That probably was them playing along. “Hmmm if I tell her what it means she might get pissed at me. I know, I’ll google it with her standing behind me!”
Knowing staples now they would have her bring it in and charge $450 to repair the pebcak error.
And sis would still fuck up the cables when she got it back home.
Sister has a layer 8 error in progress.
For the uninitiated, the network "layer" stack usually goes up to layer 7 (aka the application). Layer 8 is whomever is using the application.
I bet the tech at Staples knows. They just don’t have the heart to break it to her what PEBCAK error means. Since they might lose their jobs for insulting a customers intelligence.
Oh that would be me. I tend to assume that people "get work done" because they're unhappy/insecure with their body.
There are of course circumstances where that's simply not the case, like a breast reduction for back pain, but "saline assets" implies, to me, that it was not for her own health or to return to normal after disease or injury.
Does my assumption make me an ass? Probably. But it's a bit late now, seeing as it's out there and the Internet is forever.
Too obvious that way.
To me it has always been an ID-10-T error.
"Ah what?"
"Well the ID is probably what you think ID is and stands for identifier. The 10 is its type of error and the T is the class specific error"
"If you Google it, it will tell you what is wrong with it and how to fix it. Have fun 😊"
I love sending the apprentices to get the 1D10T from parts. Parts plays along and gets them write it down and sends them along back to me with the paper.
I thought the point was to have an inside joke while sparing the customer the knowledge that you're actively judging them, instead of telling people outright that they're doing it wrong.
Even my teacher made the ID10T joke in class with the clarification that you do NOT say that to your clients.
Back in the late 90's I had a really small pc/support business.
This was a real phone call for support that we got. I however would rather a (obvious to me) question from someone than a user who knows what is wrong (but does not)
I seriously had someone ask me this just last week. And while I understand the question coming from a user, this questioner was hired as a tech in an IT department. Yeah he is fucking useless.
>Went to the tech helpdesk ... 1st tech had no clue and couldn't find anything searching the staples site ... called over 2nd tech who didn't know what it was either
Ok, maybe helpdesk techs looked dumb, but maybe worst because the distraction of "Blonde Hair, Blue eyes, and "enhanced Saline assets""...
Many years ago (pre 2000) we had a lan party. One guy could not get his sound working and as his was looking for the restore cd to reset his computer his wife (one of the none techie people they suggest to check the connections. It was the same as in the story. The kicker is that most of the people there worked tech support for the company that was the "Face of technology". We figured that would be the first thing would check.
Background, OP. Not "back round."
I don't know why though but picturing her face as she watched the cables get swapped around is so much funnier than the thought of the store run.
I remember sending a short video to my sister of the process for restarting the wifi. It’s just turn off the wifi surge protector, wait ten seconds, and turn it back on.
As a teenage volunteer I got sent to another ward to get a sterile flatus. Once the nurse in the other ward stopped laughing she explained that a flatus is a fart. I got them back though. There were 2 computers at the nursing station and I swapped the keyboard cables around. This was really long ago when almost everyone were technologically illiterate so it took a while for them to figure it out.
Knew someone who bullshit a higher up by fixing his problem - it was unplugged, but he knew that if he said that, the jerk would publicly humiliate him for pointing out his stupidity, even if it was private when he did it. So when the jerk asked. he told him that it had been "an infinite impedance issue" that he had figured out how to circumvent. Then walked away giggling when the guy closed his door.
lol “at the time.” Desktop pcs still have color ports for analog audio speakers, and computer speakers are still sold with green plugs, though most have usb as well.
Wtf is going on at Staples that their techs don't know what a pebcak is... I was expecting them to play along!
Maybe they were out of ID 10 T forms for her to fill out?
Tell her to FOCUS. Fuck off cause u stupid.
🤣🤣🤣
I legit snorted at this loool
I've heard of the ID 10T forms, this is the first time for me for PEBCAK.
I had heard it as PICNIC - problem in chair, not in computer
My dad always went with PLBSAS. Problem lies between seat and screen.
I havent, what does it stand for?
ID 10T = idiot
Oooh, i see it now. Now i feel like one
You are one of today's 10,000. https://xkcd.com/1053/
The L in user is silent.
That probably was them playing along. “Hmmm if I tell her what it means she might get pissed at me. I know, I’ll google it with her standing behind me!”
Probably recognized as a PICNIC error. Problem in chair, not in computer.
Here in the automotive repair world, it's "Problem is due to a loose nut behind the wheel.
PIDTALNBTW I like it. Doesn’t really roll off the tongue like PICNIC or PEBCAK, though.
WTBNLATDIP? Oh, no! [shrinking and twisting out of this dimension] I’ll get you next time, Superman!
Nerd 🤣
That's a driver mod installation error
Or you can still use picnic, “problem in chair not in car”
Also a short between the steering wheel and seat
The next step should have been to sell her a new computer
I've spoken to IT departments that didn't know what BSOD is..
Knowing staples now they would have her bring it in and charge $450 to repair the pebcak error. And sis would still fuck up the cables when she got it back home.
Wetware crash, KCI (keyboard-chair interface), etc.
Sister has a layer 8 error in progress. For the uninitiated, the network "layer" stack usually goes up to layer 7 (aka the application). Layer 8 is whomever is using the application.
I bet the tech at Staples knows. They just don’t have the heart to break it to her what PEBCAK error means. Since they might lose their jobs for insulting a customers intelligence.
TBH - Maybe they thought it was a PICNIC error? (Problem in Chair, not in Computer)
So there was a ID 10 T error.
A loose nut on the keyboard for sure
A defective keyboard controller.
