Saturday, June 03, 2006
Tech Support Comedy
Here you will hear actual calls that techs receive from the end user. Working tech support is a hard job and when you have to talk to customers that are rude and abusive it makes that tough job impossible.
Why can't customers follow directions, and be courteous?
NSFW language.
Why can't customers follow directions, and be courteous?
NSFW language.
Scientists brew menopause beer
Czech scientists say they have created a new non-alcoholic beer that contains 10 times the normal amount of phytoestrogen, intended to help women suffering from the menopause.
The beer, developed by the Czech Republic’s Research Institute for Brewing and Malting, is intended to relieve menopausal symptoms and maintain bone density by tackling a lack of the oestrogen hormone in many Czech women.
Czechs drink an average 161 litres of beer each every year, compared to 121 in Germany, 84 in the US and around one litre in India.
The beer, developed by the Czech Republic’s Research Institute for Brewing and Malting, is intended to relieve menopausal symptoms and maintain bone density by tackling a lack of the oestrogen hormone in many Czech women.
Czechs drink an average 161 litres of beer each every year, compared to 121 in Germany, 84 in the US and around one litre in India.
Woman ordered to pay fine for dumping leftover lettuce
A woman asked a judge to toss her $173.50 fine for throwing lettuce out of her car, but he ordered her to fork over the green.
Dawn Higgins had argued that lettuce is biodegradable.
Dawn Higgins had argued that lettuce is biodegradable.
Farmer drove three miles with severed hand
A farmer who accidentally sliced off his hand packed it in his lunchbox, climbed in his tractor and drove three miles home.
His wife put the severed hand in the fridge and it was later successfully reattached by surgeons in hospital.
Austrian Gerhard Frank, 64, had been using an automatic log splitter in a field three miles from his farm in the village of Steeg.
His wife put the severed hand in the fridge and it was later successfully reattached by surgeons in hospital.
Austrian Gerhard Frank, 64, had been using an automatic log splitter in a field three miles from his farm in the village of Steeg.
Pensioner had nut stuck in lung
A 67-year-old man who was warned he might have lung cancer had actually had a cashew nut stuck in his lung for a year and a half.
Doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk, were baffled by Derek Kirchen's collapses and bouts of pneumonia.
They warned him he might have lung cancer after taking x-rays.
A consultant found the nut stuck in his lung, while carrying out an investigation with a miniature camera.
Doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk, were baffled by Derek Kirchen's collapses and bouts of pneumonia.
They warned him he might have lung cancer after taking x-rays.
A consultant found the nut stuck in his lung, while carrying out an investigation with a miniature camera.
Naked woman stops Downtown traffic
A woman stripped naked and sprinted into Downtown traffic Thursday morning after trying to shoplift a bag of peanuts from the Smithfield News.
The incident apparently began at the Greyhound Bus station when the woman spat on someone and two other women tried to restrain her, partially ripping off her shirt in the process.
The woman, whose name was not released, then walked toward the Allegheny County Jail, where someone spotted her and called police. By the time officers arrived, the woman was at the Smithfield News, which she entered while waving a hubcap in the air.
Finally, the woman walked outside, removed all her clothes and dashed into traffic.
The incident apparently began at the Greyhound Bus station when the woman spat on someone and two other women tried to restrain her, partially ripping off her shirt in the process.
The woman, whose name was not released, then walked toward the Allegheny County Jail, where someone spotted her and called police. By the time officers arrived, the woman was at the Smithfield News, which she entered while waving a hubcap in the air.
Finally, the woman walked outside, removed all her clothes and dashed into traffic.
UK firm to unveil wall-socket PC
Newcastle-based Jade Integration will launch one of the smallest thin-client computers available in the UK to date, the Jack PC, next month.
Containing all the electronics needed to run as a low- to medium-power PC, the Jack PC, as its name suggests, will fit into a standard size wall socket.
A basic Jack PC costs £209 without monitor or keyboard.
It runs Internet Explorer 6.0 to connect to Web-driven applications, and runs an "up to 500MHz" AMD RISC processor, which the company says is equivalent to a 1.2GHz x86. It can come with up to 64MB of flash memory and 128MB RAM.
Belatedly, here's a direct link to the Jack PC.
Containing all the electronics needed to run as a low- to medium-power PC, the Jack PC, as its name suggests, will fit into a standard size wall socket.
A basic Jack PC costs £209 without monitor or keyboard.
