Experiences with non-techies

[Boink]

OMG when a student saw me go into BIOS and thought I was hacking, I used it to prank him. His computer was the end of the table so when he went to sharpen a pencil. I quickly shut down his computer and went into BIOS making sure that he saw me. He yelled at me to stop so I walked behind the computer unplugging his mouse and keyboard.

(un)fortunately, a good portion of the students at my school know what the BIOS is, so they don't call me out on hacking. They just hang over my shoulder either drooling over the fact that I know what I'm doing, or they ask what every single little thing is even if it's self-explanatory like the system time.

[DimasRMDO]

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Showed this to mom, my mom expectation is that I'll be a businessman someday. But at least this makes her calm down

[DigitalHermit]

I am currently enrolled in an Electricity and Electronics for Dummies class this semester... (Screw the university crediting system for math science and tech units... I already took over 30 units in that field (includes over 20 units in engineering) and they only credited 6 units... wtf!?)

 

Let's just say that I am thankful that the only requirements are exams... I might sit out a few classes for other stuff...

 

Be hopeful that this doesn't turn into a spamfest, like nearly every thread with over 1000 pages that isn't a giveaway thread...

 

shh...

[Killervolt]

I used to get annoyed at my computer crashing, and someone told me, "it crashes cos you yell at it so much!"

[DigitalHermit]

I used to get annoyed at my computer crashing, and someone told me, "it crashes cos you yell at it so much!"

 

Sometimes you just need to whisper "Work, or you're going in the dump." to your PC to make it work...

[APersonWithABrokenChair]

Once, my mom was tricked into getting a $2000 MacBook Pro.  Don't get me wrong, its a good computer, but all she does is facebook, word, and solitare.

[Killervolt]

Sometimes you just need to whisper "Work, or you're going in the dump." to your PC to make it work...

Yeah lol

[Chugle]

ONWARD MY MINIONS! PAGE 900 WE SHALL REACH!

[MDPS]

This one is on me. Back when I was a little less understanding of tech, I was messing around with my custon rig's motherboard and hit the Clr CMOS button not really knowing what it did (or caring for that matter ). I ended up ruining my HDD's boot partition since I didn't reset it to IDE mode in the BIOS (it was running in ADATA at default *shiver*). Took me about 8 hours to figure it out, and 90% of that was Google Searches and Youtube tutorials. Luckily I eventually figured it out and got my partition up and running without messing with my files, but I almost reinstalled Windows 7 twice. 0_0

[DimasRMDO]

Nice....

My friend said that he didn't need anti-virus, he has torrenting habit.

He complains to me about performance issue.

Yeah right, I told him to install anti-virus, he resisted.

Told him to format reinstall, he refused.

 

What can I do damnit?!

[DigitalHermit]

Nice....

My friend said that he didn't need anti-virus, he has torrenting habit.

He complains to me about performance issue.

Yeah right, I told him to install anti-virus, he resisted.

Told him to format reinstall, he refused.

 

What can I do damnit?!

 

Install avast and have it run in silent mode??

[DimasRMDO]

Install avast and have it run in silent mode??

I can't, I've tried it.... Sometimes he checks "Program and Features", his laptop is doomed but can't be saved that easily.

[DigitalHermit]

I can't, I've tried it.... Sometimes he checks "Program and Features", his laptop is doomed but can't be saved that easily.

 

Then it might be about time to surrender... Sometimes people need to learn the hard way...

 

and there is no such thing as doomed (from a software point of view)... there is just "Use DBAN to save me"...

[DimasRMDO]

Then it might be about time to surrender... Sometimes people need to learn the hard way...

 

and there is no such thing as doomed (from a software point of view)... there is just "Use DBAN to save me"...

He's got serious performance issue, he's turned Windows Defender off as well. Damn can't do a lot, he might learn in the hard way :3

[Ceatra]

Nice....

My friend said that he didn't need anti-virus, he has torrenting habit.

He complains to me about performance issue.

Yeah right, I told him to install anti-virus, he resisted.

Told him to format reinstall, he refused.

 

What can I do damnit?!

Yea, It is kinda sad when they don't want to listen

[Ceatra]

Like, I told a friend of mine that I would be building a PC, he asked how much It would coust, I saied around 2K€, and he was like "Well, I can get a PC from ASUS much much cheaper and better..." He was talking about a 300€ Prebuilt -.-

 

bitch please .-.

