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RE: Dell hooks up PC customers with online support

yeah, people that calls HARDWARE support for a SOFTWARE issue is an IDIOT.

have you ever heard of the ID-10-T error?

ID-Ten-T Error:
ID-10-T (also seen as ID10T and ID107) is a term often used by tech support operators and computer experts to describe a problem that is due to the user's ignorance instead of a software or hardware malfunction. It is a masked jab at the user: when ID-Ten-T is spelled out it becomes ID10T, l33tspeak for "idiot". (Though the usage actually predates L33T as a part of geek culture.) It is also known as a "Ten-T error" or "ID:10T error".

A highly popularized example of this is a user mistaking their CD-ROM tray for a cupholder, or a user looking for the any key. However, any variety of stupidity or ignorance induced problems can be described ID10T errors.

ID10T is also a term used in Naval parlance[citation needed], although pronounced 'Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango'. Its usage is similar to that described above

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