10/24/2010 9:40:29 PM

http:///message_topic.aspx?topic=604267

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"why would I learn css to update a website for another month? sure, I'd love to learn CSS, and HTML, java, C++, VB, etc etc etc. Time and money, though...."

11/4/2010 12:29:22 PM

learn the link tag: /message_topic.aspx?topic=604267

11/4/2010 10:41:46 PM

Haha I didn't even notice that I fubar'd that.

11/4/2010 10:56:02 PM

11/5/2010 7:16:52 AM

so logically the next entry in this thread should be

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"http:///message_topic.aspx?topic=604267"

11/5/2010 10:50:03 AM

Got a new cable box today. It didn't work -- seemed to be getting stuck during the initial boot process -- so I called TWC and they told me to drive back and switch it for another box. I did, and had the same problem. Frustrated, I called TWC again and was told that they'll need to send out a tech, and the earliest available appointment would be 7:30pm tomorrow. I ragequit the conversation with the CSR and went back to my box. Turns out I had the coax input and output reversed.

11/16/2010 2:38:26 PM

Dumbass!

11/16/2010 3:15:34 PM

I now seem to have HBO and every other movie channel...

11/16/2010 3:21:13 PM

Genius!

11/16/2010 7:13:19 PM

This morning...

Coworker: Is there a problem with the server?
Me: Nope server is fine just the internet appears to be out
Coworker: Yeah but I can't get my email or google to work
Me:

12/8/2010 1:30:58 PM

Well it's definitely Christmas. The time of year to do the rounds and provide tech support at every location I visit. At least a face to face gives me a chance to create a quick translation guide for those random terms that get thrown around in phone calls leading up to the visit.

The translation guide is fairly short though. So far I've gleaned:

Hard drive = the entire computer case and all of its contents
Vista Excel = the OS

12/8/2010 2:28:29 PM

lol but it sounds about right.

12/8/2010 3:43:34 PM

Vista Excels--at Failing, amirite?

12/8/2010 4:15:06 PM

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"Hard drive = the entire computer case and all of its contents"

also known as "the CPU"

12/8/2010 5:40:36 PM

my boss just told me to install this on his win7pc

12/13/2010 12:09:40 PM

Our company ordered us nice new dell 22" 1080p monitors. Just realized my 2 co-workers had been running them at the native resolution of their laptops (1280 by 800) for 2+ months.

12/13/2010 1:12:44 PM

If my Dad knew I was posting this he would kill me. I immediately thought of this thread when I read his email. There so many lulz I crack a smile every time I read it.

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"Hey, this is what we got today. Dell Inspiron 580 Intel core 3 processor with 6 MG and 750,000 ram. Got monitor, mouse key pad and printer. Printer is Lexmark and has scan capability-processor has front ports for usb and slot for camera chip. Came with 6 months free macafee but I will ask Rick to see that we down load the Microsoftt anti viral program you mentioned. Anything specific I need to tell him when it comes time to get the thing going-ie, what not to install etc.? I have taken evert thing out of the boxed and got it ready to hook up for him. Please let me know what you think. Love, Dad"

12/13/2010 4:30:09 PM

what is your dad going to do with 750,000 ram

12/13/2010 4:32:42 PM

I guess process the 6 MG of data that he has.

12/13/2010 4:45:08 PM

That's a lotta jiggawatts.

12/13/2010 7:18:37 PM

In 20 years, none of us will give a flying fuck about calling shit by their correct names.

12/14/2010 12:34:50 AM

tell that to RICHARD MOTHERFUCKING STALLMAN

12/14/2010 12:49:17 AM

My mom wanted a laptop (she's never had one before). For some reason she thinks that ebay is God's gift to earth and that you can't find a better price anywhere, even though she regularly buys used things for more the same or more than she can get a new one. Anyway, instead of consulting me about what she should get, she bought a piece of shit, several year old Dell Laptop with Windows ME on it for $200. I told her she should have bought a netbook, but she thinks that because they're small, they don't do as much (all she really does is browse the internet).

12/29/2010 3:46:28 AM

lol she'll be pissed when she learns many of her favorite programs don't work on ME

12/29/2010 3:52:37 AM

^^facepalm

12/29/2010 7:27:13 AM

^^ Nah, IE 4 will work

12/29/2010 11:19:24 AM

1/29/2011 11:42:52 AM

^^ME comes with IE5.5, but she should upgrade to IE6 SP1

and also install KernelEx and get the latest Firefox and just use that shit

1/29/2011 11:21:00 PM

^^Ha. There are a lot of people even now that would have a similar discussion about the internet and e-mail addresses. The key difference is back then those kinds of people didn't have access to a computer and now they do.

