You know you are a stupid computer user when...

[GepettoBR]

When you and some other loser endlessly spam/troll an otherwise funny thread making a few self-deprecating jokes to seem cool. :)

Actually, that has nothing to do with being a stupid computer user, unless you're doing that while holding your coffee cup on the CD tray and using corrective ink and a pen on the monitor to fix every typo.

[lukjad007]

When you and some other loser endlessly spam/troll an otherwise funny thread making a few self-deprecating jokes to seem cool. :)

Actually, that has nothing to do with being a stupid computer user, unless you're doing that while holding your coffee cup on the CD tray and using corrective ink and a pen on the monitor to fix every typo.

Sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean to carry on so. How can I delete my excessive comment(s)? Wait a second... Could this be an attempt to continue the last... awwww... fergetabouit. I'll finish reading this help post and work there. Deal?

[GepettoBR]

Sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean to carry on so. How can I delete my excessive comment(s)?

You can't. Plus, I was just being grumpy.

[lukjad007]

You can't. Plus, I was just being a weiner.

Ah, OK. I thought that I may have actually crossed and invisible line there.

[GepettoBR]

Not until there's a full page of comments only by you, made in less than ten minutes. Then, I'll send my henchmen to your house and skin your loved ones. ;)

[lukjad007]

Not until there's a full page of comments only by you, made in less than ten minutes. Then, I'll send my henchmen to your house and skin your loved ones. ;)

Would you please? They are getting on my nerves.

[jose158]

Ah, OK. I thought that I may have actually crossed and invisible line there.
You changed his quote from grumpy to wiener[-X













good job:lolflag:

[misterhead]

You're at work? Man, what kind of job lets you do this instead of actual work? Can I send my résumé? ;)

P.S. Say Hi to the wife and kids for me.

The kind that only a "slightly less" SCU can get, sorry bout your luck.

P.S. I'm home from work.

P.P.S. Say hi to your... oh yeah. ):P

[lukjad007]

You changed his quote from grumpy to wiener[-X













good job:lolflag:
Thanx

[lukjad007]

The kind that only a "slightly less" SCU can get, sorry bout your luck.
Okay, you got me. What IS SCU?
SCU as in:
Santa Clara University
Southern Cross University, Australia
Steinbach Credit Union
Scottish Cyclists' Union
Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt
Suburban Cyclists Unlimited
Ummmm, all right, I give up. What is SCU?

[misterhead]

Okay, you got me. What IS SCU?
SCU as in:
Santa Clara University
Southern Cross University, Australia
Steinbach Credit Union
Scottish Cyclists' Union
Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt
Suburban Cyclists Unlimited
Ummmm, all right, I give up. What is SCU?

Eh Hem,...
That would actually stand for...
STUPID COMPUTER USER!

[lukjad007]

Eh Hem,...
That would actually stand for...
STUPID COMPUTER USER!

#-o
Right. Well, that just made me one, no?

[misterhead]

#-o
Right. Well, that just made me one, no?

haha Well I was gonna get drunk and ignore everybody at home and keep posting, but the wife had other plans, so...

we're going to go hang out with some friends. (Remember those?):)

haha just kidding. I'll post back when I can.

[cometa2k7]

... you buy a new computer each year because Windows slows it down.
... you think that Windows is the only operating system that exists.
... you buy Vista then wonder why it doesn't work after a few weeks.
... you hit the monitor when your computer crashes.
... you see the blue screen of death and sit waiting for it to disappear.
... you open every spam message you recieve.
... you expect the computer to know what you want it to do, and get annoyed that the computer is doing somehing which you started but didn't realise.
... you use the mouse for everything.

[lukjad007]

We will now resume our original programming.
You know you are a stupid computer user when...
...you try to get better outcomes from fortune by typing sudo fortune.
...you try to kill the bug in the system with a fly swatter.
...you think that the phrase "Plug and Play" means you can just unplug and replug hard drives, diskette drives, network cards, etc. while the computer is still running and everything will still work.
...you try to rearrange all the files in your computer files by extension, into newly created files. (e.g. .exe in the EXE folder, all .txt in another...)
...you actually think privacy agreements that state that they will only share your personal information with their affiliates and no one else actually mean something.
...you try to crack into a government owned site using Windows 95/98 or Vista.
...you think Linux is illegal.
...you think that Windows is the One True Operating System, furthermore, there are No Other Operating Systems besides It. (i.e. That you Treat Windows like a religion.)

[benny bronx]

Originally posted by lukjad007:


If you actually were slightly less stupid you would have checked my history and seen that most of the posts were helping losers like you. (All in fun.)

Are you referring to that ONE person who thanked you? And looking up someones history is weird :).

[lisati]

We will now resume our original programming.
You know you are a stupid computer user when...
...you try to get better outcomes from fortune by typing sudo fortune.
...you try to kill the bug in the system with a fly swatter.
...you think that the phrase "Plug and Play" means you can just unplug and replug hard drives, diskette drives, network cards, etc. while the computer is still running and everything will still work.
...you try to rearrange all the files in your computer files by extension, into newly created files. (e.g. .exe in the EXE folder, all .txt in another...)
...you actually think privacy agreements that state that they will only share your personal information with their affiliates and no one else actually mean something.
...you try to crack into a government owned site using Windows 95/98 or Vista.
...you think Linux is illegal.
...you think that Windows is the One True Operating System, furthermore, there are No Other Operating Systems besides It. (i.e. That you Treat Windows like a religion.)

How about this: sudo make fortune

BTW: I just looked at the clock on my desktop, noticed that it read July 4th, and was about to wish the forum users a "Happy fourth of July", but then remembered I'm across the international date line........:)

[lukjad007]

Are you referring to that ONE person who thanked you? And looking up someones history is weird :).

The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Off to test some other Linux live CDs. Over and out.

[apmcd47]

... You give a friend a CD of a computer game and when they open it all they find is a copy of your desktop shortcut.

... Your computer says "Boot sector not found" and the support guy comes and ejects the floppy disk.

Andrew

[gator42]

You blame linux when your keyboard stops working. You go crazy with config files and google searches, then you realize you had accidentally unplugged the cable when moving the computer. (that happened to me a couple of years ago)


LOL...Happened to me when setting up Broadcom drivers. Thought the WIRED drives went down...lol

[GepettoBR]

extension, into newly created files. (e.g. .exe in the EXE folder, all .txt in another...)

I knew a guy who did that. When I explained to him why it doesn't work, he asked me if I could put them all back... from memory only... without being able to turn on the computer (this was before I even knew Live CDs existed).

[bubba_169]

When you go to move your computer, forgetting to unplug the usb leads, and shatter your usb ports. Yes I have done this before :lolflag:

[cometa2k7]

... you double-click on hyperlinks on websites.
... you expect Windows not to go wrong.
... you don't actually know what is inside your computer.
... you think that just because open source software doesn't cost anything, that it MUST be worse than commercial software.
... someone mentions GNU, and you don't know what they are talking about.
... you think that Linux is a reverse engineered and modified version of Windows. (I knew someone who actually thought that)

[Sukarn]

... someone mentions GNU, and you don't know what they are talking about.

