Experiences with non-techies

[Space Reptile]

10 minutes ago, Strando123 said:

my aunt recently asked me to help her buy a laptop, she didnt do anything dumb, she listened to me and was pretty understanding when i explained why this is better than that and all. the store employee however...... HE KEPT RECOMENDING THE MORE EXPENSIVE STUFF AND MAKING UP SOME BULLSHIT REASON....... the god damn salesman wanted my aint to buy an exensive as f*ck mac when she was asking for something to surf the web with....

exploit the elderly

[TheRandomness]

11 minutes ago, Strando123 said:

my aunt recently asked me to help her buy a laptop, she didnt do anything dumb, she listened to me and was pretty understanding when i explained why this is better than that and all. the store employee however...... HE KEPT RECOMENDING THE MORE EXPENSIVE STUFF AND MAKING UP SOME BULLSHIT REASON....... the god damn salesman wanted my aint to buy an exensive as f*ck mac when she was asking for something to surf the web with....

What did she go home with. 

18 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

you mean the flavor enhancer that has the danger of making you addicted when you consume it too much?

Well I didn't know it was addictive... I actually learnt something today

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Well I didn't know it was addictive... I actually learnt something today

[carguy86]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

What did she go home with. 

Well I didn't know it was addictive... I actually learnt something today

well, i ended up SCHOOLING the salesman and she ended up with a lenovo ideapad 310 wich i found on sale at a different store. (it will probably last her quite a while because she takes good care of her computers)

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Strando123 said:

well, i ended up SCHOOLING the salesman and she ended up with a lenovo ideapad 310 wich i found on sale at a different store. (it will probably last her quite a while because she takes good care of her computers)

That's a surprise.

[carguy86]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

That's a surprise.

well.... i have helped her with it a few times but she can do updates and virus scans on her own now, the only thing i have to do is cleaning the computer, she is not comfortable with blasting it with compressed air.

[AlTech]

Today, my tutor was pissed off since the IT department in my school upgraded his laptop without explaining how to use Windows 10 or what benefits it has.

 

So in tutor time he was kind of ranting about it.

[AlTech]

56 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What's Elementary OS?

It's a distribution of Linux which looks awesome .

Source: Their website

[Space Reptile]

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

how to use Windows 10

usually mouse and keyboard

 

tales from it teach 6 (I guess)

keeping it short because im lazy

• he did not know what the difference between DVI-A and DVI-D was
• a guy here who needed a DVI-VGA adaptor for his monitor and he sold him an ACTIVE HDMI TO VGA CONVERTER for like 20$ instead of the 2$ for a plug we all have 217 of (you know wich one I mean)
• he opens all links in NEW WINDOW instead of NEW TAB
• he does it painfully slow (right click>open in new window in like 2.5 seconds instead of just clicking the mouse wheel/MMB to instantly have it in a new tab)

[BingoFishy]

2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

It's a distribution of Linux which looks awesome .

Source: Their website

 

How do you minimize windows?

[AlTech]

7 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

How do you minimize windows?

There's 3 buttons for minimize, maximize and close. The screenshot doesn't include them for some reason.

[TheRandomness]

12 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

How do you minimize windows?

Small button in the top right of each window (I'm having a guess btw :P)

[Bananasplit_00]

On 2016-11-12 at 8:13 PM, DocSwag said:

At this point I feel like the bios is what's bottlenecking boot times, not the SSD . Seriously, on my desktop most of the time I'm waiting for it to boot up is when it's still in the bios . It takes about 15 seconds until the little loading circle appears and within about 2-3 seconds it gets to my login screen, then after I login it only takes around 2 seconds to get to my desktop.

