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scpergj wrote:True dat!

As a programmer, you'd be amazed at how stoooopid people can get. In IT we say these people have an ID-10T problem! (yes...in front of them. The aren't smart enough to get it...)

I am fond of loose nut behind the keyboard myself.

ktulu wrote:I am fond of loose nut behind the keyboard myself.

PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Shorty82 wrote:PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

I like the acronym PICNIC = Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

PEBKAC generates difficult questions, but if I say, 'Wow, that's one PICNIC of a problem!" they just nod slowly and agree with me.

EmptyCinema wrote:Hey BW, that reminds me.... do you know why there are holes in the monorail beam at the exit from the contemporary? I noticed there are about 4 large holes there straight through the beam.

Nope. I'll go take a look sometime. Hmm.

scpergj wrote:True dat!

As a programmer, you'd be amazed at how stoooopid people can get. In IT we say these people have an ID-10T problem! (yes...in front of them. The aren't smart enough to get it...)

If anyone ever catches on, you just start going phonetic. India Delta One Zero Tango.

Zazu wrote:I like the acronym PICNIC = Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

PEBKAC generates difficult questions, but if I say, 'Wow, that's one PICNIC of a problem!" they just nod slowly and agree with me.

Nice thing about IT terms, most people just think they wouldn't understand if they tried, so you can get away with a lot.

Yep... my favorite though is when people INSIST that I explain to them what is wrong with their computer, and then they tell me they didn't understand what I said. I usually then sum it up with "it's broken."

Almost feels like half the people here have worked in IT at some point.

EmptyCinema wrote:Almost feels like half the people here have worked in IT at some point.

I was in IT before IT was known as IT. MIS anyone?

hobie16 wrote:I was in IT before IT was known as IT. MIS anyone?

Yep! We'd talk about being MIS-informed on things. I've never been happy with anyone in "IT", and I don't claim to be an IT professional. I am a security/network/server guy :D:

ktulu wrote:Yep! We'd talk about being MIS-informed on things. I've never been happy with anyone in "IT", and I don't claim to be an IT professional. I am a security/network/server guy :D:

Do you know Cousin IT?

hobie16 wrote:Do you know Cousin IT?

Yeah, he used to work in another group :D:

scpergj wrote:True dat!

As a programmer, you'd be amazed at how stoooopid people can get. In IT we say these people have an ID-10T problem! (yes...in front of them. The aren't smart enough to get it...)

Or else, as we in Tech Support say: It's a pebcak repair. (Problem exists between chair and keyboard.)

Edit: Scooped, and Zazu's sounds better anyway.