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[QUOTE=reapaninja;22853731]yesterday my sister told me she'd found out about a "new xbox" she told me to google for Natal I tell her it was renamed to kinect, but apparently I've been misinformed by the entire internet because that's the name of the redesigned 360 she told me it was "exactly like wii but better" I show her it's a camera, she replies "no, that was the eyetoy" I point to the camera itself and tell her that's it and it plugs into the 360, but apparently the camera isn't a camera, it's the "new xbox" I ask her if it isn't a camera, how does it work, it can't be magic because the ipad already covered that she replies "but this is an xbox, not an eyetoy" I'm then told by my mom "you might hate it just because it's microsoft but you shouldn't lie to her" the only valid response in this situation [img]http://imgkk.com/i/8c-6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/heart-attack.jpg[/IMG] rage

[QUOTE=reapaninja;22853731]yesterday my sister told me she'd found out about a "new xbox" she told me to google for Natal I tell her it was renamed to kinect, but apparently I've been misinformed by the entire internet because that's the name of the redesigned 360 she told me it was "exactly like wii but better" I show her it's a camera, she replies "no, that was the eyetoy" I point to the camera itself and tell her that's it and it plugs into the 360, but apparently the camera isn't a camera, it's the "new xbox" I ask her if it isn't a camera, how does it work, it can't be magic because the ipad already covered that she replies "but this is an xbox, not an eyetoy" I'm then told by my mom "you might hate it just because it's microsoft but you shouldn't lie to her" the only valid response in this situation [img]http://imgkk.com/i/8c-6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] butter knife, stab stab stab.

[QUOTE=Tools;22853513]Thing is however, no matter how you put it up, a wall of text is a wall of text and it won't change just because you use enter some more. Now back on topic.[/quote][QUOTE=wall of text, Iphone style] [B]Lorem Ipsum[/B] is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. [B]Why do we use it?[/B] It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like). [B]Where does it come from?[/B] Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in[/quote]this is an annoying miniscreen style wall of text.. reading this is the equivalent for the eyes of taking a breath after each word in a fucking speech. [quote=standard wall of text] [B]Lorem Ipsum[/B] is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. [B]Why do we use it?[/B] It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like). [B]Where does it come from?[/B] Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in[/quote] this is a standard wall of text. on this forum, its formatting follows the screensize. this means that not only is it not annoying as hell to read, but people can decide themselves how it should be formatted according to how they enjoy reading. Ain't that magic? you do get the "big deal" about it, don't you?

[QUOTE=Bomimo;22854902]this is an annoying miniscreen style wall of text.. reading this is the equivalent for the eyes of taking a breath after each word in a fucking speech. this is a standard wall of text. on this forum, its formatting follows the screensize. this means that not only is it not annoying as hell to read, but people can decide themselves how it should be formatted according to how they enjoy reading. Ain't that magic? you do get the "big deal" about it, don't you?[/QUOTE] When you put it that way I can't argue against it, but it's still a pain to read, and I'd rather have my screen stretched.

But when there's a picture on the page that's wider than your screen, it also expands the text. And my "walls of text" aren't that thin. :derp:

[QUOTE=Bomimo;22854902]you do get the "big deal" about it, don't you?[/QUOTE] I find the top one easier to read actually :v:

[QUOTE=Pie_Lord;22855457]But when there's a picture on the page that's wider than your screen, it also expands the text. And my "walls of text" aren't that thin. :derp:[/QUOTE] No it does not expand the text further. The image simply goes off the side of the post. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/derp12345678910111213.png[/img] As you can see, not only is your screen not stretched by my large picture, from my view your posts are really fucking retarded. So lay off that fucking enter key unless you're making a new paragraph.

[QUOTE=FunnyGamer;22856364]No it does not expand the text further. The image simply goes off the side of the post. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/derp12345678910111213.png[/img] As you can see, not only is your screen not stretched by my large picture, from my view your posts are really fucking retarded. So lay off that fucking enter key unless you're making a new paragraph.[/QUOTE] Thank you.

