Ok, it was a bad analogy, maybe a spare transmission would have been more appropriate, but to be honest, it wasn't really periodic maintenance. One of the first things I learned as a tech is on slow days - stop at an account that has a service contract, ask how the machine is working, clean the glass, and write up a ticket. This was because our reviews were based on keeping an average of 5 calls a day which was near impossible.
Anyway, periodic maintenance on a copier consisted mostly of cleaning, adjusting corona wire currents, and replacing some rubber rollers.
You can expect someone to be able to handle any possible situation, but in reality it doesn't always happen. Service stations don't stock all the the parts they might need, that's why they have parts runners. I was my own runner, and had access to our warehouse 10 minutes away. It was a fluke.
It wasn't your fault that you showed up to do periodic maintenance and didn't have spare parts for the machine you were working on with you? What would you have done had you found some other part that needed to be replaced?
When you change the oil in your car, do you make sure you have a set of brake light bulbs with you? The exposure lamps didn't burn out often, and they were too fragile to have bouncing around in your trunk for months. Warehouse was 10 minutes away, but didn't have any, and I had to wait until the next day to get one. Also, technicians get bad marks for having too much inventory on hand, so you have to choose what you think is most important. Copier parts are quite expensive.
I can see how that could turn into a mess.. If I was in that situation, I'd probably want to help, but imagine if something went wrong - even something unrelated to what you did to fix the problem. Some clueless manager could flip out and make life really hard for you.
Years ago, I repaired photocopiers. Once I just stopped at an account for periodic maintenance because I had nothing else to do. First thing I did was hit the copy button for a test copy, and the scanner lamp blew. I didn't have any lamps for that model on me and had to order one, so the customer wasn't too happy. And of course they wouldn't believe it wasn't my fault.
And I agree.. anyone who would go back and intentionally fuck things up has some growing up to do.
a tank of boiling water isn't going to turn into a block of ice in a few minutes, and a small battery powered heater could keep it from freezing overnight
I have a hardware version of this that exists as a small vertically mounted wheel between the buttons on my mouse.. I just flick the wheel with my index finger, and voila! first post disappears.
I'm not sure if that's a good idea.. say you're in a bad situation, and you manage to dial 911 then hang up. Your attacker then puts a gun to your head and makes you call back and say it was an accident, knowing that it will delay the response. There's really no way to know what's going on on the other end. In most places at any given time, I'm sure there's at least one cop sitting around eating doughnuts or at speed trap or something
In the US, they'll send someone no matter what. Interesting fact - on some phones (verizon), typing 911 without hitting send will still contact 911. This happened to a friend of mine.. she typed 911 as a joke, didn't hit send, then hung up. She got a call back, then explained it was a mistake, but they still had to send a cop to the house.
for me, the previews don't show up initially until you click on any magnifying glass, then if you hover over any link after that, the preview will automatically change
They do tend to slide off surfaces a lot easier than the previous models. I once put mine on a mouse pad that was on top of my pc case (which is almost perfectly level) and it slid off after about 10 minutes; probably due to slight vibration. It's happened to me several times now when I place it somewhere I would never expect it to fall.
I thought this article was going to be about promiscuous dinosaurs, but it's about dinosaurs with many horns! Damn you slashdot! By the way, I didn't RTFS or TFA
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Ok, it was a bad analogy, maybe a spare transmission would have been more appropriate, but to be honest, it wasn't really periodic maintenance. One of the first things I learned as a tech is on slow days - stop at an account that has a service contract, ask how the machine is working, clean the glass, and write up a ticket. This was because our reviews were based on keeping an average of 5 calls a day which was near impossible.
Anyway, periodic maintenance on a copier consisted mostly of cleaning, adjusting corona wire currents, and replacing some rubber rollers.
You can expect someone to be able to handle any possible situation, but in reality it doesn't always happen. Service stations don't stock all the the parts they might need, that's why they have parts runners. I was my own runner, and had access to our warehouse 10 minutes away. It was a fluke.
It wasn't your fault that you showed up to do periodic maintenance and didn't have spare parts for the machine you were working on with you? What would you have done had you found some other part that needed to be replaced?
When you change the oil in your car, do you make sure you have a set of brake light bulbs with you? The exposure lamps didn't burn out often, and they were too fragile to have bouncing around in your trunk for months. Warehouse was 10 minutes away, but didn't have any, and I had to wait until the next day to get one. Also, technicians get bad marks for having too much inventory on hand, so you have to choose what you think is most important. Copier parts are quite expensive.
I can see how that could turn into a mess.. If I was in that situation, I'd probably want to help, but imagine if something went wrong - even something unrelated to what you did to fix the problem. Some clueless manager could flip out and make life really hard for you.
Years ago, I repaired photocopiers. Once I just stopped at an account for periodic maintenance because I had nothing else to do. First thing I did was hit the copy button for a test copy, and the scanner lamp blew. I didn't have any lamps for that model on me and had to order one, so the customer wasn't too happy. And of course they wouldn't believe it wasn't my fault.
And I agree.. anyone who would go back and intentionally fuck things up has some growing up to do.
I knew it!
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1937158&cid=34769294
1. Plausible: he thinks "bimp" is the correct spelling
2. Confirmed: He doesn't know that the Hindenburg wasn't a blimp.
my name is Analin Truder you insensitive clod!
Is Milton Bradley going to file a lawsuit against Sony?
a tank of boiling water isn't going to turn into a block of ice in a few minutes, and a small battery powered heater could keep it from freezing overnight
oh, nevermind, it's still there.
i just turned sigs off, and it went away. fyi, I'm using dynamic index.. not sure if it makes a difference
KITT definitely would have called home
actually, it may be more a feat of speed, since the computer will undoubtedly buzz in before Ken every time
I have a hardware version of this that exists as a small vertically mounted wheel between the buttons on my mouse.. I just flick the wheel with my index finger, and voila! first post disappears.
I'm not sure if that's a good idea.. say you're in a bad situation, and you manage to dial 911 then hang up. Your attacker then puts a gun to your head and makes you call back and say it was an accident, knowing that it will delay the response. There's really no way to know what's going on on the other end. In most places at any given time, I'm sure there's at least one cop sitting around eating doughnuts or at speed trap or something
In the US, they'll send someone no matter what. Interesting fact - on some phones (verizon), typing 911 without hitting send will still contact 911. This happened to a friend of mine.. she typed 911 as a joke, didn't hit send, then hung up. She got a call back, then explained it was a mistake, but they still had to send a cop to the house.
No.
for me, the previews don't show up initially until you click on any magnifying glass, then if you hover over any link after that, the preview will automatically change
They do tend to slide off surfaces a lot easier than the previous models. I once put mine on a mouse pad that was on top of my pc case (which is almost perfectly level) and it slid off after about 10 minutes; probably due to slight vibration. It's happened to me several times now when I place it somewhere I would never expect it to fall.
actually it looks just like an aswell, only smaller
Theres mint.com which consolidates different accounts, but you have to give the site you online banking password which is kind of sketchy
I thought this article was going to be about promiscuous dinosaurs, but it's about dinosaurs with many horns! Damn you slashdot! By the way, I didn't RTFS or TFA
I'm just gonna call it an ironcidence
Connecticut allowed open containers for passengers for a long time, but I think they recently passed a law to prohibit it.
Excellent point made about memorization not being the goal, yet you still managed to say that it is.
sounds to me like he said memorization is not the goal, but it helps you reach your goal
yeah.. for all we know, that could be a link to "Goatse: The Movie!"