 

People freak out about getting nvme drives and 960 pros as well as 3D optane, but for anything the average user does SATA SSDs are fine. You need to be doing large file transfers to actually get much of a performance boost out of nvme.

thats why you activate superfast boot in the BIOS lol, if i do that on my ASRock motherboard its imposible to get into the BIOS because it loads to quickly lol

[Bananasplit_00]

2 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

usually mouse and keyboard

 

tales from it teach 6 (I guess)

keeping it short because im lazy

• he did not know what the difference between DVI-A and DVI-D was
• a guy here who needed a DVI-VGA adaptor for his monitor and he sold him an ACTIVE HDMI TO VGA CONVERTER for like 20$ instead of the 2$ for a plug we all have 217 of (you know wich one I mean)
• he opens all links in NEW WINDOW instead of NEW TAB
• he does it painfully slow (right click>open in new window in like 2.5 seconds instead of just clicking the mouse wheel/MMB to instantly have it in a new tab)

i used to do that but i atleast did it fast and a new tab not a new window lol

[themctipers]

On November 13, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Bleedingyamato said:

You're too young to know what porn is...  Where has your innocence gone?  lol

It's gone to the gutter. Few years late buddy. 

On November 13, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Space Reptile said:

ho boy 

 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) dropped your e. 

5 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

pay attention to the avatars and you'll know how ,

its like that one company that sells funny silicone shapes , it became a meme

 

Haha. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

5 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

I know it was @themctipers.. Seriously, how you you (<-- him, not space reptiles) manage to work these into normal threads?  

And I may or may not who know what you mean.

 

EDIT: I accused wrongly. Oops. @BurgerBum But why mention it? Could've just said left it at 'some shady site' to protect the younger ones on this forum from accidentally googling it... I mean, you might see monosodium glutimate or whatever first but that link is just beneath it.

Whenever there's space to fit a ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) happens and derail

(not like all the 'younger' ones already know what ?? is)

--

just a shitpost

[DocSwag]

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

thats why you activate superfast boot in the BIOS lol, if i do that on my ASRock motherboard its imposible to get into the BIOS because it loads to quickly lol

It doesn't make a huge difference tho. It's really only a few seconds and my bios time is usually around 15-20 seconds ;_; (screw you z170 boards for the long startup time).

[DocSwag]

5 minutes ago, themctipers said:

It's gone to the gutter. Few years late buddy. 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) dropped your e. 

 

Haha. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

Whenever there's space to fit a ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) happens and derail

(not like all the 'younger' ones already know what ?? is)

--

just a shitpost

Aren't you 13 though?

 

?

 

?

 

...

[TheRandomness]

10 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Aren't you 13 though?

 

?

 

?

 

...

c:

16 minutes ago, themctipers said:

It's gone to the gutter. Few years late buddy. 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) dropped your e. 

 

Haha. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

Whenever there's space to fit a ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) happens and derail

(not like all the 'younger' ones already know what ?? is)

--

just a shitpost

Pretty much all the younger ones know what that is, I just don't want them be curious about that

[DocSwag]

14 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

c:

Pretty much all the younger ones know what that is, I just don't want them be curious about that

I think all but one of us are at least 13. If I remember correctly @NunoLava1998 is 10 or 11.

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DocSwag said:

I think all but one of us are at least 13. I think @NunoLava1998 is 10 or 11.

Well I'm 15, so yeah

[Space Reptile]

hooray for young techies 

[DocSwag]

42 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Well I'm 15, so yeah

Really?

 

For some reason I always got the impression you were in your 20s or 30s  

 

I'm 13 btw.

[Bananasplit_00]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

It doesn't make a huge difference tho. It's really only a few seconds and my bios time is usually around 15-20 seconds ;_; (screw you z170 boards for the long startup time).

damn thats crazy, my Z97 board is less then one on the "fast but not so fast you cant get into BIOS" mode lol

[themctipers]

3 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Aren't you 13 though?

 

?

 

?

 

...

Yes. I joined LTT when I was 10

3 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

c:

Pretty much all the younger ones know what that is, I just don't want them be curious about that

Haha I doubt people on LTT are younger than ~12. 

3 hours ago, DocSwag said:

I think all but one of us are at least 13. If I remember correctly @NunoLava1998 is 10 or 11.

? joined LTT when I was 10

2 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Really?

 

For some reason I always got the impression you were in your 20s or 30s  

 

I'm 13 btw.

Me too. Wow. 

[GirlFromYonder]

hi.