tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post6143864867508476052..comments2023-08-16T02:59:07.053-07:00Comments on Writer's Daily Grind: Computers! I love 'em, I hate 'em!Anne Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-35127596623381360022009-09-23T22:24:17.619-07:002009-09-23T22:24:17.619-07:00Before I retired I worked on computers, programmin...Before I retired I worked on computers, programming, and on data networks, so I have more than a layman's knowledge about them. Still, stuff happens....most of which I can resolve, but that doesn't mean I don't encounter some really sticky problems.<br /><br />Let me tell you why <b>font</b> is my four letter word (and an eff word at that!). I was setting up a large printer for a client (this printer churned out over a million letter sized pages a month) and one application kept failing because the required font could not be found by the server. It took me two solid weeks to find the originating PC had renamed the font before sending the application to the server. The person using the PC had not programmed it to do so. So even though the server actually had the required font, it didn't recognize the renamed font as being the same animal. <br /><br />Computers are DUMB and DIABOLICAL!<br /><br />Sorry for boring you with this story, but you see, you probably didn't do anything wrong.Joanszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310350850882768819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-36611257869736914302009-09-22T12:27:34.339-07:002009-09-22T12:27:34.339-07:00Gemi:
Theer have quite fequently been times whin ...Gemi:<br /><br />Theer have quite fequently been times whin I would have loved nothing more than to dump my %^&* computer into the middle of Puget Sound. Trouble is, that would only pollute Puget Sound, and it's polluted enough as it is!Anne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-28845456661536603892009-09-22T06:15:56.297-07:002009-09-22T06:15:56.297-07:00I hear you, Anne! I regularly want to shoot my co...I hear you, Anne! I regularly want to shoot my computer, but then I realize I'd be even more frustrated without it.N. Gemini Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561583704477654856noreply@blogger.com