So today i'm sitting in class talking to this kid who claims to be "tech savvy". I was talking to him about my upcoming build and what he has in his rig. He tells me he has a mac and that he likes it but he wants to upgrade pretty soon. He says he has been looking into getting an alienware. I tell him that is a terrible idea seeing as they are overpriced just like mac. He tells me that the computer he was looking to buy had an i7 extreme edition with 32 Gb of RAM and a geforce gtx555. I then proceeded to tell him that you don't need an i5 for gaming, you don't need 32GB of RAM for gaming, and that that GPU won't cut it for most modern games. I tell him he should just build his own because it would be higher quality and cheaper. He then says that he would rather spend the extra couple hundred dollars because "the case has cool LED's." At that point I just got up and walked away.
So share your stories about the computer illiterate.
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"What internet?"
"That purple background internet thing!"
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hi i r smrt kid get as inmy class at skul and i want 2 by alienware pc so i can has teh epic color! no i wont billd my one cuz alienwar is cheepur nd betur plus u ge ossum lits for feer!!!11! pls if u mak ur on cpu u wll git haked nd rbbed frm bi ananumouse!!!
She spent 20 mins try to find out why the schools email would not open for the student, I was posting on here with my phone at the time. After 20 mins I figured I would help her well she did not even try disabling the popup blocker she just reinstalled windows.
We has an Idiot student decided he did not want the school knowing what he does on this computer. Well he decided to mark his whole harddrive as hidden. Well I put it in another computer told her what was wrong and just to copy the data off of it. Well I noticed she kept walking back and forth to with cursing under her breath. Well I asked her what was wrong and she told me the JumpDrive was busted because the files(That had been marked hidden) would not show up. I had to explain to her how hidden files work.
Our schools internet has had some downtime issues our infrastructure is aging and getting replaced this summer.
Well when ever the teachers complain about it she says its them dam kids running foxeyfire.
She also gave the Wifi password to a Chinese foreign exchange student for his mac because our windows machines are not good enough for him. Well he gave it to every student in the school.
She also tried to convince some of the higher ups that the school should switch to Ipads because they are cheaper and easier to manage.
I don't know how I would survive in tech support. I would facedesk and curse and laugh all day. Dear god people need to learn something about computers. I'm surprised these same people have drivers licenses.
I don't know how I would survive in tech support. I would facedesk and curse and laugh all day. Dear god people need to learn something about computers. I'm surprised these same people have drivers licenses.
If you have a crap poker face it might end badly for you. A good coworker helps a lot being able to make fun of people behind their backs but if you have a crappy coworker it sucks. Most people don't do it long term it is up there in highstress jobs.
Got another one, so i'm in my computer science class in school where everyone is supposed to know about computers and i overhear some kids talking about some hardware so i start eavesdropping. This is how the conversation went.
Kid1: I already have a 1TB hdd and i would like to add another one do you know how to do that?
Kid2: You can't do that there is a max of 1TB and you can't have any more storage space than that.
Kid1: Oh really? Well nevermind i guess i will just buy another processor to put on my motherboard. Will probably get an i7 to got with my i3.
Kid2: Wow i didn't know you could do that sounds awesome!
Kid1: Yeah i'm pretty good with computers. I want to eventually have 48GB of RAM in my system.
Kid2: Holy ****! It would almost be as good as an alienware if you did that!
I wanted to say something to them but i figured i would let them figure it out on their own lol
Got another one, so i'm in my computer science class in school where everyone is supposed to know about computers and i overhear some kids talking about some hardware so i start eavesdropping. This is how the conversation went.
Kid1: I already have a 1TB hdd and i would like to add another one do you know how to do that?
Kid2: You can't do that there is a max of 1TB and you can't have any more storage space than that.
Kid1: Oh really? Well nevermind i guess i will just buy another processor to put on my motherboard. Will probably get an i7 to got with my i3.
Kid2: Wow i didn't know you could do that sounds awesome!
Kid1: Yeah i'm pretty good with computers. I want to eventually have 48GB of RAM in my system.
Kid2: Holy ****! It would almost be as good as an alienware if you did that!
I wanted to say something to them but i figured i would let them figure it out on their own lol
My god why.........I think one was just trolling the other too see if he was really that stupid.
My god why.........I think one was just trolling the other too see if he was really that stupid.