I don't think that counts as being stupid. It seems more like being uninformed.

[lukjad007]

...when you finally figure out how to multi-quote in a thread you go hogwild.
...you sit around insulting others for mistakes you make. :oops:[-X

[Chame_Wizard]

You think Linux and Windows are the same :)

[misterhead]

You're dumb founded by the windows login screen, when nothing happens after pressing "Ctrl" then "Alt" then "Delete"

[Sukarn]

you change your password and forget it, and then you blame your son for making the computer so hard to use

[misterhead]

You keep on posting after promissing to wake your wife up 10 minutes ago.

[xyz]

when you play at...
Every Thread Is Mine

[misterhead]

when you play at...
Every Thread Is Mine

Nice one. :biggrin:

Oops I just got in the way didn't I.:-\"

[lukjad007]

...you think that Bill Gates is the Devil incarnate.
...you try and dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 98 on a 5 Gig hard drive.
...Upi yt[e s ejp;r ;omr eoyj upir gomhrtd ,od[;sdrf/ (You type an whole line with your fingers misplaced.)
...you can't win the "Shoot the Duck" banner ads/games.
...you call the RCMP to turn yourself in when you you find out you "Preformed an Illegal operation."
...you eat popcorn near a Linux box.:popcorn:
...j00Z 0|\|L'/ 7'/P3 1|\| L337 5P34|<.
...you only type in elite speak.
...you understood neither of the last two "stupidities".

[Sukarn]

...you try and dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 98 on a 5 Gig hard drive.
I once dual booted win 98 and win xp on a 10 GB hard drive.
...Upi yt[e s ejp;r ;omr eoyj upir gomhrtd ,od[;sdrf/ (You type an whole line with your fingers misplaced.)
I've done that a couple of times, but it has happened when I was typing with my eyes closed. I misplaced by right hand, but my left one was correctly positioned (both the times).
...you eat popcorn near a Linux box.
couldn't understand that one

[lukjad007]

couldn't understand that one[/QUOTE]

(Kernel panic.):popcorn:

[lukjad007]

...you are the only one posting on a thread that no one reads anymore.;)

[lukjad007]

...you make replies to your replies to BUMP the thread, hoping no one will catch on.

[issih]

Your mouse stops working, and you spend 30 minutes navigating around using keyboard shortcuts (in windows) trying to reinstall the drivers etc with no success.. Only to discover that the cable had worked loose :)

I did that...was very embarrasing

[VitaLiNux]

... You think the internet is like a program in your hard drive...

[NovruzeliH]

you know you are a stupid computer user when, u love windows

[Sukarn]

you know you are a stupid computer user when, u love windows

nah, in that case you don't "know" it. you truly believe yourself to be great

[NovruzeliH]

nah, in that case you don't "know" it. you truly believe yourself to be great

w.e man

You know you are a stupid computer user when you dont even know whats your I.P

[abuakel]

you need a tutorial (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86816) to move your computer.

haha that's priceless.. typical Apple.
Macs make the average Mac user sooo stupid that Apple feels a need to make a tutorial to move a mac... it's sad. Macs make me cringe.

[gunashekar]

...you think that your Os is Almighty!

[worldseo]

when you think the computer is a tv

[misterhead]

When you refer to your "case" as "You know... the actual CPU, part."

[Sukarn]

when you think the computer is a tv

My parents do that all the time, telling me to "turn off the TV"

[runemaste644]

when a website doesn't load and you start panicking thinking you broke the internet.

[GepettoBR]

when a website doesn't load and you start panicking thinking you broke the internet.

Dude, I love your signature so much! I remember having to type that before Windows would boot, but your way makes more sense.

[Sukarn]

when a website doesn't load and you blame your son for messing up the computer.

[lukjad007]

...you saw off pieces of a computer chip to try and fit it into your computer and try to get a refund when it doesn't work.

[schauerlich]

w.e man

You know you are a stupid computer user when you dont even know whats your I.P

http://whatismyip.org

[misterhead]

You don't want to get new computer, because you want to keep your current e-mail address.

[GepettoBR]

You don't want to get new computer, because you want to keep your current e-mail address.

That one made me lol

You know you're a stupid computer user when you go outside to see if you have e-mail.

[cometa2k7]

when a website doesn't load and you blame your son for messing up the computer.

That one happens to me constantly.
If I just use my parent's computer for about 5 minutes and then a month later soething goes wrong, it seems immediately to be my fault.

Plus their computer runs Vista, which is prone to crashing regularly anyway. And I had to switch them from IE to FF because IE wouldn't load anything, and they said it was my fault.

[misterhead]

You refuse to get a wide screen monitor, because it makes people look fat.

[jnw222]

you boot gparted live and use "set disklable"

[jnw222]

and had no recovery disks

[lisati]

... when you let a family member who normally uses XP borrow your machine running Ubuntu, and carelessly leave a desktop shortcut to the XP partition (labelled XP) visible. Family member clicks on the icon while you're not looking (presumably) thinking that it will open up Windows. Thankfully no damage done! (I must get round to correcting that!)


.... when you accidentally include an email you sent yourself with the Spam you're reporting, and then panic when your ISP sends you an email advising that your computer's security might be compromised.

[Sealbhach]

You wonder why Linux put smiley faces in the programs....


wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:)0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


.

[Jordanwb]

You buy a lap top to install Ubuntu on and realize that the brand you bought voids the hardware warenty if you install Linux on it.

That's dumb. I never get warranties anyways.

... You're concerned that you'll damage your computer if you click OK on a javascript alert (My dad).

[pirate_tux]

... you use Windows. lol

[cometa2k7]

... you use Windows. lol

Hey, I use Windows :( and I have an IQ of around 140 :)

Windows does suck though, and a superior laptop running Vista struggles to match the performance of my less powerful desktop with Ubuntu. And Windows is only slightly competative because I am obsessive with my cleaning and defragging, which I never have to do on Linux.:lolflag:

[tom66]

... when you have an E-Machines PC.
... when you put up with Windows...
... when you wonder why your computer doesn't work awfully good after deleting all those unneeded files in WINDOWS.

[GepettoBR]

When you separate all the files in your Windows PC into folders by filetype: one for .exe, one for .dll, one for .txt...

[yabbadabbadont]

When you separate all the files in your Windows PC into folders by filetype: one for .exe, one for .dll, one for .txt...

And then wonder why the machine won't boot...

[GepettoBR]

And blame it on your nephew who had used the computer to check his e-mail one month earlier.

[starcannon]

You scour the internet looking for a piece of software, attempt to compile it from source once found; then, run into installation problems, ask for help on the forums, and then discover it is available as a point and click install in this thing called "Sin-App-tick".

