Comments on: every day is fricking http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Josh http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10505 Josh Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:02:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10505 I was having problems resolving dns and getting the gateway until I forced my wireless the intel pro 2200bg to go only 802.11b - in the advanced tab on the card in the device manager - property - wireless mode. after I changed it to 802.11b only all my problems were solved. thanks jullian. I was having problems resolving dns and getting the gateway until I forced my wireless the intel pro 2200bg to go only 802.11b — in the advanced tab on the card in the device manager — property — wireless mode. after I changed it to 802.11b only all my problems were solved. thanks jullian.

]]> By: Keith Combs' Blahg http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10507 Keith Combs' Blahg Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:07:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10507 <strong>Wireless Network ID's and the Joys of Cartoons</strong> Last weekend was typical.  I was preparing for a couple of seminars for this week on some pretty... Wireless Network ID’s and the Joys of Cartoons

Last weekend was typical.  I was preparing for a couple of seminars for this week on some pretty…

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10504 Hugh MacLeod Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:13:19 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10504 Robert, I had a feelng if I did it the way I did, it would prove something about Microsoft. You guys would either react in the way you did (which I had hoped/assumed you would)... or you would have reacted like how Dell did when Jeff Jarvis had a problem: <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Dell+Hell+Jarvis&btnG=Google+Search&meta=" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Dell+Hell+Jarvis&btnG=Google+Search&meta=</a> Robert, I had a feelng if I did it the way I did, it would prove something about Microsoft.
You guys would either react in the way you did (which I had hoped/assumed you would)… or you would have reacted like how Dell did when Jeff Jarvis had a problem:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Dell+Hell+Jarvis&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10503 hugh macleod Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:07:10 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10503 Thanks, Keith! Yeah, working now! [Warm glow of Micosoft Love etc...] Thanks, Keith! Yeah, working now!
[Warm glow of Micosoft Love etc…]

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10502 hugh macleod Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:05:40 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10502 Rock on, Scoble! Rock on, Scoble!

]]> By: Keith Combs http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10501 Keith Combs Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:28:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10501 Hugh and I chatted via Skype for a bit. It was Sunday afternoon for me and Sunday night for him. I asked a few questions and we poked around looking at his setup. After I got a handle on the gear he has, I sent him some instructions on some stuff to try. We could not do that on the phone because our Skype connection would get dropped so they went via email. That was at dinner time for me and way past his bed time. Now it's time for me to crash, and I'll catch up with him in the the morning. By the time that happens, it'll already be afternoon for him. We'll either get another black cloud cartoon or something fun and wirelessly connected. Hopefully the latter. It may turn out to be an ip address conflict on his network. He already has a wired network that works fine. It's using the 192.168.0 network of course. The D-Link WAP defaults to an ip address of 192.168.0.50 so if the instructions I sent him don't work, would someone figure out if that ip address is already used on his homelan? Passing off to Europe since the sun is coming up there. Isn't the globe fun? Hugh and I chatted via Skype for a bit. It was Sunday afternoon for me and Sunday night for him. I asked a few questions and we poked around looking at his setup. After I got a handle on the gear he has, I sent him some instructions on some stuff to try. We could not do that on the phone because our Skype connection would get dropped so they went via email. That was at dinner time for me and way past his bed time.
Now it’s time for me to crash, and I’ll catch up with him in the the morning. By the time that happens, it’ll already be afternoon for him. We’ll either get another black cloud cartoon or something fun and wirelessly connected. Hopefully the latter.
It may turn out to be an ip address conflict on his network. He already has a wired network that works fine. It’s using the 192.168.0 network of course. The D-Link WAP defaults to an ip address of 192.168.0.50 so if the instructions I sent him don’t work, would someone figure out if that ip address is already used on his homelan? Passing off to Europe since the sun is coming up there.
Isn’t the globe fun?

]]> By: Chris http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10500 Chris Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:54:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10500 If Intel's the other side of the Microsoft coin, and Apple only runs on Intel now, then does that mean that Intel is the root of all evil? If Intel’s the other side of the Microsoft coin, and Apple only runs on Intel now, then does that mean that Intel is the root of all evil?

