Experiences with non-techies

[Nowak]

 

"new"

 

I miss Compaq.

[chroospen]

My friend thought he could download more memory on his iPhone.

[brickster]

 

 

"new"

 

I miss Compaq.

my first two computers were Compaq

 

 

come back pls

[Speedbird]

my first two computers were Compaq

come back pls

So I guess you want them to com paq?

[brickster]

So I guess you want them to com paq?

did you just

[DigitalHermit]

So I guess you want them to com paq?

I be embarrassed for that pun...

[Ridska]

I Have a confession to make , I am not that much ''Tech savvy '' person , and when i say that , I dont mean in a sense where i dont know PC building and audio and other general things , I do know the general things of a PC and i know audio part of tech as well but i will admit this , I am not expreranced with everything that is related to technology , just like any other person , i have my limits. Sure, I do know technology in my own little special way but the cons of being a tech savvy guy is that a non tech savvy guy or gal , might think that you know EVERYTHING THAT IS TO KNOW ABOUT TEHCNOLOGY , LITERALLY EVERYTHING , EVERY, SINGLE THING , They think that you can just about solve anything that is tech relatead , heck they think you can hack google if you want to.

 

I got to know this feeling when i treid to fix my sisters mac , See i am not a mac person nor have i used a mac that much so i dont know that much about macs , But it doesnt hurt to give ita shot becasue she asked nicely . Her mac book was throtling from eather the HDD ( i dont know if the mac had an HDD becasue if i tried to open the mac , my sis would have a heart attack ) Or it was the small fans throtling . The mac was acting like this when she tried to upload a cluster sum of photos to the mac . I swear to the life in me that some times , non tech savvy people can not wait a minute , they want it fixed RIGHT RIGHT NOW NOW . i swear they did not give me even 5 min to look at the mac .

Now to be perfectly clear , my dad fixed the mac because he used a mac himself .

After all was said and done , guess what she says when she comes up to me , '' You know nothing about technology ''

I was like : 'BU-...BUT BUT....YOU...Did no-.. 0_0.... ''

At this point i stormed off becasue i knew she was a loss casue and just because i could not fix her piece of shit mac witch BTW she did not let me take a good look , i was deemed as a person who knows nothing about tech. How lovely.

 

Thats my little adventure . Question ; How much do you know about technology and what part of technology that you have no experiance and have you taken a crack at it ?

Thanks guys and stay groovie .

[aaro.peramaa]

So I guess you want them to com paq?

Fuck you

[DigitalHermit]

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I have very little experience with working with phones... I haven't had the time to learn...

I guess the expectation of your 'client' was in the realm of "tech wizardry" wherein you just glance, know everything wrong with the device, then cast a little magic spell, and all will be well...

You should've explained that the user is the problem... (I use this move if I am insulted by the client)

[soup]

 If all they want to know is (4 - 1)*85*35, why even bring "tech" into the question?

 

My thoughts exactly, (see my reply umpty posts back).

 

Maybe it was a 'make weight' question that even the most tech illeterateunderperforming should be able to get.

Perhaps it was because it was in the Maths (do Canadians use the 's' I know USAians dont whilst Brits do so what about Canadians) section of a tech "quiz" they decided to use a tech scenario but the actual question could have been about anything.

or perhaps...

[1823alex]

A few pages back I posted about how no one cracked their chromebook screen yet, well today was the end of that. One of the girls in my class had her chromebook fall off of her desk and the screen is either cracked or not working anymore. RIP Chromebook #1, 11-17-15. 

[Boink]

A few pages back I posted about how no one cracked their chromebook screen yet, well today was the end of that. One of the girls in my class had her chromebook fall off of her desk and the screen is either cracked or not working anymore. RIP Chromebook #1, 11-17-15. 

Our school has had 20+ chromebooks meet their untimely demise and only the freshmen have them. It's a good thing they have accidental damage coverage for 3 years.

[Fgtfv567]

My thoughts exactly, (see my reply umpty posts back).

 

Maybe it was a 'make weight' question that even the most tech illeterateunderperforming should be able to get.

Perhaps it was because it was in the Maths (do Canadians use the 's' I know USAians dont whilst Brits do so what about Canadians) section of a tech "quiz" they decided to use a tech scenario but the actual question could have been about anything.

or perhaps...

USAians?! The proper term is AMERICANS! WITH THE CAPS!

[Sithhy]

A few pages back I posted about how no one cracked their chromebook screen yet, well today was the end of that. One of the girls in my class had her chromebook fall off of her desk and the screen is either cracked or not working anymore. RIP Chromebook #1, 11-17-15.

