Experiences with non-techies

[NumLock21]

5 hours ago, Scitesh said:

What  were you trying to do make a 7 gamers 1 tower  styled PC  something

 

 

That thing had the IO 

No, just a regular PC. Told them to return the 2 cannot be used junks and grab a external card reader. Internals during that time were crap too. And not many have it, so buying 1 internal means they will have to buy many more for all the PCs they have.

[JMSOG]

I like posting stuff here every few months.

 

1: Last year, got my mom a laptop. She likes playing a few games, and since I'm more tech-aware than most people, I made sure she got a good one. It ended up having a 250gb ssd and a 1 tb harddrive. I explain to her that it is important to store only important things on the SSD, since space is a concern. Now, one year later, I come home from college for thanksgiving, and she tells me she's been getting "low on space"-type warnings. I check her documents and the 1tb harddrive is completely empty. not a single file is in there. She has only been saving stuff to her ssd.

 

Also, she now always uses a 4-port USB hub, 3 ports of which are USB receivers for mice. She doesn't know which one goes to which mouse, so she has them all connected 100% of the time.

[Bananasplit_00]

2 hours ago, JMSOG said:

I like posting stuff here every few months.

 

1: Last year, got my mom a laptop. She likes playing a few games, and since I'm more tech-aware than most people, I made sure she got a good one. It ended up having a 250gb ssd and a 1 tb harddrive. I explain to her that it is important to store only important things on the SSD, since space is a concern. Now, one year later, I come home from college for thanksgiving, and she tells me she's been getting "low on space"-type warnings. I check her documents and the 1tb harddrive is completely empty. not a single file is in there. She has only been saving stuff to her ssd.

 

Also, she now always uses a 4-port USB hub, 3 ports of which are USB receivers for mice. She doesn't know which one goes to which mouse, so she has them all connected 100% of the time.

wow just test ffs... and fore the files thats what my brother does but for a different reason, his SSHD dind work properly out of the box and he NEVER TOLD ME TO FIX IT... i asked him if i could borrow his computer for an hour and fix it for him but he is like, "nah im doing stuff eff off" and it blows my mind how he can live with just 250GB of storage when im using like 600GB on just my main PC lol

[Bananasplit_00]

ok wow i just found a retart with a PC to sell, he claims you cant get a Radeon 6990 in Sweden and that they go for $800 usiually, says that sound cards take a segnificant load of your CPU and has the litteraly worst watercooling i have seen for sale... https://www.blocket.se/vasternorrland/Pc_dator_70423838.htm?ca=4&w=1 selling it for $500 too and wants cash  

[WkdPaul]

New software implementation at work, it seems that makes people forget how to use a computer ... I had to deal with people not being able to copy/paste anymore (user error), not being able to select the right printer even though that didn't change (old and new software create reports as a PDF and automatically opens it in Acrobat), etc.

 

That's on top of the usual software implementation problems like server load balancing problems, bandwidth usage problems, licensing problems, etc ...

[NunoLava1998]

"Keyboard not connected.

Press F1 to continue."

now that's what i call goldy (if you don't know, i don't mean goldy the fish, i mean a subset of irony AND goldy the fish)

[BingoFishy]

"Stand out from the crowd"

[NunoLava1998]

"

I upgraded to a 9.6" tablet from a 7" tablet and what a difference this has made
"

 

I agree, your tablet just gained 2.6" more so it is defanutely better m8

[Ezzy-525]

A few years back my brother called me saying there was an issue with his laptop. I can't quite remember what the issue was but i talked him through running CHKDSK before boot, he thought I was some sort of NSA computer hacker (to be fair, with it being run before boot it probably looked like the shitty hacker screens in movies).

[Dargenfire]

On ‎19‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 4:22 AM, themctipers said:

Apparently rendering 1080p content onto a 4K display is the same as rendering 4K on a 4K display 

 

apple discord ?

