• ParkinT (unregistered)

    The id of this comment must be greater than -1 and less than 0

  • dreadwolf (unregistered)

    The id of this comment is -0.5.

  • veggen (unregistered)

    Yesterday, on an exhibition, one of the monitors instead of displaying topic related material held a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" warning. I chuckled a little.

  • Oscar Olim (unregistered)

    For the post code -1 < 0 < 1, so use 0.

  • anon (unregistered)

    I love that they took the time to get the AT&T postcards arranged on the wooden table before taking the picture.

  • (cs)
    "I received the attached message when attempting to install the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit," writes Scott. [image]
    So...?
  • The Cow from Elmer's glue (unregistered) in reply to Oscar Olim
    Oscar Olim:
    For the post code -1 < 0 < 1, so use 0.

    Or get fancy with 1/infinity

  • ParkinT (unregistered) in reply to anon
    anon:
    I love that they took the time to get the AT&T postcards arranged on the wooden table before taking the picture.
    It must have been Paula.
  • (cs) in reply to Zecc
    Zecc:
    "I received the attached message when attempting to install the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit," writes Scott. [image]
    So...?
    Who should install a diagnostics toolkit other than an administrator?
  • Roderick (unregistered)

    What was that about Rod having an X diameter drill bit? I thought that guy got fired, sounds like he's up to his old tricks again.

  • Sam (unregistered) in reply to Zecc
    Zecc:
    "I received the attached message when attempting to install the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit," writes Scott. [image]
    So...?

    I think you didn't actually read the message. Let me emphasize it for you:

    "You must NOT! be an administrator to install this product."

  • Carl (unregistered)

    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

  • bd (unregistered)
    "I guess the real question is just how much hardware can a cash point have attached to it?"
    Just 1 card skimmer, but it usually comes with its own drivers.
  • (cs) in reply to Oscar Olim
    Oscar Olim:
    For the post code -1 < 0 < 1, so use 0.

    Unless your ZIP code ends in one or more zeros, you could try just sticking a decimal point in front of it, e.g. .02451 for Waltham, Massachusetts. That's between -1 and 1, and gets the point across.

  • Migala (unregistered) in reply to bd
    bd:
    "I guess the real question is just how much hardware can a cash point have attached to it?"
    Just 1 card skimmer, but it usually comes with its own drivers.

    Maybe the keylogger needed some special driver.

  • A Ruddy Nice Plum Pudding (unregistered) in reply to Carl
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?
    That's the Queen's English, not that you neanderthals could tell!
  • no name (unregistered) in reply to Carl
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?
    => British
  • (cs)

    But I'm not an administrator, I'm a Network Support Specialist III, what's wrong with this stupid software?

  • The Dean (unregistered) in reply to RichP
    RichP:
    But I'm not an administrator, I'm a Network Support Specialist III, what's wrong with this stupid software?
    Well I'm the Dean of the CS department and I refuse to relinquish my Administrator status just to install some piece of software! Who would run the CS department if I did that?!
  • (cs) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    Zecc:
    "I received the attached message when attempting to install the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit," writes Scott. [image]
    So...?
    Who should install a diagnostics toolkit other than an administrator?
    A doctor. DUH!
  • (cs) in reply to The Dean
    The Dean:
    RichP:
    But I'm not an administrator, I'm a Network Support Specialist III, what's wrong with this stupid software?
    Well I'm the Dean of the CS department and I refuse to relinquish my Administrator status just to install some piece of software! Who would run the CS department if I did that?!

    :D

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is drywall mounting. Every kit I've seen comes with those stupid plastic anchors instead of molly bolts. What's more, they don't usually tell you what size drill bit you need for the anchor hole, so you're left to use trial and error until you happen to drill a big enough hole. And then, of course, it probably won't hold up properly anyway.

  • Lynn Crumbling (unregistered) in reply to bd

    Disagree...

    MSR - could be serial (no driver), USB HID, USB (Com emuation via driver)

    Bill dispenser (usually serial, so wouldn't display the wizard, but who knows)

    Receipt printer (could be serial or usb, could also support status monitoring via monitor driver)

    OPOS pinpad

    ...possibly even an OPOS presence sensor...

    +1 to the guy with the keylogger driver comment... that made my day.

  • Unknown coward (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know

    Also note Postal Codes often contain letters other than A thru F, & Zip codes can start with 0 and thus must be letters not numbers.

