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March 28th, 2003, 06:01 AM
#1
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Rent a Geek?
Here in the 'Burgh we now have a company that will send out a technician to troubleshoot your computer where it sits, it is called " Geeks to You" or something like that, I heard the commercial on the way home...Funny that they never mentioned anything about money... I will call them today and get some prices, just out of curiousity...
" I don't like the idea of getting shot in the hand" -Blackie in "Rustlers Rhapsody"
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March 28th, 2003, 06:21 AM
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Its funny how societal needs have changed the meaning of that word (geeks) from one of derision, to one of admiration.
Heck, if they can make money from it, all the more power to them. I just hope they're sending out "real geeks" and not incompetent monkeys who pretend to know and really dont.
Last edited by Orangeman; March 28th, 2003 at 02:48 PM.
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March 28th, 2003, 09:19 AM
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We have a similar thing here. if its during business hours, its calld an on-site ($100/h $125/h networking - tech gets paid normally). If its after hours, its called rent-a-tech ($50/h - tech gets 75% of fee). If its a new system its called on-site setup and traning ($100 for 2 hours max - tech gets 75%)
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March 28th, 2003, 09:28 AM
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There's one that started in minneapolis, and now has spread around a bit, called "the Geek Squad". they've been around a while now...as i remember it, there first response vehicle was a Simca of some sort..24hr on scene internet dispatched. These days they use volkswagen beetle "geekmobiles" check out the quicktime from their web site:
here
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March 28th, 2003, 01:15 PM
#5
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My friend has a business entitled "Rent-A-Geek", and I was using posters that read "Computer Geek For Rent" in Indian Head.
I also have heard radio ads on BC radio stations for a business called "Geeks on Call".
Flash! Don't heckle the supervillain!
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March 28th, 2003, 03:36 PM
#6
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So what's next.: "Geek du jour" special?
I'm not too sure I like the familiarity with the "geek" meaning.
(btw, last bloke who called me a geek works in a wheelchair now)
C'est la Vie...
"I invented it, Bill made it famous." ~ David Bradley
(wrote the code for Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the IBM PC)
"You know you're a geek when... You try to shoo a fly away from the monitor with your cursor." ~ Juuso Heimonen
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March 29th, 2003, 08:40 PM
#7
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Originally posted by Drone2903
So what's next.: "Geek du jour" special?
I'm not too sure I like the familiarity with the "geek" meaning.
(btw, last bloke who called me a geek works in a wheelchair now)
Maybe it's just me but I take it as a complement.
WHAT THE **** ARE YOU READING MY SIGNATURE FOR?!?
ONCE A GEEK ALWAYS A GEEK...
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March 31st, 2003, 09:59 AM
#8
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Flash! Don't heckle the supervillain!
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March 31st, 2003, 10:36 AM
#9
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Hey Clammy, I didnt know u was in a wheelchair....
Maybe I should start take that as a compliment.
C'est la Vie...
"I invented it, Bill made it famous." ~ David Bradley
(wrote the code for Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the IBM PC)
"You know you're a geek when... You try to shoo a fly away from the monitor with your cursor." ~ Juuso Heimonen
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March 31st, 2003, 11:40 PM
#10
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Originally posted by geoscomp
There's one that started in minneapolis, and now has spread around a bit, called "the Geek Squad". they've been around a while now...as i remember it, there first response vehicle was a Simca of some sort..24hr on scene internet dispatched. These days they use volkswagen beetle "geekmobiles" check out the quicktime from their web site:
here
yeah... Best Buy recently bought them........
Initiative + Technology = Initech
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April 1st, 2003, 06:38 AM
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When I was installing antennas, I'd be scrunched up in a ceiling somewhere wishing there was a Dial a Dwarf, or maybe Rent-a-Runt...
Need a Nerd?
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April 1st, 2003, 09:49 AM
#12
I thought geeks bit the heads off of chickens and stuff????
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April 1st, 2003, 10:41 AM
#13
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Did you know that a dork is a piece of whale genitalia?
Flash! Don't heckle the supervillain!
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April 1st, 2003, 12:00 PM
#14
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Originally posted by Cleetus
I thought geeks bit the heads off of chickens and stuff????
That's because you are a slack-jaw yokel, Cleetus! Now go find Cousin Earl and his smell hound and stop watching Homer before those Carnie's git your computer!!!!!
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April 1st, 2003, 10:19 PM
#15
I posted a topic a while back about the Geeks on Call franchise.
http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin...ighlight=geeks
I'm interested in the business model. They run the business part, allowing the tech to stick to tech work.
Part of what keeps me from going out on my own is the guaranteed wage, insurance, taxes, promotions etc.
Indeterminism. There's nothing you can do about it.
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