Experiences with non-techies

[DigitalHermit]

No, we are talking about Expereinces with non-techies here.

 

dat segway...

 

I guess I'm having a non techie moment right now since I have no clue on how to replace the stock head unit on our car... (broken control wheel so it's useless right now)

[Guest]

I guess I'm having a non techie moment right now since I have no clue on how to replace the stock head unit on our car... (broken control wheel so it's useless right now)

youtube is a great place for tutorials on how to do stuff,

[DigitalHermit]

youtube is a great place for tutorials on how to do stuff,

 

I'm exploring there right now... just waiting for daybreak to get started on disassembly of the dash and take a peek behind the radio before I go and order the part... (or maybe look for better head units under 2kPhP)...

[soup]

 when you're talking about cars then it's gonna be something very odd, because it's not really worth it to but a V engine into a car like that.

 

Morgans are odd ?  Blashphemy!  

[MDPS]

All in favor of saying that anyone who multiplies their GHz by their amount of cores for their total GHz should be banned from computers forever?

[Guest]

All in favor of saying that anyone who multiplies their GHz by their amount of cores for their total GHz should be banned from computers forever?

All in favour say "aye"

 

AYE

[Mattrixx]

Anytime I open CMD on one of our schools computer, everyone's like; "Oh shit he's hacking the computer!".

Tree command. Green text. 'Nough said ;p

[Chronos5618]

Built a computer for a church a few years back, but recently got some complaints that it had slowed down. Said I would take a look, and when I ran all the normal clean up software, they had managed to accrue 600 registry errors, 5GB of trash files and 57 different pieces of malware, along with saving pretty much every file they had to the desktop. I face-palmed so hard when I saw the results. 

[Ceatra]

Built a computer for a church a few years back, but recently got some complaints that it had slowed down recently. Said I would take a look, and when I ran all the normal clean up software, they had managed to accrue 600 registry errors, 5GB of trash files and 57 different pieces of malware, along with save pretty much every file they had to the desktop. I face-palmed so hard when I saw the results. 

I hate that, like, you reccomend a PC they buy it and weeks later come complaining that it is slow.... OF COURSE IT IS, YOU CLICK ON ALL THESE DAMN "DOWNLOD" BUTTONS, YOU SAVE EVERYTHING ON THE DESKTOP, YOU JUST CLICK "NEXT" ON THESE SOFTONIC INSTALLERS.... GEEZ!

 

/rant

[DigitalHermit]

I hate that, like, you reccomend a PC they buy it and weeks later come complaining that it is slow.... OF COURSE IT IS, YOU CLICK ON ALL THESE DAMN "DOWNLOD" BUTTONS, YOU SAVE EVERYTHING ON THE DESKTOP, YOU JUST CLICK "NEXT" ON THESE SOFTONIC INSTALLERS.... GEEZ!

 

/rant

 

and then they blame it on the techie who recommended it to them and demand free tech service for all their devices and more until the end of their days...

[Arty]

I Saw a preson filming VERTICALLY, with  there camera light on ​outside on a sunny day.

[Guest]

To an extent, he isn't wrong

It does cost money to buy coolant in order to clean and fill it up, whether it's the first time, or for scheduled maintenance 

 

Buying coolant isn't going to increase your water bill though, so to no extent is he right. 

[Fgtfv567]

Buying coolant isn't going to increase your water bill though, so to no extent is he right. 

No my point is, you have to pay for the coolant

[Silyy097]

When I asked my mom "When should I clean my computer, Friday Saturday or Sunday?", as I have a long overdue clean out (1 month of fans spinning at 80-100%), she says that I should not clean my parts so often because they will "spoil". She also advises me to clean my computer once every three months.

[soup]

When I asked my mom "When should I clean my computer, Friday Saturday or Sunday?", as I have a long overdue clean out (1 month of fans spinning at 80-100%), she says that I should not clean my parts so often because they will "spoil". She also advises me to clean my computer once every three months.

She has used the wrong words (spoil [?]) but she is not 100% wrong.

 

A deep clean like you talk off comes under the heading of preventative maintenance and there is a (measurable) spike in failures just after PM, usually due to accidents whilst performing this PM (wires being moved, things getting unscrewed but put back incorrectly etc) so there has to be a balancing act between a just cleaned system running better and an increased chance of something going wrong.

[nekomata]

I Saw a preson filming VERTICALLY, with there camera light on ​outside on a sunny day.

Such competence, much video technique

[Silyy097]

She has used the wrong words (spoil [?]) but she is not 100% wrong.

 

A deep clean like you talk off comes under the heading of preventative maintenance and there is a (measurable) spike in failures just after PM, usually due to accidents whilst performing this PM (wires being moved, things getting unscrewed but put back incorrectly etc) so there has to be a balancing act between a just cleaned system running better and an increased chance of something going wrong.

I was telling her that there was dust build up on the fans and I needed to get them cleaned, not something so deep such as replacing thermal compound, etc.

[Arty]

Such competence, much video technique

Actually it wasn't even vertical.

it was at like a 35degree angle.

so even worse

[Guest]

No my point is, you have to pay for the coolant

 

And my point is, the person in question said does water cooling your PC increase your water bill, to which you replied to an extent, he isn't wrong. Well, to no extent is he right because the cost of coolant does not increase your water bill... 

[Ruostunut kokis]

Actually it wasn't even vertical.

it was at like a 35degree angle.

so even worse

It the subject in question would have been simply taking photographs, it would be fine. Videos though... Such behavior is not tolerated, and uneducated people keep doing it, because they are too dense to accept helpful knowledge from others.

[Arty]

It the subject in question would have been simply taking photographs, it would be fine. Videos though... Such behavior is not tolerated, and uneducated people keep doing it, because they are too dense to accept helpful knowledge from others.

Still there are very few times where you vertical photo.

[Ruostunut kokis]

Still there are very few times where you vertical photo.

"Very few"? Any photographing enthusiast / hobbyist would disagree. Portrait photos as just as valid as landscape photos. Just how it fits the situation can vary.

[Arty]

"Very few"? Any photographing enthusiast would disagree. Portrait photos as just as valid as landscape photos. Just how it fits the situation can vary.

Few as in scenarios 

Portrait yea, i agree. 

[GoldSrc]

I was once at a cybercafe with a friend and I heard a guy call the right click the "anticlick", me and my friend waited for the guy to leave to laugh.

[soup]

It the subject in question would have been simply taking photographs, it would be fine. Videos though... Such behavior is not tolerated, and uneducated people keep doing it, because they are too dense to accept helpful knowledge from others.