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Another thing that fits into this topic is any time that you have to talk to an 'Apple Genius'. They are the most ignorant people when it comes to technology. I once asked if there was anyway I could upgrade or pay for them to upgrade my mum's MacBook's CPU. The guy looked at me confused and had to ask for help from his supervisor. I'm not sure if he didn't know if you could change them, or if he didn't know what a CPU was.

 

I've actually had a quite difrent experiance i went into a mac store with my buddy and we were asking about the new mac pro(mean while girlfreinds are going wow pink iphone 5c lol) and we asked the sales rep if we could take a closer look and he poped of the trash can pc and let us check it out its actually really cool(for an apple) the we discussed how the cooling worked and why it dosent over heat almost had me sold best sales rep ever!

 

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A kid at my school was saying that he was smarter than me just because he could open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Bear in mind this is the same kid who almost bent the pins on the MMX.

 

At an Apple store (not sure if I told you guys this one) I asked a woman how many PCI-E lanes the Mac Pro could offer to the x16 slots, she avoided my question and started showing me the new Mac Pro. I just nodded my head and pretended to be interested (lol).

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A kid at my school was saying that he was smarter than me just because he could open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Bear in mind this is the same kid who almost bent the pins on the MMX.

 

At an Apple store (not sure if I told you guys this one) I asked a woman how many PCI-E lanes the Mac Pro could offer to the x16 slots, she avoided my question and started showing me the new Mac Pro. I just nodded my head and pretended to be interested (lol).

You didn't tell us the Apple story. Wow, that's just atrocious.

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Yeah, that's a car. Top tip if you're in the petrol station and there's a car ahead refuelling: keep the engine on because it wastes petrol restarting it.

Unless you have a passenger that will push you.

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WINDOWS 65-BIT!? I bet you can download hundreds of RAM's onto that!

yeah you can download ram at www.download500tbram.com

 

lol yeah typo just in case you didn't notice. 4 and 5 are close to each other.

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Unless you have a passenger that will push you.

Trust no one.

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/148662-this-290-or-that-780/

 

Look at post 3. TOTAL NOOB.

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When people think the monitor is the pc... and it's not. Classic.

I just read this YouTube comment as I was watching a PC build video.

"LOL SO FAKE EVERYONE KNOWS U CAN'T MAKE A PC U CAN ONLY BUY THEM"

I think this is supposed to be a joke.

But then again... you never know.

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Yeah, that's a car. Top tip if you're in the petrol station and there's a car ahead refuelling: keep the engine on because it wastes petrol restarting it.

If the car is idling and your not moving your wasting fuel. The battery in a old car can't handle the cranking constantly which is why they use to tell you to leave your car idling.

Modern cars have stop/start technology (can you tell I work for a car manufacturer) as they have overcome such problems and most cars also stop pumping fuel into the engine when braking downhill as its such a waste.

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Okay, today at school someone brought up 'gaming' and ofcourse there's this console fanboy that plays on his ps3 and tells me that the performance, or graphics are much better on his ps3 than on a PC

Ok no biggie, I told him I don't have a cd drive and he looked me like I'm a magician or something. He asked me how I play games, or how I get them on my pc, I told him I just download everything. His response was 'oh but you can only play online when you use a cd, right?'

I was trying to convince him that a PC is much better than a console. I didn't want to bring up 'multitasking' on a console so I just said 'well you can atleast use your browser and other applications while gaming on a pc. Him: 'wait what, can you use a browser on a GAME pc?'

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I was trying to convince him that a PC is much better than a pc.

 

Oops. ;)

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STORYTIME. 

 

So I am currently in the process of getting a new screen. It has to be super productivity oriented and good for programming (I love seeing as much of my code at once, as I possibly can). Naturally I went for a 27 inch 2560x1440 screen.

 

Tell my mom: "This is what I want, going to order it now, it should arrive soon."

She goes: "Why does it need to be so big?".

