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Hilarious caller

User:  “Hi, I was wondering if you could fix my department IBM laptop. It’s under warranty.”

Me: “What seems to be the trouble with it?”

User: “My wife got mad and threw it out the corridor into the pool.”

Hahahahahaaha. Still got the cheek to call technical support to declare the issue and worse, trying to get a warranty replacement !!

It’s callers like this make my life a tad easier and keep me smiling always 🙂

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Sumatra PDF viewer

Adobe Reader is the standard application for viewing PDFs. Indeed PDF as a format is an Adobe creation. However, Adobe Reader is a big application for what it does. Its also uses a lot of memory, over 20MB for a one page document. Along with the extremely slow startup, there are lots of extensions and complicated features.

There are alternatives however, it doesn’t take a supercomputer to read PDFs 🙂

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Rollercoaster

Man falsely jailed for 20 years released

DNA testing has excluded Dwayne Allen Dail as the man who entered through the window of a Goldsboro home and raped a 12-year-old girl in 1987…..

[ link here ]

dwayneI hope he gets some compensation for this. Its very, very sad that it took 20 years before they realised his innocence. But compensation aside, it still doesn’t make up for the hell he must have faced sitting in a cell for 20 years knowing he didn’t do anything to deserve being there.

“Even prosecutors wondered about the case”? Shit, that’s scary. At least he wasn’t given the death penalty. If that was the case, then it would truly suck.

It would only be fair now to imprison the judge, the policeman and the prosecuting attorney. 🙂

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Police Officer caught accepting bribery

One part of me thought that the scene is probably being acted out. Even so, I’ve heard from friends who actually did the exact same thing when they are being caught over there.

In any case, I don’t think they are allowed to even wear the uniform while doing an ‘act’.

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WorkLife

When saying thanks end up with higher expectations in return

9mohdsj@sg – : thank you for the $5 Spinelli voucher
S. M. S: well
S. M. S: your welcome
S. M. S: but I want to see green for this month also and many months to come.
9mohdsj@sg – : Well, to see green is a collaborative approach among all the desk agents and not an individual effort from me alone. On my part, rest assured that I will continue to assist them to strive for more green many months to come. But if nothing can be done for their morale, then your green month will remain a single green.

No desk activity for the past 3 hours.

For a freaking $5 voucher, you expect a mountain to be moved every months after 3 years of continuous failure ?

Some managers are really a pain in the a$$

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The start of the Fasting Month

Ramadan unites all Muslims in fasting, feasting, worship and prayer. It is a time for contemplation, spirituality and brotherhood.

May peace and blessings of Allah be upon His Beloved Prophet Muhammad and May he be pleased with his family, and his companions.

May Allah grant us acceptance of our sow in the coming month of Ramadaan. May Allah grant us steadfastness in the blessed month of Ramadan. May Allah place mercy, forgiveness, and love in our hearts.

May Allah shower us with his Forgiveness, and Mercy. All Praise belongs to Allah, to Whom belongs The Kingdom of Heaven and Earth.

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Jaywalkers and inconsiderate pedestrians

I would not be surprised if I read on the news anytime soon that a TPJC student is knocked down while going to their institution early morning. These students have an issue of coming to their JC earlier than their reporting time and will end up DASHING across the streets irregardless of the impending vehicles movements when they hear the bell or they saw the shutters start to close.