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

[QUOTE=Bomimo;23688440]that's the problem with 96% of "this is a known fact" posts... they ONLY [U][I]heard[/I][/U] it.[/QUOTE] I read it. So I'm one of the 4%? Rated bad reading too, since I answered in my next post.

I soooooo swore today I heard some girl say "my grandfather helped make the Intel chip and that they put a jet engine in his computer to make it fast".:rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Dr.HAXXXX;23689201]I soooooo swore today I heard some girl say "my grandfather helped make the Intel chip and that they put a jet engine in his computer to make it fast".:rolleyes:[/QUOTE] Probably just built his own computer and has really loud fans :)

[QUOTE=Dr.HAXXXX;23689201]I soooooo swore today I heard some girl say "my grandfather helped make the Intel chip and that they put a jet engine in his computer to make it fast".:rolleyes:[/QUOTE] Was her grandfather Russian? He probably worked with [url=http://gizmodo.com/378639/a-gasoline+powered-pc-what-the-crap]these guys.[/url]

[QUOTE=<ToD> Aaron;23683396]Or he could be a man and put a damn password on his router. [editline]10:53AM[/editline] Wait, I think he means the guy is using his laptop. Not really sure.[/QUOTE] yep, he uses my laptop

[IMG]http://cl.ly/d252e14a39f038f2400e/content[/IMG] Wheres that super facepalm image when you need it?

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/psyboom.png[/img] :psyduck: this just happened to me

Wtf?

What the fuck

mind = blown

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23690752][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/psyboom.png[/img] :psyduck: this just happened to me[/QUOTE] wait, what were you trying to open? something from a PS1 game?

[QUOTE=limulus54;23690893]wait, what were you trying to open? something from a PS1 game?[/QUOTE] yes, actually. tarant.str in Kiss pinball, Thunar is telling me that it's a TGA file and I want to see what it is

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23690752][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/psyboom.png[/img] :psyduck: this just happened to me[/QUOTE] That's one butt ugly GUI

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;23688223]Did I say they don't get virusses? IE8 is the most used browser in the world, so if you were to hack something; "IE8 is the most used, alot more insecure than other browsers, besides Safari, but browser doesn't have that much of a market share... Hmm... I'm gonna choose Google Chrome since that was the only one still standing after the pwn2own contest, that sounds piss easy!" I guess not.[/QUOTE] Virii, not virusses :v: </grammar nazi>

[QUOTE=Chris220;23691058]Virii, not virusses :v: </grammar nazi>[/QUOTE] fire up any program with a built in spell checker. type "virii viruses" and tell me which one has that red underline.

£80 G4 anyone? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-PowerBook-G4-m9421b-a-15-2-1-33GHz-60GB-/180536484337?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories&hash=item2a08d021f1[/url] [QUOTE]IT WAS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE UNTILL I TRIED TO UPGRADE THE HARD DRIVE NOW I CANT INSTALL THE NEW OPERATING SYSTEM. I DIDNT WANT TO BOTHER WITH IT TOO MUCH SO I BOUGHT A NEW LAPTOP WITH THE NEW CORE i5 CHIP.[/QUOTE] Snow leopard (New OS) only works on intel macs, FYI

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;23691018]That's one butt ugly GUI[/QUOTE] The GUI is pretty ugly, but I like the top bar, whatever you call it

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[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23690752][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/psyboom.png[/img] :psyduck: this just happened to me[/QUOTE] I got something similar the other day while copying a file across to my USB key Message box popped up saying "Failed to copy <filename>.txt, the operation completed successfully"

I was using facebook today. I saw this. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9055409/Other/It%27s%20not%20Counter%20Strike.png[/img] ...

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23691093]fire up any program with a built in spell checker. type "virii viruses" and tell me which one has that red underline.[/QUOTE] :argh: Well it's still not "virusses" anyway

[QUOTE=Dr.HAXXXX;23689201]I soooooo swore today I heard some girl say "my grandfather helped make the Intel chip and that they put a jet engine in his computer to make it fast".:rolleyes:[/QUOTE] [img]http://images.maplin.co.uk/300/A13FX.jpg[/img] suonds like oen 2 :downs:

[url]http://www.apple.com/macpro/features/graphics.html[/url] Not illeteracy, but read the "All-new High-performance graphics cards"-line... New after some 8 months... That whole text about the new Mac Pro is pure bs...

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;23690578][IMG]http://cl.ly/d252e14a39f038f2400e/content[/IMG] Wheres that super facepalm image when you need it?[/QUOTE] And the worst part is, the dumbfuck could've just renamed it to a .com file extension as it's basically the same as .exe :doh:

Who came up with the unit flops for shit. That sounds so dumb.

Anyone else have parents that create their own PC knowledge out of thin fucking air? *Dad walks in while I'm scanning with AVG* "Stop scanning for viruses you'll put more on there that way!"

[QUOTE=Tools;23692024]And the worst part is, the dumbfuck could've just renamed it to a .com file extension as it's basically the same as .exe :doh:[/QUOTE] Isn't .com an old type of DOS file that windows opens properly anyway?

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23690752][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/psyboom.png[/img] :psyduck: this just happened to me[/QUOTE] Reminds me when I got this error message in Google Sketchup: "No errors occurred"

[QUOTE=Comrade General;23692559]Isn't .com an old type of DOS file that windows opens properly anyway?[/QUOTE] Rename a .exe to .com and most of the time it'll work.

[QUOTE=Chris220;23691058]Virii, not virusses :v: </grammar nazi>[/QUOTE] Actually it's Viruses stupid