Parallel threads in a diagonal universe

C.R.Sam · February 26, 2002, 10:40 PM

We have parallel Dell Computer threads running in General and in Legal.

Might they be merged ?

Nosredna Mas

Quartus · February 26, 2002, 11:31 PM

Sam, there are 4 threads, one of which Tamara locked as a duplicate. I PM'd Staff this afternoon about it, but so far only that one thread is locked.

**Mike Irwin** · February 27, 2002, 11:48 AM

(pointy-eared Spock voice on)

Fascinating, Captain, it appears that these threads are growing expodentially.

If the current rate of growth continues, TFL will be overwhelmed in exactly 3 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 22 seconds.

(pointy-eared Spock voice off)

C.R.Sam · February 27, 2002, 12:14 PM

Recovering Editor coins new word. Keen Mike.

Quartus · February 27, 2002, 01:06 PM

Relax, Sam. It's a perfectly innocent typo.

He meant to say, "explodentially".

C.R.Sam · February 27, 2002, 01:25 PM

Cap'n, thanx, just explodipated on keyboard.

Quartus · February 27, 2002, 01:29 PM

I'm here to help.

Tamara · February 27, 2002, 02:12 PM

If I didn't check these threads every so often, just think of the chuckles I'd miss.

**Mike Irwin** · February 27, 2002, 03:45 PM

No, I meant EXPOdentially...

Because no matter what happens, it's going to be one hell of a show!

(note to self -- kick phonics instructor)

Quartus · February 27, 2002, 03:55 PM

Yeah, it's already gettin might hot over at the Dell customer forum!

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages...ame=cs_general

(Note to Mike: It's not too late to buy The Phonics Game!)

**Mike Irwin** · February 27, 2002, 05:28 PM

Yep, signing up now.

**Mike Irwin** · February 27, 2002, 05:45 PM

I see on that site that some people are now claiming that it was an AUTOMATED filter that bumped Weigand's order, and not a sales rep.

Any information on that?

Quartus · February 27, 2002, 06:47 PM

The other thread has info from Michael Dell, his very self. Looks to me like a minor boo boo that nailed the wrong guy, was subsequently not handled well, and the gunnie steamroller is gonna be hard to stop.

Frankly, it looks to me like Dell is clean.

If I were upper managment, I'd be firing some employees who stuck their noses in a big mess on the customer forum - and made it worse. They should have shut up and bounced it upstairs.

**Mal H** · February 27, 2002, 07:35 PM

Heck and here I was giving Mike credit for a witty new word and I now find it was just a typo.

Expodentially - adv. Showing ones teeth to induce fear. Sneering like a wolf.

C.R.Sam · February 28, 2002, 11:06 AM

Sneering or snarling ? Or....sneering while snarling = snarlering.

Nosredna Mas

Quartus · February 28, 2002, 11:30 AM

Mike? Witty?

To tell the tooth, I think this thread is going to the dogs.

C.R.Sam · March 1, 2002, 01:07 PM

Thread dogoned.
Mas

February 26, 2002, 10:40 PM	#1
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Parallel threads in a diagonal universe We have parallel Dell Computer threads running in General and in Legal. Might they be merged ? Nosredna Mas

February 26, 2002, 11:31 PM	#2
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Sam, there are 4 threads, one of which Tamara locked as a duplicate. I PM'd Staff this afternoon about it, but so far only that one thread is locked. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

February 27, 2002, 11:48 AM	#3
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	(pointy-eared Spock voice on) Fascinating, Captain, it appears that these threads are growing expodentially. If the current rate of growth continues, TFL will be overwhelmed in exactly 3 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 22 seconds. (pointy-eared Spock voice off) __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

February 27, 2002, 01:06 PM	#5
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Relax, Sam. It's a perfectly innocent typo. He meant to say, "explodentially". __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

February 27, 2002, 02:12 PM	#8
Tamara Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 11, 2000 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 16,002	If I didn't check these threads every so often, just think of the chuckles I'd miss. __________________ MOLON LABE! 2% Unobtainium, 98% Hypetanium. The Arms Room: An Online Museum.

February 27, 2002, 12:14 PM	#4
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Recovering Editor coins new word. Keen Mike.

February 27, 2002, 01:25 PM	#6
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Cap'n, thanx, just explodipated on keyboard.

February 27, 2002, 01:29 PM	#7
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	I'm here to help.

February 27, 2002, 03:45 PM	#9
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	No, I meant EXPOdentially... Because no matter what happens, it's going to be one hell of a show! (note to self -- kick phonics instructor) __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

February 27, 2002, 03:55 PM	#10
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Yeah, it's already gettin might hot over at the Dell customer forum! http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages...ame=cs_general (Note to Mike: It's not too late to buy The Phonics Game!) __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

February 27, 2002, 05:28 PM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Yep, signing up now. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

February 27, 2002, 05:45 PM	#12
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	I see on that site that some people are now claiming that it was an AUTOMATED filter that bumped Weigand's order, and not a sales rep. Any information on that? __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

February 27, 2002, 06:47 PM	#13
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	The other thread has info from Michael Dell, his very self. Looks to me like a minor boo boo that nailed the wrong guy, was subsequently not handled well, and the gunnie steamroller is gonna be hard to stop. Frankly, it looks to me like Dell is clean. If I were upper managment, I'd be firing some employees who stuck their noses in a big mess on the customer forum - and made it worse. They should have shut up and bounced it upstairs. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

February 27, 2002, 07:35 PM	#14
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Heck and here I was giving Mike credit for a witty new word and I now find it was just a typo. Expodentially - adv. Showing ones teeth to induce fear. Sneering like a wolf.

February 28, 2002, 11:06 AM	#15
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Sneering or snarling ? Or....sneering while snarling = snarlering. Nosredna Mas

February 28, 2002, 11:30 AM	#16
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Mike? Witty? To tell the tooth, I think this thread is going to the dogs. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

March 1, 2002, 01:07 PM	#17
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Thread dogoned. Mas