I like to have fun sometimes/most of the time here in the forums, but I have a serious question/concern regarding Thwack. When Google came online several years ago, and the same could be said about Twitter, it was a "weird" name or thing to say. But over time they both became household names and are now commonplace. When it comes to Thwack, I assumed that the same would hold true. It would be weird for a while but then it would take off and be a real "thing". However, it hasn't. To make it more severe, the opposite has happened. It has become even worse of a "thing". I struggle to pronounce the name, it actually hurts to say word Thwack literally. I have clients that use SolarWinds and even Thwack but when I say the word I get a strange look and then have to follow-up and say "you know, the SolarWinds thing..." and they say oh yea. I also can't remember a harder word or worse name for something on the entire Internet. Hopefully this topic is not taboo and we can discuss without prejudice because I am a huge fan of SolarWinds company, products, sales team and like many of you worked directly with marketing providing feedback on the customer portal, NPM and NCM.
Thwack I understand is a technical term to say 'backslash' or 'forwardslash'? I've heard people say http:thwack thwack but rarely and that those times were a long time ago. So if someone can clarify for me what it means and how that term is appropriate for describing this KB/forums I would love to clear it up so I can sleep tonight. I just imagine that the president of SolarWinds is a someone who thinks they are really funny but nobody is allowed to tell them they aren't and so weird sayings and stuff gets named and put on shirts. But I think I'm funny and just get written up at work. One more time and it'll be the last time.
You may know me from such blog posts:
"Recently got a SolarWinds Tattoo Across My Back and All I Got Was 300 Points"
"Listening to Justin Beiber and Wishing I was Selena Gomez"
"I just Put a Banana in My Bosses Tailpipe, Axel Foley Style"
"After 2000 Points and Many Failed Attempts, I Realized Thwack Wasn't a Dating Site"
"If the SNMP Isn't Public, I Can't Monitor It"
"QoS is to Hard to Understand So I Put Labels On My Cables"
"Windows XP Fo Life"
"Microsoft Finally Puts The Start Button Back Only To Take Me Back To The Tiles"
"My Entire Company is on VLAN1, Lets Take Down All 10 Remote Offices with a Patch Cable in the Conference Room"
"The End-User Doesn't Know How to Take a Screen Shot so he Faxed me a Drawing of What His Screen Looked Like"
"Spread the Word Doesn't Work on MySpace"
"No... we I am not logged into LMA I cannot get Internet which I could before... LMA log in Internet usage from home is slow and problematic half the time. I need access direct from home to the Internet."
"I accidentally hit some keys and now my keyboard won't work"
"Can someone log in to my machine. It will not boot. Give me a call and I can explain in detail."
"Someone else is logged into my Printer"
"One of our computers is not connecting with the laptop that it is hooked up to"
"Windows 365 is Also Locking Up?"
So as you can see I am not funny nor trying to be funny, however, I cannot also deal with saying Thwack on top of keeping everyone abreast of the latest technical trends with my blogs and discussions. I understand why I've never been tapped to be and Ambassador, but at least tell me what Thwack means or if this will ever be corrected.
This is serious, please don't ban me I just had to get this off my chest and do feel better now, best regards,
Toby Sevier
Systems Engineer
SolarWinds Fanatic