So another weekend and another evening out. However one has been awakened from the slumber by a rather early call from the Dell folks. This time the reason was a cracked Bezel (direct result of an earlier service request) - but they have been prompt in replacing a part on a machine which isn’t sold in India (I bought this in the UK). So now I have a 2.5 year old machine with a new "top" i.e. the laptop's base is old. But all closed satisfactorily - screen fixed, cover replaced and the machine works fine.
The same can’t be said about technology though - and I have missed breakfast - so cannot be sedate about the whole thing. Technology is failing us on a a regular basis and we remain mute spectators to the takeover of the human race by silica (in all forms) and metal ;-) And this problem seems to be confined to various circuit boards (with add ons i.e. communication devices) whose masters are between the ages 31 and 33 .. Oh and female.
The problem itself can be defined as the Technology Bermuda i.e. ASSSOCIATED with the "triangle" and not the "shorts" - whatever passes at one end does not necessarily emerge at the other (or not in the same form at least). Main symptom being messages (in the form of calls / text over the cell phone/email / anti“social” networking etc etc) just seem to vanish in transit. Now I know these folk and they are rather stable, conscientious people with a high level of integrity (most of the time) and honesty (albeit self confessed) and cute, so they must have missed the message due to some electronic gremlin.
Now there could be several reasons for this -and I am guessing that no physics wizard has as yet managed to slow the flow of electrons / radio waves so communication sent over the wires and airwaves are pretty much instantaneously delivered. -The cause of this can be alcohol. Scenario one: message flashed - sender identified - adrenalin rushes - hands tremble - cell phone (the said slavish printed circuit board) dropped into a glass of martini - master (or mistress in proper English) mostly shaken and stirred - cell phone dead - message lost - ... forever.
This is a hardware issue...
Another scenario is a fancy phone... mistress being popular several messages clog the mailbox - said mistress then proceeds to chop chop... being an imperfect device (as opposed to the master mistress who is perfect) hangs beyond a point - mistress, already too hot to handle, blows several gaskets...attacks the "red button" with the ferocity of a she tigress who has just caught a "jackass" eyeing her "puppies".. Undesirable message + several desirable ones (presumably) are consigned to eternal damnation of the trash bin!
This is a software issue.....
Scenario three is mischief - virus (much like the A15 common cold virus) causes selective amnesia in the slave phone AND the mistress. Arrival of said message (in form of ringing / beeping) prompts a rather long and detailed query regarding the origination / originator of said missive. This is usually accompanied by an alcohol fuelled statement represented by "Who?". In cases of extreme familiarity the word is downgraded to a sound "Hmmm..." followed by suitable filing procedure (this is mental – pun?).
This is a malware issue....and the plot thickens. :::
So I say – off to finishing school with the device! Alternatively - shoot the messenger! Thus delightfully enlightened, I am off to be a part of other peoples plans..This new year there isn’t going to be any Baga or Bali.. But there are things to meet and people to do...
Ciao Ciao
Z
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