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10499 Robert Scoble Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:16:21 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10499 Funny, I read on an internal Microsoft mailing list that you're having troubles, so a group of people are trying to figure out how to help you. One thing? This is why I put my cell phone number on my blog. 425-205-1921. You could have just called and I would have gotten you help you know. :-) But, now that we're here, are you still having troubles? Funny, I read on an internal Microsoft mailing list that you’re having troubles, so a group of people are trying to figure out how to help you.
One thing? This is why I put my cell phone number on my blog. 425–205-1921. You could have just called and I would have gotten you help you know. :-)
But, now that we’re here, are you still having troubles?

]]> By: Julian M Bucknall http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10498 Julian M Bucknall Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:54:35 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10498 Geoff Log in as an admin. View Network Connections. Right-click on Wireless Network, select Properties. Select the General tab, click on Configure. Select the Advanced tab. There's a list of properties you can change. Select Wireless Mode and the dropdown list to the right should have three values: b only, b&g, and g only. I've got mine set to b only. Hope that helps. Cheers, Julian Geoff
Log in as an admin. View Network Connections. Right-click on Wireless Network, select Properties. Select the General tab, click on Configure. Select the Advanced tab. There’s a list of properties you can change. Select Wireless Mode and the dropdown list to the right should have three values: b only, b&g, and g only. I’ve got mine set to b only.
Hope that helps.
Cheers, Julian

]]> By: a tribute to a familiar band http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10497 a tribute to a familiar band Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:55:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10497 "I got my wifi, the other women, and the win-key killing me. The first two make it so as that I'se see red, the third one makes it so as that i can't see. If i had half a drive left after this debauchery, I'd give up the other women and the technology." In advance: my sincere apologigies to the OLD 97s for mishearing those liericks. “I got my wifi, the other women, and the win-key killing me. The first two make it so as that I’se see red, the third one makes it so as that i can’t see. If i had half a drive left after this debauchery, I’d give up the other women and the technology.“
In advance: my sincere apologigies to the OLD 97s for mishearing those liericks.

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10496 Hugh MacLeod Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:59:54 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10496 Everything rocks except the wifi . . . Everything rocks except the wifi …

]]> By: john http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10495 john Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:44:49 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10495 Are you saying that it no longer rocks? Are you saying that it no longer rocks?

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10494 Dennis Howlett Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:44:10 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10494 I had been wondering why you'd gone wintel though I can understand the Tablet thing given what you do. I made the break to Mac a month or so back - no regrets. And that after 24 years. It was like a divorce - slightly painful but a relief nonetheless. Apple store in Regent Street is worth a visit - they've got people who really do know what they're talking about. A unique experience for me. And they don't 'sell' at you but solve your problem. PowerBook G4 for me... When I blogged it I was gobsmacked at the number of people who smiled back in comments. Oh yes - wifi - bluetooth - airport...all built in and working. I had been wondering why you’d gone wintel though I can understand the Tablet thing given what you do.
I made the break to Mac a month or so back — no regrets. And that after 24 years. It was like a divorce — slightly painful but a relief nonetheless.
Apple store in Regent Street is worth a visit — they’ve got people who really do know what they’re talking about. A unique experience for me. And they don’t ‘sell’ at you but solve your problem. PowerBook G4 for me…
When I blogged it I was gobsmacked at the number of people who smiled back in comments.
Oh yes — wifi — bluetooth — airport…all built in and working.

]]> By: Eric Mattson http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10493 Eric Mattson Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:56:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10493 I think what is missing from so many companies mindsets is the understanding of what they are selling. They're not selling a product. They're selling either a service (perhaps in product form) and ultimately a result (i.e. no one buys a drill, they buy a hole). Ultimately, with a service two things matter. 1. The quality of the service. 2. And what you do when you screw up that quality (customer service). So many companies (e.g. cell phone providers) just don't understand that. Eric MarketingMonger.com I think what is missing from so many companies mindsets is the understanding of what they are selling.
They’re not selling a product. They’re selling either a service (perhaps in product form) and ultimately a result (i.e. no one buys a drill, they buy a hole).
Ultimately, with a service two things matter.
1. The quality of the service.
2. And what you do when you screw up that quality (customer service).
So many companies (e.g. cell phone providers) just don’t understand that.
Eric
MarketingMonger.com

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/04/every-day-is-fricking/#comment-10492 Hugh MacLeod Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:34:56 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2186#comment-10492 Intel and MS are two sides of the same coin. Intel and MS are two sides of the same coin.

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