Pluggers by Rick McKee for June 15, 2022

in the mouse’s case, if it’s a wireless mouse (like mine for my iMac), maybe its batteries need changing?

Since I use a terminal usually it’s some command I mistyped.

Yes, of course. I get it. A mouse chewed on the chair legs, the chair collapsed, and the plugger fell down on the floor.

Ah, the old PEBCAK error.

The connection between the chair and mouse would be …You.

The solution is likely to be found (solved) elsewhere.

Not ALL pluggers are slugs or morons. After a few more Advil, a cup o’ joe and another trip to the BR we can take on the world!

There’s an acronym for this in the IT world: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)

PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair

“We’re going on a PICNIC!” = Problem in chair not in computer

Of course there’s always the infamous ID-TEN-T error!

Mine is usually eye-hand coordination coupled with a severe case of fat fingers, with a little bit of brain moves faster than fingers thrown in

95% of the time, rebooting the router fixes the problem. It also removes any viruses, since they can’t change the firmware and rebooting clears the memory.

I once drove to the next town to check a box on the screen for a little, old lady, to get her computer working again after a visit from her son. It took her several minutes just to walk to the door. I didn’t have the heart to charge her (I was freelance) for the service call.

PICNIC: Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

Would that be an ID-10-T (idiot) error? Or possibly the PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair) error? I’d still put my money on Microsoft Windows playing stupid computer tricks. It does that. A lot.

The most serious problems I have encountered in 45 years of working with computers has always been with the ‘upgrades’. Surprise! The IT gurus thought of cleverer way to do things and/or another way to rearrange where things are stored (thank you so much Microsoft for wiping out all email files, contact lists, etc. [and changing the suffix so that nothing could even read the backup files] with that upgrade a few years ago.) — No hint about what is really coming, no suggestions of how to make your previous work compatible with the ‘new’ way. Just google the question and find a few thousand other people who don’t know how to solve the problem, maybe someone will accidentally come up with an easy fix . . .RIP Internet Explorer — it officially died today. I hope that doesn’t mess up too many users.

A rare left handed mouse, eh.

EBCAKError Between Chair And Keyboard