Subject: possible bug

From: signature-file = Heather Hodgson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 14:55:25 -0600 (CST)

Recently my pc started acting up. The color is gone and
	I'm having to reprogram my printer every time I want to
	print something. Might this be a bug?
		Sinerely, Heather
	P.S. If so, how can I tell?

Heather Hodgson
SIFC English Department
University of Regina
email: [email-masked]
phone: (306) 779-6246 or (306) 565-0147
:)

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:24:01 +0200 (CEST)

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On Fri, 9 May 1997, signature-file = Heather Hodgson wrote:

  >	Recently my pc started acting up. The color is gone and I'm having
  >	to reprogram my printer every time I want to print something. Might
  >	this be a bug?
  >		Sinerely, Heather

Excuse me, Heather, but this is probably the sweetest and most innocent
thing I've ever heard :-)

Apart from that, there's nothing much to say. Without physical contact with
your hardware, there's not telling what's wrong. Talk to your local help
desk, or, if you're talking about a pc at home, talk to your local hardware
salesman.

Cheers,
Robin

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From: Christopher Hicks <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 20:22:06 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 10 May 1997, Robin S Socha wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 1997, Heather Hodgson wrote:
> 

Sweet, sure.  But I'm wondering how she "reprograms" her printer.  :-)

> Apart from that, there's nothing much to say. Without physical contact
> with your hardware, there's not telling what's wrong. Talk to your local
> help desk, or, if you're talking about a pc at home, talk to your local
> hardware salesman. 

Most areas have 'consultants' that will do house calls if need-be.

</chris>

Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to buy Microsoft products.

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 03:42:52 +0200 (CEST)

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  >>   >	Recently my pc started acting up. The color is gone and I'm
  >>   >	having to reprogram my printer every time I want to print
  >>   >	something. Might this be a bug?

Reinstall System XY?

  >> with your hardware, there's not telling what's wrong. Talk to your
  >> local help desk, or, if you're talking about a pc at home, talk to your
  >> local hardware salesman.

What's a "house call"? You get to pay $500 /h for the repair, but the sex is
free?

BTW, Heather is using an Apple dinosaur, the second most pathetic of all
computers (well, there's NT running on Alphas...), so that buries all hope
of actully helping.

Nice weekend and stuff >:->

Robin

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	   Linux... because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.

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From: Christopher Hicks <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 22:07:31 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 10 May 1997, Robin S Socha wrote:
> What's a "house call"? You get to pay $500 /h for the repair, but the
> sex is free? 

Sex?  There's sex involved?  I'll book a flight, now.  The $500 will cover
the plane fare.

Seriously, techies with basic PC knowledge will often work for $25/hour to
help users out.  If you can find a decent consultant its usually cheaper
than dealing with computer stores and a lot less trouble.

> computers (well, there's NT running on Alphas...), so that buries all
> hope of actully helping. 

An apple dinosaur... I guess that an Apple II.  Wow.  But anyway, I
thought NT on a MIPS was worse. The Alpha actually has enough power that
the high end alpha's running NT can almost do as much as a 386 running 
linux. 

> Nice weekend and stuff >:->

Weekend?  I've got SO much to do.  Some month I'll have a weekend again.

> Linux... because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.

Yes!

</chris>