At least I know that there are intelligent people out there. They may be a$$ho13s and correct every little error and use symbols and numbers to type out naughty words, but they do actually exist.
After having 20 responses tell me I'm an idiot, I decided that I may have said something incorrect. I asked my boss what language Indians speak, and he said Cherokee. So there, all of you were wrong, too! nah nah nah nah nah
(My sincerest and most humble apologies to Indians, Hindus, and Cherokees everywhere.)
I had a cdrom going bad on a Dell that I had decided to put Linux on. I saw that the cdrom was totally gone when I couldn't boot from it. I swapped out with another machine and started installing RH9 and called Dell. I told him that I needed a new cdrom sent out because this one was bad. He asked in his Indian-accented english how I knew that it was the cdrom. I told him the computer wouldn't boot from that one but would from another cdrom. He asked me which version of Windows I had. I told him that the hard drive had been wiped for my Linux install. He told me to go to dell.com and download a utility to run on it. I said there is no OS, and even when an OS is on it, you're win32 app won't work. He said to right-click My Computer and go to Properties... I said, HEY there's no OS, no Windows, no nothing. He finally got some of the point and asked how could I possibly know that the cdrom didn't work if the computer didn't have an OS. I said that I know. He then said I probably need to update my drivers. I finally gave the phone to my boss (luckily a native of India) and had him cuss the tech support guy in Hindu. The cdrom arrived the next day.
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At least I know that there are intelligent people out there. They may be a$$ho13s and correct every little error and use symbols and numbers to type out naughty words, but they do actually exist.
After having 20 responses tell me I'm an idiot, I decided that I may have said something incorrect. I asked my boss what language Indians speak, and he said Cherokee. So there, all of you were wrong, too! nah nah nah nah nah (My sincerest and most humble apologies to Indians, Hindus, and Cherokees everywhere.)
I had a cdrom going bad on a Dell that I had decided to put Linux on. I saw that the cdrom was totally gone when I couldn't boot from it. I swapped out with another machine and started installing RH9 and called Dell. I told him that I needed a new cdrom sent out because this one was bad. He asked in his Indian-accented english how I knew that it was the cdrom. I told him the computer wouldn't boot from that one but would from another cdrom. He asked me which version of Windows I had. I told him that the hard drive had been wiped for my Linux install. He told me to go to dell.com and download a utility to run on it. I said there is no OS, and even when an OS is on it, you're win32 app won't work. He said to right-click My Computer and go to Properties... I said, HEY there's no OS, no Windows, no nothing. He finally got some of the point and asked how could I possibly know that the cdrom didn't work if the computer didn't have an OS. I said that I know. He then said I probably need to update my drivers. I finally gave the phone to my boss (luckily a native of India) and had him cuss the tech support guy in Hindu. The cdrom arrived the next day.