Yea totes m8, coz ur showin 4x the rez of the original content

 

 

Watching Brandon's review of the 5D Mark IV just gave me flashbacks of people telling me their phones are light years ahead of the several thousand dollar DSLR I'm holding in my hands because their little rectangles can "do 4K". *sigh*

[Clanscorpia]

1 minute ago, Dargenfire said:

Yea totes m8, coz ur showin 4x the rez of the original content

 

 

Watching Brandon's review of the 5D Mark IV just gave me flashbacks of people telling me their phones are light years ahead of the several thousand dollar DSLR I'm holding in my hands because their little rectangles can "do 4K". *sigh*

Thats what people were telling me when I was using my Rebel T3. I was like look at this *shows my camera* "and then that "shows their camera"

[BWLServers]

OOH! I got one. I was on the phone with a client of mine the other day (super sweet lady) and I was trying to describe how to connect her laptop to wifi. I told her to look down in the bottom right, near the clock, for the wifi icon. She said there was no clock in the bottom. I told her it would be next to the volume indicator, and that it is most definitely there. She proceeds to tell me she sees arrows pointing up, down, left and right, and a button that says CTRL. At this point, I say nothing, because I'm both stunned and confused. I then manage to stammer out, "The laptop is powered on, right?"

Long pause.

"No. Does it need to be?"

Ugh.

 

Later in the call, I have her take a picture of the bottom of her modem, where the sticker is with the connection details. I then have to take another call. When I call her back, she tells me she's carried the modem upstairs and can't see the wireless network. Again, I'm speechless. I try to tell her it has to be connected to something to function.

 

That's like.... pulling all the spark plugs out of your car, and wondering why it won't start.

[cummerou1]

I have to vent, just had 4 people in my IT class claiming that it's the first pixel density number that counts.

 

We were talking about 4K screens when one said that no true 4K screens exist. I said if he meant that 4K screens technically would be what 8k screens should be called, then yes, he is correct, which he said no to.

 

I started talking about how 4K technically is 2K since it is 3840x2160. He then started saying that it is the first pixel count that counts (which is why he said they were not real 4k). I said no and told him that 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels which he then said was 2K. My argument was then, that we agree that that EVERYBODY called 1920x1080 1080p right?

 

He agreed and then said that since it is called both Full HD AND 1080p it could also be called 2K since "it already has 2 names, it could have 3". I then said that what would we call 1440p? 2,5K? Which he then said yes to, it is totally okay to say 2560x1440 is 2,5K. Again using the logic of the 1080p argument, and ended it with what he meant was that a few monitors have 4096x2160 or something like that and that was 4k. Then another chipped in with that 2056x1080 or something like that exists and is also called 2K, "surprised?" (Bolstering the claim that it is totally normal for some people to use the first pixel count for all monitors). I then told him to search for 2K screens and see if any 1920x1080 monitors showed up. He refused. Had 3 people agreeing with him the whole time.

[Space Reptile]

1 hour ago, cummerou1 said:

I have to vent, just had 4 people in my IT class claiming that it's the first pixel density number that counts.

almost like my IT TEACHER who says DVD is HD because 720*480 .________.

[NunoLava1998]

5 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

almost like my IT TEACHER who says DVD is HD because 720*480 .________.

or the retarded way of saying "HD":

 

agá dê

 

for some reason if you spell it correctly it sounds exactly how a Portuguese person would say "HD" for some reason

[Space Reptile]

4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

or the retarded way of saying "HD":

 

agá dê

 

for some reason if you spell it correctly it sounds exactly how a Portuguese person would say "HD" for some reason

well im german , we say

 

haːde

[BingoFishy]

3 hours ago, cummerou1 said:

I have to vent, just had 4 people in my IT class claiming that it's the first pixel density number that counts.

 

We were talking about 4K screens when one said that no true 4K screens exist. I said if he meant that 4K screens technically would be what 8k screens should be called, then yes, he is correct, which he said no to.

 

I started talking about how 4K technically is 2K since it is 3840x2160. He then started saying that it is the first pixel count that counts (which is why he said they were not real 4k). I said no and told him that 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels which he then said was 2K. My argument was then, that we agree that that EVERYBODY called 1920x1080 1080p right?

