Computer illiterate people who think they know things [v3]
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[QUOTE=Rixxz2;21283060]I just got this PM on YouTube:
[IMG_thumb]http://i43.tinypic.com/15xpz02.png[/IMG_thumb][/QUOTE]
Excuse me but i can't hear you behind my awesome graphics, free DLC's and HUUUUGE pile of exclusive titles, what did ya say?!
Also how you can emulate games from practically every past generation.
My friend says he have bought pentium 5 laptop.. What would you reply if you were me?
[QUOTE=cDash;21286013]My friend says he have bought pentium 5 laptop.. What would you reply if you were me?[/QUOTE]
He probably means i5.
The following isn't really computer illiteracy, just plain idiocy:
So a friend of mine was listening to a music clip on Youtube, "guitar" to be specific (which has several million views).
So:
Me: The guy was smart to anme it simply guitar, he wouldn't have got even a fifth of those views if it wasn't for the name.
Him: What the hell are you talking about? The name has nothing to do with the views.
Me: Uhh it's because it has a so simple and common name that it has been viewed a lot, people search more often for "guitar" than "canon rock on electric guitar", you know?
Him: No you're wrong, it has nothing to do with it.
Me: Did you fall off the baby carriage a lot when you were young?
Then a month or so later when we happened to talk about it again he said "Yeah well I was joking of course, how could you not understand?" (basically "lol i troll u"), like if I didn't understand he wasn't and just realized how stupid he had been. Scary thing is he goes to a advertising high school (basically they teach him to make adverts and the importance of adverts, publicity and so on).
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;21283060]I just got this PM on YouTube:
[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/15xpz02.png[/IMG]
Apparently, I won't have a "console exspirence". :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
Ask him if he's ever heard of these games: Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1942: Secret weapons of WWII, Battlefield 1942: Road To Rome, Battlefield: Vietnam, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Call of Duty, Call of Duty United Offensive just to name a few. (These were all my favorite old games.)
Oh and Natural Selection 1 and Natural Selection 2.
[QUOTE=don818;21287954]Ask him if he's ever heard of these games: Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1942: Secret weapons of WWII, Battlefield 1942: Road To Rome, Battlefield: Vietnam, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Call of Duty, Call of Duty United Offensive just to name a few. (These were all my favorite old games.)
Oh and Natural Selection 1 and Natural Selection 2.[/QUOTE]
I don't exactly know any of those games (cause I haven't played them (but I have heard
of them)) but I see your point. My reply?
[b]Amen.[/b]
MY dad just got an iPad for absouletely no reason.
It sucks. All the 'HD' apps are basically just the content view and the list view on the same screen.
Also, the keyboard feels unatural and clunky.
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;21283716]I've also noticed this. This also applies to the furries I've argued with.
[b](Why are retards always putting up fights with me?)[/b][/QUOTE]
two minds think alike. :downsrim:
[QUOTE=teeheeV2;21283796]I was at the local store with my mates, one of which was buying and Ipod Touch.
My friend asked the assistant if they had and Ipads in, he wanted to look at them.
.
I say " well they are giant Ipod touches anyway. She turns around, and I notice the apple tee-shirt, and rainbow apple logo tattoo on her arm.
Anyway, we start being dickheads with the macs, and she spends the next half hour telling me that macs are more expensive becasue they have better quality parts.
She also told me it's impossible to get a virus on a Mac, and when I say "That screen is just too big", she says that's becasue macs are built into them, and use bigger parts therefore are better.
Then she decides to say there are more mac games than PC games, and that I can't swap the parts in a mac, becasue you need special machines to do it with surgical precision, and you risk destroying your PC if you do it yourself.[/QUOTE]
there's so much wrong with this. from both sides. the screens are bigger because they've got a computer in them AND because they, combined with a laughably high resolution, are optimal for WORKING not gaming with graphics. the screens are of high quality for the same reason.
she starts talking bullshit she doesn't know about afterwards... fire her. bigger parts? :downs:
there are virtually no mac games compared to it's counterparts... but why did you poke her? honestly, you're both blatantly stupid. sorry.
PC got steam :smug:
[QUOTE=Chekko;21290404]PC got steam :smug:[/QUOTE]
Mac has also got Steam nowadays
[QUOTE=thf;21290979]Mac has also got Steam nowadays[/QUOTE]
I think that was in response to the console fantard youtube comment, but yeah. We had this discussion ages ago in this thread.
Mom:"The porn sites you've been using for the past 2 years are obviously going to give you a virus the next time you use them!"
:sigh:
[QUOTE=nick10510;21291610]Mom:"The porn sites you've been using for the past 2 years are obviously going to give you a virus the next time you use them!"
:sigh:[/QUOTE]
Every parent that doesn't want their children looking at porn says that.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;21291201]I think that was in response to the console fantard youtube comment, but yeah. We had this discussion ages ago in this thread.[/QUOTE]
i remember that, good days.
thread content, although this was deliberate to set an example and actually possible:
dad: "unix can be installed on almost anything, like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner"
[QUOTE=Bomimo;21295137]i remember that, good days.
thread content, although this was deliberate to set an example and actually possible:
dad: "unix can be installed on almost anything, like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner"[/QUOTE]
eunuchs can become eunuchs using almost anything, like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner.
