Computer illiterate people who think they know things V8: Mandrith appreciation Station. - Hardware & Software

There's a serious lack of content around here, so I'll post something. A friend of mine was recently bragging about how he finally got a dual core machine. Later, when I was inspecting it to fix a hard-drive problem he was having, I noticed it was just a Pentium 4 with hyper-threading.

OK, so I'm off to write a thread going over how a processor works in LUDICROUS detail. Seriously, I'm going to stop just short of telling you to break out a multimeter and watch the voltages on individual pins.

[QUOTE=kaine123;27183277]I have a hilarious 4 year old cousin. He didn't understand how to start a program so I tried to show him, but after about 10 minutes, he proclaimed that it was because the computer is "broken." He said it was because my computer has too many ones and not enough zeroes.[/QUOTE] I'm gonna start using that line. your cousin is a genius apparently. [editline]4th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=gman003-main;27183354]OK, so I'm off to write a thread going over how a processor works in LUDICROUS detail. Seriously, I'm going to stop just short of telling you to break out a multimeter and watch the voltages on individual pins.[/QUOTE] not enough details

Describe the flow of electrons through each and every transistor.

I'm kinda disappointed with my school. They bought around 400 new Dell computers, with Windows 7, Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM. With 24" Widescreen monitors for each. Anyway, they format the drive, and install Windows XP, set the default resolution to 1024x768 (ON A FUCKING WIDESCREEN THAT SHOULD BE 1920x1080). :smithicide: [editline]3rd January 2011[/editline] It hurts my eyes to read the screen.

[QUOTE=Jcw87;27183325]There's a serious lack of content around here, so I'll post something. A friend of mine was recently bragging about how he finally got a dual core machine. Later, when I was inspecting it to fix a hard-drive problem he was having, I noticed it was just a Pentium 4 with hyper-threading.[/QUOTE] i have a pentium 4 still :arghfist:

[QUOTE=Erp2;27183872]I'm kinda disappointed with my school. They bought around 400 new Dell computers, with Windows 7, Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM. With 24" Widescreen monitors for each. Anyway, they format the drive, and install Windows XP, set the default resolution to 1024x768 (ON A FUCKING WIDESCREEN THAT SHOULD BE 1920x1080). :smithicide: [editline]3rd January 2011[/editline] It hurts my eyes to read the screen.[/QUOTE] My school did the same, only with Novell. On top of that a 1440x900 monitor was set to 800x600 on all of the computers. I spent two classes going to every computer in the library and setting them to 1440x900. And now I'm starting it in my network admin class.

[QUOTE=Erp2;27183872]I'm kinda disappointed with my school. They bought around 400 new Dell computers, with Windows 7, Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM. With 24" Widescreen monitors for each. Anyway, they format the drive, and install Windows XP, set the default resolution to 1024x768 (ON A FUCKING WIDESCREEN THAT SHOULD BE 1920x1080). :smithicide: [editline]3rd January 2011[/editline] It hurts my eyes to read the screen.[/QUOTE] and these computers are better than mine

I am possibly getting into Computer Maintenance tomorrow I hope the Teacher is nice and lets me do the class considering i'm a freshmen and Its for sophomores and up

[QUOTE=iRzilla;27184155]Let me guess Internet Explorer too? It's all government standards they have to follow.[/QUOTE] My schools teachers are allowed to use what they want. My network admin teacher uses Opera.

[QUOTE=iRzilla;27184155]Let me guess Internet Explorer too? It's all government standards they have to follow.[/QUOTE]Yeah, IE6 and outdated Firefox 3.0 So I set the resolution of my computer to 1920x1080 and everyone keeps asking why webpages are so tiny, and why the 1024x768 default background is taking up half the background.

[QUOTE=kaine123;27183277]I have a hilarious 4 year old cousin. He didn't understand how to start a program so I tried to show him, but after about 10 minutes, he proclaimed that it was because the computer is "broken." He said it was because my computer has too many ones and not enough zeroes.[/QUOTE] dude 1's can bog shit down. I recommend that you drain out your 1's so your pc will go back up to speed, its like changing your car's oil.