[CommanderRykerHaunSolo]

My brother doesn't get why I use KB+Mouse in csgo, claiming his Xbox controller is better.

[Dude]

My brother doesn't get why I use KB+Mouse in csgo, claiming his Xbox controller is better.

 

Get him to play a game with Xbone controller. Post results.

[STRMfrmXMN]

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[SansVarnic]

15yr old HDD in one of my laptops failed a month ago. I used this laptop to run Win10PT

The HDD is 15. Years. Old. It was an obvious drive failure from wear and tear.

I opened it up took a picture and sent it to my brother and dad. My brother replies to me that Win10 killed my drive.  :huh:

Please. He is convinced that Win10 is very bad and wont upgrade as he thinks.... well I will let be there, way to much to explain. He allows opinion to sway fact even after fact is is proven. Even my Dad laughed and tried to reason. Waste of time. 

 

 

900th page !

 

 

*Edit

The HDD is a Fujitsu 160GB 5400RPM SATA(1) drive. Manufactured 2000-01-16

[airdeano]

ok, the discussion is experiences with non-techies. anything other than discussing

experiences with non-techies should be directed to the proper topic, or make a

constructive thread in the proper forum. seems this has been a dumping ground

for a lot of Off-Topic discussions.

[WkdPaul]

15yr old HDD in one of my laptops failed a month ago. I used this laptop to run Win10PT

The HDD is 15. Years. Old. It was an obvious drive failure from wear and tear.

I opened it up took a picture and sent it to my brother and dad. My brother replies to me that Win10 killed my drive.  :huh:

Please. He is convinced that Win10 is very bad and wont upgrade as he thinks.... well I will let be there, way to much to explain. He allows opinion to sway fact even after fact is is proven. Even my Dad laughed and tried to reason. Waste of time. 

 

 

900th page !

 

 

*Edit

The HDD is a Fujitsu 160GB 5400RPM SATA(1) drive. Manufactured 2000-01-16

 

sadly some people paint a mental picture of how something works and for some reason they won't let go of it even when proven wrong ... it's not just about tech, think about some ridiculous conspiracy theories, I have a coworker that has this weird habit of imagining how things work when he can't understand them ... to this day he thinks electrical generators are like "electron black holes" ; they suck "free roaming" electrons out the air and push them down the wires! lol

[MaximusX]

Damn that must be tough, yeah my parents even think that programming is a game.

I was practicing, my parent came to my room...

 

"Dimas, shut down your computer. Stop playing your game!"

"Mom, I'm programming."

"Yeah you need to stop studying about your game!"

"No, no this isn't a game, it's completely different."

 

*Mom checked my screen

 

"What's this?! name=raw_input(bla bla bla)"

"That's the code mom, I need to practice, I keep on getting errors."

 

*I checked my code, new windows popped up

 

"Ah, I knew it! You're playing hidden games right! Stop lying!"

"No, no...."

 

*Mom unplugged my PC

 

"Nice one mom...."

"It's for your own good!"

"Okay...."

Wow that must suck. Also if your mom keeps doing that windows might get messed up. I had do a reinstall due to the pc being turned off in the middle of a boot. Also my parents hate games as well.

[Joshndroid]

Every time something is not working tech related for the in laws I fix it and explain what was wrong and quickly show how to fix it. No more than 3 seconds later they have forgotten it and I either get asked again straight up or 3 months down the line when the issue is happening again.. Then if something else breaks 'well Josh was the last one to touch it' that goes for non tech related items as well lol

Side note - Tapatalk showed the first few pages and I read the experience the fellow had with the girl who refused to have them fit a HDD then scans the HDD to her desktop and throws the drive away, that is deadset gold haha

[McGinSpace]

Showed this to mom, my mom expectation is that I'll be a businessman someday. But at least this makes her calm down

Haha I make no guarantees, I don't even know if the average compsci student goes for engineer.

One dude told me that Canadian university students usually end up being managers though (and code monkey only needs college for cheap.)

tl;dr one web page doesn't tell the whole story of trials, tribulations, and whether AI makes coding or businessmen obsolete in 5 years.