:ohdear:
[QUOTE=daijitsu;21295625]eunuchs can become eunuchs using almost anything, like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner.
:ohdear:[/QUOTE]
gotta love that. :downs: right:smug:
[QUOTE=Bomimo;21295137]i remember that, good days.
thread content, although this was deliberate to set an example and actually possible:
dad: "unix can be installed on almost anything, like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner"[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/linux-netbsd-toaster/[/url]
Well it's linux not unix but whatever
[QUOTE=daijitsu;21291201]I think that was in response to the console fantard youtube comment, but yeah. We had this discussion ages ago in this thread.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I see
My sister is thoroughly convinced that files are stored in the computer, not the hard drive. (Because hard drive means her ipod.) .
[QUOTE=Pie_Lord;21293152]Every parent that doesn't want their children looking at porn says that.[/QUOTE]
I kinda thought that. But its still annoying.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;21303843][URL]http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/linux-netbsd-toaster/[/URL]
Well it's linux not unix but whatever[/QUOTE]
i think they're misunderstanding something. AFAIK Netbsd is not linux... it's BSD which is a whole other branch of the unix... kernel? subsystem?
source?: second comment and my dad. mah dad's savvy in this space.
[QUOTE=Bomimo;21315065]i think they're misunderstanding something. AFAIK Netbsd is not linux... it's BSD which is a whole other branch of the unix... kernel? subsystem?
source?: second comment and my dad. mah dad's savvy in this space.[/QUOTE]
High five for tech savvy Dads!
Doing my taxes has shown me I made the equivalent of 3.50 an hour thanks to the lack of projects in my current business, and mostly due to the length of the last project I did being stretched from 1 month to 8 with no extra payments.
SO... I'm applying full-time at best buy, hoping for a minimum of 12/hour. Lord knows they need someone who understands what they talk about, or at least knows how the hell to bullshit your way into a sale. I've sold people on two computers, three laptops and a DSLR camera there already, and that's BEFORE I fucking applied.
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also, I totally get to mess with the guy who runs the apple display. Nothing against the computers (kind of), but the idiot who's always there doesn't even understand the definition of a virus, despite it being his selling point. Might I re-quote myself-
[QUOTE=daijitsu;20823231]At best buy on iPhone. Walked by apple display. Tard working there selling stuff to a customer.
"macs don't get viruses like computers; they get these things called "Trojans", which only happens when you download music and pictures".
I did everything to not blurt out "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" in the store. Instead, left virus reports and definitions on the screens of a few of the iMacs since he couldn't see the screens while we pulled stuff up.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Janooba;21316371]High five for tech savvy Dads![/QUOTE]
gotta love those. i'd never want to be raised without one.
@ Dai. GL on that application. *crossing fingers*
those [*shit*] emotes make me feel like i'm in some anime stuff as the guy who always gets owned no matter what.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;21317305]Doing my taxes has shown me I made the equivalent of 3.50 an hour thanks to the lack of projects in my current business, and mostly due to the length of the last project I did being stretched from 1 month to 8 with no extra payments.
SO... I'm applying full-time at best buy, hoping for a minimum of 12/hour. Lord knows they need someone who understands what they talk about, or at least knows how the hell to bullshit your way into a sale. I've sold people on two computers, three laptops and a DSLR camera there already, and that's BEFORE I fucking applied.
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also, I totally get to mess with the guy who runs the apple display. Nothing against the computers (kind of), but the idiot who's always there doesn't even understand the definition of a virus, despite it being his selling point. Might I re-quote myself-[/QUOTE]
Trolling best buy from the inside.
I really hope you get in. GL!
[QUOTE=daijitsu;21317305]Doing my taxes has shown me I made the equivalent of 3.50 an hour thanks to the lack of projects in my current business, and mostly due to the length of the last project I did being stretched from 1 month to 8 with no extra payments.
SO... I'm applying full-time at best buy, hoping for a minimum of 12/hour. Lord knows they need someone who understands what they talk about, or at least knows how the hell to bullshit your way into a sale. I've sold people on two computers, three laptops and a DSLR camera there already, and that's BEFORE I fucking applied.
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also, I totally get to mess with the guy who runs the apple display. Nothing against the computers (kind of), but the idiot who's always there doesn't even understand the definition of a virus, despite it being his selling point. Might I re-quote myself-[/QUOTE]
Is it Geek Squad or are you just a salesman?
He said they need someone who kows how to bullshit through a sale, so I can gather that he's gonna be a salesman.
Godspeed, daijitsu.
I'll take whatever job they'll offer that pays the highest, though the floor people really need some tact. It's pretty much the mac guy dragging people around whilst everyone else waits for a customer to approach THEM.
still, it'd be nice to get manager or something, though there was apparently an opening for delivery drivers, and I hear that's good pay, since I'd drive around and install stuff.
I'd rather not do geek squad, the guys that work there are all bros and jocks, and take forever to figure stuff out. I'd predict I'd end up doing a lot more work than I bargained for while they hung out and talked about bros 'n hos.
God, is this contradictory of me to be applying there? :v:
I was playing WoW yesterday, questing, and my sister came up and looked at what I was doing and went
[quote]How many points did you get? :v:[/quote]I wish I could go :fuckoff:
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