Computer illiterate people who think they know things [v3]
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So today in history we were doing research for some project and I told people that alt f4 was a cheat console, most believed me but they said the computer was slow, so I told them that in the back of the computer the red switch that says 115 is a turbo switch and it makes the computer x2 as fast. They all believed me.
Oh even some of my computer literate friends thought the same. I had to yell at them and tell them that it'd fuck the computer up. Another thing I learned is that the school keeps an unprotected remote access connection to a server using Windows Server 2008. I'm going to try and bring my pc login disk and see if I can get into their server because most of the machines use XP, sever 2008 must have something good.
[QUOTE=don818;20765003]So today in history we were doing research for some project and I told people that alt f4 was a cheat console, most believed me but they said the computer was slow, so I told them that in the back of the computer the red switch that says 115 is a turbo switch and it makes the computer x2 as fast. They all believed me.[/QUOTE]
I REALLY WISH the gold star rating was still here, for I have need of it...
[QUOTE=Wonky;20483296]Is it just me, or are woman just more illiterate than men overall?[/QUOTE]
Yes. The only time I eve saw my dad, or my granddad, (who has personly said he doesn't 'know what this little thing with 2 buttons is.') is when installing stuff which requires folders and stuff. Dad wanted to get GTA vice city for pc through the free download. I helped him out, done.
Then when it comes to mum... Jesus christ. "JAROD! Why isn't the computer working!? I'm sick of your Jerry's mod and team fort games slowing it down!"
"Hold on let me look. Wha-"
long story short, we fixed the problem of the computer being slow by closing all 29 Facebook multiplayer games. she CONSTANTLY opens everything in a new window. Not page, not tab.
[QUOTE=SlickBlade;20766077]Dad wanted to get GTA vice city for pc through the free download. I helped him out, done.[/QUOTE]
You helped your Dad download warez?
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;20766307]You helped your Dad download warez?[/QUOTE]
you have said that in which we do not speak of! :ohdear:
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;20639048]We can at least talk about some games together. I play Call of Duty, so does he. We share views on games. I play deep games and he is the type to play the easiest shoot'em up or say a game is the best ever because the girl has big boobs.[/QUOTE]
Big boobs in game = win, you cant argue with that.
[QUOTE=SlickBlade;20766077]Jerry's mod[/QUOTE]
Made my day.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;20767197]you have said that in which we do not speak of! :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Depends on where ya' say it. :v:
[QUOTE=SlickBlade;20766077]Yes. The only time I eve saw my dad, or my granddad, (who has personly said he doesn't 'know what this little thing with 2 buttons is.') is when installing stuff which requires folders and stuff. Dad wanted to get GTA vice city for pc through the free download. I helped him out, done.
Then when it comes to mum... Jesus christ. "JAROD! Why isn't the computer working!? I'm sick of your Jerry's mod and team fort games slowing it down!"
"Hold on let me look. Wha-"
long story short, we fixed the problem of the computer being slow by closing all 29 Facebook multiplayer games. she CONSTANTLY opens everything in a new window. Not page, not tab.[/QUOTE]
I've explained to my friend's mom several times now that playing games, even for the short while he does, does NOT in any way shape or form download viruses, or 'wear down' the computer like some sort of car engine. You don't put on mileage, especially if you're doing the equivalent of driving to the store once a week and letting it sit in the garage otherwise.
same woman who kept deleting his stuff when the computer was new, saying he was taking up too much space with the three games and a documents folder he had... on a ONE TERABYTE HARDDRIVE. >:C
she ended up deleting several important folders from C:/ :doh:
[QUOTE=don818;20767433]Depends on where ya' say it. :v:[/QUOTE]
gold:hf:gold
I know a phone isn't a computer, but my touch screen broke on my phone, and my mom said "it's daylight savings, turn your phone off and back on and it will be fixed"
[QUOTE=BlackWolf97;20775267]I know a phone isn't a computer, but my touch screen broke on my phone, and my mom said "it's daylight savings, turn your phone off and back on and it will be fixed"[/QUOTE]
Speaking of which when is daylight savings anyway. Is it the one where we get an extra hour sleep or one hour less to sleep?
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;20775431]Speaking of which when is daylight savings anyway. Is it the one where we get an extra hour sleep or one hour less to sleep?[/QUOTE]
It [I]was [/I]last night (going from 3/14 to 3/15) and you lost an hour of sleep.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;20775431]Speaking of which when is daylight savings anyway. Is it the one where we get an extra hour sleep or one hour less to sleep?[/QUOTE]
one less.
[highlight]DAMN YOU BEN FRANKLIN![/highlight] :argh:
Why do we even have DST?
[QUOTE=Kasai;20776066]It [I]was [/I]last night (going from 3/14 to 3/15) and you lost an hour of sleep.[/QUOTE]
No wait a minute it's different in the UK. I just checked; we do it at the end of march, on the 28th.
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[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;20778341]Why do we even have DST?[/QUOTE]
Make the most of daylight hours.
Why not just wake up an hour early?
Long story short- ben franklin [as mentioned before] had a hand in this. The idea was to give farmers the most bang for their long-winded buck. Well, not really franklin, but he gets credit when your second grade teacher tells you all about it. Franklin ACTUALLY suggested firing cannons at sunrise to waken Parisians.
Check wiki for info. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings_time#Origin[/url]
Changing the clocks would ensure that the afternoon had more daylight and the morning had less. If you ask me, we'd be more on-key all year round if we just shifted a half hour and were done with it.
Thread has been unintentionally derailed. Let's try to get it back on track shall we gentlemen.
[QUOTE=don818;20765003]So today in history we were doing research for some project and I told people that alt f4 was a cheat console, most believed me but they said the computer was slow, so I told them that in the back of the computer the red switch that says 115 is a turbo switch and it makes the computer x2 as fast. They all believed me.[/QUOTE]
Now i feel illiterate, ive never seen a red switch saying 115 on the back of a computer.
what does it do :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;20782966]Now i feel illiterate, ive never seen a red button saying 115 on the back of a computer.
what does it do :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
Let's just say your PSU goes out with a BANG!
wtf, why do they put a button like that on a computer?
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;20783054]wtf, why do they put a button like that on a computer?[/QUOTE]
¯\(°_o)/¯
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;20783054]wtf, why do they put a button like that on a computer?[/QUOTE]
It's to swap between the American and European standards for mains electricity, over here setting it to the wrong one will kill the PSU, in America I assume it just doesn't turn on properly.
[QUOTE=MasterF3n;20783010]Let's just say your PSU goes out with a BANG![/QUOTE]
for some reason, I all of a sudden could imagine a conversation...
[quote]"Oh god, I fried my PSU"
"wait, what? you mean your PS2, right?"[/quote]
-snip-
Bumpity bump. Content naow.
In other news,my friend told me that MS-DOS is the only operating system capble of running Crysis on its highest settings.
Facebook suddenly slows down and I get the following:
Her: "My internet is slow so I'm singing off MSN to speed it up."
Me: "It's just Facebook, mine is slow too"
Her: "I can't get onto Facebook yeah, thats why I'm going off to make it faster"
:|
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