A Bad Day at the Computer

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A Bad Day at the Office - Computer Disasters

To err is human. And to blame it on a computer is even more so.
Robert Orben

• A Bad Day at the Office (Video)
• Another Bad Day at the Office
• Bad Day for Dell - Laptop Bursts into Flames
• What about the Users?
• Bad Day for Unix?
• Typist Returning From Long Lay-Off (Video)

A Bad Day at the Office

We have all had them - off days.  Times when nothing goes write, or even right.  Hardware faults, application errors, one just follows another.

Here is one such bad day at the office, recorded for us to observer and share this computer user's frustration.

In fact, you should download the video to eavesdrop on the full story.

I will let you into a secret, computing jokes are not amongst the funniest.  This short video is more likely to make you cry than to laugh.  Nevertheless it's worth watching, this bad day will make you feel better.

Video - Bad Day at the Office

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Assorted Funny Computing Disasters.

Another Bad Day at the Office

Bad Day for Dell - Laptop Bursts into Flames

What happened was in the middle of a trade show a Dell laptop burst into flames.  Geeks had claimed for years that their laptops caught fire but nobody believed them - until that fateful trade show.  This was one of the biggest computer disasters of all time.

'We have captured the notebook and have begun investigating the event,' Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden reported at the time, and investigate Dell did. At the end of these investigations the problem was traced to an issue with the battery/power supply on the individual laptop that had overheated and caught fire.

It cost a bomb for Dell to sort out.  Eventually, Dell decided to recall and replace 4 million laptop batteries.  Unfortunately, the exploding battery problem did not finish there.  Apple reported dangerous overheating for iPods and Macbooks.   Sony who were the end manufacturer estimated that the overall cost of supporting the recall programmes of Apple and Dell amounted to 200 million dollars. 

Problems are not Confined to the Computer Hardware. 
What about the Users?

A woman customer called the Canon computer help desk with a problem with her printer.

Tech support: Are you running it under windows?

Customer: 'No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his printer is working fine.'

Solution for a Bad Day at the Office

Bad Day for Unix?

A lady in the next seat, struck up a conversation with my friend Mick when he was flying across America.

Lady: 'And where are you going?'

Mick: 'I'm going to San Francisco to a UNIX convention.'

Lady: 'Eunuchs convention? I didn't know there were that many of you.'

Typist Returning From Long Lay-Off

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