Outsider’s Insights

Sometimes, I wonder why computers have to be difficult to understand. To support the computer-industry and support-hotlines? To give jobs to it-specialists? To make life more strenuous?
I wanted to get online with a modem today. It worked on K.’s pc without any problems.
But I just get the mistake 629. What the f…
So here I am, back at the university which is - lucky me - quite close.
And now the quest for the correct configuration starts.
May the force be with me.