Cleaning up my phone and found some photos I have not posted yet. First we have somebody who really wants to go fast, the pillar gauges tell that story, but well, you might think a fucking paint job would help too.
Then we have…well it just looks wrong. Who the fuck puts a fart pipe on any car, let alone this thing. The tail lights are protruding as well. I guess he thinks at night it might leave streaks of light, because he is going so ‘slow’.
Alright, up front I am not a Apple guy I do not use Mac systems. But this is about tech support not about me.
Recently at work one of the newer executives purchased a mac and wishes to use it on our corporate wireless. No problem bring it by and I will take a look.
After trying to setup the 802.1X authentication and continuously failing, I decided to do what I know and Google search for it. I found out it’s a known issue. The site told me to replace the driver, I did and sadly it did not work. So I had to restore that file.
Called the Mac support number since the owner had support, might as well use it. Yeah, it’s about to get funny.
I give them my name, exec’s name and the serial number, and then I start to describe the problem. As first level support he asks the OS version and passes me over to the wireless support. Talking to the wireless guy he directs me to open the Advanced tab, and remove all networks, then click on 802.1X tab at the top and remove all these. I do, and then he tells me to create a new one, name for the network, SSID, Authentication Type, Encryption, Username and then Password. After I click save he then asks if we use any proxy servers and if we can bypass them.
Wait…What?
It’s like if I went to oh say, a vehicle mechanic and said my car will not start. He then says, “Alright, put the key in, turn it to accessory, lights come on?” Yes. “Alright, turn it once more, do you hear clicks from the engine?” Yes. “Alright, don’t crank it, turn on the ass warmer, does it work?” ….What?
Yeah, okay. Your asking if I use any proxy servers, you know services that filter HTTP traffic and allow strict filtering from the inside of a network out to another, like the Internet. But, we have not even connected to the wireless network yet. It’s like having the Ethernet cable in your hand and asking if you have an Internet connection yet.
Suffice it to say, we still did not get 802.1X working on that Macbook Pro. I refuse to use plain WEP on any wireless network let alone an enterprise system. I guess I will tell the executive he can bitch out Mac for adding features that just don’t work… Well, at least on this Mac.
I saw this on the way to work, and well, the image says it all.
Fuck, that.
You know your development team has memory leaks when you get this, and even after repeated attempts to make them fix the problem, they just keep ignoring you.
Therefor, I hope they lost data when the machine had to under go a reboot.
There are two things that I am really fucking tired of seeing.
First thing, companies marketing ‘supercharged’ servers or computers. Look, until that fucker comes with pulleys, belts and a fucking Eaton or Whipple Supercharger bolted to the top of it, stop saying that. The server is not supercharged, it’s not faster then the same machine from a different company of the same class setup with the same software and tweaked the same.
Second, I am tired of seeing ‘Green’ server rooms with grass growing under the floor tiles or around the racks. This is a god damn server room, it’s not a sod farm. Wild animals do not roam the server room grazing. (Not counting lost IT personnel in the larger more fun server rooms.)