Experiences with non-techies

[Luc401]

Got payed 20$ to install norton on some ones pc and put there camera pictures to the pc and delete them off the sd   lol really..?I almost think people just dont want to learn

[Tigerbomb8]

That comment is wrong. PCs can do that through Windows Media Center.

The OP knows that... the non-techie doesn't

[TopWargamer]

My friend thinks that Steam is an illegal download service.

[Eyal]

So, my mom isn't the only one who double clicks in the browser... What a relief!

[Raj8396]

Everybody in my school compares graphics card with how much memory they have.  :huh:  <_<

[PCBudgetSolutions]

So, my mom isn't the only one how double click in the browser... What a relief!

I actually in my 17 years of computer experience just enabled single click about 15 seconds ago.  I always right click and hit open.  Except chrome ups on 1 click.

[chirag.rh]

Everybody in my school compares graphics card with how much memory they have.  :huh:  <_<

Ya man, several friends of mine do the same. They only compare memory and don't factor in everything else.

[acturisme]

The energy isn't being converted into mass, only heat (another form of energy) and vibration (kinetic).

The formula E=Mc^2 is proportional.  Anything that adds energy therefore adds mass. 

[GaZinggEr]

I put the" I <3 my SSD sticker" from OCZ on my laptop, people in my English class ask, what is an SSD? i say, It converts you computer to run off of gasoline, they believe me.

[Glenwing]

The formula E=Mc^2 is proportional.  Anything that adds energy therefore adds mass. 

 

e = mc², but also e = e.  Just because there is energy input does not necessarily mean it is being converted into mass.  In most situations it stays as energy and is output again in a different form.  Through heat, etc.

 

Energy being converted into mass happens in particle colliders.  Not in hard drives.

[1funnygame]

once when i was small my mom heard about some virus on the news and outright refused to turn on the computer for a week "in case it catches it"

[1funnygame]

my older brother told me about when my parent got there fist computer and he installed a program on it and the icon showed up on the desktop they were furious that he had done something wrong

[PhegMan]

I spent 30 mins on teamspeak with a friend who I convinced could download RAM on the Pirate Bay...

[Eyal]

The formula E=Mc^2 is proportional.  Anything that adds energy therefore adds mass.

No! In hard drives energy is converted into another form of energy like heat, and vibration. not to mass (a form of energy)

This is a huge misconception.

The E=mc^2 is when the energy of the system is changing. In hard drives the energy isn't. It's dissipated. But it's not converted into mass... If the thermal conductivity was 0, and the vibration wouldn't be absorbed by the case. You would understand that energy isn't being lost, because it would be heating linearly... Vibration is mostly to do with resonance and torque (not sure if I spelled it correctly).

Basically. No energy has being converted to mass in a hard drive...

[Snickerzz]

I put the" I <3 my SSD sticker" from OCZ on my laptop, people in my English class ask, what is an SSD? i say, It converts you computer to run off of gasoline, they believe me.

i think that would be more expensive that running off electricity XD

[aj101202]

customer walks into shop tells me new laptop isnt working so i go to look at it and its out of battery i asked her if she plugged it into the mains to charge and she replied "i didn't think you had too because it has wifi"

*facepalm*

[TheRetiredSlave]

My mom thinks that watching "viral videos" on youtube are how you get computer viruses..

 

I've explained what's meant by the term "viral video" several times, but she still worries every time my dad goes on youtube (which is every day).

[acturisme]

No! In hard drives energy is converted into another form of energy like heat, and vibration. not to mass (a form of energy)

This is a huge misconception.

The E=mc^2 is when the energy of the system is changing. In hard drives the energy isn't. It's dissipated. But it's not converted into mass... If the thermal conductivity was 0, and the vibration wouldn't be absorbed by the case. You would understand that energy isn't being lost, because it would be heating linearly... Vibration is mostly to do with resonance and torque (not sure if I spelled it correctly).

Basically. No energy has being converted to mass in a hard drive...

This is true IF you use the entire drive as your "system".  I'm talking about the read/write head imparting energy to flip a magnetic field on the platter.  I'm using a smaller "system" than you are referencing. 

[acturisme]

e = mc^2, but also e = e.  Just because there is energy input does not necessarily mean it is being converted into mass.  In most situations it stays as energy and is output again in a different form.  Through heat, etc.

 

Energy being converted into mass happens in particle colliders.  Not in hard drives.

You are forgetting the fields also gravitate.  Therefore energy fields have mass.  I've quoted the reference in an earlier post.

[Glenwing]

You are forgetting the fields also gravitate.  Therefore energy fields have mass.  I've quoted the reference in an earlier post.

 

Yes but the fields aren't created as you write to the drive.  Only their polarity is modified.

[Night]

customer walks into shop tells me new laptop isnt working so i go to look at it and its out of battery i asked her if she plugged it into the mains to charge and she replied "i didn't think you had too because it has wifi"

*facepalm*

OH MY GOD. Dude I know your pain. I had a lady do the same to me with a cellphone. I spent such a long time explaining to her how it works. She came back the next day and wanted to return it because all her mains plugs were being used and she didnt want to have to unplug one thing to plug in the phones charger. Even though we explained she can buy a multiport if every thing must be plugged in at the same time.

[Hyp0xia]

A customer came into Micro Center to get a new battery for his laptop. I asked him what's the model of his laptop and he replied: "It's brown."

[Godlygamer23]

A customer came into Micro Center to get a new battery for his laptop. I asked him what's the model of his laptop and he replied: "It's brown."

Narrows it down.

[obsidian1200]

Okay, so this isn't my personal experience, but from one of my friends who works in a call center for a cellular company. Anyway, she took a call from a customer who had managed to take out the battery from her iPhone after another rep told them to do so and couldn't figure out how to put it back together. I'm not sure who is the non-techie here, the customer or that other rep.

[qwertywarrior]

<p>electronics shop is trying to tell me because  the Gpu has more ram its very fast</p>

<p>he was showing me a 7300GT back in 2007</p>

<p>it still own it btw :)</p>