  • Tim (unregistered)

    A 'Cash Point' has lots of special hardware. It's basically a desktop PC connected to either a bunch of hardware, or one really big piece of hardware, depending on manufacturer. I don't remember NCR specifically, but some of them have separate drivers for card reader, pin pad, monitor buttons, receipt printer, cash drawers, cash verifier, cash path (including the little cash cover door), admin mode switches, and any other hardware that may be optional on the machine (deposit path, bank book printer, cash recycler, check reader, etc). If a bank tried to push a driver update to the ATM and it failed you could well end up with something like this. Good software will detect an unknown window, push it to the back, alert the bank that something is wrong, and throw up an 'out of service' screen.

  • Emily (unregistered)

    Uncle Jim? Is that you?

  • jdw (unregistered) in reply to Lynn Crumbling
    Lynn Crumbling:
    Disagree...

    MSR - could be serial (no driver), USB HID, USB (Com emuation via driver)

    Bill dispenser (usually serial, so wouldn't display the wizard, but who knows)

    Receipt printer (could be serial or usb, could also support status monitoring via monitor driver)

    OPOS pinpad

    ...possibly even an OPOS presence sensor...

    +1 to the guy with the keylogger driver comment... that made my day.

    You should hate yourself for knowing all of these things, as I hate myself for knowing the same.

    I'd expect most of those to be serial in this case, though. Of course, I'd also expect an ATM ("cash point") not to be using Windows, so what do I know?

  • Web Dude (unregistered)
    To date I have received more than 80 postcards and two letters, all identical except for the date. If that's not love, what is? Thanks AT&T!"

    A couple of years back I was car shopping, and part of my purchase decision was how much the insurance would cost.

    I ended up putting dozens of different cars into a certain insurer's website to get an online quote to see how much the insurance would be.

    A year later I received in the post a quote from them for one of the cars I had put into their site a year ago. The next day another quote arrived for a different car I had put into their site. And another one the next day. And then about twenty more quotes the day after.

    I phoned them up about it and they seemed annoyed at me because it would require getting their IT people to stop their system from doing that.

    So who is TRWTF here? Me for asking for multiple quotes, or them for posting a quote a year later? I never remember ticking any boxes saying they could contact me, that I wanted a quote sending out, or that I wanted another quote from them a year later. I've never seen another car insurer do the same thing.

  • (cs) in reply to The Cow from Elmer's glue
    The Cow from Elmer's glue:
    Oscar Olim:
    For the post code -1 < 0 < 1, so use 0.

    Or get fancy with 1/infinity

    Hm. I wasn't aware that undefined was greater than -1. Good to know, thanks Math guy!

  • Dr. Wallace Breen (unregistered) in reply to Zecc

    I can't install it!

  • (cs) in reply to Justice
    Justice:
    TRWTF is drywall mounting. Every kit I've seen comes with those stupid plastic anchors instead of molly bolts. What's more, they don't usually tell you what size drill bit you need for the anchor hole, so you're left to use trial and error until you happen to drill a big enough hole. And then, of course, it probably won't hold up properly anyway.
    The towel holder I bought from IKEA didn't come with any mounting hardware. It told me to go to a hardware store and buy whatever hardware was appropriate. I'd call them but I don't have a telephone that's hardwired to an IKEA store.
  • anon (unregistered) in reply to jdw
    jdw:
    Of course, I'd also expect an ATM ("cash point") not to be using Windows, so what do I know?

    Not that much, Windows is the dominant OS behind ATMs for reasons I've never quite understood.

  • Eric (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that AT&T is also sending them to the old address so 2 people are being snailmail spammed by AT&T.

  • Bobbo (unregistered) in reply to Carl
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

  • airdrik (unregistered) in reply to Sutherlands
    Sutherlands:
    The Cow from Elmer's glue:
    Oscar Olim:
    For the post code -1 < 0 < 1, so use 0.

    Or get fancy with 1/infinity

    Hm. I wasn't aware that undefined was greater than -1. Good to know, thanks Math guy!
    Math fail! x/Infinity is approximately 0 (for x != infinity, in which case it is undefined)

    I think you're thinking of infinity/0.

  • JdFalcon04 (unregistered) in reply to Bobbo
    Bobbo:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

    But without ATM Machines, where else could we put in our PIN Number?

  • (cs) in reply to Bobbo
    Bobbo:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

    I'm fairly certain that I watch way too much porn, but does ATM immediately mean ass-to-mouth to anyone else?

