Subj : i remember.. a fancy new
To   : August Abolins
From : Warpslide
Date : Tue Feb 09 2021 15:08:53

On 09 Feb 2021, August Abolins said the following...
 
 AA>  DS>   He typed "Where's all the porn files??". When I replied
 AA>  DS>   "On the internet", the response <CLICK!> NO CARRIER.

 AA> Maybe it was the FBI.

I worked at a local computer shop while I was in high school.  Most of the
systems we sold were new, but occasionally someone would trade in their old
computer towards the purchase of a new one.

It was common when selling a used computer for someone to ask "does it come
with a Windows CD?" - they didn't.  In some cases the computer may have
originally come with one, but we we would never get that when it was traded
in.

One day I got a call out of the blue with someone asking a similar question:

"Hello, I bought a computer from there not too long ago and I don't see a
Windows CD with it."

I asked if the computer was new or used to which he replied "I'm not really
sure, it's grey if that helps?"

"Sir, if the computer was purchased used it would have a sticker with the
Windows serial number on the side of the case, but it wouldn't come with a
CD.  If the computer was purchased new, a CD would be included with
everything else that came with your computer, though the sticker with the
Windows serial number would still be on the side of your computer."

This is were the call got weird:  "Ok, thank you for that.  Let me conference in my colleague <name I can't remember> to check for that.  <Name I can't remember>, do you see anything like that?"

"Yes, I do, everything seems to be in order."

After that, they promptly thanked me for my time & the call was over.  To this day I have no idea who they were or what they were after, but I often wonder if that was some random call from Microsoft trying to figure out if we were a pirate shop or something.


Jay

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