July 12, 2015 - Icebreaker

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Jan

I am awful at writing self introductions, since I can never think of anything interesting to write about...

Mike Bennett • 07/12/2015

I'm the same way! LOL!

Interstate2011 • 07/12/2015

Luis Roo. So that's what the boss's name is.

hugs Jessie, by the way

OmegaWolf • 07/12/2015

So a computer with no internet connection. Not fun.

And introduction papers....glad doesn't work in an office building

Night-X • 07/12/2015

Downfall of 20 year old computers and no wireless USB stuff back in those times.

Interstate2011 • 07/12/2015

I trust Jessie couldn't write an introductory e-mail either?

Jamtex • 07/12/2015

I am expecting the next line to be "Ah but your PC only has a 10Base2 / Token Ring network card fitted."

Sereverus • 07/12/2015

XD ethernet cord XD, doesn't that take me back

Scearls • 07/12/2015

So many responses keep going through my head...Keep laughing so hard that I can't even put it down...I'm waiting for Jessie's template :-p

Mr.Phox • 07/12/2015

The problem with the WI-FI is that its slow and can get interferences. A Ethernet cable can be good, but its another cable, you have the power cord, the speakers, maybe a keyboard, the power bar, the webcam, the monitor, etc.

Muddypaws • 07/12/2015

Jan's email:

"Um.. I'm a Lion. I have a close friend who's a Wolf (and he's a bit NUTS)."

Jesse's email:

"Well, I'm just your average Tigress, who's brother is dating a Silver Fox. Oh, and I like Salmon!"

... Wolf's email (hack):

"I am the new 'Number 2,' and welcome to 'The Village!' "

Frank • 07/12/2015

So they DO have predators working for them other than our heroes

Perfesser_Bear • 07/12/2015

The contrasts continue. Corporate priorities...

Kangaar Foxfire • 07/12/2015

I don't know why some people find it so difficult to write a work-related introduction about oneself. In a work environment they're only interested in your educational background, skillset and any work-relevant hobbies.

Breaking the ice at parties, now [i]that[/i] can be difficult. There it's a whole different social ballgame.

Silverwolf • 07/12/2015

I feel for Jessie. I had to try to solve a problem for a client who was trying to get their Win 3.11 box onto a network that had both coaxial cable and 10-base-T. At another job, I got used to lugging my powermac clone back and forth to work...it worked.

Luis: "Have you sent your introductory e-mail?" Jessie: "E-mail? I'm still trying to get on the network!"

You know, I'm actually hoping that Wolf can help Jessie out with a solution that is non-destructive, yet effective. He's got the right kind of engineering know-how, and if given proper parameters can even make it fun and non-explosive.

Example: An AMD 8-Core box in a gaming-grade mid-tower case with onboard liquid cooling, BD read/write, 16GB RAM, 128GB Solid state HD, 750GB 7200RPM HD, just a bit above $1200 (depending on where you source the parts...I managed to do it once). To get Wolf interested it needs to have some extras...say...custom liquid cooling, case lighting, hydraulics...

soriac • 07/12/2015

Somehow, I expect Jessies computer to be fitted with good old (read: unreliable and flimsy as hell) 10-base2 connections, but what the lynx showed up with don't look like a bnc with a proper tee connector. Well, let's see how this evolves...

But Jessie schoud look at the upside of this, not only she isn't bothered with annoying e-mails (admit it: 75% of company emails are quite redundant), but now she can use an old wacom ultrapad natively on the serial port, which this computer undoubtedly has :-)

@Silverwolf: ..or will explode.. It's Wolf we're talking about .-)

GalloViking • 07/12/2015

Hey, if Jessie has a WindOS 95, does that mean that she has the space cadet pinball game? I loved this game as a child.

0netwo3six • 07/12/2015

the pinball game would be a great time waster. however, if the company manages to take off...

Silverwolf • 07/12/2015

@Soriac: If the attack couch is any indication, I think Wolf is beyond the "accidental uncontrolled explosions" stage he had in college. Although I probably wouldn't want to stand in the line of fire of the BD-ROM drive...

ndrvr • 07/12/2015

Think 'bout, folks...a PC with NO network connection at all is completely save from internet viruses ^^.

Oh hey, what's th~

Connection failed

Randolph Woltman • 07/13/2015

Don't have anything to say Jan... hmm... as a wolf and a writer, I have experience in finding ways to make things interesting, what with writing all the time and consistently talking to other members of my pack... :)

Hmm, well companies really only care about your education and work related hobbies, but... you're a lion... you went to college with a music loving horse and a crazy wolf among others, um... hm, this is a little hard...

