• Computer illiterate people who think they know things [v3]
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[QUOTE=Eudoxia;20292035]A friend of mine told me his computer was not working properly, and said it was probably related to the Hardware. He asked me to help him, and I said I would try but I didn't know shit about Hardware (Or networking, or electronics. Just software.) I opened his case: Weed. I swear to God there was weed all over the place. Like, on the motherboard and the RAM. Every since space between the components had been filled with weed. Not in bags, just there. I What The Christ'd. I removed most of it, but some of the weed near apparently overheated and formed... I don't know how to describe it. It was like... Molten weed... Sticked to the components. The fuck.[/QUOTE] The word "lol" is tossed around a lot on the internet, but I actually laughed when I read this.
[QUOTE=gazzy_GUI;20292662]With the 5770 you can't go higher then 8X AA. :eng101:[/QUOTE] erm, you can, CCC settings, 24XCFAA
[QUOTE=mfb412;20292980]erm, you can, CCC settings, 24XCFAA[/QUOTE] I ment by defualt. also i was browsing the local second hand shop today and this laptop caught my eye, i was reading the spec's list obviosly someone left it on there to show off. It said 13'3" TFT screen 1024GB Memory (I shit you not!) 250GB HDD That's all i can remember now, if it's there tomorrow i shall take a picture.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;20292915]:raise:[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Pie_Lord;20291190]Don't forget the classic: "I'm friends with Garry, if you aren't nice to me I'll have you banned!"[/QUOTE] I was providing an example of an event that actually happened to show what would happen if a new person who claimed to be friends with Garry actually was friends with Garry and the resulting aftermath.
[url]http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-19397.html[/url] :gonk:
I know, it's just kind of an odd occurrence. Was he actually who he (and garry) said he was, or did it turn out to be another firerain? ...also, this is pretty funny. I cringed every time this commercial came up. Vid was posted up in GMF, reminded me I need to keep looking for that other one with "wirus" protection. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mGAUwMbXg&feature=player_embedded[/media] [editline]05:31PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr Drover;20293747][url]http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-19397.html[/url] :gonk:[/QUOTE] "i dunno how but i know that by typing in a certain range of letters and numbers a virus could be created. like ceres.dll. thats an easy one to make." :doh: [editline]1:11[/editline] FOUND IT! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts6TXB7PQnQ[/media]
I went on Omegle asking about graphics cards and I came up with this ditty [quote]You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi! You: what graphics card do you have? Stranger: ... Stranger: i have no idea... Stranger: is that... Stranger: important? You: yes You: it's what allows you to have things show up on your computer monitor Stranger: no kidding...but is knowing which one i have important? You: it's good to know You: it's not important until...well.....lets just say the hour will come You: rise and shine You: mr freeman You: wake up and You: smell the ashes[/quote]
[QUOTE=daijitsu;20293781] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mGAUwMbXg&feature=player_embedded[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts6TXB7PQnQ[/media][/QUOTE] ...I feel like throwing up... And THEN, I'LL GO TO STOPSIGN DOT COM AND GET A [B]FREE SPYWARE SCAN![/B]
You: hi Stranger: hey You: what graphics card do you have? Stranger: i dont You have disconnected.
Not everyone has a graphics CARD. Some people just have integrated video.
[QUOTE=Ban Evasion Alt;20292104]Games are ten times better when there's a stoned/drunk guy on the mic.[/QUOTE] I missed this one. I remember a game of CSS I played with a friend, this one guy was wiggin' out hardcore, talking about this "african pouched squirrel", and how it was so cute and sitting right in front of him. ...it turned out to be his shoe. When he figured that out, he laughed for just short of 7 minutes straight. Friend of mine recorded video of it, I should look it up. :v:
[QUOTE=daijitsu;20297204]I missed this one. I remember a game of CSS I played with a friend, this one guy was wiggin' out hardcore, talking about this "african pouched squirrel", and how it was so cute and sitting right in front of him. ...it turned out to be his shoe. When he figured that out, he laughed for just short of 7 minutes straight. Friend of mine recorded video of it, I should look it up. :v:[/QUOTE] The world we live in is very, very odd. Also, this thread needs a bump, as it's epic. I think there was a video in CSS where this guy was hardcore raging and this hippie was trying to calm him down and one of the first things he suggested was "some weed man". I found that funnier than it should've been actually.
I read that in a hippie voice. Here's my list: [LIST] [*]A friend of mine, who is in college, claims that the Mac is 10000000x (I forget what number) better than either Ubuntu or Windows; also claimed that Mac has no viruses. I asked him if he has proof; he says it's common sense. A quick Google search proved him wrong. [*]My dad thinks everything that's free is a virus. That means pretty much every Linux distribution, free antivirus (like AVG or avast!), game demo, et cetera et cetera is a virus. Yet he wanted me to download McAfee (we have a Comcast subscription; McAfee is free with it) and I said 'no way'. [*]I asked my mother if she wanted to try Ubuntu. Here's how it went: mom goes on (I already put her at the homepage in FF), she goes: "Where's Google Chrome?" I say that it's not on there. She proceeds to throw a fit and switch into Vista. Yesterday, I asked her if she wanted to try it (I found out that Chromium was a type of Chrome that can be used with Linux, stupid me) and explained to her about the aforementioned 'Chromium'. She denied, saying "I thought Google Chrome was a search engine." I almost cracked up but said it's a browser. She quickly said, "That's what I meant." Before switching her to Vista, she said, "Put me back where I belong." Moral of this story: strict, stubborn parents. Fuck me, I got their stubbornness too, but it's actually a good thing. [/LIST] That's all I got, sorry folks. Sorry ofor a wall of text if it is one.
