Computers

I hate and love computers all at the same time.  It is amazing that I can turn on the computer and within minutes have all the inforamtion I could possibly want on a given subject. 

My office is a paperless office.  In other words we keep all records and x-rays on the computer.  We have a small server that takes care of the office.  I really dont know how all of it works, but it does, most of the time.  I showed up to work on  Wednesday and my staff tells me that my server is down.  AHHHHHHHH  NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  The staff has been on the phone with tech support for over an hour and they decided that the network card or the cable or the switch is fried. Not a good day when everything is on the computer, and I mean everything.  We use my laptop to act as a temporary server.  But this laptop is 4 years old and it was a low end one when I bought it so the technology is at least 6-7 years old. 

Everything worked out fine the office just ran a little slower than usual.  I am amazed by what computers can do. 
Apparently the problem started with a power outage at the office.  We have the server connected to a battery backup with a two hour batter life.  I guess the power was out for longer than that and the power loss fried something.  Fun fun fun. 

Gotta love technology

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