Orkpiraten

Fol­lo­wing is a lite­ral tran­script, the names have been chan­ged to
pro­tect the innocent.

Me: can you please switch the other ser­ver back on ? Other­wise your data won’t be backupped

Cowor­ker in abroad office (CAO): hi, does you means that all of us must switch off outlook?

Me: no need, just turn the com­pu­ter on

CAO: then I need to turn on all com­pu­ters in our office?

Me: no. There is a second com­pu­ter, next to the ser­ver in the small clo­set. THAT com­pu­ter is tur­ned off since the black­out. You need to switch that on

CAO: Is the one ‚Com­paQ‘ that is next to HP net ser­ver? If yes, how can I turn off? Just press the power button?

Me: for all we know, it is alre­ady tur­ned off. we need it to be tur­ned ON. And yes, it is the com­paq com­pu­ter. just press the power button

CAO: I came back, only turn off ‚Com­paQ‘. Is ok now?

Me: I sus­pect that you tur­ned it on, instead of off. but that’s ok

There was actually a pho­ne­call in bet­ween this, where I really stres­sed the fact that the com­pu­ter was swit­ched off cur­rently, and should be tur­ned on. A few times. In the end, the com­pu­ter really was tur­ned on, and can now again start to backup data.