[QUOTE=FunnyGamer;22856364]No it does not expand the text further. The image simply goes off the side of the post. [IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/derp12345678910111213.png[/IMG] As you can see, not only is your screen not stretched by my large picture, from my view your posts are really fucking retarded. So lay off that fucking enter key unless you're making a new paragraph.[/QUOTE] Then I guess I better just stop posting. Thanks alot for hurting my feelings.

If it makes you feel any better, it makes it easier for me to read. :D

[QUOTE=waxrock;22856752]If it makes you feel any better, it makes it easier for me to read. :D[/QUOTE] Harder for anyone who likes to actually read a sentence consistently with no stupid "hiccups" in between words. Weirdoes.

[QUOTE=hexpunK;22856915]Harder for anyone who likes to actually read a sentence consistently with no stupid "hiccups" in between words. Weirdoes.[/QUOTE] no u In all seriousness, it's probably because I don't have to drag my eyes across the screen after I'm done reading one line when it's formatted like that. It's a minor thing so I don't really care. [editline]08:35PM[/editline] It only bugs me if this occurs: [IMG]http://imgur.com/WULcM.png[/IMG]

Quick fucking grammar lesson: stop adding apostrophes when you're not talking about possessives, eg "PC's". Who's is a contraction for who is, "Who's that guy over there?". Whose is what you use when you are talking about someone and something they own, "Whose computer is a Dell."

Or PC's, belonging to a PC.

[QUOTE=Pie_Lord;22856662]Then I guess I better just stop posting. Thanks alot for hurting my feelings.[/QUOTE] Fell of my chair laughing... then i realized you didn't mean it... which is good of course. [QUOTE=Ban Evasion Alt;22857278]Or PC's, belonging to a PC.[/QUOTE] now, that's confusing. saying PC is when you mean the PCs X. I guess it's right... but wow.

[QUOTE=ashzu;22847396]I now regret buying Counter-Strike Source at EB games for him because he wasn't over 15.[/QUOTE] I was out with my brother, and my brother wanted me to buy CS for Xbox. I was 16 at the time, birthday in a month. I had a full on beard, and the guy asks for ID. Really bro? It's not fucking drugs. My brother ended up buying it for me. I flipped off the guy as we walked out. Feels good.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;22858373]I was out with my brother, and my brother wanted me to buy CS for Xbox. I was 16 at the time, birthday in a month. I had a full on beard, and the guy asks for ID. Really bro? It's not fucking drugs. My brother ended up buying it for me. I flipped off the guy as we walked out. Feels good.[/QUOTE] Yeah flip the guy off for doing his job. So mature, this generation. [editline]05:19PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Bomimo;22858077]Fell of my chair laughing... then i realized you didn't mean it... which is good of course. now, that's confusing. saying PC is when you mean the PCs X. I guess it's right... but wow.[/QUOTE] How is that confusing? If people didn't learn the language correctly in the first place, sure it's confusing, but if you learned it correctly it's basically on and off.

[QUOTE=Odellus;22857258]Quick fucking grammar lesson: stop adding apostrophes when you're not talking about possessives, eg "PC's". Who's is a contraction for who is, "Who's that guy over there?". Whose is what you use when you are talking about someone and something they own, "Whose computer is a Dell."[/QUOTE] Fun fact: Old English never used apostrophes for possessives. Technically speaking, they're only intended to be used when forming contractions. Take note of the word "its", as in "belonging to it". That's the last possessive left that doesn't use an apostrophe. "The dog's house" would have been written as "The dogs house" in old english. EDIT: I'm sort of wrong, sort of right. Old English did use apostrophes for possessives (albeit not until much later), I'm thinking of other old germanic languages.

I'm sorry.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;22858774]Fun fact: Old English never used apostrophes for possessives. Technically speaking, they're only intended to be used when forming contractions. Take note of the word "its", as in "belonging to it". That's the last possessive left that doesn't use an apostrophe. "The dog's house" would have been written as "The dogs house" in old english. EDIT: I'm sort of wrong, sort of right. Old English did use apostrophes for possessives (albeit not until much later), I'm thinking of other old germanic languages.[/QUOTE] English is an old Germanic language. But yeah, I'm learning Spanish and German and I'm pretty damn sure neither use apostrophes.

