11-07-17 16:21 Paul Quinn wrote to Ed Vance about Local Area Connection
Howdy Back! Paul,

 PQ> {at}MSGID: 
 PQ> Hi! Ed,

 PQ> On 11/06/2017 08:21 AM, you wrote:

 PQ>> fixed through your accurate analysis and well-thought fix.

 EV> It was more of Me being Paranoid when I see some change in settings which
 EV> I don't remember making.

 PQ> You don't say.  I went through that cycle just this morning.  You see
 PQ> something didn't work... a script file on my Linux machine (AKA, a
 PQ> batch file).  I know it should have worked 'cause it had worked at a
 PQ> command prompt, a line at a time during testing.

 PQ> I have been itching for the chance to use that script for two days, Ed.
 PQ>  My chance came this morning, with the arrival of your note in fact.
 PQ> When it came time to use it to update my news server settings (and
 PQ> other things) from a remote site with that script, the last line of the
 PQ> configuration change failed.

I may have forgot to tell You that I live in the River Bottom and I carry
the Fog with Me everywhere I go, and it messes up People and Machines when
I am near them.

 PQ> It seems that I had stealthily hidden a copy/paste error from the
 PQ> testing command prompt!  It had been sitting in a dark space in that
 PQ> script for two days, waiting for an opportunity to pounce!  I was
 PQ> devastated.

I think MY Fog came in with my previous message and caused those hidden
Script Lines to wake up.

 PQ>> ... A confident manner is important; Computers can sense this.
 EV> My computers try to destroy any confidence I think I have.......

 PQ> I like to get my way.  OTOH, I know where the kill switch is.  :-D

At times I've panicked and reach back where the A.C. Connector is plugged
in and Unplugged it, to get ITS attention.

Try that sometimes, it works for Me!


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