I can't stand talking to computer illiterate people about computers.
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Wow, like I was like studying physics, about Microwaves frequency and etc. and this guy I know comes near me and then asks me what I was studying and I said:
Physics.
He: how cool.
Me: wow this antennas have a frequency of 24 to 30 Ghz, imagine that on a CPU!
He: you can get that with a quad core.
Me: *Face Plain*
Yeah, even computer magazines can have dumb people making reviews.
Macbook AIR vs Lenovo X300, 1/4 of the points came from style, and the Mac won since "Macbook air is not just a computer, it's a revolutionary design piece"
What.
Probably been said in the last 6 pages, but i hate people who confuse RAM and Harddrive space.
Like "I Just got some more RAM. Its 4GB now."
Friend: "Lol, only 4GB i have one 200GB and another 200GB, your PC sucks!"
:emo:
[QUOTE=Benf199105]Probably been said in the last 6 pages, but i hate people who confuse RAM and Harddrive space.
Like "I Just got some more RAM. Its 4GB now."
Friend: "Lol, only 4GB i have one 200GB and another 200GB, your PC sucks!"
:emo:[/QUOTE]
Been posted yeah, but still annoying.
[QUOTE=Benf199105]Probably been said in the last 6 pages, but i hate people who confuse RAM and Harddrive space.
Like "I Just got some more RAM. Its 4GB now."
Friend: "Lol, only 4GB i have one 200GB and another 200GB, your PC sucks!"
:emo:[/QUOTE]
I usually backhand these people, and excommunicate them.
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In other words, I call them clientel :D
[QUOTE=Rixxz2]Yes. This. Is [B]EXTREMELY[/B] annoying to me!
For example, my uncle bought an computer.
Specs in it:
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX
Dual core 2.4 GHZ
800GB harddrive
4 GB ram
Windows Vista.
.. Guess what he does? HE PLAYS CHESS OVER INTERNET WITH IT! [B]WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT SHIT!?[/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah it's like my classmates.
"Hey man I got this new GeForce 8800 and a quad core, pretty sweet eh?"
"Man, wish I had your rig. What are you gonna play?"
"Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft."
"..."
The same things happen with DSLR cameras.
"Dude I'm so excited I just bought a used Canon EOS 300D with 18-55 IS for 200 quid!"
-"How much megapixels does it have?"
"Six, but there's no way you can compare a compact ca.."
-"HAHA OH LORD YOUR CAMERA MUST SUCK EVEN MY WEB CAM HAS MORE IT HAS LIKE EIGHT!"
My friends father actually acted like this when he complimented my photography and asked about my camera.
It happens with every kind of machinery man can imagine, I guess.
[QUOTE=Jojje]Yeah it's like my classmates.
"Hey man I got this new GeForce 8800 and a quad core, pretty sweet eh?"
"Man, wish I had your rig. What are you gonna play?"
"Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft."
"..."[/QUOTE]
I don't see the problem.
[QUOTE=christarpx3]I don't see the problem.[/QUOTE]
It can handle so much more. Kind of a waste of money
[QUOTE=christarpx3]I don't see the problem.[/QUOTE]
It's kinda like buying a Ferrari to drive to the corner store.
[QUOTE=SirZoloft][B]What!? You can take your harddrive out while transferring data?[/B]
I like when people are computer illiterate though. [B]it gives me job SECURITY[/B][/QUOTE]
I agree 100%. I just hate/laugh at the ones who think they know their shit because they got an off the shelf Dell for Christmas.
They think they know shit because they read some stuff off the labels. The bolder and bigger the font, the more important these people think it is.
Most off the shelf computers would list CPU/RAM/HDD. Then the worthless petty addons like 123971 in 1 card-readers, oh my! a DVD rom drive! etc.
I say it gives me job security because if people started to figure out computers, I wouldn't be going around fixing computers anymore. And quite frankly, I like my job, and my field.
[QUOTE=christarp]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[/QUOTE]
HAHA, MINE HAS 1TB, YOUR COMPUTER SUCKS DUDE!! LOL!!
[B]Him:[/B] Ati or Nvidia?
[B]Me:[/B] Intel GMA 950.
[QUOTE=Jay1ty0]Wow, like I was like studying physics, about Microwaves frequency and etc. and this guy I know comes near me and then asks me what I was studying and I said:
Physics.
He: how cool.
Me: wow this antennas have a frequency of 24 to 30 Ghz, imagine that on a CPU!
He: you can get that with a quad core.
Me: *Face Plain*[/QUOTE]
This post is rather idiotic, since wave frequency has nothing to do with how fast a computer functions.
30 billion waves per second compared to 30 billion actions per second on a CPU have nothing to do with each other. Sounds more like you're assuming that GHz is some sort of method of measuring computer speed.
