Computer illiterate people who think they know things V5 = I FLICK PSU VOLTAGE SWITCH - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=limulus54;23202375]speaking of HAL, this is probably all old news to most of you, but if you shift all the letters up one it's IBM.[/QUOTE] :psyduck:

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=966037[/url] :downs:

[QUOTE=limulus54;23202375]speaking of HAL, this is probably all old news to most of you, but if you shift all the letters up one it's IBM.[/QUOTE] I knew it, but kinda related... [img]http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/032010/et_vs_hal.jpg[/img]

Haha wow i just found windows key + Tab. That's more awesome looking than normal alt tab! MUST UsE.

Shit all happens on 7. :saddowns:

[QUOTE=gazzy_GUI;23204554]Shit all happens on 7. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Nope it works, it's an Aero feature though.

[QUOTE=Comrade General;23204188]Haha wow i just found windows key + Tab. That's more awesome looking than normal alt tab! MUST UsE.[/QUOTE] I'm running XP but wanted to try. Nothing useful happened. :saddowns: [editline]07:13PM[/editline] Wait... IT WORKS! I just had to press enter.

[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;23205770]I'm running XP but wanted to try. Nothing useful happened. :saddowns: [editline]07:13PM[/editline] Wait... IT WORKS! I just had to press enter.[/QUOTE] I'm running 7 and I can't get it to work. :frown:

^4crY ^8Ryo: do you have WaW? crY.Panic: nah it sucks crY.Panic: treyarch=fail ^4crY ^8Ryo: lol, whu does it suck? ^4crY ^8Ryo: why* crY.Panic: just does crY.Panic: its a reskinned cod4 and you know it ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, just because every1 says that, u follow theyre opinion? This game is highely underrated...i even thinks its better than cod4 ^4crY ^8Ryo: its not reskinned at all crY.Panic: it is ^4crY ^8Ryo: there are loads of diffrences ^4crY ^8Ryo: shit loads even ^4crY ^8Ryo: ok, what do you think is similar between those too? ^4crY ^8Ryo: two* crY.Panic: everything is the same as cod4, treyarch just ripped the cod4 engine and made some different looking weapons, swapped the attack chopper for dogs and made some maps (admittidley better maps than cod4) crY.Panic: the hud and everything is the same ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, havent you seen the animations? and yes, they both use the Unreal Engine crY.Panic: lol crY.Panic: cod doesn't use unreal ^4crY ^8Ryo: oh yes it does crY.Panic: doesn't ^4crY ^8Ryo: many games use the unreal engine ^4crY ^8Ryo: CSS for example crY.Panic: ... I really hope he's trolling.

I plugged my cell phone into a usb slot at work a couple weeks ago. I was told that I shouldn't by a co-worker, she couldn't think of a reason why. I also was told not to bring my laptop to work anymore, as I was suspected of "hacking" into their wireless network (I never gave them any reason to think I was doing that). I wasn't.... than I was a prick and told them if I wanted to do that I could just do it from across the road.

[QUOTE=Nerts;23205116]Nope it works, it's an Aero feature though.[/QUOTE] I have Aero disabled and it still works.

I hate some of the people in my life. [IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/Chris122990/DamnItApple.png[/IMG] Jody is my pastor. I don't know Mary.

rage @ ^ religious computer illiterate people...

Jody makes fair point. Mary just sucks apple's dick.

