• I can't stand talking to computer illiterate people about computers.
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[QUOTE=Dragory;13671484]Then why do [b]they[/b] keep spewing out stories about football and sports when we don't give a fuck? Same thing.[/QUOTE] If you really don't get along with that kind of people then why do you listen to them, also, talk about computers with people who are interested in that subject. It seems that OP approaches people that aren't really his friends and starts talking about his own interests and then he is surprised that he gets a stupid answer. I don't go to some chav and start bragging about having a new computer, because I know I'll get a stupid answer or I'll get offended. The point is: don't talk about a certain subject with someone when you know that person doesn't know shit about it or when you that it will be a useless conversation anyway... And goddamnit this thread is another example of pissing in a sea of piss...
I mostly keep my mouth shut. I do know something about computers but not everything. So, if i don't know something i just stand there and say, "hey that's pretty cool"
[QUOTE=Number-41;13671886]If you really don't get along with that kind of people then why do you listen to them, also, talk about computers with people who are interested in that subject. It seems that OP approaches people that aren't really his friends and starts talking about his own interests and then he is surprised that he gets a stupid answer. I don't go to some chav and start bragging about having a new computer, because I know I'll get a stupid answer or I'll get offended. The point is: don't talk about a certain subject with someone when you know that person doesn't know shit about it or when you that it will be a useless conversation anyway... And goddamnit this thread is another example of pissing in a sea of piss...[/QUOTE] How can we not talk to them, they're fucking everywhere and have the biggest mouths know to mankind 9 out of 10 times. Seriously, they don't shut up so you can't help but overhear them (if you can hear past their god-awful rap coming from their mobiles). And sometimes like some people have posted, they are working for a computing firm and their clients want to know what's wrong, but won't actually listen or take in any of the information.
[QUOTE=Zorlok;10320271][b]GHz[/b] :science::excited: Also, I don't [i]like[/i] dealing with computer illiterate people...but it's my job (as I do work at a PC shop right now). Also, as Zoloft stated...if offers job security. If everyone on this planet could easily fix their own PC, there would be no need for tech support.[/QUOTE] Great point. :-]
[QUOTE=christarp;10317047]Seriously. Especially with kids at my school unless they know their shit. Like if I tell someone "Hey I got a new computer", they try to act all smart and say "How much hard drive space does it have? :c00l:". I then say 300 gigs is all I need, and they go "HAHA, I have 500 gigs!, you got ripped off!" I can't stand this. I only need 300 gigs. Then I ask them about other hardware, like the video card, and they just go ":confused:" and I say, I have a 3870x2, and then they go ":confused::confused:" and just walk away, thinking to them selves that I'm an idiot for buying this computer because it doesn't have as much hard drive space. Why this bothers me: 1. They think I'm an idiot for spending more and not getting as much hard drive space as their 3 year old machine 2. They go around telling people that I'm a computer illiterate moron (EG. "Dude, this guy thinks he got a good computer, but he only got 300 gigs HAHAH!" "REALLY?!" "YEAH" "HAHHA WHAT A MORON")[/QUOTE] Computer Illiterate people annoy me sometimes, whenever i try and tell my family about something they don't understand, so all they do is sayy "Idc..."
Yeah, its just a minor annoyance for me, UNLESS they try to act like they know their shit even when theyre complete fucktards. Then they make me want to wrap them around my knife.
Haha I was actually going to make a thread of how to make real life comparisons to computer stuff to explain to computer illiterates. My BIGGEST pet peve is RAM vs HDD space. "I have 4GB RAM" -"What's RAM?" "Random Access Memory" -"Oh I have like 300GB Memory" "No, no you don't" I have seen memory and HDD storage mixed up so much. So let's all try to think of differn't ways to compare these computer terms to real life. Maybe like the human body parts/functions?
[QUOTE=Bahlgren342;13674400]Haha I was actually going to make a thread of how to make real life comparisons to computer stuff to explain to computer illiterates. My BIGGEST pet peve is RAM vs HDD space. "I have 4GB RAM" -"What's RAM?" "Random Access Memory" -"Oh I have like 300GB Memory" "No, no you don't" I have seen memory and HDD storage mixed up so much. So let's all try to think of differn't ways to compare these computer terms to real life. Maybe like the human body parts/functions?[/QUOTE] Exactly what happens to me all the time, sometimes it happens with an idiot who answers "hah, you only have x gigs, i have 200!" "No, you have 200 gig storage, not RAM" "yeah but gigs are all the same!" at that point I just start asking him about over-complicated things that make no sense, like how many GPU's his BIOS got and if they dual-channel with his Northbridge (yes, I know it makes absolutely no sense at all, but they usually get confused and walk away). Also I go berserk when they go to other computer-illiterates and start saying that I only have 6GB's and they all start laughing. I know not everybody can know everytihng about PC's, but don't act like you know everything then.