We call those people relatives and we format and reinstall the OS on their computers for them every Christmas. I was this close to investing in a ghost license for one particularly pesky case.

"What's this? I never use the WINDOWS folder?"
Explanation given basically amounting to DO NOT TOUCH
a week later
"Well, I erased the WINDOWS folder..."

1/31/2011 1:57:06 PM

I did a fashion shoot this weekend and one of the models, who happens to be very beautiful and 18, was worried about something trivial in the background. I basically replied with "Don't worry about it, it's called photoshop".

Then after getting the "eureka" moment and saying "oh I didn't know you could fix that". My creative director enters the room and she responds "yeah, it's called photoshop" unaware I said the exact same comment 10 seconds before.

1/31/2011 2:32:32 PM

2/2/2011 2:26:34 PM

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nevermind, after hitting edit post, copy/paste image link, viewing the image, then reloading this page...it works.

[Edited on February 2, 2011 at 3:24 PM. Reason : ]

2/2/2011 3:23:22 PM

Oh man I have a good one. My friend just got a PR job and she said when the office makes press releases they print out the documents and scan them manually one at a time in the scanner then combine them back into a PDF on the computer.

2/24/2011 9:44:16 AM

RE: your resolution post. I would see that all the time out in the wild when I was with my old employer. At first when I would notice it I would just change it to the native res, but then the customer would end up bitching about it being 'too small' and 'hard to see' so I started leaving their pixelated goodness alone. Somewhat ironically, a good deal of this occurred in various vision/eye care offices.

2/24/2011 10:17:26 AM

^^ LOL i could see a lot of people doing that.

2/24/2011 2:27:06 PM

Similar story: While doing a software automation project for a company, I was interacting with their software developers who wanted the automation. Since they wouldn't allow me on to their network to use their internal website that was being automated, I asked them to send me screen captures of some working examples so I could replicate the use-cases.

So the software developer in question printed the internal website, scanned it back, and emailed the PDF.

Nice.

2/24/2011 2:45:24 PM

I am amazed at how many people don't know what this button does:

2/24/2011 2:54:37 PM

When I first saw that key I thought it was a vestigial holdover from the IBM-PC, something that if pressed would send the contents of the screen to the printer.

2/24/2011 10:05:40 PM

uhh...that's exactly what it was used for.

2/24/2011 10:31:13 PM

but the thout never crossed my mind that it would later be used to take a screenshot and put it in the clipboard

2/24/2011 10:39:18 PM

I would donate money to a paypal account that was used to fund a bribe for you to stop posting on TWW.

2/24/2011 10:49:48 PM

I'm with lewisje.

Why the fuck don't they just change the key to say "screenshot"? It's unintuitive, otherwise. I don't blame people for not knowing what it does. I don't use scroll lock or pause/break, either.

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"RE: your resolution post. I would see that all the time out in the wild when I was with my old employer. At first when I would notice it I would just change it to the native res, but then the customer would end up bitching about it being 'too small' and 'hard to see' so I started leaving their pixelated goodness alone. Somewhat ironically, a good deal of this occurred in various vision/eye care offices."

In conclusion, they need a monitor where the native resolution produces larger print. Maybe some fucking dork bought them monitors with resolutions that didn't suit the user needs. Larger print is apparently way more important than picture quality. That's a good thing to know when designing and buying monitors.


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These two examples are cases where the technology is so consumer-unfriendly, you can't give the user all the blame. The people building the technology are fuck ups, as well.

[Edited on February 25, 2011 at 5:33 AM. Reason : .]

2/25/2011 5:12:50 AM

This was the first page of an invoice I received. Please note that this is ALREADY IN A PDF.

3/3/2011 11:15:39 AM

Im still using computers here at work with windows 98 on them. Every website screaming about IE6 still hasnt given my boss redflags that its time to upgrade.

3/3/2011 11:31:16 AM

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"So the software developer in question printed the internal website, scanned it back, and emailed the PDF."

I actually could see someone doing this to prevent any graphics from being ripped. It gives you the idea but with out pixel perfect replication. But I'm with you, I bet that's not what he/she was thinking.

3/3/2011 11:56:25 AM

I have to call myself out. I recently rebuilt my computer and it took me 3 weeks to notice that the RAM stick in slot 3 was seated improperly and wasn't working. In my own defense, everything was working fine with just 3 GB working in single channel mode.

3/27/2011 7:48:31 PM

I'm not sure "poorly seated RAM in a computer I built myself" qualifies as technical ineptitude.

3/28/2011 9:07:48 AM

I'm sure somebody is willing to troll him for it

3/28/2011 9:23:17 AM

If you are comfortable opening the case, incorrectly seating a component is on the level of not checking whether the computer is plugged in.

3/28/2011 10:50:08 AM