vaporous entities and musings (in other words - BS)

[Dave (imported)]

The only thing about "I understand more than you know" that I'd have a problem with is that, at least out of context, it's ambiguous. It could mean:

1) "Consider everything you know. I understand even more than that," OR

2) "My depth of understanding is greater than you realize."

The context argues for (2), and if that's the intent, I don't see a need to change it. However, a slight modification might make the meaning clearer:

"I do understand," Logan answered. Then, after a moment's reflection, he added, "More than you know."

Personally, I like it the way you wrote it. I just want to see the rest of the story.

Sandi

Thanks, good possibilities there and I need to think on them.

[Dave (imported)]

And I've finished editing that story.

It took all day but it was worth it.

[Dave (imported)]

I have had to change my email.

It is inconvenient. I apologize to the people who have my email.

If anyone wishes the new email, reply here or send me an IM.

[Riverwind (imported)]

That sucks to need to change email addresses, usually its because its so full of spam you need to start again just to clear out all the crap.

[C&TL2745 (imported)]

It helps to have one e-mail address (say, @yahoo.com) for companies who demand an e-mail address to register for something. It's almost guaranteed that that address will be shared widely. Then have another e-mail address (say, @gmail.com) for friends and relatives, and be careful how you give that out.

Sandi

[Riverwind (imported)]

Yes, I do exactly that, Yahoo for friends and family, Gmail for everything else, its a nice delete all folder full of unwanted crap.

I have thought of starting a third email just for business, banking etc with more elaborate passwords and such.

[Dave (imported)]

Well, I did that. The problem has to do with the provider of my website. I have separate accounts for my personal stuff and my writing stuff. I had to write to five editors today considering my short stories for publication and change the email. Three have replied and two haven't.

Bummer

[Eunuchorn (imported)]

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While he was visiting, my father asked for the password to our Wi-Fi.

“It’s taped under the modem,” 
I told him.

After three failed attempts to log on, he asked, “Am I spelling this right? T-A-P-E-D-U-N-D-E-R-T-H-E-M-O-D-E-M?”

Real life story. I did tech support at one time in my life, and one of the fondest memories is one call where the dear caller had the floor stumped and I was the one who solved her issue.

This was for a local internet service provider, and the call was this: Woman had our CD, which had an automatic script in it to point her to our website when she logged in. but when she clicked on the Home button, it didn't work. so. it took us 3 hours, and reloaded many parts of our CD for her, and in the end, when we told her to type our homepage name in the homepage field of the browser, what we said was homepage.com, but what she typed was homepage., I made her say each of the characters in that field, and that's how I got her issue solved. she was so embarrassed.

[Dave (imported)]

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While he was visiting, my father asked for the password to our Wi-Fi.

“It’s taped under the modem,” 


I told him.

After three failed at

tempts to log on, he asked, “Am I spelling this right? T-A-P-E-D-U-N-D-E-R-T-H-E-M-O-D-E-M?

”

Real life story. I did tech support at one time in my life, and one of the fondest memories is one call where the dear caller had the floor stumped and I was the one who solved her issue.

This was for a local internet service provider, and the call was this: Woman had our CD, which had an automatic script in it to point her to our website when she logged in. but when she clicked on the Home button, it didn't work. so. it took us 3 hours, and reloaded many parts of our CD for her, and in the end, when we told her to type our homepage name in the homepage field of the browser, what we said was homepage.com, but what she typed was homepage., I made her

say each of the characters in that field, and that's how I got her issue solved. she was so embarrassed.

I've told this story before,

I bought my Mother (at that time, in her late 70's early 80's) a cellphone and tried to explain it to her. Not a chance in the world of success. . . It sat in her drawer.

However, I could see on the bill that there would be one or two calls being made and that was when the neighbor who took her shopping would ask her to call one of their mutual friends (a bunch of crazy senior citizens).

Suddenly, one day, she ways to me - - Does this thing have long distance? and I said that I thought so.

Next month I saw calls to Aunt Tessie in another State and every six months after, Aunt Tessie got a call on my minutes. I had way more minutes than I ever used.

It takes an incentive - - It her case, cutting long distance off her house phone and making the long-distance calls on mine.

IT always gives me a warm pleasant chuckle.

Passwords are tough the first time you type them. The places want upper and lower case and numbers.

One mistype and a couple failed logins causes no end of grief.

Where I worked demanded a password change every six months and they wanted complex passwords. IT was a challenge.

this password trouble is because I'm not the administrator of my own website and that is a technicality that gets arcane and obscure.

[Riverwind (imported)]

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While he was visiting, my fat

her asked for the password to

our Wi-Fi.

“It’s taped under the modem,” 


I told him.

After three failed

at

tempts to log on, he asked, “Am I spelling this right? T-A-P-E-D-U-N-D-E-R-T-H-E-M-O-D-E-M?

”

Real life story. I did tech support at one time in my life, and one of the fondest memories is one call where the dear caller had the floor stumped and I was the one who solved her issue.

This was for a local internet service provider, and the call was this: Woman had our CD, which had an automatic script in it to point her to our website when she logged in. but when she clicked on the Home button, it didn't work. so. it took us 3 hours, and reloaded many parts of our CD for her, and in the end, when we told her to type our homepage name in the homepage field of the browser, what we said was homepage.com, b

ut what she typed was homepage., I made her

say each of the characters in that field, and that's how I got her issue solved. she was so embarrassed.

I worked in IT myself and had many calls that were for something that well my favorite was one of my favorate users, she calls frantic and said, her "3" key was stuck and typing 3333333333333333 repeatedly. I rushed upstairs and when I arrived there is was, a piece of potato chip stuck between the 3 button and the frame of the keyboard, so I dug it out. She was so happy, then I reminded her that I had told her several times never eat over your keyboard and all the time I was telling her this I was banging her keyboard on the table, and all sorts of food from years past were emerging all over her table. The other user in the cube with her was laughing as she went into panic mode, and I kept rapping the keyboard on her desk. Finally I finished and said, "never eat chips over your keyboard, have a nice day glad I could help. Well two of us thought it was funny as hell, the user with she stuck key spent the next five minutes cleaning her desk off.

No that is not a cup holder. yes I have said that. Did you get the CD we sent you?

YES.

Did you load it into your computer?

well do you put the label side facing you or away from you?

er, where were you putting this CD?

On the screen to read it.

Yes, that has happened to me.

* * * *

My PC is dead,

Is is turned on?

Yes I have checked three times.

Ok I will come over, (it was three miles from our site)

Ok what is the problem,

The PC wont come on,

OK, so I look and the pc is connected to a power strip... you guessed it. I turned on the power strip and the user had her PC up and running again.

I loved being the hero.

River