Comments | sheneedstherapy: All over this town, yes, a low-IQ wind may blow..

sheneedstherapy

All over this town, yes, a low-IQ wind may blow..

Aug 23, 2005 23:17

Switching jobs: I don't know how the general public does it without getting their asses fired. Today I had to bugger off for a full three hours for some mighty intensive "medical testing". No one's asked any questions yet, but if they do, I'll say I have problematic PMS. It's highly believable ( Read more... )

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sassyk August 24 2005, 14:28:31 UTC

when i was looking for a new job i went to many "doctors appointments"... i was afraid my boss was going to think i was dying or had some horrible disease. just say "girl problems" and you're usually in the clear.

and i took the same sort of computer test at one agency i went to. i almost stabbed myself in the throat with a pen it was so retarded. and then they were so impressed with my skills. give me a break!!!

sheneedstherapy August 24 2005, 22:24:05 UTC

The call simulator was equally as awesome. They included one "trick call" which had the sound of a telephone in the background as the caller was speaking. OH NOES, now I totally can't hear what the caller is saying. ...Except I CAN, you goddamn retards, I've been answering the phone at my present job over the sound of myself and everyone else in the office regularly getting fucked up the ass by our CEO.

m_gear August 25 2005, 23:44:33 UTC

"I understand that good old '00 and NT are the operating systems used most often by future-phobic workplaces everywhere..."

I nearly died laughing when I read that. Future-phobic, so priceless! =)

grangerx September 2 2005, 01:09:25 UTC

'00 is okay; it's just kinda like XP minus the air-bags (for safety). NT is kinda reprobate at this point.

When you said "Rename notepad to XXXX" for a second I was taken back to my job a few years ago, where I learned that you could fool a client's VPN system into thinking that you were running the *required* firewall software by copying notepad.exe and renaming it "blackice.exe". :p

sheneedstherapy September 6 2005, 04:14:27 UTC

Text files are oh so useful. If you are missing a .dll file, for example (one that's not absolutely necessary), you can "replace" it using a textfile.

grangerx September 6 2005, 05:42:42 UTC

Wacky!

I would have bet money that wouldn't work.

You learn something new every day!

(Can I go back to bed now until Wednesday? :) )

Stupid-Windows tricks... it almost cries out for a website. My roommate is making kind of a niche for himself making little utility programs that "poke windows with a sharp-stick", letting you do all sorts of silly things that shouldn't technically be doable, like tear the text out of dialog boxes and such. :)

What other neat tricks do you know?

sheneedstherapy September 16 2005, 02:26:24 UTC

It only works with some programs. If it is a mission-critical .dll, it won't work, and just as well. However, if it's a .dll for a useless preset you'd never use anyway, you're set.

In general, it's a very, very bad idea to tweak one's OS. Sadly, the very same people who are, for some reason, strongly compelled to alter the Windows startup graphic are the same ones who don't have a clue as to how to get their data back after they fuck their OS.