[xouns]

I work as security at an advertisement company (already a no-no), and always have to lockdown the building. When I worked there for only a month, I took a habit of turning all the monitors off (global warming and all...). One day, I was sitting at reception, when one of the employees came up to me and said that I'd better not turn off here computer when see was still in the building. I told her I didn't know what she was talking about, and she pointed out that (and here it comes) she couldn't see whether her computer was on or off if the monitor was off. I replied that a simple solution would be to turn on the monitor. "That's to much trouble..." she said. I gave in. Neither am I allowed to turn of the printers, scanner equipment and beamers. True story...
A month later, they made a very big Anti-Global-Warming campaign. I printed it out and put it on her desk.

When Tech support has an answering machine answering with "Hello Tech Support, have you tried turning it of and on again?"

[jimi_hendrix]

this should cover this entire thread (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/)

[GepettoBR]

this should cover this entire thread (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/)

Don't take this the wrong way (you can't be expected to read all 32 pages before making a contribution) but that is the umpteenth time someone has posted that link here.

[darth_indy]

Well, actually, I read all 32 pages, (and just now finished) and hes only the 2nd to post it. Not to quote it, mind you, just to link. :)

However, I'm surprised no one else mentioned this one: http://www.techtales.com/tftechs.html

It goes waaaay back, and while the quality isn't as good as Rinkworks (you have a few "LOL OMG THIS PURSIN IS STOPID HE DONT DUBL KLIK!!!1!") and there are a few repititions of urban legends, but a majority are good stories. Entertaining in the last 1/2 hour of work, when I'm required to stay but there's nothing to do.

EDIT: After reading the whole thread, I forgot why I wanted to post in the first place! *ahem*

...when you think that changing the extension from ".docx" to ".doc" makes it open in Office 2003. (Please note this is an actual CompSci teacher at my college. Kill. Me. Now.)

[pp.]

...when you think that changing the extension from ".docx" to ".doc" makes it open in Office 2003. (Please note this is an actual CompSci teacher at my college. Kill. Me. Now.)

I have Office 2003, and a document saved as .docx and renamed to .doc will indeed be opened in Office 2003. Well, so does the document with the original extension of .docx.

I don't see anything ridiculous about a windows system which maps .doc to Office 2003 while failing to map .docx to the same app. It's all in the registry.

[Zyphrexi]

you expect a comp tech to 'fix' your crt/lcd.
(you don't pay me enough to risk that...)

[darth_indy]

I have Office 2003, and a document saved as .docx and renamed to .doc will indeed be opened in Office 2003. Well, so does the document with the original extension of .docx.

I don't see anything ridiculous about a windows system which maps .doc to Office 2003 while failing to map .docx to the same app. It's all in the registry.

Interesting. Well, when I opened it when named ".doc" it opened up with just Wingdings and random gibberish, and then when renamed as ".docx" it opened and converted it without a problem.

BTW, I am 99.9% sure this is user error, as this is the same CompSci teacher that didn't know how to use the Start menu. And does not own a computer. And brags she's been teaching computers since 1991 (I'm guessing with the same textbook each year).

[OrbJinzo]

I have a friend that thinks Linux was a Microsoft product.

Recently I had to fix my grandparents PC with XP on it. I had to install a new video card in there computer. Now my grandfather complains his computer goes too "fast".

A while back fixing my aunts pc I opened the case to find 3 5 1/4 inch floppy in the slot between where the drive bays are at.

[kpatz]

A while back fixing my aunts pc I opened the case to find 3 5 1/4 inch floppy in the slot between where the drive bays are at.A few years back, a ditzy co-worker came to me and asked me to look at her computer. I asked what was wrong. She said "I think I put the CD in the wrong slot". Oh...kay... I go to her desk and she points to the gap between the drives. I had to stick a piece of tape on the edge of the disc barely sticking out to pull it out. Afterward, I showed her this cool little button that makes the tray open.

Just today, I was helping the receptionist hook up her printer (we just moved into a new office at work). We were figuring out the best spot for it when she asked me "is it close enough to the ya-ya?" The what? I figured it was one of the odd pieces of equipment she had under the desk, so I grabbed it, and she said, "no, not that... the ya-ya on the computer". Ok... I have no idea what she is talking about, so I point to the monitor, no... keyboard, no... the mouse... no, then she says, "that big computer thing"... oh, the computer (system unit) itself!? Why didn't you say so? I guess she couldn't think of what it was called so she said "ya-ya". I was chuckling for some time after that one.

[starcannon]

When all of your sent emails have
Fwd:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:
in the subject.

[GepettoBR]

When all of your sent emails have
Fwd:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:
in the subject.

And you know lots of computer users when your inbox is full of emails with all those forwards in the subject...

WHY, GOD, WHY?

[tgyorgyi]

You change your Skype name every time you re-install your OS. (Happened to several of my Windoze-using friends!!!)

[cometa2k7]

...when someone uses your name, psm, and display picture on MSN, and you delete your account. Then you create a new account, and all because you thought that your account was hacked.

I actually made someone do this, I was amazed at their reaction.

[jimi_hendrix]

wait...what? howd u do that

[jimi_hendrix]

you're this guy (http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html). http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/Dngrs_1/rollin.gif

just read this... i found this paticularly funny...so much research...so little time checking spelling...

8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?

BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone.

Your son may try to install "lunix" on your hard drive. If he is careful, you may not notice its presence, however, lunix is a capricious beast, and if handled incorrectly, your son may damage your computer, and even break it completely by deleting Windows, at which point you will have to have your computer repaired by a professional.

If you see the word "LILO" during your windows startup (just after you turn the machine on), your son has installed lunix. In order to get rid of it, you will have to send your computer back to the manufacturer, and have them fit a new hard drive. Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.

too bad for the kid

[RedPandaFox]

you're this guy (http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html). http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/Dngrs_1/rollin.gif

Hmm, I guess id like to say that was a joke, but that sounds suspiciously like my father...
I came out of an internet gaming cafe one day, I got in the car after saying good bye to my friends (if you saw them you could tell they were geeks, glasses, oily hair etc) the first thing he does was sniff the air round me then ask "So who was smoking the dope?"

My first reaction was "WTF DAD?!" and he said "Dont get smart with me young man, Who was it, was it Rudie?"

Rudie was the one of our friends who finished high school 4 years early by doing 2 years of studies in his spare time...

[lost_soul]

you know you are stupid when you are convinced you can move an entire range of softwares to a floppy disk by simply copying the shortcuts to a floppy disk (true story a friend of mine :P)

or and that's even better :P when u have a stereo hooked up to your pc and it gets ruined , then go around blaming your computer since it was infected with viruses and it transferred the virus to the Stereo and ruined it :P

[cometa2k7]

wait...what? howd u do that

It was all thanks to a little javascript program run using MSN Plus!

You just install MSN Plus!, install the script, then use it on unsuspecting people. (People should notice your email address though, it's kind of obvious, but he didn't)

THis does however require Windows, WINE might run it, but I've never tried, and it would need work for both MSN and MSN Plus!