  • Kempeth (unregistered) in reply to Cratig
    Cratig:
    The Dean:
    RichP:
    But I'm not an administrator, I'm a Network Support Specialist III, what's wrong with this stupid software?
    Well I'm the Dean of the CS department and I refuse to relinquish my Administrator status just to install some piece of software! Who would run the CS department if I did that?!

    :D

    I smell a new meme in the making... I cannot allow this. Remember what happened the last time:

    Dear Dean,

    In case you can't tell, this is a grown up place. The fact that you insist on keeping your administrator privileges clearly shows that you’re too too stupid to be using Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit.

    Go away and grow up.

    Sincerely, Bert Glanstron

  • blah (unregistered) in reply to anon
    anon:
    jdw:
    Of course, I'd also expect an ATM ("cash point") not to be using Windows, so what do I know?

    Not that much, Windows is the dominant OS behind ATMs for reasons I've never quite understood.

    Would you prefer it if they continued to run OS/2?

  • Bobbo (unregistered) in reply to HighlyPaidContractor
    HighlyPaidContractor:
    Bobbo:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

    I'm fairly certain that I watch way too much porn, but does ATM immediately mean ass-to-mouth to anyone else?

    I thought it was just me. Same with DVDA discs.

  • golddog (unregistered)

    Perhaps the copyright should be "AT&T Anti-Intellectual Property..."?

  • airdrik (unregistered) in reply to JdFalcon04
    JdFalcon04:
    Bobbo:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

    But without ATM Machines, where else could we put in our PIN Number?

    In the PIN number pad attached via the LAN network using the NIC card on your PC computer.

    PS script, don't let RAS syndrome get you down.

  • Civil Protection (unregistered) in reply to Dr. Wallace Breen
    Dr. Wallace Breen:
    I can't install it!

    Overwatch has been notified.

  • Dante Hicks (unregistered) in reply to HighlyPaidContractor
    HighlyPaidContractor:
    I'm fairly certain that I watch way too much porn, but does ATM immediately mean ass-to-mouth to anyone else?

    Oh. My God. You never go ass-to-mouth!

  • Dread Pirate Roberts (unregistered) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    Zecc:
    "I received the attached message when attempting to install the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit," writes Scott. [image]
    So...?
    Who should install a diagnostics toolkit other than an administrator?

    And moreover, why would it be forbidden to an admin to install Diagnostics & Recovery?

    And ... about the ATM: I live in Romania and here it's very often that ATM's receive impromptu hardware extensions, especially to the magnetic band reader.

  • Mike (unregistered) in reply to Bobbo
    Bobbo:
    HighlyPaidContractor:
    Bobbo:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?

    Nice to see somebody using that term for a change, instead of ATM. We'll all be driving automobiles soon!

    "ATM Machine" is a topic for another day...

    I'm fairly certain that I watch way too much porn, but does ATM immediately mean ass-to-mouth to anyone else?

    I thought it was just me. Same with DVDA discs.

    Yeah, DVDA discs get me every time. Can't get the image out of my mind now.

  • dignissim (unregistered) in reply to A Ruddy Nice Plum Pudding
    A Ruddy Nice Plum Pudding:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?
    That's the Queen's English, not that you neanderthals could tell!
    The British may have invented English, but us Americans sublimated it into something much more refined.
  • Jerry (unregistered)

    Uh Oh! You've done it now! You published AT&T's Intellectual Property! Now their competitors will be able to robo-bomb their customers too, robbing AT&T of a significant competitive advantage.

    You'll be hearing from their lawyers soon. Probably a computer-generated postcard, repeated every day...

  • OldCoder (unregistered) in reply to Justice
    Justice:
    TRWTF is drywall mounting. Every kit I've seen comes with those stupid plastic anchors instead of molly bolts. What's more, they don't usually tell you what size drill bit you need for the anchor hole, so you're left to use trial and error until you happen to drill a big enough hole. And then, of course, it probably won't hold up properly anyway.
    If it's drywall, you shouldn't really need a drill at all. A small crosspoint screwdriver usually does the trick. If the resulting hole isn't quite big enough to squeeze in the plug, just wriggle the screwdriver round a bit.

    Bonus: usually a lot less mess to clean up afterwards.

  • A. N. Other Brit (unregistered) in reply to dignissim
    dignissim:
    A Ruddy Nice Plum Pudding:
    Carl:
    "Popped over the road"? "Cash point"?
    That's the Queen's English, not that you neanderthals could tell!
    The British may have invented English, but us Americans sublimated it into something much more refined.

    I've told you about this before?

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