For those of you who don't know, this is a page dedicated to all the weird shit that goes on at my work. Basically, I work with nerds, and the nerd is whiley creature. For instance, this is an exact conversation that occurs at my work, and it is not atypical...
Nerd A: Well, I just dotted up everything and killed it.
Nerd B: I'm the guy who invited his cyborg, but I like a Paladin.
Nerd A: Paladin is okay, but you don't get the dots...
Nerd B: But, I like the variety.
Nerd A: Well, I just hit 5, 6, 7, and everything is dead.
Nerd B: Dots should really be 1, 2, 3, 4.
Suffice to say, I'm part nerd and this wanted to make my head explode. Then, there was this rather heated argument, which was really dumb because of the subject matter.
Nerd A: No, (Random PDA Phone) does not use CDMA. CDMA is just a type of connection. All phones, on (Network X) are that type of phone.
Nerd B: But, I read somewhere where they said that the (random PDA phone) was available on all carriers, but it doesn't use CDMA.
Nerd A: Well, that's not possible, a CDMA phone will not work on the network unless it's CDMA.
Now, to explain something, actually nerd A was really correct in the situation. However, Nerds have a huge flaw in that they believe everything they read. Sometimes, the tech talk is so involved that they think they understand a situation when they really don't. Power to the nerds, and god bless them in all their social and normal idiocy.
1 comment:
Well, to be fair 'Nerd A' was right to an extend. Take the blackberry pearl for instance. All carriors carry it, and they advertise it, however the Pearl on any GSM network it is 8100 and anything on a CDMA network is an 8130. Being a former Verizon employee, rumor has it they might be switching over to GSM to be worldwide, becuase if you go out of North America you have to purchase a SIM card to make it work. Sounds like you have an 'interesting' office though...
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