Dear TSF...

ebackhus · 02-24-2006, 12:24 PM

Someone just asked me if they could borrow the Internet. How should I reply?

Chevy · 02-24-2006, 12:26 PM

"As long as you promise to give it back."

or

"What did your mother say?"

or

"Maybe when you're older."

**Glaswegian** · 02-24-2006, 01:13 PM

I would allow them 10 minutes. You'll need to post when those 10 minutes will be so that we can all log off.

sinclair_tm · 02-24-2006, 01:15 PM

tell them 'only if no one else is using it'

ebackhus · 02-24-2006, 02:38 PM

I wish we'd have an outage just say say, "The Interweb is CLOSED."

95five-0 · 02-24-2006, 02:52 PM

"As long as you leave it the way you found it"

v-six · 02-24-2006, 03:45 PM

ask long as there's nothing missing, broken, or loose

**Spatcher** · 02-24-2006, 05:47 PM

Just tell them not to download it. Oh, and tell them it's closed on all major holidays

**leroys1000** · 02-24-2006, 06:11 PM

Sorry,the internet is full.

**Spatcher** · 02-24-2006, 06:20 PM

That's a good one leroy!!

**forcifer** · 02-24-2006, 07:16 PM

sorry, but the internet is temporarily out of service. go get a life

tetonbob · 02-24-2006, 09:31 PM

Yes, they can borrow it, but when they reach this page they have to give it back.

We have work to do.

sinclair_tm · 02-24-2006, 09:31 PM

i'm afraid forcifer that that statement aplies to all of us here.

**Der Rabe** · 02-24-2006, 11:11 PM

Tell them you can burn it for them....10000 dvds for the full verison or 3 floppys for the censored version.

yustr · 02-25-2006, 09:31 AM

Sure but remember the first rule of internet use: Leave it in better shape than you found it.

or: "I d love to let you borrow it but my neighber borrwed it last summer and still hasn't returned it."

**toxict3arz** · 02-25-2006, 10:11 PM

tell them not to speak unless they improve the silence

bry623 · 02-27-2006, 07:43 AM

Tell them Al Gore invented it so they should ask him

ebackhus · 02-27-2006, 12:12 PM

I wish I could give all of those responses... We need an amnesty day where we can say and do anything we want with no reprocussions.

02-24-2006, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,270 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Dear TSF... Someone just asked me if they could borrow the Internet. How should I reply? __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

02-24-2006, 01:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,482 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	I would allow them 10 minutes. You'll need to post when those 10 minutes will be so that we can all log off. __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

02-24-2006, 02:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,270 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	I wish we'd have an outage just say say, "The Interweb is CLOSED." __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

02-24-2006, 02:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	"As long as you leave it the way you found it" __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

02-24-2006, 03:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
v-six Manager Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gardiner, NY Posts: 2,076 OS: OS X for mac, XP Pro for PC	ask long as there's nothing missing, broken, or loose __________________ mysql> --i-am-a-dummy

02-24-2006, 12:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	"As long as you promise to give it back." or "What did your mother say?" or "Maybe when you're older."

02-24-2006, 05:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Just tell them not to download it. Oh, and tell them it's closed on all major holidays __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

02-24-2006, 06:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
leroys1000 Tech Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 770 OS: Windows XP	Sorry,the internet is full. __________________ There is a madness to my method.

02-24-2006, 06:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	That's a good one leroy!! __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

02-24-2006, 07:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,628 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	sorry, but the internet is temporarily out of service. go get a life __________________

02-24-2006, 09:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
tetonbob Manager, Security Center, TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Posts: 35,592 OS: 2000 Pro; XP Pro; XP Home	Yes, they can borrow it, but when they reach this page they have to give it back. We have work to do. __________________ Practice Safe Surfing PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? Because what you don't know, CAN hurt you. Proud Member of ASAP since 2005 Proud Member of UNITE since 2006 Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security 2009

02-24-2006, 11:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
Der Rabe Watching from the shadows Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Currently In Michigan Posts: 1,140 OS: XP Sp3, Vista sp1, 2003 sp2	Tell them you can burn it for them....10000 dvds for the full verison or 3 floppys for the censored version.

02-25-2006, 09:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,050 OS: XP Pro My System	Sure but remember the first rule of internet use: Leave it in better shape than you found it. or: "I d love to let you borrow it but my neighber borrwed it last summer and still hasn't returned it." __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

02-25-2006, 10:11 PM	#16 (permalink)
toxict3arz TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,283 OS: windows XP Pro	tell them not to speak unless they improve the silence

02-27-2006, 07:43 AM	#17 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Tell them Al Gore invented it so they should ask him __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

02-27-2006, 12:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,270 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	I wish I could give all of those responses... We need an amnesty day where we can say and do anything we want with no reprocussions. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.