[jimi_hendrix]

na none of my friends use msn...was just curious

[darth_indy]

...When files transferred over different cables are not compatible.

Backstory: My boss has a digital video camera that transferrs files to his computer via a Firewire cable. He wanted to know if he could put the files (that were now on his computer) onto an external hard drive that connects va USB. Since the cables aren't the same, the data isn't the same. Right? Right?

...Also, if when told this story, you think it sounds logical. This is what my mom said as I told my dad and we were laughing.

[MasterNetra]

LOL i dual boot windows and ubuntu but i have used windows for a month and never want to again.

you are afraid of moving the slide on a floppy cuz u think it will get infected
you keep ur toasted away from ur computer when it has a virus
you call the monitor "the tv thingy"
you think the monitor is the compuiter

Well hold on there! There are mac computers that are built into a flat screen monitor (well the "flat screen is thicker then most LCD monitors but still far thinner then a projection monitor"). I forget the what model but my college has three macs like that.

[jimi_hendrix]

recently i converted a family member to firefox because she used to have a computer that would randomly power down anywhere from 20 seconds after start to two hours(problem now solved)...and firefox saves your tabs when it closes...so she turns off her computer with firefox on and the next time she used it she got the box asking you if you want to restore previous session or not. On the title bar she sees "Firefox Has Crashed!" and gets scared and doesnt read any further...so she goes a week without internet because of this until she askes my dad to fix it. So he uninstalls and reinstalls it because he assumed it acually was crashing...

[Denestria]

Most people do not read the computer screen properly - try working in tech. support and you will see plenty of evidence of this.

Oh, don't I know it. I've never actually worked tech support but I have been my family's private and free tech support line since 1992, god save me. I don't know how many times I was on the phone with my mom,
"Ok, so what does the error say?"
"It doesn't say anything."
"Right. The screen is blank then? The top left of the screen doesn't say...?"
"No."
........ 15 minutes later..........
"You are absolutely sure the top left of the screen doesn't say....?"
"Oh, yeah it does."
"..." ](*,)

And still to this day even though I first started teaching her to use the computer 16 years ago my mom closes IE when she needs to look at another window on the screen because she can't click on the taskbar entry or alt-tab to switch windows. She actually can finally fix most things herself though and I don't have to answer calls every week because something in Windows is broken.

[eddVRS]

You double click EVERYTHING-
My mum does this, it drives me up the wall. For example (in Windows) if you double click a folder expander (That's the tech term I'm sure;)) it will expand, and then unexpand the folder...

"Edd!!!, My computer is not working!... I click here, the screen flashed, then my folders disappear again."
"Ok, so just click there... no single click. Single click. That was a double click Mum... No, NOT a doub- sod it let me do it"

[darth_indy]

You double click EVERYTHING-
My mum does this, it drives me up the wall.

*shudder* So does mine. It gets worse - we have a Dish Network DVR (a rather old one) and when you go to the menu to look through your recorded shows, it has a menu that says something like:

Play
Start Over
Erase
Cancel

Instead of pushing the cancel button on the remote, my mom will push Down...Down...Down...Select. Every. Single. Fragging. Time. Plus, it's an old remote, so it's not recognized every time you push a button, so it's more like Down...Down...Down...Down...Down...Down...Select.. .Select. I have grabbed it from her hands and pushed Cancel, then given it back. The Cancel button works fine on the first push - it doesn't get the beating that the Down button does.

[jimi_hendrix]

i wish they taught kids in grades k-4 (US grades) how to use an OS...then 5-8 how to do simple programming to show computer structure instead of formatting word documents that kids forget by next week...it would solve so many problems that i see in computer class at school...

[eddVRS]

When I was at college, we had to do IT classes. only one class a week... They "showed us" how to lay out spreadsheets, fomart Word docs, "use an internet search engine"(!!!) and at the end of each term there was a test.
On my first day I requested to do all of the two years worth of tests, took 20 mins, and passed, giving me free time on Tuesday mornings :)
More worryingly there were people in that class who never did pass that test :confused:

[jimi_hendrix]

i think you should need a license to use a computer...

[lisati]

When I was at college, we had to do IT classes. only one class a week... They "showed us" how to lay out spreadsheets, fomart Word docs, "use an internet search engine"(!!!) and at the end of each term there was a test.
On my first day I requested to do all of the two years worth of tests, took 20 mins, and passed, giving me free time on Tuesday mornings :)
More worryingly there were people in that class who never did pass that test :confused:
I was once helping a family member (for whom English is a second language) with a homework assignment involving formatting in a word-processor. It seems that the family member didn't realize that you didn't have to press "Enter" at the end of each line, and this was some time into the course....

i think you should need a licents to use a computer...
:):):):)

[jimi_hendrix]

edited...happy now?

[eddVRS]

Perhaps a quick aptitude test at point of sale.

If you can tell the salesman a few things about the PC he wants to sell to you, using only the PC itself, you may then purchase. :)

[lisati]

Perhaps a quick aptitude test at point of sale.

If you can tell the salesman a few things about the PC he wants to sell to you, using only the PC itself, you may then purchase. :)

sudo aptitude install knowledge

[eddVRS]

sudo aptitude install knowledge

You see... it works already- Lisati is allowed to buy a computer.

[lisati]

You see... it works already- Lisati is allowed to buy a computer.

:lolflag:

[Liviu-Theodor]

You think Linux is a mere copy of the "real thing" Windows, and you think one should learn only Windows, and you think spending more money on software than for an Rolls-Royce is the "way to go", when in truth, Windows is just a pale copy of Mac OS interface, which became itself a copy of UNIX (since MAC OS/X it is based on BSD). And what is Linux?

From wikipedia:

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system family which uses the Linux kernel. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; typically all the underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone.

Predominantly known for its use in servers, it is installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from embedded devices and mobile phones to supercomputers.

The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The system's utilities and libraries usually come from the GNU operating system, announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. The GNU contribution is the basis for the alternative name GNU/Linux.

[eddVRS]

I read somewhere yesterday that there is a FOSS OS based on the Windows OS, built from scratch. I'll have a dig around for the link, can't remember

[gjoellee]

...you are using a mouse!

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/mouse.jpg

[GepettoBR]

that's cute!

[Ms_Angel_D]

this is courtesy of my dad

You somehow fry your motherboard trying to install a new hard-drive

[FlyingIsFun1217]

The OS that is open source and based off of Windows is ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/).

FlyingIsFun1217

[eddVRS]

The OS that is open source and based off of Windows is ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/).

FlyingIsFun1217

Yes indeed, good spot flyingisfun :)

[cometa2k7]

The OS that is open source and based off of Windows is ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/).

FlyingIsFun1217

You can try ReactOS using VMWare, or a Live CD.

It's not bad, but it's a bit awkward at the moment. It is only an alpha though: version 0.3.6

[Tutigan]

You don't get:

got ./ ?

:lolflag:

[lisati]

You know you are a stupid computer user when...