[quote]I do network administration and end user support. A particular clerical person was always having problems running Windows for Workgroups. The hard drive finally crashed, and when we got it back I convinced the boss to load her machine with DOS only. I created a batch file menu, tested it, and then compiled it into an exe file. When the person was at lunch I installed it on her machine. When she came back from lunch she called and said her computer didn't work. I asked her to read the screen to me. She said "Bad Command or File Name." So I went over to her desk. We started her machine and the file menu screen came up. It read: 1. Main Frame 2. Word Processing Press the number of your choice and hit [enter]. It looked right, so I told her to press either 1 or 2 depending on whether she wanted to go to the main frame or the word processing package. She pressed 4. And, of course, we got the error. When I asked her why she pressed 4, she said, "It says press the number of my choice! I choose 4!" [/quote]

[QUOTE=Mattk50;23201245] heres the post with the starbucks thing in it for who asked. i dug through way too many pages to find that. :p[/QUOTE] thank you kind sir

[QUOTE=Computermaster;23209025]I hate some of the people in my life. [IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/Chris122990/DamnItApple.png[/IMG] Jody is my pastor. I don't know Mary.[/QUOTE] Jody is new to macs, nothing wrong with that. Mary is an apple ad bot.

[quote]I was channel surfing the other night when I came across this guy on QVC giving a demo of Windows on a ThinkPad 500. After a few choice comments from the slick salesman, I started taking notes. He started out by explaining that icons were like glimpses of what was behind them and proceeded to show the Accessories "menu." He talked about how wonderful this deal was since the machine came with so much preloaded software, and then gave a brief description of each icon in Accessories. First there was "A-Write" the "word processing package" (I think he called it "A-Write" because the icon for Write has a fountain pen drawing an 'A'.) Then there was Paintbrush, which allows you to "do your 3D work," he said. "For example, if you were designing a house, you could keep all the floor plans and layouts in here." Next was Terminal, "which lets you uhhh, uhhhh, add another uhh, terminal to your computer." He fumbled a little more and skipped Notepad, presumably because he couldn't make up anything good to say just after describing "A-Write." Next: "It has this Recorder, which helps you be a little like Steven Spielberg...it interfaces directly with your VHS cassettes." While pointing at the next icon he proudly announced that the machine even came with a built-in Clock. There was Calculator, which of course "manages your finances." He mentioned some of the "executive" features, like Calendar and Cardfile. He pretty much gave up at Object Packager, but saved the moment by kicking into a demo of the "word processing package" because, "If you're like me, that's where your family will spend most of its time." In his "A-Write" demo, he drooled about how versatile the software was. (Somehow the common font picker dialog just didn't convince me to pick up the phone and order a ThinkPad.) As proof of how useful the "word processing package" was, he "printed in" a sentence: "Dean shows hot computers on QVC." Then "Oh jeez!" he exclaimed, "It's been a long day folks, I misspelled my own first name!" (Dan) He proceeded to hit the backspace key 31 TIMES, leaving only the 'D'. He started retyping the rest of the sentence but gave up midway and moved on. "Let me tell you something: This thing will really change your life!" He started babbling about "executive" features again and fired up the Cardfile "database system." It kind of took the punch out when the camera zoomed back in, and you saw that there were three dessert recipes on the screen. The stupidity went on, but mostly on other bundled things like "C-Mail" (I think he meant 'Lotus Cc:Mail') and some IBM antivirus utilities. An interesting note: In one screen shot it was evident that IBM had replaced the MS-DOS icon with a PC-DOS icon that looks almost identical to the OS/2 logo. Later on, while showing off the manuals, he held up the clearly labelled "IBM PC-DOS" book and said, "You get an MS-DOS manual...." [/quote]

I told him not to get one. Even after giving all the standard reasons including the cost.

