Strange Conversations: Part One Hundred and Eighty-Nine
Posted 20 August 2009 in Strange Conversations by Catriona
The advantage to having the first mobile phone I’ve ever owned in my life is that I can now have strange conversations via SMS:
ME: And not the phone is playing up intermittently. Why? Why? (It has, a couple of times today, stopped making keyboard noises when I type and also run reeeeeally slowly.)
NICK: Hum. That’s odd. Could be a sign it needs a cold reboot.
ME: I don’t know what that means. Also, I just dropped it on the table, and now it’s working better.
NICK: Just hold down the power button until you see the red slider, then slide that. Wait a bit then restart by firmly pressing power button.
ME: You mean turn it off and on again?
NICK: Basically yeah.
ME: Well, why not say that?
NICK: Well I thought I had!
Geeks!
Share your thoughts [3]
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Tim wrote at Aug 20, 10:51 pm
Perhaps he wanted to make sure you didn’t press the power button softly.
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Catriona wrote at Aug 20, 11:27 pm
Yes, I frequently need detailed instructions on the degree of pressure to exert on any given button.
It’s a sad side effect of my superpowers.
I was more irritated that he felt “cold reboot” was synonymous with “turning it off and on again,” and was quite affronted that I hadn’t realised that.
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Heather wrote at Aug 20, 11:45 pm
heh heh heh