You download an ISO disk image, double click on it to burn it to disk, and forget that you're using a "clean" install of Windows and haven't got round to installing Nero yet.

[snova]

ReactOS isn't based on Windows, it's merely ABI compatible.

[GepettoBR]

ReactOS isn't based on Windows, it's merely ABI compatible.

Depends on how you interpret "based on Windows" - it's obviously not based on Microsoft's code, but it's conceptually based on Windows, and it attempts to imitate Windows.

[Hyper Tails]

Nero is the best iso software ever!!!!

[Liviu-Theodor]

Depends on how you interpret "based on Windows" - it's obviously not based on Microsoft's code, but it's conceptually based on Windows, and it attempts to imitate Windows.

Even on it's home page, it is written that ReactOS is Windows-like, not Windows-based, and that it has none of the Unix architecture. Still, Linux is thought as Unix-like, not Unix-based, and this has no influence on its success. Just hope that ReactOS will have at least some success.

Update: I read the About page for ReactOS. Not sure if I still wish its success, as it bashes the Unix filestructure, which I find better than the Windows one, with its drive letters.

[GepettoBR]

Even on it's home page, it is written that ReactOS is Windows-like, not Windows-based, and that it has none of the Unix architecture. Still, Linux is thought as Unix-like, not Unix-based, and this has no influence on its success. Just hope that ReactOS will have at least some success.
Yes, but they're talking about code - I'm talking about ideas.
Update: I read the About page for ReactOS. Not sure if I still wish its success, as it bashes the Unix filestructure, which I find better than the Windows one, with its drive letters.
I agree that the Unix filestructure is better organized and more versatile (I love being able to mount filesystems wherever I want) but the Windows filestructure is much more intuitive, so unexperienced computer users feel much more at home there.

[spupy]

So one evening I was listening to some music on my PC when I wanted to pause it to watch some youtube videos. I press F7 (pause music), but it is still playing. I press couple of more buttons - still playing... the hell?
I issue the "untune" script that kills the music player running in the background. Still playing...
killall -9 mpd... still playing.
I get seriously freaked out. Checking all running processes. Nothing music playing, but still sound in my headphones.
I unload the sound modules from the kernels.
...still playing. At this moment I have no idea what else to try, everything is defying reason and I'm searching for a paranormal explanation for the music that still plays in my ears. Well, I'm thinking, if software can't stop the playing music, maybe hardware can? I turn down the wheel on the front of my laptop that controls the sound volume. Then I notice that my headphones aren't inserted in the 3.5mm jack. I follow the cable from my ears to my mp3 player...

This have happened TWICE!

[Liviu-Theodor]

I agree that the Unix filestructure is better organized and more versatile (I love being able to mount filesystems wherever I want) but the Windows filestructure is much more intuitive, so unexperienced computer users feel much more at home there.

I had an experience with Windows XP SP2. The computer had temporarly 2 SATA HDDS's, 3 IDE HDD's (each HDD with at least three or four partitions), 1 floppy drive, 2 optical drives, one flash card reader with 4 units, a printer with it's own card reader and 4 USB sticks. Lucky me I know how to mount NTFS drives in Windows without using drive letters, because then that computer needed more than 26 drive letters (count the english letters from A to Z, there are 26), but still, I am not the "average Joe" user who gets lost when the Windows taskbar (this is somewhat similar with Linux panels) is moved from the bottom of the screen and can not find anymore the "Start" button. But overall I agree, an inexperenced user does not what I did.

[spupy]

...but the Windows filestructure is much more intuitive, so unexperienced computer users feel much more at home there.

This is ridiculous! On C: there are 3 (three) folders named "Desktop"! And they have different files sometimes. I've been sitting 5 minutes wondering why my new files in one of the Desktop folders wont appear on the desktop. Then I realized you have to press F5...

[Ishimaru Chiaki]

While my Dad's computer was under repair (toasted hard drive), he was using the spare PIII who belonged to my bro and this PC has 3 hard drives. The smallest one (the C) was only 5gb and had XP who began to get tight in it. So, even after more than 5 years of computing, he thought he could move Windows XP from C:\\ to D:\\ as he could move a file... thanks goodness Mom is more savvy than him and tried to make it understand it isn't possible, before he could actually try it.

And recently, I was explaining to Mom why I'm so not eager to install Linux on Dad's computer, so I retold the "move Windows from one drive to another" story I mentioned above. She was laughing her **** off XD

About stupid computer user stories, my favourite is that one : http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperfect.asp
I laughed so loud my brother was wondering what I was laughing about, then I showed him the story LOL

[billgoldberg]

You don't grasp the concept of an OS.

[chaosdesigner]

.. you try to hack 127.0.0.1

[eddVRS]

...you try to hack...

(hack in this case to mean crack)

[jimi_hendrix]

.. you try to hack 127.0.0.1

whats that?

[damis648]

whats that?

I think thats localhost... right?

[GepettoBR]

I think thats localhost... right?

Yes. In other words, your own computer.

[markp1989]

when you straighten your hair at your computer desk, and then lay down the hot straightners on your mouse, when your done...my sister did that


Edit:rememberd a couple more

my dad calls me downstairs complaining that the computer has gone "haywire" so i go there, and its cause ebay have changed the layout of the myebay page.

another time

dad complains that my sisters computer is broken,because it doesnt automaticaly fill in the password to get to ebay like his computer at work

[GepettoBR]

when you straighten your hair at your computer desk, and then lay down the hot straightners on your mouse, when your done...my sister did that

Why is that geeky?

[markp1989]

Why is that geeky?

no, but now the mouse has a hole melted in the top

[GepettoBR]

Whoops, sorry. Wrong thread.

I mistook this for the "You Know You're a Geek When..." thread. Again.

[darth_indy]

Whoops, sorry. Wrong thread.

I mistook this for the "You Know You're a Geek When..." thread. Again.

Yeah, been there, done that. I'd get really confused when something rather... dumb... was posted here and wonder how it could be geeky.

But going off the geek thread, apologies in advance:

You know you're a stupid computer user when you post "You know you're a geek when you post in this thread" to the "You Know You're a Geek When..." thread.

and if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go hide in the LART shelter.

[Ishimaru Chiaki]

Talking about hacking made me think of another anecdote :

One of my brother's friends encountered a guy who pretended to be a h4x0r. He asked the haxor-wannabe to prove it by trying to hack his computer and he also told him that he decreased his firewall protection level. The hacking attempt had never happened, the h4x0r-wannabe guy thought a firewall was a real wall of flame XD

[Liviu-Theodor]

This is ridiculous! On C: there are 3 (three) folders named "Desktop"! And they have different files sometimes. I've been sitting 5 minutes wondering why my new files in one of the Desktop folders wont appear on the desktop. Then I realized you have to press F5...

I know a joke (always was successful) with this - probably this is the case there. The folders are not all named "Desktop", probably they have the "non-breaking space" character in their names, so by example, one will be called "Desktop ". Just verify the true names and the Character Map program.