[quote]i'm a technician in a small computer store in new york. One day, a particularly distraught man brought his computer in and complained that it kept freezing. I did the usual checks but couldn't find anything. Since he had just bought it the day before, i authorized a replacement but told him he'd have to wait an hour for us to configure the machine properly. He was very upset at having to wait, so he complained to his salesperson, who has no control or responsibility over the tech department. He came storming in, all upset and fearing the loss of his commission. He laid into me, asking why i couldn't just fix the problem (it would have taken longer), and i just kept pointing out how his silly arguing was cutting into the time i could have spent setting up the new computer. At any rate, the customer eventually walked over and asked the salesperson what was wrong with the machine -- he was quite upset that his brand new computer didn't work and that he didn't know why. The salesperson cracked a wide smile. * salesman: "relax. The bios on the sound card was conflicting with the aol drivers. This caused a problem with your memory, making the machine reboot." * customer: "but it wasn't rebooting -- it was freezing." * salesman: "yeah, well, that too." [/quote] [editline]10:13pm[/editline] [quote]sometime between 1996 and 1997 the first large "american-style" computer chain opened in sweden. They had managed to become the first home cable isp in sweden. They sold a bundled package which included a cable modem, network adapter, and cables. My father and i went down to purchase one. At the service desk, the salesman slid a box over to me and started ringing me up. * salesman: "do you need an explanation of how to set this up?" * me: "no thank you, that won't be necessary." * salesman: "great. Do you have pci?" * me: "um, yes?" * salesman: "great. Bye. Next!" as i was about to leave i made a quick check on the contents of the box. * me: "there doesn't appear to be a network adapter in here." * salesman: "but you said that you already had pci." * me: "pci stands for peripheral component interconnection..." i gave him a brief description of what pci means. * salesman: "yeah, but why did you say that you had it if you didn't?" he handed me a network card and gave me a patronizing stare. * me: "ah, sorry, um, thank you." halfway through the door, i was stopped by a yelling voice. * salesman: (angrily) "stop!" he pressed a floppy disk in my hand. On it, he had scratched, "pci." he found some courage in my puzzled look and boomed: * salesman: "don't say that you know when you don't!" (to my father) "a lack of knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of. I am here to help!" when i got home, i found that the disk was blank[/quote]

[QUOTE=Toad;23207280]^4crY ^8Ryo: do you have WaW? crY.Panic: nah it sucks crY.Panic: treyarch=fail ^4crY ^8Ryo: lol, whu does it suck? ^4crY ^8Ryo: why* crY.Panic: just does crY.Panic: its a reskinned cod4 and you know it ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, just because every1 says that, u follow theyre opinion? This game is highely underrated...i even thinks its better than cod4 ^4crY ^8Ryo: its not reskinned at all crY.Panic: it is ^4crY ^8Ryo: there are loads of diffrences ^4crY ^8Ryo: shit loads even ^4crY ^8Ryo: ok, what do you think is similar between those too? ^4crY ^8Ryo: two* crY.Panic: everything is the same as cod4, treyarch just ripped the cod4 engine and made some different looking weapons, swapped the attack chopper for dogs and made some maps (admittidley better maps than cod4) crY.Panic: the hud and everything is the same ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, havent you seen the animations? and yes, they both use the Unreal Engine crY.Panic: lol crY.Panic: cod doesn't use unreal ^4crY ^8Ryo: oh yes it does crY.Panic: doesn't ^4crY ^8Ryo: many games use the unreal engine ^4crY ^8Ryo: CSS for example crY.Panic: ... I really hope he's trolling.[/QUOTE] Funny, this one just started out with you being retarded and ended with him being retarded. best yet. nothing in there had brains. do bring more. "durr, WaW iz teh reskin'd MW" well derp shitface, did you expect Activision to have TWO CoD engines at the same time? I hope you both were Trolling though... mostly you. i can accept mistaking one engine for another... Arrogance and Biggotry towards gamedevelopment as if you're a pro... not so much. I laughed and raged, rated... whatever rating "Piss Acid" is.