 

He agreed and then said that since it is called both Full HD AND 1080p it could also be called 2K since "it already has 2 names, it could have 3". I then said that what would we call 1440p? 2,5K? Which he then said yes to, it is totally okay to say 2560x1440 is 2,5K. Again using the logic of the 1080p argument, and ended it with what he meant was that a few monitors have 4096x2160 or something like that and that was 4k. Then another chipped in with that 2056x1080 or something like that exists and is also called 2K, "surprised?" (Bolstering the claim that it is totally normal for some people to use the first pixel count for all monitors). I then told him to search for 2K screens and see if any 1920x1080 monitors showed up. He refused. Had 3 people agreeing with him the whole time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution

[cummerou1]

1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution

"According to official reference material, DCI and industry standards do not officially recognize 1080p as a 2K resolution in literature concerning 2K and 4K resolution " 

 

From your own source

[kelvindeschutter]

8 hours ago, cummerou1 said:

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what would according this his logic 1920x1200 be called 2k or 1200p?

[Scitesh]

8 hours ago, cummerou1 said:

I have to vent, just had 4 people in my IT class claiming that it's the first pixel density number that counts.

 

We were talking about 4K screens when one said that no true 4K screens exist. I said if he meant that 4K screens technically would be what 8k screens should be called, then yes, he is correct, which he said no to.

 

I started talking about how 4K technically is 2K since it is 3840x2160. He then started saying that it is the first pixel count that counts (which is why he said they were not real 4k). I said no and told him that 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels which he then said was 2K. My argument was then, that we agree that that EVERYBODY called 1920x1080 1080p right?

 

He agreed and then said that since it is called both Full HD AND 1080p it could also be called 2K since "it already has 2 names, it could have 3". I then said that what would we call 1440p? 2,5K? Which he then said yes to, it is totally okay to say 2560x1440 is 2,5K. Again using the logic of the 1080p argument, and ended it with what he meant was that a few monitors have 4096x2160 or something like that and that was 4k. Then another chipped in with that 2056x1080 or something like that exists and is also called 2K, "surprised?" (Bolstering the claim that it is totally normal for some people to use the first pixel count for all monitors). I then told him to search for 2K screens and see if any 1920x1080 monitors showed up. He refused. Had 3 people agreeing with him the whole time.

I was Taught the following

1280*720 : HD /1K

1920*1080:FHd/1.7K

2560*1440:2K/1440p

3840*2160:4K/UHd (I argued it should be 3K)

[cummerou1]

27 minutes ago, kelvindeschutter said:

what would according this his logic 1920x1200 be called 2k or 1200p?

2k

[Fetzie]

On 25/11/2016 at 7:35 AM, JMSOG said:

I like posting stuff here every few months.

 

1: Last year, got my mom a laptop. She likes playing a few games, and since I'm more tech-aware than most people, I made sure she got a good one. It ended up having a 250gb ssd and a 1 tb harddrive. I explain to her that it is important to store only important things on the SSD, since space is a concern. Now, one year later, I come home from college for thanksgiving, and she tells me she's been getting "low on space"-type warnings. I check her documents and the 1tb harddrive is completely empty. not a single file is in there. She has only been saving stuff to her ssd.

 

Also, she now always uses a 4-port USB hub, 3 ports of which are USB receivers for mice. She doesn't know which one goes to which mouse, so she has them all connected 100% of the time.

Write a PS script that moves big files from her USERPATH to the secondary drive, leaving a symlink in its place (run it once a day or so from the system event manager)

[Dargenfire]

14 hours ago, cummerou1 said:

I have to vent, just had 4 people in my IT class claiming that it's the first pixel density number that counts.

 

We were talking about 4K screens when one said that no true 4K screens exist. I said if he meant that 4K screens technically would be what 8k screens should be called, then yes, he is correct, which he said no to.

 

I started talking about how 4K technically is 2K since it is 3840x2160. He then started saying that it is the first pixel count that counts (which is why he said they were not real 4k). I said no and told him that 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels which he then said was 2K. My argument was then, that we agree that that EVERYBODY called 1920x1080 1080p right?

