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Ward:

--- Quote from: hillsbororiver on September 25, 2007, 11:06:11 AM ---He replied, "It was an ID ten T error." 


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Maybe you already know this, but... 

The technical name for the ID10T error is Organic Peripheral Failure, or OPF.

Unfortunately, its a very common problem.

\/\/ard

hillsbororiver:
Hi Ward,

No, I did not know that, thanks for providing that info and for making me feel even more like an ID10T!  ;D

Peace Brother,

Joe

Patrick:

--- Quote from: hillsbororiver on September 27, 2007, 09:59:30 AM ---Hi Ward,

No, I did not know that, thanks for providing that info and for making me feel even more like an ID10T!  ;D

Peace Brother,

Joe

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 :-X :-[ ;D

soberxp:
an ID ten T error."  
 I D 1 0 T  
PC said :"I didn't error"  pronounces ID10T as an ID ten T error, I D 1 0 T
So I wrote down. I didn't error  ::) ???



ID-Ten-T Error
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ID-Ten-T Error (also seen as ID10T and ID107) is a term often used by tech support operators and computer experts to describe a user error, a problem that is attributed 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 1337 as a part of geek culture.) It is also known as a "Ten-T error" or "ID:10T error".

Historical use (circa 1995) includes phone tech support personnel instructing the user/customer to place the line "id=10t" in their config.sys file.

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 as ID10T errors.

[edit] Other uses
In Navy and Army slang, the term has a similar meaning to that describable above though it's pronounced differently:

The Navy pronounces ID10T as 'Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango'. [1]
The Army pronounces 1D10T as 'One Delta Ten Tango'. [2]
1D10T (pronounced "one dee ten tee") is also used in Army slang in reference to the massive amounts of paperwork involved in getting anything done, e.g., "this requires a one dee ten tee form".[citation needed]

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