Other story on MSN:
I told the guy about overclocking, and since he had a nVidia Video card, I recommended him to grab RivaTuner.
Here is what he later told me:
"Now how can I overclock my memory to 256Mb?"
[QUOTE=Jay1ty0]Other story on MSN:
I told the guy about overclocking, and since he had a nVidia Video card, I recommended him to grab RivaTuner.
Here is what he later told me:
"Now how can I overclock my memory to 256Mb?"[/QUOTE]
Do not let that guy overclock by him self! His computer is probably gonna explode!
[QUOTE=kirderf]Do not let that guy overclock by him self! His computer is probably gonna explode![/QUOTE]
He is the same guy of the 24Ghz thing I posted above :D.
That is funny, when I mentioned him Overclocking for the first time he actually said a Computer actually exploded when overclocked.
It took me a long 5 minute to set his mind straight.
"Man, you are an idiot downloading that "Steam" thingy. Probably gives you viruses"
"Putting that game on the computer will just make the computer slower, mark my words."
"Why do you only have one Anti-Virus software? You need at least three to be safe. Make sure to run them all at once."
"No, no, these six different tool bars I have on my browser are a good thing!"
That's just some of the shit I deal with on a daily basis.
I've been told by my ISP to disable my antivirus when on the internet, because it can conflict and make it stop working.
Also had people poking around trying to get a cd rom drive to go in when it was obviously broken. They wouldn't stop prodding it even after i told them it was dead, would take 5 mins and 10 quid to repair.
Oh yes...and the spam i get in my yahoo email is because of those games that i play...even though i never register.
The shit that really pisses me off is when people don't use they're common sense. That's all it takes to use a computer.
I once took the keyboard from my family's computer (mine was broken). My mom got pissed cause she wanted to check her email and I was too lazy to hook it back up to the other computer. My mom told me to hook it up again. I told her that everything is color-coded and only fits in one way and that anyone could do it. Boy, was I wrong. She called me downstairs to help her. When I got there, she had a confused "Am I doing it right?" expression on her face. She tried forcing it in the wrong way and the keyboard and computer were fucked.
Solution: Don't.
LOL I know what you mean! Whenever I talk about computers with the illiterates in my high school, it drives me up a wall!
For example, take this recent conversation:
Illiterate: "hey, why can't I play games on my computer"?
Me: "what graphics card do you have"? His response:
Illiterate: "Um it's a Dell"
Me: "What graphics card do you have?"
Illiterate: "An LCD:
Me: "Do you know what a graphics card is??"
Illiterate" "Of course I do! It's the... card that gives me graphics?"
Me: "Google it"
So then, not even 5 minutes after this conversation, I hear him say "Dude, I thought that kid was some kind of computer geek? He couldn't answer my question!" I really wanted to say "NO SHIT I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE FUCK YOUR TALKING ABOUT!!!"
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I even feel this way when talking to customer support. I called customer support for one of my PCs once because it came with Vsita, and I wanted Windows XP, but when I put in the Windows XP CD, nothing happened. Heres the conversation, after waiting on hold for 2 fucking hours, then getting stuck with a dude from India who can't speak Englsih:
Me: I'm having an issue with my new PC. It came with Windows Vista, but I would like to use Windows XP instead. I booted a Windows XP CD I had lying around, it booted, but nothing showed up on the screen. What's wrong?"
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, is your CD-ROM drive operating correctly?"
Me: Yes, I just used it!
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, you need to reboot your computer, then find that button labeled F1 on the keyboard. When you see our logo on your PC when you turn it on, press F1. This will open the BIOS settings. Press the Right arrow button 3 times, until you get to the Boot Options menu. Then press ENTER, and bring your CD-ROM drive up to the top, press F10, then press Y.
(Him explaining this took over 5 minutes. I did not follow his instructions)
Me: ...
Illiterate Tech "Support": Did that fix the problem?
Me: I can boot the CD just fine!
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK
(I spend the next 20 minutes checking the CD, CD ROM Drive, even the drive's connections)
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, your Windows XP CD must be the problem. It's broken. Thank you for calling!
I figured out the issue after 10 minutes of Googleing: I could only use a Windows XP x64 CD. LAST TIME I EVER USE THE SO-CALLED TECH "SUPPORT!"
There's these three kids at my school who think they're funny by poking fun at the fact that I know a good lot about computers. I remember during a presentation my friend and I were making, one of them blurted out "LOL WAHTS A GPU?" Never again will I bother explaining shit like that to people who just want you to do it so they can laugh at you, though it's probably because they think I'm a loser for knowing more than them. :rolleye:.
[QUOTE=Doug52392]LOL I know what you mean! Whenever I talk about computers with the illiterates in my high school, it drives me up a wall!
For example, take this recent conversation:
Illiterate: "hey, why can't I play games on my computer"?