[Liviu-Theodor]

Whoops, sorry. Wrong thread.

I mistook this for the "You Know You're a Geek When..." thread. Again.

You should put yourself a post with ... when you mistake the "You know you are a stupid computer user when..." and "You Know You're a Geek When..." threads before anyone else do. Ooops, I did already, I hope you don't mind...

[EnGorDiaz]

You blame linux when your keyboard stops working. You go crazy with config files and google searches, then you realize you had accidentally unplugged the cable when moving the computer. (that happened to me a couple of years ago)

how would you do the search in the first place:P

[Liviu-Theodor]

how would you do the search in the first place:P

Maybe it is possible with an on-screen keyboard, using the mouse?

[GepettoBR]

Maybe it is possible with an on-screen keyboard, using the mouse?Well, that would be quick and easy.

[eddVRS]

Particularly if you're one of these users who has to use Caps Lock for capital letters...

[Liviu-Theodor]

... you want just MS Windows to read MS Office documents (i.e. *.doc,*.xls), without installing any office suite (I had a request like that, and the man just walked away when I said him that Windows is not enough for what he wants).

[xnostradamusx]

you dont know the difference of cut and copy when pasting

[tjandracom]

you read all posts in this topic (about: You know you are a stupid computer user when...), and thinking hard only to make a post... :)

[eddVRS]

you dont know the difference of cut and copy when pasting

oh god, people do this at work, not realising that they are removing entries from the database, just to furnish their emails with the latest information!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

[razerbug]

You bought a Mac... :P

okay okay that was a burn,

when: you think having a webcam means the government can spy on you (reason we couldn't get one when I was a kid)

(or maybe your a very well informed computer user then... :-o)

[razerbug]

You bought a Mac... :P

okay okay that was a burn,

when: you think having a webcam means the government can spy on you (reason we couldn't get one when I was a kid)

(or maybe your a very well informed computer user then... :-o)

[eddVRS]

one of my dads colleagues in the Middle East thought that to end a video conference call, you just had to cover the camera up...

what he didn't know was that the audio feed was still open, and that it racked up a HUGE phone bill...:confused:

[theevilhamster]

I wish I lived near that person...

HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM............. where is this going?

*thinks of some random gore and words something along the lines of "install ubuntu; windows sucks"*

[Liviu-Theodor]

Even on it's home page, it is written that ReactOS is Windows-like, not Windows-based, and that it has none of the Unix architecture. Still, Linux is thought as Unix-like, not Unix-based, and this has no influence on its success. Just hope that ReactOS will have at least some success.

Update: I read the About page for ReactOS. Not sure if I still wish its success, as it bashes the Unix filestructure, which I find better than the Windows one, with its drive letters.

Yes, but they're talking about code - I'm talking about ideas.

I agree that the Unix filestructure is better organized and more versatile (I love being able to mount filesystems wherever I want) but the Windows filestructure is much more intuitive, so unexperienced computer users feel much more at home there.

Well that will mean also that GNU/Linux, BSD and Solaris are UNIX-based (talking about ideas), even they are just UNIX-like (talking about code).

[GepettoBR]

Well that will mean also that GNU/Linux, BSD and Solaris are UNIX-based (talking about ideas), even they are just UNIX-like (talking about code).

Yes.

[semitone36]

you type web addresses in the google bar :)

OMG my girlfriend does that!!!

...When you call a DIFFERENT campus' tech support to ask where to buy apparel for their own college. That call made my day.

[eddVRS]

you type web addresses in the google bar :)

Yes... this confuses me to no end: People who know a web address, but still insist on going to goole.com first and then typing in the complete url (eg www.bbc.co.uk) into the search field. Why go through all that hassle!!?!! :confused:WTF!:confused:

[WIGGMPk]

Your sad cause all the good comments are already in this thread!!

[Diptansu]

When u take print out like this ....

http://www.laughitout.com/2008/09/how-to-print-word-document-blonde-style.html

[solitaire]

when you go to move a file from a folder and type the following....

user@laptop:~/My_web_folder$pwd
/home/user/my_web_folder
user@laptop:~/My_web_folder$mv /* /var/www/*
and you wonder why the system then fails to find any program / icon/ folder.........

Lucky i had a LiveCD to hand... :D

[jamieh]

Refer to Facebook as a single object, as in:

Jane: "Do you have Facebook?"
John: "No"
Jane: "Get it"

[jamieh]

You forward those emails that say your crush will kiss you if you do.

[GepettoBR]

You forward those emails that say your crush will kiss you if you do.

You are eagerly awaiting those $500.000 that the Nigerian Central Bank is going to transfer into your account.

[halovivek]

you need a tutorial (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86816) to move your computer.

Really cute.

[jenkinbr]

When u take print out like this ....

http://www.laughitout.com/2008/09/how-to-print-word-document-blonde-style.html
That SO reminded me of this... (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GhnLZ3Ryccg)

@solitare: Little late now, but you would have wanted this command:
user@laptop:~/My_web_folder$mv ./* /var/www/
note the addition of the '.' in the first arg.

[fiona-conn]

you throw a computer out when Windows screws up(I know someone like that)

Gives an entirely new meaning to defenestration. ; )

[sharkbite1414]

you throw a computer out when Windows screws up(I know someone like that)

Gives an entirely new meaning to defenestration. ; )

What's defenestration mean?

[fiona-conn]

What's defenestration mean?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defenestrate

It means to throw something out the window.

Comes from an ancient form of assassination, where people were pushed from windows. Hence its meaning. : )

And hence the joke.

[sharkbite1414]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defenestrate

It means to throw something out the window.

Comes from an ancient form of assassination, where people were pushed from windows. Hence its meaning. : )

And hence the joke.

Oh...LOL!

Source of confusion: I don't use windows.:P

[fiona-conn]

Oh...LOL!

Source of confusion: I don't use windows.:P

I admit to growing up using Windows, ever since 3.1. *Sheepish grin*

Though I also used Atari ST prior to that. I've still got it somewhere, actually... would probably still *work*, were I to hook it up...

[jenkinbr]

...when you complain about windows BSODing on you.

[ajcham]

...you use Caps Lock every time you want a capital letter.
...you can't fix the "Out of Paper" error on the printer.
...you confuse the functionality of a fax machine with that of a teleporter.
...you try to buy stamps for your email.
...you try to send email to a street address or telephone number.
...you make a typo in the middle of a sentence, so press backspace a couple of dozen times to correct it.
...you wonder how to connect your PS/2 mouse to your games console.
...you expect technical support to be able to fix your problem immediately after you tell them "it doesn't work".

[GepettoBR]

you confuse the functionality of a fax machine with that of a teleporter.

:lolflag: I know some people like that :lolflag:

[ajcham]

you confuse the functionality of a fax machine with that of a teleporter.:lolflag: I know some people like that :lolflag:

Some examples (from rinkworks (http://rinkworks.com/stupid)):

Tech Support: "I received your fax, no problem."
Customer: "The hell you did. It's still sitting right here!"



