click here, read the whole thing - it's worth it

the greatest classtech call EVER.
also the origin of Sparky the ITD Wonder Dog.

no one will be able to come close to mine and Scott's technical prowess and ticket writing capabilities.

1/25/2008 1:04:15 AM

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"Call 946985: Poe 216: Video Proj displaying red tint on all sources ======================================================================= Problem: Poe 216: Video Proj displaying red tint on all sources Customer - Name: - User Id: - Phone: - Email: - OUC: Workgroup: IT_CLASSTECH Owner: Status: Active Priority: Medium Origin: Self Impact: Group Action: Agent: bccopcea Product: Prob_Video_LCDProj Solution: Created: 12/07/06 10:05 am Modified: 12/07/06 03:01 pm Resolved: ======================================================================= Call Text: Thursday December 7th, 2006 - 10:05am - script ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [bccopcea] Room Check: Poe 216 Video Projector ------------ Everything is displaying with a red tint. Someone will need to come back with the Poe 216 Closet Keys and at least 30 minutes to troubleshoot this problem. Possibly a bad BNC or bad connection (loose cable, etc.). Thursday December 7th, 2006 - 3:01pm - emkinney ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The story of Poe 216 is an amazing one. As I was driving down the road going to do my next lab check, Mr. Scott Curcio paged me on my nextel. "Hello," I said, "how can I help you today?" "There's a problem in Poe 216, it's an emergency. We need to fix this efficiently and quickly or the world will end," Scott responded. "OH NO!" I gasped, and turned the van around as quickly as I could. I drove to the Hillsborough building and got the keys to Poe 216 from the lovely lady at the operations desk. I told her to have a pleasant day, and sprinted back to the van - we could waste no time. I drove as quickly as I could while obeying the speed limit, of course. Scott was waiting at Poe, eager to fix the problem. I found a spot to park the van, and we ran down to Poe. The people that we passed were in awe. "Are those the ITD superheroes?" I heard one of them say. We then activated our flying capabilities and flew over Park Shops, as buildings are annoying like that. After a safe landing on the ceiling of Poe, we jumped onto the pavement, activating our super ITD trampoline shoes to prevent injury. We walked up the stairs and rushed into the closet. When we got there, we were in awe. "This is PROPOSTEROUS!" I exclaimed, and we both just stood there and shook our heads. The red lead in the RGB cable had been just stuck into the BNC connector and was wrapped with massive amounts of electrical tape. Seeing this, we flew back to the warehouse, as we could waste no time with mortal land-based transportation. We located a large box of BNC connectors, but, alas! We could find no crimper! In an act of desparation, we paged Lord Specter and Lady Richardson. The location in which they thought the crimper was yielded no crimper. Scott then had a stroke of genius. "Why don't we just use 2 pairs of pliers?" he said. "It could work," I replied. We grabbed the two pairs of pliers, a bag of BNC connectors, and a coax stripper, and busted through the wall. Superheroes do not use doors. Amazingly, the van was back at the warehouse. Sparky, the ITD wonder dog, had driven it back to the warehouse for us. "Great job, Sparky!" we said, and gave him a piece of steak. Scott took one too. Once we reached Poe again, we teleported back into the closet of Poe 216. There, we removed the existing BNC connector from the red lead. To our dismay, we discovered that the center conductor was too long to fit into the new connector! We searched for something to cut it with, but came up with nothing. I ran out of the closet, desparately searching for a cutting implement. The Dutchess of Education happened to be sitting in her office around the corner. "Good afternoon, loyal subjects. What brings you to my castle?" she inquired. "We require a pair of scissors, your highness." I replied. She reached in her pocket and produced a pair. We promised to bring them right back. With scissors in hand, we ran down the hall. My mother appeared and told me to stop running with the scissors, so I did. We crawled back to Poe 216. Using the scissors, we cut the metal center conductor. The dielectric was too long now! Using my fingernails of steel, I stripped the dielectric from the cable in one smooth motion. We placed the fitting onto the connector, and slid the connector over the cable. With amazing superhuman strength capabilities, Scott and I prepared to crimp the connector. We positioned our pliers on either side of it, and counted down. 3... 2... 1... GO! In that instant, a click could be heard all around the room, and we knew we had succeeded. We plugged the BNC connector back in, and tested out Ye Olde Crestron Panel. The projector turned on, and, alas! The color had been restored! We celebrated, and the Dutchess of Education had a feast in our honor, complete with otters, midget jesters, and Ben Wilkus. After we had had our fill of food, we prepared to go back to the warehouse. For some reason, the cast from Saved By The Bell was there to greet us. Zach Morris stepped up first. "Great job, guys!" he said. Then they all left, and we went inside, and updated ye olde remedy call. Thus ends the story of the GREATEST CLASSTECH REPAIR... EVER! *the end*"

1/25/2008 1:06:47 AM

evan i eat this shit up...you are the greatest person ever

no homo

1/25/2008 1:17:12 AM

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1/25/2008 1:18:25 AM

http://help.ncsu.edu/readcall.php?remedy_id=946985

1/25/2008 1:26:12 AM

LOL i didnt know the general public had access to remedy tickets

1/25/2008 1:31:19 AM

holy shit good thing they warned us to be careful what we put

1/25/2008 1:41:38 AM