Re: The Krooborg bubbles over with turd-blossoms

On Nov 9, 5:30 am, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Harry Lavo" <hl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Frankly, when I gave Powerpoint presentations I always
brought my own projector (and sometimes even screen).

Frankly, I lead the tech support for a venue where power point presentations
are most commonly done on equipment provided by the venue. If we required
our presenters to bring their own equipment, we'd think that we were asleep
on the job. Some of our equipment for supporting Powerpoint presentations is
way to complex and unweildly for people to carry around with them.

Needed for a professional PowerPoint presentation:

1. PowerPoint software with presentation saved
2. Laptop
3. Projector (with software for drivers, if necessary)
4. connector for 2 to 3.
5. A blank wall or a projection screen

As an option, consider a combination laser-pointer/IR remote. That
really spices things up! It will fit right in your laptop case, too!

I do agree that carrying a wall around with you can be an unwieldy
burden, and they also tend to be expensive to ship, so I don't
recommend that. The rest will easily fit into carry-on luggage, unless
you have mirrored balls and smoke machines. You know, for the smoke
and mirrors. LOL!

Most professionals would have their laptops with them anyway, GOIA. I
also carry adapters, flash memory, disks (I even have a 3.5" floppy
drive, but that was more a function of being in the military), and
several cables. I also have a European power adapter plug in my laptop
case. Professionals try very hard to be prepared.

Amateurs fold under pressure and are seldom prepared. This is, BTW,
why second lieutenants are called "butter bars". in the military.
2LTs, like butter, look solid until heat and pressure are applied. If
you apply heat and pressure, they melt, like you apparently did (and
still are) over a small technical glitch.

For someone who claims to be a computer professional, you'd know that
laptops have been standard in the corporate world since at least the
mid-1990s. I got my first one in 1996. Face it: you were not prepared,
and that is nobody's fault but your own.

It's really simple Harry - I was promised the proper equipment in a venue
where providing such equipment was commonplace. Someone dropped the ball,
and it wasn't me.

Do you always whine so much after a "victory"?

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