Operator: "Yes. You can overnight it to us, or you can wire us the money, but depending on your bank, that could cost up to $15; maybe more."
Customer: "I know! I'll just fax you the money!"

[Khartaras Vankar]

You write this:
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

[Hetor]

You keep saying "The program 'X' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install X"

[sh228]

...When you fill your desktop with icons and complain that you ran out of disk space.

All due credit to RinkWorks (http://rinkworks.com/).

[hackerlife]

...you use Caps Lock every time you want a capital letter.
... my girlfriend does this... she swears she can type faster...

My friend (on a windows computer with winRar) downloaded Ubuntu 9.04, and because it was "rared" he decided to "unrar" it. (When you install winRar it kinda invades and relpaces a handful of icons with the winRar icon...)

He then proceeded to copy the files on to a USB flash drive...
which he then put in his computer...
And then promptly threw a fit when the computer didn't boot to his flash drive...

[SirBismuth]

...you use Caps Lock every time you want a capital letter.


I've started noticing this quite a bit lately, what's up with that?. Maybe it has something to do with how you type eg. pecking at the keys vs. touch-typing?.

B

[Megrimn]

You won't let your kids touch the computer because whatever they do on it makes it run slower.

That's my mom. She just doesn't understand that WinXP ages.

[wirate]

when someone posts an awesome ubuntu screenshot and
you say "awww which version of windows is that?"

[lumbalumba]

You know you are a stupid computer user when you think you can talk to the "narrator" and when you're keep refreshing a webpage for not loading without even knowing you need an internet connection to make it work.

[Gwasanaethau]

You won't let your kids touch the computer because whatever they do on it makes it run slower.

That's my mom. She just doesn't understand that WinXP ages.
My mum used to say this all the time! She used to blame my brother and me for playing games on it. Since using GNU/Linux, I now know why! Every time I use XP now, it drives me up the wall with its disc thrashing and general sluggishness. ;)

[Squonk07]

...you think updates are evil and always screw things up and you attack people who update your computer.

...you think that an OS is bad, though you've never actually used it and don't understand that performance is often influenced by third-party support for your hardware. (*cough* Vista *cough*)

Those are the serious ones. Now for fun!

...you're afraid the mouse might get loose.

...you think the system files are disorganized so you put each filetype in a separate folder.

...your monitor is covered in whiteout.

...you think that sticker that says "Intel Inside" means the CIA will be arriving at your door shortly to confiscate your machine.

...you don't realize that there's a "Backspace" key.

...you accidentally hit the "Ins" key and forever end up retyping entire passages in your word processor because insertions seem to eat up the existing characters (well, maybe not stupid, just unfortunate).

...if somebody tells you, "The files are in the computer," you decide to hack it apart with a sledgehammer to get at them.

...you buy the retail version of MS Windows every time there's a new release, not realizing that you qualify for the upgrade pricing.

I could go on and on; this is quite fun. :)

[gjoellee]

You know you are a stupid computer user when...you're using Vista?

[Megrimn]

You know you are a stupid computer user when...you're using Vista?

nah, then it's just unfortunate. EX: Vista came with my computer.

[JugglinPhil]

You know you are a stupid computer user when... you spend a heckuva lot of money on new windows 7 because you actually believe they are going to keep their promise this time...

[manoriax]

You know you are a stupid computer user when... you try to be like Steve Ballmer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc).

[Gwasanaethau]

You know you are a stupid computer user when... you try to be like Steve Ballmer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc).
That's scary!
Maybe it has something to do with this:
http://xkcd.com/323/

[TBerk]

... when you introduce three different ways to upgrade in place from 9.04 to 9.10 and all of them try to be #1 and none of them cooperate enough to actual get the upgrade to finish. (Two versions of CD & Internet)


berk

[kixome]

you use Apple products, or windows, but the former is worse.

[BlazeFire247]

When you complain that your printer won't print, then later on you realize that it's not turned on.. Happened to me once :oops:

[manoriax]

When you complain that your printer won't print, then later on you realize that it's not turned on.. Happened to me once :oops:

Same here - after reinstalling all the drivers. XD

[amingv]

When you complain that your printer won't print, then later on you realize that it's not turned on.. Happened to me once :oops:

Even more stupid if you keep pressing print before you realise it, only to end up staring-mouth-gaping when 100+ print jobs come out and you don't know how to stop them.

Also if you're convinced that a Pentium4 @ 3.0Ghz performs better than any Core2 @ 2.6Ghz. (I've see stores ripp people off with this, PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES!)

[Squonk07]

Also if you're convinced that a Pentium4 @ 3.0Ghz performs better than any Core2 @ 2.6Ghz. (I've see stores ripp people off with this, PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES!)

They used to pull this against AMD all the time back when AMD was in the lead (all those eons ago). They called Netburst the "Marchitecture" because of those extremely high clock speeds--people always equate the highest number with the highest performance. Intel was rather red-faced when that architecture failed to reach even half of its projected 10 GHz ceiling. :oops: Now they're the one to beat, so at least they learned. :)

Anyway, you know you are a stupid computer user when you think "megabytes" is a great day at fishing.

[Gwasanaethau]

…Anyway, you know you are a stupid computer user when you think "megabytes" is a great day at fishing.

Or terabytes is a bad day surfing! ;)

[JugglinPhil]

Or terabytes is a bad day surfing! ;)
I'd rather consider this lack of knowledge than stupidity, just because you haven't learned something yet doesn't mean you're stupid, at least not in my eyes.

[masux594]

When.. you try to play a song, the speakers are turnet to the max volume and you don't know why you don't hear nothing.. .. ..And after few time [after a reboot], you realize that u have mute..

Sysc, A

[jeffus_il]

When you put a condom on your usb stick so as not to infect your computer with a virus...

[amingv]

I'd rather consider this lack of knowledge than stupidity, just because you haven't learned something yet doesn't mean you're stupid, at least not in my eyes.

Don't take any of the comments seriously, they're just for fun and not to offend anyone. ;) In fact, many people have spoken here from their own experience/mistakes.
Everyone is free to have their own area of expertise.

[shababhsiddique]

When you prepare to take food clothes with you before browsing to any travelling websites :)

[dsprenkels]

you think that you have hacked ip: 127.0.0.1

[jeffus_il]

When you change the voltage on the power supply from 110 to 220 to over-clock your machine...

[dsprenkels]

When you think Ubuntu can live without Canonical.

[shnurui]

When you wonder why no one mentions the soft drive.

When you call the floppy drive such.

[jeffus_il]

when you think CANONical is a tool for blasting away at MS

[Damien87]

...you try to plug in a new drive while the computer is still running.

[The Toxic Mite]

... you use Windows ;)

[karimruan]

You post furiously on the ubuntu forums asking for help without trying to at least google it or search the forums first!

[JugglinPhil]

...you try to plug in a new drive while the computer is still running.
You mean like an external hdd? Why would this be a problem? I don't get it.

