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From: The Translucent Amoebae on 24 May 2010 19:09
On May 24, 3:28 pm, m...(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...(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.

i have repeatedly asked the staff here at the library about this &
that,
And they are notoriously clueless about most everything,
Especially computer related issues...

My thinking was that it was a computer / Internet / Macintosh related
problem
and that it would be best to ask here...
Specifically; i was thinking that i could simply buy the cable to
connect the plug that is on the side of my macbook to it, as they seem
to be of the same type...
But THEN...
What else would be needed to make it work.
i have a very high degree of confidence that the library staff would
be of NO help whatsoever,
While; If this did look familiar to you, You would know exactly what
the correct reply would be.

???

Thanx!
From: Fred McKenzie on 24 May 2010 19:35
In article
<d51a26d2-3fd0-48ee-86e1-f8eeccb23a9e(a)q39g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
The Translucent Amoebae <transamoebae(a)seanet.com> wrote:

> i think it's a High Speed Plug In

Just because the library has WiFi for visitors, doesn't mean they use it
for their desktop computers. Some digital telephone systems also use
that kind of connection.

Look around for computers and telephones, and see how each is connected
to their network.

Fred
From: Mike Rosenberg on 24 May 2010 19:38
Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:

> 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.

I finally took a look at his photo. He's not showing us a _cable_, he's
showing us a picture of _ports_.

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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 24 May 2010 20:23
The Translucent Amoebae <transamoebae(a)seanet.com> wrote:
> i have repeatedly asked the staff here at the library about this &
> that,
> And they are notoriously clueless about most everything,
> Especially computer related issues...

So ask them to direct you to the staff person who knows. *Somebody* in
the library will know. Perhaps it is a free internet hookup. Perhaps
they've installed the outlets but the internet won't be hooked up until
they get the funding next year.

Nobody here on Usenet can reply with a definitive answer. Keep asking
around the library until you get to the IT department or whoever is in
charge of those terminals. Don't give up after asking only the
librarian.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.
From: Dan L. on 24 May 2010 20:46
In article <vMEKn.4743$Z6.524(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly)
wrote:

> The Translucent Amoebae <transamoebae(a)seanet.com> wrote:
> > i have repeatedly asked the staff here at the library about this &
> > that,
> > And they are notoriously clueless about most everything,
> > Especially computer related issues...
>
> So ask them to direct you to the staff person who knows. *Somebody* in
> the library will know. Perhaps it is a free internet hookup. Perhaps
> they've installed the outlets but the internet won't be hooked up until
> they get the funding next year.
>
> Nobody here on Usenet can reply with a definitive answer. Keep asking
> around the library until you get to the IT department or whoever is in
> charge of those terminals. Don't give up after asking only the
> librarian.

It looks like the same at my work place. D for Data, V for Voice/Phone.

"IF" it is like my work place you will not get them to work. Every room
has these plugs and they are over 300 rooms. The IT personnel will have
to validate the Voice/Data connections with their servers (reason for
the port numbers).

The library staff will probably not know. If the library needs more
computers and phone lines the IT personnel will plug in the computers or
multi/phones into the those empty unused sockets and validate them with
their servers.

--
Enjoy Life... Dan

Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.
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