Shark Tank: The white stuff

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Shark Tank: You mean this communication
stuff really works?

Shark Tank: You mean this communication
stuff really works? 02/11/2004 01:12 AM
This company's e-mail server is limping along, and a pilot fish is working on migrating everything to a new machine. But it would be a lot easier if he wasn't being barraged with the wrong kind of e-mail.

The White Stuff

The White Stuff 08/31/2004 11:37 AM
Internet Works Aug 31 2004 4:10PM GMT

white stuff in my hair

white stuff in my hair 09/16/2004 10:36 PM
Crisp y New Freestyle : Featuring such lyrical gems as 'I like to suck mouse dick' (wmv link)

Shark Tank: Because it's there

Shark Tank: Because it's there 07/09/2004 12:05 AM
This software company is eager to show its investors that it's spending money wisely. So when someone suggests using offshore development, the CTO begins courting offshore vendors.

Shark Tank: Who is he, again?

Shark Tank: Who is he, again? 11/05/2003 12:43 AM
When it's time for this consultant pilot fish to install the mortgage application he's written for a local bank, he walks into the bank and informs a teller, "I'm the computer guy..."

Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask

Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask 06/05/2005 10:55 PM
Sysadmin pilot fish works in a hospital, and he works hard to keep the staff happy -- especially the pharmacists. So when a networked machine that dispenses medications goes off-line, fish knows what to do.

Shark Tank: Just doing our bit

Shark Tank: Just doing our bit 04/20/2004 11:29 PM
It's the 1970s, and this pilot fish is working at a site in the Far East for a U.S. organization when communications problems set in.

Shark Tank: Can't be!

Shark Tank: Can't be! 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
It's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish working at a big insurance company is facing the kind of miserable weekend project that only a penny-pinching mainframe shop can provide.

Shark Tank: Don't DO That!

Shark Tank: Don't DO That! 08/06/2004 11:59 PM
It's years ago at this busy circuit-board manufacturing facility, and the new component-insertion machine suddenly starts sticking capacitors and resistors everywhere but where they belong.

Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that

Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
This assignment is technically pretty straightforward: Write an application to track how long it takes to process each document at the company. But the politics of putting it in place are a little more complicated.

Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad

Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad 12/19/2003 11:34 AM
It's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish is working for a government contractor when an order comes in from an Air Force legal office for three cutting-edge, top-of-the-line handheld scanners.

Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help

Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help 07/31/2004 12:20 AM
Remote server goes down hard, and it appears to be due to overheating. So a tech is dispatched to the remote site to replace the server's fan -- but that's not the problem.

Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK

Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK 04/06/2005 02:42 PM
This company's sales system has been modified to block orders from customers with credit problems. But according to a branch sales manager, the credit check doesn't work.

Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it

Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
This big construction-equipment dealership has locations in several states -- and one IT pilot fish who's responsible for all of them.

Shark Tank: Just because

Shark Tank: Just because 01/05/2005 01:35 AM
It's the mid-1990s, and this IT pilot fish works in a small support department at a big company where some processes are handled the old-fashioned way: through paperwork and sneakernet.

Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it

Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
It's the spring of 1999, and this pilot fish has just set up a computer as a time server for the steel mill where he works -- which should make the switch to daylight-saving time a breeze.

Shark Tank: You're very welcome

Shark Tank: You're very welcome 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
This IT pilot fish, the technical guru at a small company, needs copies: 50 pages, double-sided, collated and stapled. So he loads his originals into the copier and, unfortunately, gets help.

Shark Tank: Possible

Shark Tank: Possible 01/17/2004 10:38 PM
It's back in the days of punch cards and paper tape, and the school district where this student pilot fish lives has a minicomputer just for student use.

Shark Tank: Who needs it?

Shark Tank: Who needs it? 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
It's the mid-1990s, and this site has two networks. One is an under-construction Ethernet network running Novell NetWare to Windows-based PCs. The other one -- the mainframe network -- is, well, interesting.

Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we?

Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we? 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
There's a vote coming up at this international association of educators, so the executive director gives the IT manager pilot fish the job of estimating how much it'll cost using paper ballots and scanning equipment.

Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you?

Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you? 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
It's the late 1980s, and new-on-the-job IT pilot fish gets his first important project: Expand the Ethernet backbone into a new office area at this manufacturing company.

Shark Tank: Get it?

Shark Tank: Get it? 08/20/2004 11:15 PM
This university's server center is in a space never intended for that purpose -- dark, moldy, carpeted, with wonky air conditioning. Then management finally agrees to move it to a more appropriate space.

Shark Tank: Two-fer

Shark Tank: Two-fer 03/17/2005 02:55 AM
Plant foreman comes to this pilot fish with a challenge: He wants a way to display important operational statistics so machine operators can see them at a glance.

Shark Tank: Ya think?

Shark Tank: Ya think? 03/17/2005 02:55 AM
Pilot fish is on the team deploying a management system for a medical practice. And because some of the users are computerphobic, the team tries to make things as mistakeproof as possible.

Shark Tank: What's in a Name?

Shark Tank: What's in a Name? 03/28/2005 01:18 PM
State agency's data warehouse project is renamed: It's now officially an "administrative systems reporting database." But why not just call it a data warehouse?

Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs

Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs 09/22/2004 12:32 AM
The company's executive offices are being recarpeted over the weekend, so this IT manager moves all the bigwigs' PCs on Friday, then heads out for a conference. But on Monday, the president isn't happy.

Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks

Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
This software-based simulator is huge, it's more than a decade old, it's the division's cash cow -- and the project to deliver a new version is on track to miss its February delivery date by about four months.

Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know

Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know 12/03/2003 12:36 AM
It's the early 1980s, and at a big Midwestern bank, this mainframe programmer pilot fish is part of a project that will revolutionize general ledger -- except for a billion-dollar problem.

Shark Tank: What a Concept!

Shark Tank: What a Concept! 09/21/2004 12:38 AM
This user's network drive is staggering the file server with hundreds of megabytes of games -- and that's completely against company policy. Fortunately, the user has an explanation. ...

Shark Tank: Not What I Had in Mind

Shark Tank: Not What I Had in Mind 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
A bank's IT staff replaces some server disk drives, and just for fun, this IT manager pilot fish hands a tech a sledgehammer to make sure the data is destroyed. ...

Shark Tank: Wanna bet?

Shark Tank: Wanna bet? 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
This printing company's network has to keep running, and everything in the system is doubled up, so having both nodes down at the same time is pretty much impossible -- in theory.

Shark Tank: Hey, Whatever Works

Shark Tank: Hey, Whatever Works 09/24/2004 11:29 PM
Users complain that data they enter into a major application mysteriously disappears, but programmer pilot fish can't find the problem. So he adds an auditing system to record what data is added and when.

Shark Tank: Let me repeat that

Shark Tank: Let me repeat that 06/05/2005 10:55 PM
This retailer's director in charge of stores decides that every time a store employee gets an e-mail, a copy should automatically be sent to the employee's supervisor.

Shark Tank: How (not) to get off the
mainframe

Shark Tank: How (not) to get off the
mainframe 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
Flash back to the early 1990s: The move to client/server is in full swing, and the company where this programmer pilot fish works makes a decision to "get off the mainframe."

Shark Tank: Just one bad idea after
another

Shark Tank: Just one bad idea after
another 12/12/2003 01:08 AM
This high-powered manager keeps all the information on a client responsible for 50% of the company's revenue on a PC hard disk that dies. Then it's the network manager's turn.

Shark Tank: One more bit of tidying to
do

Shark Tank: One more bit of tidying to
do 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
This consultant pilot fish has spent the past week and a half cleaning a major infestation of viruses, worms and spyware from this company's servers and PCs. So who calls the next morning?

Shark Tank: Oh yes, they'll notice

Shark Tank: Oh yes, they'll notice 12/24/2003 12:43 AM
A bank's indoor ATM is rebooting every evening at around 9 p.m. -- and now it's up to a technician pilot fish to figure out why.

Shark Tank: Boom!

Shark Tank: Boom! 12/22/2004 01:18 AM
It's the late 1980s, and this support pilot fish is in the Air Force and working the graveyard shift when he gets a 2 a.m. call from a high-priority user who says his terminal just blew up.

Shark Tank: Professional

Shark Tank: Professional 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
It's the early 1990s, and this pilot fish oversees the LAN servers at this big retailer's distribution center. But he's not allowed to replace any of the hardware -- that's outsourced to professionals.
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Hop Addin for Visual Studio .NET

Hop Addin for Visual Studio .NET 12/02/2003 11:05 AM
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Works 7 Update: AddIn DLL

Works 7 Update: AddIn DLL 07/13/2004 11:52 PM
This download will remove error messages that might be received if you install Works 7.0 on a computer and Word 2002 is already installed on the same computer.

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Outlook synchronization Addin for Sync4j 07/23/2004 11:32 AM
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
TechTree Sep 22 2004 3:07PM GMT

Barracuda Bites Man on Fishing Boat (AP)

Barracuda Bites Man on Fishing Boat (AP) 07/22/2004 06:11 PM
AP - A 65-year-old man on a fishing trip along the Georgia coast was injured Wednesday when a 30-pound barracuda jumped into his boat.

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda.

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda. 02/10/2004 02:45 AM
Tom's Hardware: Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its New Barracuda. It's still pretty evenly matched against the 7K250. And where are our 400GB drives?

Hey guys... Go for the 200 GB Seagate
barracuda 7200.7 Plus

Hey guys... Go for the 200 GB Seagate
barracuda 7200.7 Plus 09/23/2004 05:42 PM
TechTree Sep 23 2004 10:08PM GMT

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive @
TechReport

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive @
TechReport 03/31/2005 11:57 PM

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB Hard
Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB Hard
Drive 04/01/2005 02:15 PM
Computer Power User Apr 1 2005 6:41PM GMT

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive -
The Tech Report - Page 1

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive -
The Tech Report - Page 1 04/01/2005 06:41 AM
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Bells & Whistles for Outlook is an
all-in-one Addin Package for Outlook
that Adds 19 Neat Productivity Features
for Microsoft Outlook Users at an
Unbeatable Price.

Bells & Whistles for Outlook is an
all-in-one Addin Package for Outlook
that Adds 19 Neat Productivity Features
for Microsoft Outlook Users at an
Unbeatable Price. 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
DS Development has released version 2.0 of their email productivity software, Bells & Whistles for Outlook, a time-saver Outlook add-in which removes the daily frustrations of Outlook users by automating repetitive tasks. - Bells & Whistles for Outlook helps users to quickly reply to emails by automatically inserting personalized email reply greetings, reply subject counters, text templates or even silent email notes. During a one-time configuration process, users can easily pre-define the reply message format or automatic BCC, Forward or Reply-To addresses that will be smoothly applied to every outgoing email. For Microsoft Outlook 2003 users, Bells & Whistles enables the missing Outlook feature designed for automatically inserting replied addresses to the Outlook Contacts book. [PRWEB Dec 18, 2004]

Shark Tank: The white stuff

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