 

He agreed and then said that since it is called both Full HD AND 1080p it could also be called 2K since "it already has 2 names, it could have 3". I then said that what would we call 1440p? 2,5K? Which he then said yes to, it is totally okay to say 2560x1440 is 2,5K. Again using the logic of the 1080p argument, and ended it with what he meant was that a few monitors have 4096x2160 or something like that and that was 4k. Then another chipped in with that 2056x1080 or something like that exists and is also called 2K, "surprised?" (Bolstering the claim that it is totally normal for some people to use the first pixel count for all monitors). I then told him to search for 2K screens and see if any 1920x1080 monitors showed up. He refused. Had 3 people agreeing with him the whole time.

Your friend is just probably confusing the 16:9 res of 1920 X 1080 (Called 1080p or Full HD) and the 17:9 res of 2048 X 1080 (2K),and is probably suffering from a bit of "I know everything" syndrome

 

There is actually sometimes a lot of confusion surrounding resolution names and almost everyone seems to get something wrong.

On the internet, and most everywhere else, 16:9 is the standard widescreen format and 21:9 is the standard ultrawide format.
HOWEVER in the film industry different standards are used, where 17:9 is the standard widescreen format and 2.40:1 is the standard ultrawide/cinematic format.

The trouble with these two naming conventions is that they have become mixed up. So let me clarify:

 

16:9 Aspect ratio

960 X 540 - "540p" - "qHD" (Quarter High Definition)
1280 X 720 - "720p" - "HD" (High Definition)
1920 X 1080 - "1080p" - "Full HD" (Full High Definition)
2560 X 1440 - "1440p" - "WQHD" (Widescreen Quad High Definition)
3840 X 2160 - "2160p" - "UHD" (Ultra High Definition) - Sometimes called 4K UHD
7680 X 4320 - "4320p" - Called 8K UHD to differentiate from 4K UHD

 

17:9 Aspect ratio

2048 X 1080 - "2K"
2720 X 1440 - "2.5K" (defacto name)
4096 X 2160 - "4K" - Often called True 4K

 

16:9 Ultra HD has become commonly referred to by most as 4K, which is incorrect. Using the "K" name for a resolution then became more commonplace, with 1440p hence being dubbed "2.5K" even though the actual resolution of 2720 X 1440 not actually existing as a standard.

In the Film industry, 2.5K is most commonly used when referring to the native resolution of a video camera sensor, however the actual resolution will differ slightly from camera to camera, as in the Film industry the K naming scheme is used to give a general indication of the amount of vertical pixels when it is not referring to a standardised resolution (i.e. 2K and 4K are standard resolutions, but 2.5K and 3K are not)

The astute of you may have noticed small amounts of letterboxing on professionally done widescreen short films on Youtube when viewed on a 16:9 screen. This is because of that video being exported in a 17:9 aspect ratio, or letterboxed into a 16:9 video for upload to YouTube.

 

Now let's talk about the ultrawide format.

 

21:9 Aspect ratio

2560 X 1080 - "1080p Ultrawide"
3440 X 1440 - "1440p Ultrawide"

 

These are the two standard "Ultrawide" aspect ratios that are becoming more and more commonplace in the monitor market.

The equivalent to Ultrawide in the film industry is technically a very small range of ratios (between 2.35:1 and 2.40:1) caled "cinematic" ratios BUT over the last 5 years or so, every major movie studio has gravitated towards 2.40:1 and made it unofficially ubiquitous as "the" cinematic aspect ratio. 2.40:1, often referred to as "two-four-oh" is, like 17:9, slightly wider than the "ultrawide" consumer standard. For comparison, a ratio of 21:9 translates to the ratio of 2.33:1, and a ratio of 2.40:1 translates to the ratio of 21.6:9.

 

I hope this helps clarify things for everyone.

 

Source: Dad is a video producer and video editor.

[BingoFishy]

"You wanna try squeeze as much performance out of your budget as you can"

 

NO REALLY? I never would have guessed.

 

[DocSwag]

1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

"You wanna try squeeze as much performance out of your budget as you can"

 

NO REALLY? I never would have guessed.

 

Ya I know right? This guy is so dumb, who the heck wants to squeeze the most PERFORMANCE possible out of their budget? It's all about those flashy lights!