Experiences with non-techies

[vanished]

 

I FOUND OVER 4 AND A HALF THOUSAND THREATS

ON A 250GB HDD

 

I have now bought them a new laptop running chrome + adblock.

Sounds familiar... that's why I got them off Windows entirely and have had 0 problems over the last ~7 years

[steezemageeze]

Not an experience I've directly had, but one of my friends told me her dad thought the start menu is a virus.

 

I thought that was why Microsoft removed it in Windows 8?????

[Tmt97]

Not an experience I've directly had, but one of my friends told me her dad thought the start menu is a virus.

It isnt?

[MDPS]

The amount of virus and malware have no relation to the size of the drive ... you can easily have more than that on a 60GB HDD!

But viruses and malware are stored on your computer aren't they? So they are taking up space, even if they are incredibly small. He probably meant that he though virus files were larger than they are.

[RustyZombie]

A woman that I used to work with thought that the suggestions Google gives you when you are typing in a search were completed searches.  Her kids got in trouble a lot for things that their mom thought they looked up, and she eventually got rid of the computer because they "wouldn't stop looking up bad things."  This was probably for the best, as she didn't know how to move files around on the computer and the pictures from the digital camera went into the downloads folder.  So whenever the kids needed to get something they had downloaded, they had to sift through their parents naked pics.

[Nowak]

It isnt?

Nope, even the least technical person should know this... I mean, come on.

[MDPS]

Nope, even the least technical person should know this... I mean, come on.

I think he was being sarcastic...

[Fgtfv567]

A woman that I used to work with thought that the suggestions Google gives you when you are typing in a search were completed searches.  Her kids got in trouble a lot for things that their mom thought they looked up, and she eventually got rid of the computer because they "wouldn't stop looking up bad things."  This was probably for the best, as she didn't know how to move files around on the computer and the pictures from the digital camera went into the downloads folder.  So whenever the kids needed to get something they had downloaded, they had to sift through their parents naked pics.

*Gasps* "Google's been telling me that you've been searching for those messed up japanese videos with the tentacles! How disgraceful, me and your father have taught you much better than that! Speaking of your father, get out, Mommy has to go to the adult toy store and send him a few naughty pics in preparation of our date night"

[DigitalHermit]

*Gasps* "Google's been telling me that you've been searching for those messed up japanese videos with the tentacles! How disgraceful, me and your father have taught you much better than that! Speaking of your father, get out, Mommy has to go to the adult toy store and send him a few naughty pics in preparation of our date night"

How oddly detailed...

[MDPS]

*Gasps* "Google's been telling me that you've been searching for those messed up japanese videos with the tentacles! How disgraceful, me and your father have taught you much better than that! Speaking of your father, get out, Mommy has to go to the adult toy store and send him a few naughty pics in preparation of our date night"

I feel like there's a story there...

[GalacticRuler]

My programming teacher decided to teach us hardware the other day, and he starts by taking out a motherboard. He points to the northbridge and says, "See that? That's the CPU."

[Tmt97]

My programming teacher decided to teach us hardware the other day, and he starts by taking out a motherboard. He points to the northbridge and says, "See that? That's the CPU."

epic facedesk

[flibberdipper]

I showed this video I made to my stepdad and he didn't think it was real...

 

[Sauron]

Never noticed in lubuntu and I don't use a Mac ... and my whole post was complaining about people that kept asking me the question!

 

Linux specifies the difference between GB and GiB - that way there can be no confusion.

[Nowak]

I think he was being sarcastic...

Sarcasm is hard to pick up on the internet.

[Tmt97]

I showed this video I made to my stepdad and he didn't think it was real...

 

What about that doesn't appear real?

[GalacticRuler]

Sarcasm is hard to pick up on the internet.

You have to use to show sarcasm.

[Tmt97]

Sarcasm is hard to pick up on the internet.

Not when I use it lol

[Dargenfire]

I showed this video I made to my stepdad and he didn't think it was real...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdBir9TFsCg

What, he thinks its all CGI? [emoji52]

[Frankie]

I showed this video I made to my stepdad and he didn't think it was real...

 

-snip-

 

Apparently you're pretty good with green screen.

[flibberdipper]

What about that doesn't appear real?

He doesn't think you can take a hard drive apart and then (in my case) put water in it. He thinks it's completely sealed.

 

What, he thinks its all CGI? [emoji52]

Not quite, read above lol

 

Apparently you're pretty good with green screen.

DAMN STRAIGHT SON I even applied a Galaxy SIII camera filter to it all!

[Tmt97]

He doesn't think you can take a hard drive apart and then (in my case) put water in it. He thinks it's completely sealed.

 

Not quite, read above lol

 

DAMN STRAIGHT SON I even applied a Galaxy SIII camera filter to it all!

Just open the drive you did that to and throw the water on him. lol

[Godlygamer23]

He doesn't think you can take a hard drive apart and then (in my case) put water in it. He thinks it's completely sealed.

Traditional hard drives can't be sealed because they have a small hole for air.

[flibberdipper]

Traditional hard drives can't be sealed because they have a small hole for air.

I know. And it hurts to deal with people that don't know this stuff sometimes.

[BlazingGunnerFTW]

"[Windows 10] The best windows yet"

Is Windows 10 firerated?