 

Not sure I am getting my large screen :(

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Trust no one.

I'm usually the one who pushes, so I think I can trust that person pretty well....sometimes.

 

 

STORYTIME. 

 

So I am currently in the process of getting a new screen. It has to be super productivity oriented and good for programming (I love seeing as much of my code at once, as I possibly can). Naturally I went for a 27 inch 2560x1440 screen.

 

Tell my mom: "This is what I want, going to order it now, it should arrive soon."

She goes: "Why does it need to be so big?".

 

Not sure I am getting my large screen  :(

 

Why wouldn't you get it? Did you not order it? Also, make sure it can rotate sideways

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STORYTIME.

So I am currently in the process of getting a new screen. It has to be super productivity oriented and good for programming (I love seeing as much of my code at once, as I possibly can). Naturally I went for a 27 inch 2560x1440 screen.

Tell my mom: "This is what I want, going to order it now, it should arrive soon."

She goes: "Why does it need to be so big?".

Not sure I am getting my large screen :(

That doesn't really belong here tbh, I'm sure your mom would understand if you told her why
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STORYTIME. 

 

So I am currently in the process of getting a new screen. It has to be super productivity oriented and good for programming (I love seeing as much of my code at once, as I possibly can). Naturally I went for a 27 inch 2560x1440 screen.

 

Tell my mom: "This is what I want, going to order it now, it should arrive soon."

She goes: "Why does it need to be so big?".

 

Not sure I am getting my large screen :(

Yay! The OP has another story! Gather round, peeps.

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My friend is always saying that I have too much stuff open on my Chromebook because I have a lot of stuff pinned... Even though there's a little white line underneath the program if it's running...

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My friend is always saying that I have too much stuff open on my Chromebook because I have a lot of stuff pinned... Even though there's a little white line underneath the program if it's running...

 

There's a line underneath? Not on mine!

The year is 20XX. Everyone plays Fox at TAS levels of perfection. Because of this, the winner of a match depends solely on port priority. The RPS metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to it being the only remaining factor to decide matches.

Only Abate, Axe, and Wobbles can save us.

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There's a line underneath? Not on mine!

Yup. Has been there for as long as I have used Chrome OS (since about the beginning of September).

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STORYTIME. 

 

So I am currently in the process of getting a new screen. It has to be super productivity oriented and good for programming (I love seeing as much of my code at once, as I possibly can). Naturally I went for a 27 inch 2560x1440 screen.

 

Tell my mom: "This is what I want, going to order it now, it should arrive soon."

She goes: "Why does it need to be so big?".

 

Not sure I am getting my large screen :(

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005624

 

Just tell her it just looks bigger because it's one of the "new widescreen" monitors.

 

Also, what I'm wondering is, why does the resolution need to be so high?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260197

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236294

 

And I own a 22" 16:10 and that's plenty big, especially if the resolution was higher and I had better sight.

 

Does your job not pay enough that you can buy it?

 

The only thing I can find larger that 27" is Large Format Displays and the larger Ultrawide displays. Did you purposefully pick the highest size you could? That's a good way to burn yourself on cost. What's your current monitor?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236331

 

 

That doesn't really belong here tbh, I'm sure your mom would understand if you told her why

 

I'm wondering why she needs to know at all.

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a girl thought software is a clothing(soft wear). she answered in class raising hand before me and said "isnt software shirts that are soft?", Oh god why

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a girl thought software is a clothing(soft wear). she answered in class raising hand before me and said "isnt software shirts that are soft?", Oh god why

Silly girl, everyone knows softwear is non-alcoholic pajamas.

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If the car is idling and your not moving your wasting fuel. The battery in a old car can't handle the cranking constantly which is why they use to tell you to leave your car idling.

Modern cars have stop/start technology (can you tell I work for a car manufacturer) as they have overcome such problems and most cars also stop pumping fuel into the engine when braking downhill as its such a waste.

Likewise you can tell our family has a fairly old car :P

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