Jessie, on the other hand, should have many colorful experiences to share... if she manages to get on the network... a life as a guitarist, a great life as a biker, a brother who's dating an Arctic fox and somehow creating a crazy medieval movie involving a scene where a character runs nude... how they're funding this is beyond me. That should lead to many interesting discussions... Now if only Jessie could find an internet connection.

Sammy • 07/13/2015

Or, she could just send the email from her phone.

Jan • 07/13/2015

@Jamtex @Silverwolf @soriac Darn it, I was going to use the token ring gag in the next comic. Now I'll have to think of something different...

@ndrvr Remember the days of viruses hitching a ride on floppies? Or worse still, a pirate CD-ROM (very common here in Asia) with a virus on the disc (invoked with autorun.inf)... that you could never disinfect... since it's read-only...

@Sammy I don't think she even received the email in the first place....

I'm writing with a lot of ellipsis...

Sonic Wolfe • 07/13/2015

Ethernet cables are not that out dated... I prefer a hardwire instead of Wi-Fi

Mike • 07/13/2015

God I hate seeing a pretty girl in trouble, oh, here comes another pretty girl to the rescue. Now I'm going to be in trouble with God and probably Jan over what I'm thinking... If Jessie likes salmon I know this place that makes an >incredible< salmon risotto. My treat. If not, does the Lynx lady (Have I missed her name?) like Italian food? On the subject of wired/wireless I'm kind of neutral, my computers and network drives are all wired for a better connection, but I have my game systems and a few other peripherals wireless for lack of plugs. I don't see a really good solution until we get beamed up by the Enterprise...

LLNV & LLPF

ndrvr • 07/14/2015

@Jan

Heh, sure i do :-). Yet i was lucky then, all computers i got my hands on them either had "Basic V2" (Commodore 64) and later MS-DOS 3.x and 6.x on it (West-central europe). Next OS then was WIN 98 SE (when i started in the interwebs) that i had to reinstall each other day for the first weeks until i managed to throw a working AV / AntiTrojan / FW garniture on it.

Got also back then the occasional CD with malware, those days (reinstalling all) i say...

ShotgunKid • 07/14/2015

Perhaps "I like to apply mildly obscure physical equations and units in my everyday life"?

Robin Bobcat • 07/15/2015

Ooh! ooh! XKCD did one on this...

http://xkcd.com/1545/

Jamtex • 07/15/2015

@Jan Sorry, it was a bit tooo predictable that the PC would either have a thin ethernet or a token ring card as both of these were widely used in the 80s and 90s.

Some readers are old enough to know these things :p

Senko • 07/15/2015

Hmmm ethernet cable for the new designers computer great only question is whether there's somewhere to plug the other end into?

I have a feeling this is going to be a long day for her. On the upside she can't really be blamed for getting nothing done when she has no way to communicate and for that matter designing on that computer can't be fun.

WB101 • 07/15/2015

Network Admin's response: A WinDoes95 (doe, deer, female d... bad old coyote pun) machine, on my network? Ain't happening! Ummm... Ethernet cable won't fit into the modem port... ;) Notes that Jesse likes salmon for... reasons

There'd have to be some kind of 'launching platform' involved for Wolf to get interested.

Self introductions are easy: Hi. I'm crewman number 6... immediately flattened by a falling anvil... KLUNK! Breaking the ice at parties: Just bump into someone (not hard enough to spill drinks mind ya, but just enough to exchange apologies and get past the awkward stuff). Of course at certain ages, one risks a hip doing that sorta thing...

In my part of the country, Cat6 cable and GB switches/routers are still faster/far more reliable than any Air/Wi-Fi solutions touted... despite what the salespeople say.

Oh no! Jan appears to have caught my dotNet syndrome. Soon the dreaded coyote pox will sweep the interwebs. Mmmmmmwwwwahahahahahaha... O_o

Jamtex • 07/15/2015

@WB101 An RJ45 cable will fit into an RJ11 socket fine as long as you have the technical tool known as a hammer.

Biovolf • 10/02/2015

good

Razmoudah • 02/27/2016

Oh, I understand completely. I'm horrid at self-introductions as well, very horrid at them.

Silverwolf • 05/13/2016

@Jan: I remember those days, and I had a Mac. I put some decent antivirus protection on mine, and it found and quarantined a few viruses. There were some cross-platform suckers.

KinHikari • 02/13/2017

I'm also terrible at self-introductions. In fact, I took some Library Science-related online classes (from fall 2014 to spring 2015) and writing a self-introduction was one of the assignments in the first week of each course.

Matt • 05/31/2017

Luis is from the HR dept.

Matt • 05/31/2017

Wb wouldn't wolf just create a platform to physically launch it from computer to computer.

Silverwolf • 03/03/2018

@Matt: If he encoded the information onto donuts, he could teleport them with zero lag.

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