How did she make it fall off the table? Doesn't the Chromebook have rubber feet or something?

[SansVarnic]

My thoughts exactly, (see my reply umpty posts back).

 

Maybe it was a 'make weight' question that even the most tech illeterateunderperforming should be able to get.

Perhaps it was because it was in the Maths (do Canadians use the 's' I know USAians dont whilst Brits do so what about Canadians) section of a tech "quiz" they decided to use a tech scenario but the actual question could have been about anything.

or perhaps...

What the heck is a USAsian ?

 

 

/s

(improper use of the English language)

Edited November 19, 2015 by SansVarnic

[vanished]

What the heck is a USAsian ?

someone of Asian ancestry living in the US

 

 

My thoughts exactly, (see my reply umpty posts back).

 

Maybe it was a 'make weight' question that even the most tech illeterateunderperforming should be able to get.

Perhaps it was because it was in the Maths (do Canadians use the 's' I know USAians dont whilst Brits do so what about Canadians) section of a tech "quiz" they decided to use a tech scenario but the actual question could have been about anything.

or perhaps...

no, we don't use the "s" either.

[DigitalHermit]

My thoughts exactly, (see my reply umpty posts back).

 

Maybe it was a 'make weight' question that even the most tech illeterateunderperforming should be able to get.

Perhaps it was because it was in the Maths (do Canadians use the 's' I know USAians dont whilst Brits do so what about Canadians) section of a tech "quiz" they decided to use a tech scenario but the actual question could have been about anything.

or perhaps...

"There are 10 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL9 sticks of RAM on the desk. A technician forgot to wear ESD protection and zapped 3 of them. How many sticks of RAM remain usable?"

[vanished]

"There are 10 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL9 sticks of RAM on the desk. A technician forgot to wear ESD protection and zapped 3 of them. How many sticks of RAM remain usable?"

Yes, brilliant example  It is an incredibly basic math problem that brings in tech terms for absolutely no reason whatsoever

[waggythegeek]

Our school has had 20+ chromebooks meet their untimely demise and only the freshmen have them. It's a good thing they have accidental damage coverage for 3 years.

press like to pay respects

[soup]

What the heck is a USAsian ?

 

someone from the USA

[soup]

USAians?! The proper term is AMERICANS! WITH THE CAPS!

 

Does that not encompass everyone from America, inter alia, Chileans, Argentinians, Patagonians and Mexicans

[DirtyDane]

i used a bootable usb on a display laptop at a best buy once.... i got kicked out for hacking.... all i did was boot into a live cd of linux to see how it would look on the system....(i never did get my flash drive back.)

 

like i think they legitimatley thought i was hacking into something just because i did that lol

[DarkBlade2117]

i used a bootable usb on a display laptop at a best buy once.... i got kicked out for hacking.... all i did was boot into a live cd of linux to see how it would look on the system....(i never did get my flash drive back.)

 

like i think they legitimatley thought i was hacking into something just because i did that lol

LOL They probably don't even know what a bootable USB was.

[DirtyDane]

LOL They probably don't even know what a bootable USB was.

i doubt the very nice man the escorted me out had been helping some older woman out with getting a "gaming laptop" for her grandson.. god i hope she didnt buy it

[Tilaron]

 

I bet if I asked my mum what a graphics card was she couldnt guess

 

Out of context from another thread, but it reminded me of a guy from highschool.

 

Rewind to 2003! Bruce Almighty just came out and dumbguy said Carrey's Saleen S7 was actually a McLaren F1, when I pointed out the difference he got angry and said I was wrong. Good stuff.

 

We're walking past the IT block, there is a pile of old computers on the grass because our school liked looking like shit, dumbguy points into an open case and says "Look, you can see the hard disks" (they all had their single hard disks removed and he was pointing at the power supply)

"That's the power supply, look at the cables"

"No, those are to hook up the floppy and CD drives to the hard disk"

"That's not how it works"

"My dad bought a computer last year, I know what I'm talking about"

"We've had a computer at home since 1996 and my dad has worked in the industry since the '70s"

"What does industry have to do with computers?"

"*sigh audibly* the computer industry, coding etc."

"Well I looked in our computer a lot so I know what the bits are all for"

 

I think when I brought it up again a week or so later he was very subdued and changed the subject quite quickly. He was one of those *this is how I think *thing* works, which makes it fact, so I am right and everyone else is wrong* people. He also didn't understand that the moon does actually rotate, but in a way that we only see the same side, his main argument being "But why do we only see one side?" despite it being explained multiple times by our science teacher... I thankfully lost contact with him after school ended