It is only 10:30, and I have already spent three hours trying to get a piece of software to work, and I have tried everything and it is STILL KICKING MY ASS.
I am off to ride the exercise bike.
And no, there is nothing you can do to help, this is internal software.
TheFountainHead
This is going to be one of those “18 threads in a morning” days, huh John?
wvng
John, If misery loves company, then my story may help. About a week ago, a number of key programs on my computer that were in the start menu, just started to fail to load. And now a couple of them have decided to load again at startup. And two others have decided that they really aren’t installed at all, even though they still appear to be there – but when I click on them they try to install but then can’t find certain files. Oh, and one of them (Norton Save and Restore) has scheduled activities that still run, but I can’t load the control panel to run them manually or change settings because, of course, it isn’t installed.
It would be pretty entertaining if I didn’t need them to work, or if this didn’t make me extremely nervous that my machine is having a mental breakdown.
So, John, did that help? Does misery love company?
dnA
I think “I am off to ride the exercise bike” may qualify as one of the greatest exit lines of all time.
David
If it’s internally developed, then you should be able to find the person who wrote it and beat some troubleshooting out of them. If nothing else, it’d be great catharsis.
4tehlulz
Reminds me of the time that MacAfee antivirus decided to snack on Microsoft Exchange.
Our e-mail server was down all afternoon. It would be amusing if it wasn’t for the fact that my job depends on getting work from e-mail.
Bill H
I’m a computer programmer who creates “internal programs.” Bye now.
Paul L.
Hollywood writers strike ends
Now the empty suit Jon Stewart can release the full 18 minutes of the Daily show interview with Jonah Goldberg.
And His Flop Sweat Reeked Faintly Of Cheetos
The Other Steve
I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!
Latest coolness
The Other Steve
John McCain just announced that his campaign has received a major endorsement!
The makers of Ambien have agreed to pay him $4.5 million if they can study his campaign speeches in an effort to find a new drug-free way of putting people to sleep.
tBone
Yes, I’m sure D-Po will be vindicated by the missing 18 minutes. Obviously it’s just deceptive editing that makes him look like an utter moron.
On a similar note, I wonder if John or Tim will ever have the courage to release your unedited comments?
Jen
Since the makers of Ambien make drugs, this joke needs tweaking, methinks.
Zifnab
He’s actually a flaming liberal edited down to add spice to the threads.
Andrew
I prefer “John Cole, plus four, signing off.”
Jen
You know, I take this back. They could patent John McCain, and then just withhold him from the world, forcing us to rely on drugs. Kind of like the rumors (truth? I dunno) about Gillette holding patents to kick-ass everlasting razors.
Jen
Not to go all O/T on you back into politics, but I’ve never voted in a primary that mattered, and now my (May) primary may matter, and my state has (I was unaware of this until just now) 115 freakin’ delegates. He could come here, right, for 115 delegates? He could give a speech here?
/swoon
Punchy
You really thought we’d help? Reboot, reload, and if that fails, give it the Fonz a few times. Works with the girlfriend.
ThymeZone
Replace “hours” with days, weeks, months and years, and … welcome to my job.
And you guys wonder why I am in a pissy mood all the fucking time. WELL GET OFF MY BACK.
ThymeZone
Oh, and just to make it more fun, my Blackberry service went on vacation a couple days ago (nationwide outage) and I lost contact with the Big Giant Head that tells me what to do all the frigging time. Extra worry and stress.
Does the employer provide an alcohol or drug allowance for these things? NO HE DOES NOT.
Pooh
“one Swedish made penis-enlarger pump…”
Oh, wait, you said internal software. My bad…
DrDave
Claim them as an Employee Business Expense. 8>)
ThymeZone
Poop, you have a Swedish-made penis?
Billy K
Thanks. I forgot about that. I meant to steal it.
Billy K
I’ve had a Swedish-made erection.
(Sorry, I had to. In the name of ABBA.)
Bubblegum Tate
I guess it was slim pickins for things to work one’s wingnut self into an outrage over this morning because Stalkin’ Malkin is dredging up the old Mohammed cartoon issue again.
Grumpy Code Monkey
Hey, we software developers have to entertain ourselves somehow…
demimondian
Ah, they turned on the M: drive, did they?
Krista
Unfortunately, it arrived with a missing frenulum and one extra testicle.
The Other Steve
Well, when you got nothing else…
Paul L.
You must be thinking of the SOP of progressive blogs such as Firedoglake/Pandagon of deleting/not releasing comments that disagree with their narrative.
Old lady of perpetual outrage also mentions that the Muslim lawsuit against Canadian publisher Ezra Levant, who reprinted the Mo cartoons, has been dropped.
I am guessing that the left will be outraged at this example of someone getting away with “Hate Speech”.
BTW, Where is the daily show video BT? You said “Stewart, meanwhile, has said that the unedited interview will be released when the strike is resolved.”