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Most computer tech jobs are all gone; outsourced to India and other parts.
I have a ton of acquaintances with Bachelors Degrees and Windows Certs who are not working; and may not find a job anytime soon.
I remember back in 1999, when recruiters were calling day and night, and I could pick and choose my assignments. Those days are looong gone!
posted by
David1Spirit
on April 27, 2005 at 10:49 AM
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David1Spirit
I hear you. I was unbelievably lucky to get this programming job, but with my illness, I just can't keep up with it anymore. I think programming will have to remain a hobby for me.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:45 AM
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Not hiring here in Michigan
Most of my computer tech friends are out of work or in another industry altogether.
But jacks-of-all-trades like myself can get steady work. At less and less (it seems) every year! 
posted by
David1Spirit
on April 27, 2005 at 10:40 AM
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roofpig
Strange but true. Strange but true.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:36 AM
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Come on, an obvious intellectual like her, available? I think I married the wrong girl!
posted by
roofpig
on April 27, 2005 at 10:35 AM
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roofpig
Nah, believe it or not, she wasn't married =P. She was still Miss SoAndSo
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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Um... hm... I hope she used that lesson in her married life.
posted by
roofpig
on April 27, 2005 at 10:28 AM
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roofpig
In high school I was the student aid for our only computer teacher. As such, my duties were to go around and fix stupid problems the other teachers had. Well, one day, one of the English teachers pushed SO DAMN HARD trying to get a zip disk in she broke the plastic face plate on the floppy drive and bent the metal frame inside enough for the disk to go in about 2 inches. Pure genius.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:27 AM
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Mia
lol! No no, the little button on your monitor that has a magnet with a line through it silly. If you don't have that button, press the MENU button and it should be somewhere in there =P
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:21 AM
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Is it even physically possible to get a zip disk into a floppy drive?
posted by
roofpig
on April 27, 2005 at 10:21 AM
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uni
degaussing? That sounds like the stuff you wrap a mummy with....
posted by
MiaElla
on April 27, 2005 at 10:16 AM
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Mia
haha, yeah, magnets and monitors don't mix. Hell, magnets and computers don't mix, period. Have you tried degaussing the monitor? Might help to get rid of some of that bad magnet karma =P.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:14 AM
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uni,
You can't hold magnets up the the monitor?
No wonder my screen is fading in and out...lol
posted by
MiaElla
on April 27, 2005 at 10:03 AM
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Mia
Now that's a good idea if I've ever heard one. You can do all the good ones: spilling beverages on the keyboard, using the CD tray as a cup holder, sticking zip disks in the floppy drive, holding magnets up to the monitors. All of those are super easy to "fix", cause you just have to buy a new one of whatever was damaged! Let's do it.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 10:01 AM
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uni,
I tend to break computers...perhaps i could work for a company, break all their computers...and then they can hire you to fix them...genuis I say.
posted by
MiaElla
on April 27, 2005 at 9:54 AM
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Rachel
Did I really type writed? Wow, my grammars are good
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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Rachel
If you writed down the error and tell me what it is, I'll tell you how to fix it =) Hell, I won't even charge you for it! =P
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 9:43 AM
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Heh...
You can fix my puter. It won't even start windows up right... I have some something or other 32 error... Piece of shit....
posted by
RachelAnna
on April 27, 2005 at 9:36 AM
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I was just trying to wedge it open. Foolish me.
posted by
roofpig
on April 27, 2005 at 8:52 AM
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roofpig
You need screwdrivers with the correct bits silly. I dunno what they're called, they came with a tool kit I got one year for christmas or birthday or something. You must get them and bust open a hard drive. There's a fun powerful magnet inside as well as shiny metal platters! Talk about fun in a small metal box.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 27, 2005 at 8:47 AM
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How do you get a hard drive open?? I tried doing that with my wife's because it was totally fried and I wanted to see what the innards looked like. The best I managed to do was mangle the poor thing.
posted by
roofpig
on April 27, 2005 at 8:39 AM
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