[QUOTE=kaine123;27183277]I have a hilarious 4 year old cousin. He didn't understand how to start a program so I tried to show him, but after about 10 minutes, he proclaimed that it was because the computer is "broken." He said it was because my computer has too many ones and not enough zeroes.[/QUOTE] My PC has too many zeros and not enough ones. Wanna trade some? :buddy:

[QUOTE=meppers;27184379]dude 1's can bog shit down. I recommend that you drain out your 1's so your pc will go back up to speed, its like changing your car's oil.[/QUOTE] cipher /w:c on windows

[QUOTE=Erp2;27184298]Yeah, IE6 and outdated Firefox 3.0 So I set the resolution of my computer to 1920x1080 and everyone keeps asking why webpages are so tiny, and why the 1024x768 default background is taking up half the background.[/QUOTE] Bet they changed it for the background

I installed Firefox on my Mother's laptop a few weeks ago and she's just using Ie8 now. When I asked her why, she just said: "It's because Firefox made the computer slow after you installed it and when I use Internet Explorer it makes it go faster." She also installed a trial of Norton after I installed a full copy of Avast, that [B]I[/B] bought for her. I'm going to get my dad to talk some sense into her. :sigh:

[QUOTE=iRzilla;27184508]"cuz I R H4x0R xD XDX DXD!!!!!!1!!ONe!!1!"[/QUOTE]No, because they're curious and because I can't stand looking at stretched 1024x768

My sister thinks that an iPod Touch 4th Generation can do anything without being connected to a Wireless Network, she's all "nuh uh! it can 2!"(I got this from a text)

[QUOTE=Erp2;27184298]Yeah, IE6 and outdated Firefox 3.0 So I set the resolution of my computer to 1920x1080 and everyone keeps asking why webpages are so tiny, and why the 1024x768 default background is taking up half the background.[/QUOTE] My school uses Safari and Chrome. Most of the teachers use Chrome, feels good man.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;27184837]My sister thinks that an iPod Touch 4th Generation can do anything without being connected to a Wireless Network, she's all "nuh uh! it can 2!"(I got this from a text)[/QUOTE] ...yes and no. It can play games and stuff, but it can't send scores online. And it can't check Facebook.

My school uses safari on the macs (our AV department leader is a macfag literally, he hates Windows). Most students use internet explorer on the library/classroom computers. There is firefox on the machines. But most don't use it. Fact: I got the IT director to update from firefox 3.0 to 3.6

[QUOTE=lavacano;27185340]...yes and no. It can play games and stuff, but it can't send scores online. And it can't check Facebook.[/QUOTE] What I mean is she thinks it's connected to internet when there's no network.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;27185417]What I mean is she thinks it's connected to internet when there's no network.[/QUOTE] She mightn't realise it's using 3G? Not sure if it has 3G.

For that "how a CPU works" thread, I'm going to walk through a few lines of C code down to the micro-op level. The code is simple: find the distance between (4, 5) and (1, 1) on a Cartesian grid. Here's the code I'm going to use, so you guys can make sure I don't have any stupid bugs before I hand-code and hand-optimize a few dozen lines of assembly: [code]double x1 = 4; double x2 = 1; double y1 = 5; double y2 = 1; double distance; if (x2 > x1){ distance = (y2 > y1) ? sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1)) : sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y1 - y2) * (y1 - y2)); } else { distance = (y2 > y1) ? sqrt((x1 - x2) * (x1 - x2) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1)) : sqrt((x1 - x2) * (x1 - x2) + (y1 - y2) * (y1 - y2)); }[/code]

[QUOTE=Nerts;27185505]She mightn't realise it's using 3G? Not sure if it has 3G.[/QUOTE] No it doesn't, she thinks it's a fucking iPhone.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;27185544]For that "how a CPU works" thread, I'm going to walk through a few lines of C code down to the micro-op level. The code is simple: find the distance between (4, 5) and (1, 1) on a Cartesian grid. Here's the code I'm going to use, so you guys can make sure I don't have any stupid bugs before I hand-code and hand-optimize a few dozen lines of assembly: [code]double x1 = 4; double x2 = 1; double y1 = 5; double y2 = 1; double distance; if (x2 > x1){ distance = (y2 > y1) ? sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1)) : sqrt((x2 - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y1 - y2) * (y1 - y2)); } else { distance = (y2 > y1) ? sqrt((x1 - x2) * (x1 - x2) + (y2 - y1) * (y2 - y1)) : sqrt((x1 - x2) * (x1 - x2) + (y1 - y2) * (y1 - y2)); }[/code][/QUOTE] Off-topic: I hate assembly.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;27185417]What I mean is she thinks it's connected to internet when there's no network.[/QUOTE] OK, she's just :downs: then. Is she blonde?

[QUOTE=Nexus435;27185672]Off-topic: I hate assembly.[/QUOTE] Then you'll hate when I delve into machine code. I should probably find one of those "it's machine code" meme images for this, actually, just to keep it entertaining.

My mum just asked me what folder money she downloaded went to. v:v:v

Coincidentally, I'm making an assembler in C++ for the hack platform from "Elements of Computing Systems".