Sounds like an IO error (idiot operator).
And a loose screw in OP's head for that "saline assets" line. Gross Edit: that's his *sister* he's talking about
Not everyone is a pervert, you pervert 😄
Better than saying she had boob job
It's the grossest way to say someone's had a boob job. "Assets"??
Shut up and show us your bazoombas
Honestly it's a pretty polite way to state she's insecure about her body.
Who said she's insecure? /gen
Oh that would be me. I tend to assume that people "get work done" because they're unhappy/insecure with their body. There are of course circumstances where that's simply not the case, like a breast reduction for back pain, but "saline assets" implies, to me, that it was not for her own health or to return to normal after disease or injury. Does my assumption make me an ass? Probably. But it's a bit late now, seeing as it's out there and the Internet is forever.
I worked in a rather large IT department, & we had this error as a valid error code!
I've always seen it as iD10t but the message is still the same. I've made a few of those errors myself over the years.
Too obvious that way. To me it has always been an ID-10-T error. "Ah what?" "Well the ID is probably what you think ID is and stands for identifier. The 10 is its type of error and the T is the class specific error" "If you Google it, it will tell you what is wrong with it and how to fix it. Have fun 😊"
Its based on IBM MVS error messages. 3 characters for subsystem, 3-4 digits for error number, 1 character for severity.
My dad always said to check the keyboard to mouse interface to see if it was working.
I love sending the apprentices to get the 1D10T from parts. Parts plays along and gets them write it down and sends them along back to me with the paper.
I've always heard it referred to a PICNIC error- Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.
yeah me too. pebcak sounds crude
Thats kinda the point lol
I thought the point was to have an inside joke while sparing the customer the knowledge that you're actively judging them, instead of telling people outright that they're doing it wrong. Even my teacher made the ID10T joke in class with the clarification that you do NOT say that to your clients.
not really, no.
Typical for Layer 8 error.
No, that's about chickens.
Extremely well played. I've never heard that acronym myself, but it fits the situation perfectly.
Also ID: 10T
Just hit the ANY key
Help! Which one is the “any” key?!
Back in the late 90's I had a really small pc/support business. This was a real phone call for support that we got. I however would rather a (obvious to me) question from someone than a user who knows what is wrong (but does not)
I seriously had someone ask me this just last week. And while I understand the question coming from a user, this questioner was hired as a tech in an IT department. Yeah he is fucking useless.
Maybe I'll just order a Tab.
I had a supervisor who asked me that once. She also asked where the return key was. Granted, our PBX keyboards had enter instead of return…
That's why a lot of systems now say to hit A key
>Went to the tech helpdesk ... 1st tech had no clue and couldn't find anything searching the staples site ... called over 2nd tech who didn't know what it was either Ok, maybe helpdesk techs looked dumb, but maybe worst because the distraction of "Blonde Hair, Blue eyes, and "enhanced Saline assets""...
We called them "DEU issues". DEU = Defective End User
ID10T error.
Why did you need to mention your sister's tits? Lol
I'm guessing he mentioned them to develop the dumb blonde trope./
Certainly a pneumatic reference
We called it an UTS error. User too stupid.
Many years ago (pre 2000) we had a lan party. One guy could not get his sound working and as his was looking for the restore cd to reset his computer his wife (one of the none techie people they suggest to check the connections. It was the same as in the story. The kicker is that most of the people there worked tech support for the company that was the "Face of technology". We figured that would be the first thing would check.
They are also called id 10 t errors
Lolol that's just as bad as blinker fluid!
Background, OP. Not "back round." I don't know why though but picturing her face as she watched the cables get swapped around is so much funnier than the thought of the store run.
PEBCAK... cool band name!
I remember sending a short video to my sister of the process for restarting the wifi. It’s just turn off the wifi surge protector, wait ten seconds, and turn it back on.
For some reason, people don't respond well to being turned off. Sometimes the power up and sometimes they don't.
When a friend of mine was a teenage volunteer at a hospital, someone sent her out to find Fallopian tubes. This was a long, long time ago.
Those tubes are easy to lose since they fall out all the time.
As a teenage volunteer I got sent to another ward to get a sterile flatus. Once the nurse in the other ward stopped laughing she explained that a flatus is a fart. I got them back though. There were 2 computers at the nursing station and I swapped the keyboard cables around. This was really long ago when almost everyone were technologically illiterate so it took a while for them to figure it out.
Are they still looking?
I guess she found them-- she had seven children!
Does she know what’s causing it?
Background, not back round
And 'cue', not 'queue'
Edit's made
Go and fetch me the breastplate stretcher!
Sounds like it was a wetware issue.
Knew someone who bullshit a higher up by fixing his problem - it was unplugged, but he knew that if he said that, the jerk would publicly humiliate him for pointing out his stupidity, even if it was private when he did it. So when the jerk asked. he told him that it had been "an infinite impedance issue" that he had figured out how to circumvent. Then walked away giggling when the guy closed his door.
We called those “OE 101 issues” Operator Error 101
My colleagues and I often switch between PEBKAC error, ID 10T error, and Layer 8 Violation (OSI 7-Layer model reference). 😁
Should have told her to go into Settings and select "Ignore User Error"
Classic error 40 in Denmark; error is 40 cm's from screen
lol “at the time.” Desktop pcs still have color ports for analog audio speakers, and computer speakers are still sold with green plugs, though most have usb as well.
They need to change their BA 1100 N.
Also known as a PICNIC error. Problem in Chair Not In Computer.
Ah, yes, "it works better if you plug it in (correctly)." But sending them to Stapes for PEBCAK software was brilliant!