Intimidate those problems away!

[jackshoegazer]

I emailed my very computer-savvy friend Fabian, a.k.a. He-Whom-Before-Computer-Problems-Quake, to ask him to fix my PC on Monday. Not 10 minutes later, my computer started working fine.

Fabian works for a computer company, mostly doing repairs, and it is a common occurrence for a computer brought in to immediately start working in his presence. He doesn't even have to do anything, they just start working. Apparently this is a common occurrence for tech people.

This, however, is the first time I've seen it work with just the mere threat of Fabian.

Now, I wonder who I have to email to get my car to miraculously start working again.

Comments

he whom before?

[surrealkitten.livejournal.com]

my computer's broken!

Re: he whom before?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Yes, as in Computer Problems Quake Before (as in in front) Him!

Re: he whom before?

[surrealkitten.livejournal.com]

oughtn't it be he before whom?

Re: he whom before?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Probably, but it's early and the Grammar Nazis sleep in on weekends.

nope

[lissomelupines.livejournal.com]

*shakes her head*
this one got up early because she's sick.

Re: nope

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Eeek! And we all know sick Gramar Nazis are cranky and unforgiving!

exe exe demonum bogon!

[(Anonymous)]

- note -
the above is not resonated, and thusly should cause not catastrophy below... unless you yell it out loud when you read it, but that'll be your fault..

[sarahdipity418.livejournal.com]

Heh, the same thing happened with my friend Matt. He's not officially employed as a tech guy so he had to get on the computer and look at about 2 things, but not do anything, for it to magically start working.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there's some special class you can take or magickal ritual you can perform to be granted with such powers :P

[(Anonymous)]

This happens all of the time at my job. I tell people that there are little elves living inside of the computer playing tricks on them.

This gets a variety of responses.

[matt120.livejournal.com]

This (above) was me.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Fabian says (asn I forget his funny tech term for it) that it's user error, or idiot error :P

[matt120.livejournal.com]

I also call it The Eye Dee Ten Tee Error. It's extremely common. You can also abbreviate it. I D 1 0 T Error.

Yee ha, my good man!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I just found out he gets to leave the land of tech support; he just got a job as a web developer and they offered him a salary MORE than what he asked for. Lucky bastard!