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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 24 May 2010 16:39 Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think that's what he means; I think he means he found it > _installed_ next to the carrel. I think you are right, but the fact that he is asking strangers on Usenet instead of asking library staff had me thinking along Jim's response too. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: TaliesinSoft on 24 May 2010 16:42 On 2010-05-24 15:14:52 -0500, Warren Oates said: > In article <85vvftF673U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > >> And it didn't occur to you to take it to the library desk given that it >> is likely someone else might have inadvertently forgotten it? > > I don't think that's what he means; I think he means he found it > _installed_ next to the carrel. When I wrote that I was unable to connect to the reference, and based upon the wording it did indeed sound like it was something left there, not something installed there. Serves me right for not waiting until I could see the picture of what he was talking about! -- James Leo Ryan Austin, Texas
From: Wes Groleau on 24 May 2010 17:54 On 05-24-2010 14:28, The Translucent Amoebae wrote: > What is This? > http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrstphre/4636442498/ > > i think it's a High Speed Plug In > That i found next to a Carrel at the library. > Assuming that i found a Cable to connect it to my MacBook... > What else would i have to do to get it to work...??? Why not ask library staff what it is? I mean, if you want guessing, I could guess, too. How about "the 'D' is for Deadly, and the 'V' is for Voltage. It's 220 volts disguised as ethernet and phone jacks as a malicious prank." -- Wes Groleau Pat's Polemics http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 24 May 2010 18:28 Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)freeshell.org> wrote: > Why not ask library staff what it is? Ask staff, face to face? Instead of snapping a photo, uploading to Flickr, posting link to Usenet, and waiting for faceless strangers to respond with the answer? Because it's more fun being the progagonist in the latest Mr. Bean epside. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: The Translucent Amoebae on 24 May 2010 19:03 On May 24, 1:39 pm, m...(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote: > Warren Oates <warren.oa...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't think that's what he means; I think he means he found it > > _installed_ next to the carrel. > > I think you are right, but the fact that he is asking strangers on > Usenet instead of asking library staff had me thinking along Jim's > response too. > > -- > K. > > Lang may your lum reek. The Library Staff NEVER has any clue as to Computer Issues...!!!
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