1912: Thermostat - Revision history

FaviFake at 13:20, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T13:20:30Z

FaviFake at 13:18, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T13:18:14Z

2600:387:4:803:0:0:0:B2: /* Explanation */ Related - IOT, 3109: Dehumidifier etc

2025-06-30T20:45:44Z

‎Explanation: Related - IOT, 3109: Dehumidifier etc

2A0D:E487:58F:5574:E21F:FADD:1FA1:2: Link to 1084

2025-06-22T21:02:29Z

Link to 1084

An user who has no account yet: /* Explanation */ fix tyop that broke a link

2025-05-26T19:43:44Z

‎Explanation: fix tyop that broke a link

162.158.33.207: /* Explanation */ A (not at all complete) more expanded description of partitioning volumes (or creating volumes on partitions).

2025-05-01T21:20:45Z

‎Explanation: A (not at all complete) more expanded description of partitioning volumes (or creating volumes on partitions).

DollarStoreBa'al: done

2025-05-01T19:06:54Z

done

DollarStoreBa'al at 18:57, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T18:57:37Z

DollarStoreBa'al at 18:55, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T18:55:25Z

DollarStoreBa'al at 18:54, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T18:54:58Z

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's physical storage space (sometimes considered a {{w|Volume (computing)|volume}}) is assigned/''re''assigned as one or more logical divisions ({{w|Disk partitioning|partitions}}) for logistic reasons. The act of partitioning is traditionally only done when setting up entirely new hardware, or reinstalling ''everything'' from scratch, something that very few non-technical users will ever have to worry about (and, if they do, might be accomplished by letting happen the default options given to them on the first use of a device). Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
+[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball's computer problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's physical storage space (sometimes considered a {{w|Volume (computing)|volume}}) is assigned/''re''assigned as one or more logical divisions ({{w|Disk partitioning|partitions}}) for logistic reasons. The act of partitioning is traditionally only done when setting up entirely new hardware, or reinstalling ''everything'' from scratch, something that very few non-technical users will ever have to worry about (and, if they do, might be accomplished by letting happen the default options given to them on the first use of a device). Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
 The error message suggests a system problem at a low level of the device. Not only is the operating system missing, but the device is trying to locate the operating system inside a Microsoft Word document, something that has little to do with regulation of temperature and probably has no way of getting onto the device in the first place, let alone being considered as a bootable file.

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Computers]]
-[[Category:Cueball Computer Problems]]
+[[Category:Cueball's computer problems]]

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 This is explored further in [[2083: Laptop Issues]] where throwing Cueball into the ocean is mentioned. Both comics could explain the original "computer problem link to oceans" comic [[349: Success]].
-[[1084: Server Problem]] shows a similarly absurd error message, hinting at some incomprehensibly broken system.
+[[1084: Server Problem]] shows a similarly absurd error message, hinting at some incomprehensibly broken system.  Other comics dealing with internet of things include [[463: Voting Machines]], [[1966: Smart Home Security]] and [[3109: Dehumidifier]].
 ==Transcript==

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	This is explored further in [[2083: Laptop Issues]] where throwing Cueball into the ocean is mentioned. Both comics could explain the original "computer problem link to oceans" comic [[349: Success]].		This is explored further in [[2083: Laptop Issues]] where throwing Cueball into the ocean is mentioned. Both comics could explain the original "computer problem link to oceans" comic [[349: Success]].
		+	[[1084: Server Problem]] shows a similarly absurd error message, hinting at some incomprehensibly broken system.

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's physical storage space (sometimes considered a {[w|Volume (computing)|volume}}) is assigned/''re''assigned as one or more logical divisions ({{w|Disk partitioning|partitions}}) for logistic reasons. The act of partitioning is traditionally only done when setting up entirely new hardware, or reinstalling ''everything'' from scratch, something that very few non-technical users will ever have to worry about (and, if they do, might be accomplished by letting happen the default options given to them on the first use of a device). Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
+[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's physical storage space (sometimes considered a {{w|Volume (computing)|volume}}) is assigned/''re''assigned as one or more logical divisions ({{w|Disk partitioning|partitions}}) for logistic reasons. The act of partitioning is traditionally only done when setting up entirely new hardware, or reinstalling ''everything'' from scratch, something that very few non-technical users will ever have to worry about (and, if they do, might be accomplished by letting happen the default options given to them on the first use of a device). Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
 The error message suggests a system problem at a low level of the device. Not only is the operating system missing, but the device is trying to locate the operating system inside a Microsoft Word document, something that has little to do with regulation of temperature and probably has no way of getting onto the device in the first place, let alone being considered as a bootable file.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's storage space (volume) is divided into two sections, so that a computer may treat one hard drive as two.  Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
+[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. The phrase 'partition the volume' generally refers to when a hard drive is divided into two independent sections, making the Operating System think there are two hard drives provided when in reality there is only one.  Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
 The error message suggests a system problem at a low level of the device. Not only is the operating system missing, but the device is trying to locate the operating system inside a Microsoft Word document, something that has little to do with regulation of temperature and probably has no way of getting onto the device in the first place, let alone being considered as a bootable file.

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	[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems\|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w\|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's storage space (volume) is divided into two sections, so that a computer may treat one hard drive as two. Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w\|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459\|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w\|Boot_device\|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w\|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.		[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems\|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w\|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's storage space (volume) is divided into two sections, so that a computer may treat one hard drive as two. Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w\|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459\|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w\|Boot_device\|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w\|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.

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 {{incomplete|What is "Partition the volume"?}}
-[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
+[[Hairy]] is working at a tech support office, and receives a call from [[Cueball]]. After the scripted greeting, Cueball, who [[:Category:Cueball Computer Problems|has the most bizarre tech issues]], tells Hairy that his thermostat – a single-purpose device used to control indoor heating and air conditioning – is showing an error screen from the {{w|Android operating system}}, and asking if he wants to partition the volume. To partition a volume generally refers to an action where a hard drive's storage space (volume) is divided into two sections, so that a computer may treat one hard drive as two.  Android is a fairly common operating system for small smart devices including thermostats, but the error implies that it is trying to mount a file with {{w|.doc}} extension (likely a [[1459|Microsoft Word document]]) as the {{w|Boot_device|boot device}}. An added twist is the "(1)" in the filename, which is commonly appended when a user attempts to copy a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name. Furthermore, the extension {{w|.docx}} has been the default option from Microsoft Office 2007 onwards rather than the earlier .doc extension used in the comic, implying that the file is likely a rather old one.
 The error message suggests a system problem at a low level of the device. Not only is the operating system missing, but the device is trying to locate the operating system inside a Microsoft Word document, something that has little to do with regulation of temperature and probably has no way of getting onto the device in the first place, let alone being considered as a bootable file.