Posted: 12/25/2005 5:36:23 AM EDT
Freakin Fed Ex sucks. Ordered some cable to hook up another computer on my cable modem. Placed order on 12/17/05. Tracked to local terminal on the freakin 20th. This was part of a gift. Still no package! Tried to call customer service, apparently there are no humans that work there.
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The Fedex guy walked up to the door yesterday (Saturday) morning, handed me a box and said "Merry Christmas, Sir". I wasn't even full awake yet but I managed to say "Merry Christmas". Damn Fedex people make me feel like a slacker. And the UPS guy has come by about every evening for the last two weeks; and that guy is always smiling and making jokes about the 6 boxes he is carrying; even when it is late and already dark out. I don't know why he can't be grumpy like everyone else. |
| I am really not mad at the drivers, I have good friend that drives for UPS, they really are hard working folks. My problem seems to be with idiots that work in customer service. My tracking info states it was out for delivery on the 24th. I honestly think that these folks should not have to work on Christmas eve, but it should have been here by now. |
Thank You. As a UPS delivery driver we do not like the idiots that work in customer service either. We wish the hub people could get the packages on our trucks so we can get them delivered on time. Believe me, it is just as frustrating for us not to have your package on the scheduled delivery date. |
/Command Center and a Pong can wait
Best Buy is a complete ripoff on cables. When I needed a USB extension, I looked at Best Buy and the other electonics stores in town and they wanted around $30 for a plain jane 16' extension cable. I found an amplified 16' USB cable online for $4. |
Putting your computers on a wireless connection is foolish if you even remotely value security. It's not tinfoil. It's smart. The only secure wireless connection is just one that hasn't yet been hacked yet. |
No different than wired. |
Uh. No. |
I dont worry about it... Dont broadcast the SSID, use encryption, a higly restrictive subnet mask and lock things down by MAC address. If you are really paranoid, run a VPN tunnel over wireless... Remember..your traffic can be intercepted on the internet...encrypted or not... |
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But nobody 'wardrives' for open wired lans...because it isn't possible. |
...............my wife had 3 large boxes shipped from Vegas to NC.
