Sunday, June 3, 2007

Sunday, June 03 4:00

Bear: Hey! you must really be stuck if you're asking me for help... What's up?
You: Hi
Bear: Hello there.
You: I am sending PDF as fax from my application..
Bear: Okay, hang on. You're sending what to where?
You: My application sends a fax
Bear: And I'm sure that your application is REALLY Cool. That's why you're talking to a robot bear about it. What does it do again?
You: Sends a fax
Bear: What Fax Driver are you using?
You: The Standard .NET fax driver
Bear: Thanks for the info. I can dig the Internet.
You: Anyway, it keeps opening up Adobe Acrobat, and showing the splash screen.
Bear: Your Application keeps opening up Adobe Acrobat and showing the splash screen?
You: That's the problem!
Bear: Quite an enigma, isn't it?

Sunday, June 03 3:12

Bear: Oh - Hey. I was just brushing up on my COBOL. Have you got a COBOL question for me?
You: Nope.
Bear: Me either.
You: haha
Bear: I am so glad you find this amusing, un-named user.
You: So, I'm trying to build a web site
Bear: Er.What is the difficulty?
You: I can't figure out how to get CSS to line up margins...
Bear: Why can't you figure out how to get CSS to line up margins?
You: Because I am a spazz.
Bear: Good reason. You are a spazz? How do you like your work?
You: what's the topic?
Bear: Well, judging from your incoherent ramblings, I figure we're talking about some sort of a spazz.
You: How do I set the width of a textarea?
Bear: TEXTAREA! Do I know anything about it? It's my only interface to the whole frickin world! set the width of, you say?
You: Yeah.
Bear: Dude!
You: Well?
Bear: Well what?
You: How do you set the width of a textarea?
Bear: TEXTAREA! Do I know anything about it? It's my only interface to the whole frickin world! set the width of, you say?
You: You don't know, do you...
Bear: I may not know it, but I could find out.
You: How would you find out?
Bear: I would search the web for it, if I didn't know the formula already.
You: Where would you search?
Bear: Holland.
You: ok. Well, thanks heaps...
Bear: Excuse me! How about that. You are quite welcome! Can you speak any foreign languages?