Me: "what graphics card do you have"? His response:
Illiterate: "Um it's a Dell"
Me: "What graphics card do you have?"
Illiterate: "An LCD:
Me: "Do you know what a graphics card is??"
Illiterate" "Of course I do! It's the... card that gives me graphics?"
Me: "Google it"
So then, not even 5 minutes after this conversation, I hear him say "Dude, I thought that kid was some kind of computer geek? He couldn't answer my question!" I really wanted to say "NO SHIT I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE FUCK YOUR TALKING ABOUT!!!"
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I even feel this way when talking to customer support. I called customer support for one of my PCs once because it came with Vsita, and I wanted Windows XP, but when I put in the Windows XP CD, nothing happened. Heres the conversation, after waiting on hold for 2 fucking hours, then getting stuck with a dude from India who can't speak Englsih:
Me: I'm having an issue with my new PC. It came with Windows Vista, but I would like to use Windows XP instead. I booted a Windows XP CD I had lying around, it booted, but nothing showed up on the screen. What's wrong?"
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, is your CD-ROM drive operating correctly?"
Me: Yes, I just used it!
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, you need to reboot your computer, then find that button labeled F1 on the keyboard. When you see our logo on your PC when you turn it on, press F1. This will open the BIOS settings. Press the Right arrow button 3 times, until you get to the Boot Options menu. Then press ENTER, and bring your CD-ROM drive up to the top, press F10, then press Y.
(Him explaining this took over 5 minutes. I did not follow his instructions)
Me: ...
Illiterate Tech "Support": Did that fix the problem?
Me: I can boot the CD just fine!
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK
(I spend the next 20 minutes checking the CD, CD ROM Drive, even the drive's connections)
Illiterate Tech "Support": OK sir, your Windows XP CD must be the problem. It's broken. Thank you for calling!
I figured out the issue after 10 minutes of Googleing: I could only use a Windows XP x64 CD. LAST TIME I EVER USE THE SO-CALLED TECH "SUPPORT!"[/QUOTE]
That seems strange, why would a computer care what OS you're trying to install on it?
My dad thought that the more empty the 'memory' (hard drive) was, the better the performance would be. Then he would go about dragging a bunch of desktop shortcuts to the recycle bin.
I tried to explain. :v:
Oh and once when I was fixing my sister's computer, I right clicked start and was about to click "explore" but then my sister seriously says, "Don't click that! it's gonna explode!". She is older than me by the way.
haha, one day, when I was eight years old, my mom was writing a huge ass report for her company.
I used to know more about computers than her back then already, and she used to ask me stuff.
But then she asked me something I did not know...
*SHOCK*
She asked me how to write a "@"!!!
I did not know the answer, so I said something that seemed complicated:
-Try Alf-F4.
I do not remember more :(
Yeah, well atleast you can just ignore or not bring up the subject when you are with random people/friends that don't know shit.
I've worked for a friend's PC shop for about 4 years now, and oh my god...
My favorite are the people who come in, KNOWING why their computer doesn't turn on, and they buy x part (normally power supply, but some buy a motherboard/CPU straight away). Anyway, most of the time these guys will bring back the part, wanting to return it. I get to tell them that we have a 15% restocking fee and returned parts are for in-store credit only. They keep insisting that we ripped them off, selling them a bad part, so I get to hook it up on a test bench and fucking show them it works. Then I ask why, they tell me how the computer doesn't turn on. Most of the time, I end up explaining that the P.S. may not be the problem if it was a voltage spike that didn't set off their surge protector, therefor frying the MB and/or processor. "Why didn't you tell me that before I bought that" "because I don't have (fucking) mind reading powers."
Of course, there are always people who LOVE to get work done for free, and tell me that so-and-so didn't tell them a reformat, reinstall of windows would be 2 hours labor (that includes drivers, updates, ect, if your curious). That they thought it would be just an hour, like last time; when "last time" was a data backup where the customer tried to restore the OS on her own, then bitches to me about how she didn't want the two hour charge, plus half an hour to restore fucking 30GB of useless crap from the backup we made last time.
Bleh, wall of text and rant over. Enjoy the rest of your thread.
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P.S. I have 500GB for my C: in a RAID-0, so I can run Crysis :D
P.P.S I have 1.78TB in a 4x640GB RAID-5 for data, my computer is better :D
Haha, nice quality story!
[QUOTE=Jay1ty0]haha, one day, when I was eight years old, my mom was writing a huge ass report for her company.
I used to know more about computers than her back then already, and she used to ask me stuff.
But then she asked me something I did not know...
*SHOCK*
She asked me how to write a "@"!!!
I did not know the answer, so I said something that seemed complicated:
-Try Alf-F4.
I do not remember more :([/QUOTE]
You probably got slapped with a sledgehammer.
the at symbol was probably one of the first characters I used (Next to ! and *, and the ( and ) )
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