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ComputerWorld's Help Form Elicits Some Laughs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the read-before-you-send dept.

PetManimal writes "Like many websites, Computerworld has a 'help' Web form for users to submit website-related questions. The page asks people not to ask about general Web problems, or other issues not related to Computerworld, but that hasn't stopped a regular stream of funny submissions, ranging from a question about using a computer to watch soap operas, to questions about troubleshooting printer problems."

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  1. This is Nothing... by shaneFalco · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Compared to some of the stuff people in tech support see this is absolutely nothing. Check out http://techcomedy.com/ to get a taste of just how stupid some people can be. Knowing computers is a bit of a curse, everyone that knows you assumes you are their own personal computer bitch.

  2. Re:Been there ... by rs79 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "mistaken identity emails"

    I wish I'd known earlier. About 10 years ago I used to work with a guy called Kemp Watson and he asked me to grab watson.com for him. I did and handled mail for him.

    I'd get bounces for such-and-such@watson.com from IBM and it was obvious that wonks at ibm were sending to @watson.com not @watson.ibm.com (the IBM Thomas Watson research center).

    I kept writing to IBM to ask them to wake the fuck up, no no avail.

    Finally when I got one that was about nuclear secrets, for your eyes only etc, I got a call back, explaied the problem and never saw another one, ever.

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