[QUOTE=Toad;23207280]^4crY ^8Ryo: do you have WaW? crY.Panic: nah it sucks crY.Panic: treyarch=fail ^4crY ^8Ryo: lol, whu does it suck? ^4crY ^8Ryo: why* crY.Panic: just does crY.Panic: its a reskinned cod4 and you know it ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, just because every1 says that, u follow theyre opinion? This game is highely underrated...i even thinks its better than cod4 ^4crY ^8Ryo: its not reskinned at all crY.Panic: it is ^4crY ^8Ryo: there are loads of diffrences ^4crY ^8Ryo: shit loads even ^4crY ^8Ryo: ok, what do you think is similar between those too? ^4crY ^8Ryo: two* crY.Panic: everything is the same as cod4, treyarch just ripped the cod4 engine and made some different looking weapons, swapped the attack chopper for dogs and made some maps (admittidley better maps than cod4) crY.Panic: the hud and everything is the same ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, havent you seen the animations? and yes, they both use the Unreal Engine crY.Panic: lol crY.Panic: cod doesn't use unreal ^4crY ^8Ryo: oh yes it does crY.Panic: doesn't ^4crY ^8Ryo: many games use the unreal engine ^4crY ^8Ryo: CSS for example crY.Panic: ... I really hope he's trolling.[/QUOTE] but... cod4 is better than WaW

[QUOTE=Nerts;23205116]Nope it works, it's an Aero feature though.[/QUOTE] Oh, my bad i don't have a aero theme.

[QUOTE=Odellus;23212146]but... cod4 is better than WaW[/QUOTE] and the running animation in WaW looks weird as hell

[QUOTE=Toad;23207280]^4crY ^8Ryo: do you have WaW? crY.Panic: nah it sucks crY.Panic: treyarch=fail ^4crY ^8Ryo: lol, whu does it suck? ^4crY ^8Ryo: why* crY.Panic: just does crY.Panic: its a reskinned cod4 and you know it ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, just because every1 says that, u follow theyre opinion? This game is highely underrated...i even thinks its better than cod4 ^4crY ^8Ryo: its not reskinned at all crY.Panic: it is ^4crY ^8Ryo: there are loads of diffrences ^4crY ^8Ryo: shit loads even ^4crY ^8Ryo: ok, what do you think is similar between those too? ^4crY ^8Ryo: two* crY.Panic: everything is the same as cod4, treyarch just ripped the cod4 engine and made some different looking weapons, swapped the attack chopper for dogs and made some maps (admittidley better maps than cod4) crY.Panic: the hud and everything is the same ^4crY ^8Ryo: haha, havent you seen the animations? and yes, they both use the Unreal Engine crY.Panic: lol crY.Panic: cod doesn't use unreal ^4crY ^8Ryo: oh yes it does crY.Panic: doesn't ^4crY ^8Ryo: many games use the unreal engine ^4crY ^8Ryo: CSS for example crY.Panic: ... I really hope he's trolling.[/QUOTE] Idiot or troll, WaW was a good game.

[QUOTE=The_Fly56556;23223821]Idiot or troll, WaW was a good game.[/QUOTE] it wasnt a good game, but it was nt in any case a bad game. it was really just average in the end. only thing that set it apart was nazi zombies... but... you have zombie games for zombies...

[QUOTE=derlicious;23065274]Well if you have the money to get a high end build you should chose a 480 over a 5970 seeming the 5970 performs only a TINY bit better then the 480 and costs up to 200$ more than it. And eye candy is what it's all about. [B]Fermi is MEANT to run hot so it doesn't release as much heat thus making everything else cooler by not shooting out shit loads of heat[/B][/QUOTE]

has been discussed earlier... kinda mafe sense, but then not because he's saying it wrong.

OP has an issue with Halo 2 and running it on XP. An argument ensues about DX and program compatibility when a random dude throws this in: [QUOTE=TheSpy;23198106]dude i can run MS 3D Movie Maker on Vista and its required to be played on windows 98 and it works. And OP. Reinstall the game. If that doesn't work. Run a virus scan[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=dutchah;23227963]OP has an issue with Halo 2 and running it on XP. An argument ensues about DX and program compatibility when a random dude throws this in:[/QUOTE] I don't even know what to rate that... it was flat, stupid and generarlly... well... "WHATYEONABOUT!?"