[quote]i went to the post office to ship a package of software to a customer. Since the software was expensive, i decided to insure it. As the postal employee was filling out the insurance form, he asked me what i was shipping. * me: "software." * him: "you mean, like, pajamas?"[/quote] lol
this happened just today, my friend just bought a laptop, and he knows a fair amount about computers. He was talking about how big his hard drive is when some idiot comes up and says, "Do you have a gamer hard-drive?" My friend asks what that is. "It's a hard drive that can only be used for gaming, like storing hacks and those things on it. I have one that has like, I think 350 pixels." I fucking facepalmed so hard it hurt.
I'm sad, I've never met anyone this computer illiterate.
I have a computer!!!
My father does not understand why Windows starts taking so long to boot over time. My current Windows install is about 20 months old. The best thing is that he believes that it's the shortcuts on the desktop that slows the computer down.
Ugh, I regularly have to show undergrads in non-technical majors how to use Excel. [img]http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-bang.gif[/img] The upside is there's at least three other GTA's (besides me) who use Linux.
[QUOTE=Max of S2D;13883400]My father does not understand why Windows starts taking so long to boot over time. My current Windows install is about 20 months old. The best thing is that he believes that it's the shortcuts on the desktop that slows the computer down.[/QUOTE] My dad thinks the shortcuts slow down the computer too...
The librarian at my computer lab yelled at me for dragging around a window around rapidly. According to her I can damage the computer.
People not understanding how much space their PC can hold is annoying. Most computers come with at the bare minimum a 120 gig hard drive and people always ask me how they can avoid running out of space. People think that a gig is some sort of block system, and that too many files will fill up the hard drive (regardless of the size of those files). So a program they installed will fill up their computer (a 20 meg camera driver) yet their movie won't (the 2 gig digital copy). This pisses me off because i have to jump through hoops because they make a fuss that they could be filling up their computer, yet they aren't even close to 1/10th of their HD space.
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;13892214]The librarian at my computer lab yelled at me for dragging around a window around rapidly. According to her I can damage the computer.[/QUOTE] Careful, if you drop that window it'll smash at the bottom of the screen. ... you know, it would be awesome if someone wrote a program that did that (made windows fall and smash at the bottom of the screen). Great way to freak out your computer illiterate friends.
Talking with computer illiterate people can be annoying, then again, some of them are too busy with other parts of their life to give tons of focus on a computer.
Today I heard a kid say that his dad "installed McAfee to protect the hard drive from cookies" [img]http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-downs.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;13917323]Today I heard a kid say that his dad "installed McAfee to protect the hard drive from cookies" [img]http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-downs.gif[/img][/QUOTE] To bad only avast protects from chocolate-chip ones.
I hate it when people say that since they have a computer, they can do anything. For example, my friends came up to me and said "OMGZ I JUST GOT A ALIENWAR LAPToP!!!!" and I say "Can it run Left 4 Dead?" So I went to my friends house and brought my L4D disc, and steam and all that shit, and I ran it and it ran like crysis on a dell computer for work places. And, well he got mad and kicked me out of his house cause he said "THAT GAME SUCKS THATS WHY IT LAGZ SO BAD N00B!!"
My dad, "Now, this new computer of yours, will it have enough memory to save all your stuff?" Me, "That's disk space, not memory." Yes, little things like this can annoy me.
[QUOTE=xZippy;13917770]My dad, "Now, this new computer of yours, will it have enough memory to save all your stuff?" Me, "That's disk space, not memory." Yes, little things like this can annoy me.[/QUOTE] that's not really what this thread is about.
And your dad is also partially correct.
[QUOTE=christarp;13917931]that's not really what this thread is about.[/QUOTE] Uh huh... How about this? One day, my friend gets DSL, and asks me how fast my Cable connection is. I say, "About 6mb/s". He hits Alt+Ctrl+Del, and tells me, "Your connection is slow, I have 100mb/s". I hate people that think "downloading" is "uploading". I hate people that think a virus is the cause of EVERYTHING that can screw up. [quote=Odellus]And your dad is also partially correct.[/quote] First time in my life I've heard someone refer to hard disk space as memory. All this guy knows is how to play solitaire and barely use the internet. He woke me up in the middle of the night to ask me "where's Yahoo.com?". He just couldn't find where to type the address in the browser. Am I valid for this thread now?
^ lol
There was a site around, I couldn't find it with all sorts of "Computer Lulz" D:
[QUOTE=thedekoykid;14008348]There was a site around, I couldn't find it with all sorts of "Computer Lulz" D:[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid[/url]
I hate dealing with people who think they no what they are talking about. Like today in class these 2 people were talking about this argument what make there computer run games faster and it was between Harddrive and Cddrive :\.
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