[QUOTE=IceCKryss;20292432]There was one such person, except that he wasn't an ass. His name is Gwilty, Director of Facepunch Studios. [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=708363[/url][/QUOTE] I remember that, got forgotten very quickly. Also in the end was Gwilty just a Garry alt or an actual person?
[QUOTE=AmericanInfantry;20302374]I read that in a hippie voice. Here's my list: [LIST] [*]A friend of mine, who is in college, claims that the Mac is 10000000x (I forget what number) better than either Ubuntu or Windows; also claimed that Mac has no viruses. I asked him if he has proof; he says it's common sense. A quick Google search proved him wrong. [*]My dad thinks everything that's free is a virus. That means pretty much every Linux distribution, free antivirus (like AVG or avast!), game demo, et cetera et cetera is a virus. Yet he wanted me to download McAfee (we have a Comcast subscription; McAfee is free with it) and I said 'no way'. [*]I asked my mother if she wanted to try Ubuntu. Here's how it went: mom goes on (I already put her at the homepage in FF), she goes: "Where's Google Chrome?" I say that it's not on there. She proceeds to throw a fit and switch into Vista. Yesterday, I asked her if she wanted to try it (I found out that Chromium was a type of Chrome that can be used with Linux, stupid me) and explained to her about the aforementioned 'Chromium'. She denied, saying "I thought Google Chrome was a search engine." I almost cracked up but said it's a browser. She quickly said, "That's what I meant." Before switching her to Vista, she said, "Put me back where I belong." Moral of this story: strict, stubborn parents. Fuck me, I got their stubbornness too, but it's actually a good thing. [/LIST] That's all I got, sorry folks. Sorry ofor a wall of text if it is one.[/QUOTE] Oh, there you are my alternate personality caused by schizophrenia.
I was writing some stuff on the comp in school today and i went to open a new document and my teacher goes "OMG!!! STOP DOING THAT I WILL TALK WITH THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT THIS, STOP HACKING!!!11!!!ONEONE!!!!111" i shit you not
earlier on AIM, retard567: YO, HELP FOR SOME REASON I CAN ONLY TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! me: ....is caps lock on?... retard567: WHATS THAT? and my dad, saying that if I download too many things it'll break the hard drive
The other day I realized that I couldn't find my original starcraft disk, and when I asked my mom about it she said something along the lines of "That game gives our computer viruses" The sad thing is that she has been in the IT field since the 80's.
Did anyone see the post yesterday about a laptop, this guy said saw a laptop with a 500gb processor!
[QUOTE=BKDiesel;20305058]The other day I realized that I couldn't find my original starcraft disk, and when I asked my mom about it she said something along the lines of "That game gives our computer viruses" The sad thing is that she has been in the IT field since the 80's.[/QUOTE] That's an unacceptable waste of perfectly good software! Throw her into the abyss. [b]Now.[/b]
[QUOTE=ForTehWolf...2!;20305043]earlier on AIM, retard567: YO, HELP FOR SOME REASON I CAN ONLY TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! me: ....is caps lock on?... retard567: WHATS THAT? and my dad, saying that if I[B] download too many things it'll break the hard drive[/B][/QUOTE] This is true though. Just go figure in what amounts.
[QUOTE=BKDiesel;20305058]The other day I realized that I couldn't find my original starcraft disk, and when I asked my mom about it she said something along the lines of "That game gives our computer viruses" The sad thing is that she has been in the IT field since the 80's.[/QUOTE] How about me trying to explain to my dad that it's impossible to get a virus THROUGH PLAYING STARCRAFT ? I almost got an ulcer trying to explain it's impossible in every definition of the word
tell him how programs works, my parents are computer illiterate, but explaining how it works usually makes them understand because they trust me.
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;20306311]tell him how programs works, my parents are computer illiterate, but explaining how it works usually makes them understand because they trust me.[/QUOTE] actually this was years ago, before my current pc, before my mac, on my old pc, before the harddrive went to shit from a virus, and while i was playing starcraft. wayyyyyyy back.
[QUOTE=g1real;20306155]This is true though. Just go figure in what amounts.[/QUOTE] It can break the Operating System, not the actual Hard Drive :raise:.
[QUOTE=TomoAlien;20306495]It can break the Operating System, not the actual Hard Drive :raise:.[/QUOTE] Hard Drives die after too much write/read cycles.
[QUOTE=gol4z03;20305158]Did anyone see the post yesterday about a laptop, this guy said saw a laptop with a 500gb processor![/QUOTE] ...that was me.... I meant hard drive....I wrote processor accidently because next to it I wrote the CPU of the laptop...I edited the post and fixed it the same day...i'm not a retard who didnt read the first page of the topic where it says not to mention things like that...dumbass
Third version of this thread, and this shit still ain't getting old. Ever witness a computer illiterate dumbshit give another computer illiterate his/her computer in an attempt to "fix" it or "speed it up"?
[QUOTE=Dominik93;20306608]Hard Drives die after too much write/read cycles.[/QUOTE] this calls for one of those command prompt scripts to write/delete the same little file over and over and over and over... though I bet it might take a few days... or weeks... or months... [editline]01:33PM[/editline] [QUOTE=xZippy;20307121]Third version of this thread, and this shit still ain't getting old. Ever witness a computer illiterate dumbshit give another computer illiterate his/her computer in an attempt to "fix" it or "speed it up"?[/QUOTE] :byodood:
[QUOTE=don818;20278321]They completely left out the stuff from Linux that mac osx has. I can point out one easily. Hell Mac OS didn't even change the name, the commands or hell even the way it looks. Give up? [sp]Terminal[/sp] and that site gives [sp]command prompt[/sp] credit. [/QUOTE] That's because both systems are Unix based.
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