Why are we discussing languages, this thread is about computer illiterate people who think they know things. :argh:

[QUOTE=waxrock;22857119]no u In all seriousness, it's probably because I don't have to drag my eyes across the screen after I'm done reading one line when it's formatted like that. It's a minor thing so I don't really care. [editline]08:35PM[/editline] It only bugs me if this occurs: [IMG]http://imgur.com/WULcM.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Now that does bug me :v: I have a smallish screen anyway, so eye dragging doesn't piss me off much.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;22858774]Fun fact: Old English never used apostrophes for possessives. Technically speaking, they're only intended to be used when forming contractions. [/QUOTE] this was basically why i thought it felt wrong. I am what you get when you learn Shakespearean English! [QUOTE=Tools;22859042]Why are we discussing languages, this thread is about computer illiterate people who think they know things. :argh:[/QUOTE] No, this is now "Linguistically litterate people discussing with each other and owning Linguistically illiterates!" This just goes back to my "all but= everything except" thread which was an "original meaning VS American meaning thread when it came down to it. I seem to have learned proper English while many others just learn "here and fucking now English". my current teacher insists that we check up on the origin of terms we do not grasp. you'd be surprised just how stupid what people say sound to you... especially when some terms have been turned 180 in meaning. Turns out America is fucking more with the English language than the retarded Asian and African dialects. Didn't know that, did you? Not being offensive here. But European English taught with basis in the Oxford English Dictionary meanings is just miles apart of American dialects on so many points. Language... is a fucking weird cat sometimes... i mean, fuck religion and philosophy.. this shit will rape your brain!

[QUOTE=Odellus;22858955]English is an old Germanic language. But yeah, I'm learning Spanish and German and I'm pretty damn sure neither use apostrophes.[/QUOTE] That's why I said [i]other[/i] old Germanic languages. English is the only one I can think of that eventually branched off and started using them for possessives.

Not exactly computer illiteracy but I showed the fake No Through Road video to my aunt and she tried to look it up on Snopes :v:

Dad thinks he knows it all. HE'S SO :05:

So my school district bought a load of servers for the elementary schools. Who needs em in an elementary school, right? I mean all those typing tests and paint drawings need a place to sit for about 10 years, right? Well they bought those when I was in elementary school and they decided to get rid of them. What better way than to send them out among the student body? So my teacher gets a hold of them and hands them out, not knowing the specs, and asks someone to look them up. Basically the first kid to look it up is the kid who brings in his mac book pro every day who whips out his iphone and starts searching away. After about 4 seconds, he comes to the conclusion that we have a stack of servers with 1.2 GHz dual Pentium III processors, 40 GB of hard drive space and 1 GB of ram. He then continues to complain about how slow they are, especially compared to his mac server at home, which I'm sure he put to good use with his vast knowledge of the internet when he couldn't figure out what the other buttons on the school's computer mice are for. I took mine home and loaded up a cs:s and gmod server which both run decently at the same time. Afterwards I was approached by another kid who asked me "what is the need for a 'gaming network' and why do people call it that?" I was sent into a state of shock at a devout PC user not understanding what a LAN party is. I quickly explained before having to wire a 24 port network switch for a private classroom network to play games on because everything from google images to music to games goes directly against the terms of use in our district.

[QUOTE=4rawrs2;22862547]LONG ASS WALL OF SUPER TEXT[/QUOTE] GO KID WITH THE iPHONE

[QUOTE=~Kiwiderp~;22862614]GO KID WITH THE iPHONE[/QUOTE] You mean mac server

[QUOTE=LinuX;22862630]You mean mac server[/QUOTE] actually, both. NOW: Gold star to those who find the spelling error! [img_thumb]http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac298/4rawrs4srs/polices-1.png[/img_thumb]