It runs Internet Explorer 6.0 to connect to Web-driven applications, and runs an "up to 500MHz" AMD RISC processor, which the company says is equivalent to a 1.2GHz x86. It can come with up to 64MB of flash memory and 128MB RAM.
Belatedly, here's a direct link to the Jack PC.
TV that follows you around the world
A gadget that allows holidaymakers and travellers to watch live British television anywhere in the world has been launched in Britain.
The Slingbox plugs into a terrestrial, cable or satellite set-top box and redirects the signal over the internet. The signal can then be picked up and watched on a laptop or personal computer connected to the internet with a broadband link.
Slingbox is available in Britain this week for £180. The set-top box can be controlled remotely, allowing the owner to change channels from thousands of miles away.
The Slingbox plugs into a terrestrial, cable or satellite set-top box and redirects the signal over the internet. The signal can then be picked up and watched on a laptop or personal computer connected to the internet with a broadband link.
Slingbox is available in Britain this week for £180. The set-top box can be controlled remotely, allowing the owner to change channels from thousands of miles away.
Charmed woman marries cobra in India
A woman who fell in love with a snake has reportedly married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state.
Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.
Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives.
A brass replica snake stood in for the hesitant groom.
"Though snakes cannot speak nor understand, we communicate in a peculiar way".
Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.
Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives.
A brass replica snake stood in for the hesitant groom.
"Though snakes cannot speak nor understand, we communicate in a peculiar way".
Swearing parrot saved from execution
An Orthodox Jew was threatened with divorce after blowing several thousand dollars on a parrot that swore like a trooper.
After he brought his feathered friend home, the man's religious household in the Tel Aviv area was bombarded by insults such as "son of a bitch" and "homo" from the bird.
When its owner sought rabbinical advice, the rabbi recommended that the parrot be slaughtered - or have its tongue cut out for being foul-mouthed.
But the horrified pet owner's wife threatened divorce if the bird went for the chop, and the parrot finally found refuge in a zoo.
After he brought his feathered friend home, the man's religious household in the Tel Aviv area was bombarded by insults such as "son of a bitch" and "homo" from the bird.
When its owner sought rabbinical advice, the rabbi recommended that the parrot be slaughtered - or have its tongue cut out for being foul-mouthed.
But the horrified pet owner's wife threatened divorce if the bird went for the chop, and the parrot finally found refuge in a zoo.
Spanish court bars man from seeing dog
A Spanish court has ruled that dogs should not be treated like children with allocated visiting rights when it comes to divorce cases.
A Spanish man was originally given permission by his wife to visit Yako, a golden retriever, when they separated but he appealed to a lower court when she stopped him from seeing the dog. The court ruled in his favour and set up visiting hours.
But the provincial court of Barcelona then overturned that decision, saying it set a precedent for pets to be treated like children in divorce cases.
A Spanish man was originally given permission by his wife to visit Yako, a golden retriever, when they separated but he appealed to a lower court when she stopped him from seeing the dog. The court ruled in his favour and set up visiting hours.
But the provincial court of Barcelona then overturned that decision, saying it set a precedent for pets to be treated like children in divorce cases.
Hamster survives industrial shredder
A lucky hamster has escaped virtually unscathed after passing through an industrial shredder.
The animal is thought to have found its way into a skip of rubbish that arrived at a recycling plant in Flintshire, north Wales.
He passed along a conveyor belt and then through a giant shredder, which can tear a cooker or washing machine to pieces in seconds.
He then survived a rotating drum and vibrating grids before he was discovered in a sorting area by astonished staff, who named him Mike.
The ordeal, which probably lasted around four minutes, left the rodent with nothing more than a sore foot.
The animal is thought to have found its way into a skip of rubbish that arrived at a recycling plant in Flintshire, north Wales.
He passed along a conveyor belt and then through a giant shredder, which can tear a cooker or washing machine to pieces in seconds.
He then survived a rotating drum and vibrating grids before he was discovered in a sorting area by astonished staff, who named him Mike.
The ordeal, which probably lasted around four minutes, left the rodent with nothing more than a sore foot.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Anyone fancy a game of poker?
In a rodeo ring.
With an enormous bull.
A bit gory, as you'd expect.
"It never crossed my mind at that time there'd be any danger involved".
With an enormous bull.
A bit gory, as you'd expect.
"It never crossed my mind at that time there'd be any danger involved".
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