  29. Re:UTK OIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dumbass. The wireless network only covers half the campus. You couldn't hold our collective dicks with the bullshit we have to put up with: no funding, no pay raises. I am gonna log in now and see if I can figure out who you are in the logs and gun you for being an ingrate sumbitch. Draconian! Ha!

  30. Slashdot sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    did you know that?

  31. good suggestion! n/t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  32. Bulletin: RJNH weeps at terminal. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wireless cam records his weeping when no one listens. He suffers deep physcological wounds from his homosexual fantasies. He wants a real experience.

  33. C'mon man go to KKK.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you need to vent your racial baggage got to an appropriate site or chat room. This stuff is really as damn bore.

  34. RJHN girlfriend gives good head. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    E-mail him for photos of his girlfriend giving head!

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    Once again these ar availiable via his e-mail address.

  37. RJHN is a cornhole capitalist ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cornhole for sale, the RJNH way. You will never be the same!!!

  38. Yea, right by libreazul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Troll-monster. I've got fanaies too.