No they are both just very stupid. They think they are super smart too lol He tried to tell me he knows waaaay more about computers than me and that his computer was way better. Turns out he had a mac. He then tried to convince me it was better just because it costs more. I just lol'ed and walked away
No they are both just very stupid. They think they are super smart too lol He tried to tell me he knows waaaay more about computers than me and that his computer was way better. Turns out he had a mac. He then tried to convince me it was better just because it costs more. I just lol'ed and walked away
Do you live in a rich school district? I just find that rich kids think they are computer geeks but don't know jack **** and all own macs. The way it is at my school.
So share your stories about the computer illiterate.
TL;DR: Alienware.
*facekeyboard*
...that is possibly one of the worst ones i have ever heard or read about lol
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lmao should have let him do it :tongue.gif:
lmao the paranoia ones are my favorite
http://clientsfromhell.net/
http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/
"If I install Windows 7 32-bit twice will that make it 64-bit?"
ME: Are you an official sponsor of the London Olympics?
CLIENT: No.
ME: Then no.
haha clientsfromhell is awesome
one more :tongue.gif:
After sending two invoices for payment, I sent another and called the client when the receipt that they had received it came back.
CLIENT: Why are you calling me?
ME: You haven’t paid and this is the third invoice I’ve sent.
CLIENT: It’s even more than the last one!
ME: Yes. The contract you signed stated that I would add a late fee for payment.
CLIENT: You mean I have to actually pay you? I thought you were joking!
ME: What on earth made you think that?
CLIENT: You’re a freelancer!
ME: And…
CLIENT: Well, you work for free! If you were supposed to be paid, you’d be called a paidlancer or something!
"OH EM G that internet sucks!"
"What internet?"
"That purple background internet thing!"
ok. -rammusok-
TL;DR
this
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Project RedShift
How stupid can people be? lol
You'd be surprised.
On this site, there are multiple (okay, I've read 2) stories of people shotgunning their computers.
hi i r smrt kid get as inmy class at skul and i want 2 by alienware pc so i can has teh epic color! no i wont billd my one cuz alienwar is cheepur nd betur plus u ge ossum lits for feer!!!11! pls if u mak ur on cpu u wll git haked nd rbbed frm bi ananumouse!!!
And that isn't even close.
She spent 20 mins try to find out why the schools email would not open for the student, I was posting on here with my phone at the time. After 20 mins I figured I would help her well she did not even try disabling the popup blocker she just reinstalled windows.
We has an Idiot student decided he did not want the school knowing what he does on this computer. Well he decided to mark his whole harddrive as hidden. Well I put it in another computer told her what was wrong and just to copy the data off of it. Well I noticed she kept walking back and forth to with cursing under her breath. Well I asked her what was wrong and she told me the JumpDrive was busted because the files(That had been marked hidden) would not show up. I had to explain to her how hidden files work.
Our schools internet has had some downtime issues our infrastructure is aging and getting replaced this summer.
Well when ever the teachers complain about it she says its them dam kids running foxeyfire.
She also gave the Wifi password to a Chinese foreign exchange student for his mac because our windows machines are not good enough for him. Well he gave it to every student in the school.
She also tried to convince some of the higher ups that the school should switch to Ipads because they are cheaper and easier to manage.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60
If you have a crap poker face it might end badly for you. A good coworker helps a lot being able to make fun of people behind their backs but if you have a crappy coworker it sucks. Most people don't do it long term it is up there in highstress jobs.
Kid1: I already have a 1TB hdd and i would like to add another one do you know how to do that?
Kid2: You can't do that there is a max of 1TB and you can't have any more storage space than that.
Kid1: Oh really? Well nevermind i guess i will just buy another processor to put on my motherboard. Will probably get an i7 to got with my i3.
Kid2: Wow i didn't know you could do that sounds awesome!
Kid1: Yeah i'm pretty good with computers. I want to eventually have 48GB of RAM in my system.
Kid2: Holy ****! It would almost be as good as an alienware if you did that!
I wanted to say something to them but i figured i would let them figure it out on their own lol
My god why.........I think one was just trolling the other too see if he was really that stupid.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60
No they are both just very stupid. They think they are super smart too lol He tried to tell me he knows waaaay more about computers than me and that his computer was way better. Turns out he had a mac. He then tried to convince me it was better just because it costs more. I just lol'ed and walked away
Do you live in a rich school district? I just find that rich kids think they are computer geeks but don't know jack **** and all own macs. The way it is at my school.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60