[manoriax]

You mean like an external hdd? Why would this be a problem? I don't get it.

Actually he wanted to plug in a cd drive (internal) and forgot to turn the computer off.

[Damien87]

Actually he wanted to say it would be stupid to plug in a cd drive (internal) and forget to turn the computer off.

corrected :P

and another one:

...you don't know the difference between a LAN and a USB port.

[Megrimn]

...you don't know the difference between a LAN and a USB port.

Wonder if anyone's tried to shove a LAN wire into the dial-up port...

[karimruan]

My mother asked me once, when I was hooking up our wireless network. She pointed to my cat5e ethernet cable, and said "Karim, are you sure you have the right cord? That isn't going to fit into our phone jack!"

[gjoellee]

You know you are a stupid computer user when you go out and eat dinner with it?

[Squonk07]

You know you're a stupid computer user when you somehow manage to jam a DDR DIMM upside down and backwards into a RAM slot (don't ask me how I did it or how I didn't notice what I was doing).

[xuCGC002]

You know you're a stupid computer user when you somehow manage to jam a DDR DIMM upside down and backwards into a RAM slot (don't ask me how I did it or how I didn't notice what I was doing).

Augh, that's terrible.

You know when you're a stupid computer user when you think Vista is just fine on an average-spec netbook (my history teacher says so).

[mudguts]

I'm going to put my Father-in-Law here.
King of the PORN pop-up's

He calls me over to 'fix' his computer when his wife isn't around. Porn pop-up's every 5 seconds. Infected to the nines.
We run anti-spybots, anti-malware and upgrade his protection for the better part of 4 hours..

i give him the opportunity to save face by telling him that it must've been a MS upgrade gone bad.

meanwhile, I can see his 'outbox' and it's full of emails to CL hookers..

disgusting.

that's a man that needs Linux just for the security protection that it offers.

[Megrimn]

You disable the wireless when your roommate is trying to upgrade to karmic and is halfway through downloading...

yeah, happened to me last night. Fortunately ubuntu saved the files it had already downloaded.

[CompyTheInsane]

When you try to delete config files/folders in /root by typing rm -rf .* (WARNING: Do not run this command unless you know what you are doing!) and then
realize that you are deleting configs in your home folder. Turns out that I forgot to cd to /root before running the rm command. I had to reconfigure bash and my desktop.

[EvilPhoenix]

... you use Windows instead of Linux because you "like Internet Explorer better than Firefox".

Had someone say this to me in email when they asked for Linux support... guess who got banned from sending me emails. :P

[Megrimn]

...you believe that your mbr has disappeared because you panicked and downloaded malware that claimed to be an antivirus software, and upon restarting your computer while trying to find the solution no mbr was found. It turns out you just left your usb drive plugged in.

Ethan, I love you, but honestly...

[EvilPhoenix]

... you remove the data cable for your SATA drives while the computer is still running. Someone did that to me once, while I was installing Ubuntu... they avoid me now :P

[cometa2k7]

... you think that Internet Explorer is secure.

[lisati]

.... you update part of your website, and copy the updated page into the wrong place, updating the wrong page!

[sqrooup]

Someone once asked me for written instructions on how to plug a USB device into a USB socket (yes, it really happened! I used to work in an electronics shop, and we would get that quite often)!

[murphykieran]

You know you're a stupid computer user when you somehow manage to jam a DDR DIMM upside down and backwards into a RAM slot (don't ask me how I did it or how I didn't notice what I was doing).Yup, I've seen that happen.

I also saw the following when working as a PC repair tech:

...a computer in which the user somehow managed to force a VGA video cable into the video socket upside down.

...a computer in which the user had removed the fan from the CPU heatsink, opened up the PSU, shoved the fan into the PSU (not connected to power anything, just hanging loose), closed up and replaced the PSU, because he thought it would help his PC run cooler and was surprised to find that it did the opposite

...a few computers in which the user had attempted a self-repair but didn't know that CPUs are keyed and they rammed them in the wrong way round, ruining the chip and had to pay for the repair even though the PC was still under warranty.

...a faulty computer in which a mouse had died and because of the heat buildup, had basically partially melted/decayed and stuck to the motherboard. I just point blank refused to repair that one.

...a few computers in which users had attempted to repair memory/graphics cards/CPUs by gluing the components into their slots/sockets.

You see all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff when you fix people's computers.

[Sven6210]

... you are surprised your computer is not working while having a power cut.

[sleepee]

You plug in the floppy power connector one pin off... and don't notice until smoke starts coming our of your computer. :oops:

thank god i'm not alone... i feel much less stupid now
:lol:

and thank god floppies are a thing of the past and power connectors nowadays can only be plugged in one day... good thing they're now made for people like us specifically in mind lol!

anyway..
when you spend two full days trying to dual boot linux and windows, trying to install linux first and wondering why you can't see linux in the boot menu after you install windows...
:oops:

[Psychodox]

... you can't find a place to plugin your keyboard on your new digital tv

[ubunterooster]

..you format your hdd the day before your b-day

[Sukarn]

..you format your hdd the day before your b-day

Somehow I've been stupid enough to do this repeatedly in the past -
do some experimenting with the computer that is likely to break the computer, just a day or so before the computer would be needed most.

[ubunterooster]

@sukarn: ...when you take hours getting info and remember when finished it was backed up. [really happened]

[gspat]

I remember working as a tech support for apple and having a lady call in, in tears, because she couldn't figure out why her keyboard was only typing numbers instead of letters (She turned on the numeric keypad accidentally and couldn't figure out how to shut it off).

[takisan]

When one doesn't take advantage of good, free software.

[ubunterooster]

you forward e-mail "WARNING!!!!URGENT!!!new virus destroys sector 0 of hdd"



sorry grandpa, it's true

[ubunterooster]

... you use Windows ;)

you use OSX

[Austin25]

When you wonder where IE is on your sons Linux computer
Sorry dad
or when you hire a window washer to defrag your hdd

[ubunterooster]

the following confuses you: pidgin delivers messages, nautilus and galleon get you where you want to go, "exhaile"ing is musical, and jauntiness turns into karma turns into lucidity

[thomas144]

You know you're a stupid computer user when (maybe) you know only Windows, MS Word, and all of that proprietary software.

[Windows Nerd]

you're this guy (http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html). http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/Dngrs_1/rollin.gif
:lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag:

[beercz]

You know you're a stupid computer user when (maybe) you know only Windows, MS Word, and all of that proprietary software.
I disagree - some people have no choice - they have to use what works - for them!

AutoCAD, for example, springs to mind.

Forget the windows bashing and come up with something original!

[CompyTheInsane]

You know you're a stupid computer user when you intend to reboot from Linux to Windows and instead leave while rebooting just to miss the GRUB menu once, then restart the computer and leave it unattended... again.


Forget the windows bashing and come up with something original!

Beercz has earned over 9000 cookies!

[thomas144]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dngrsone http://ubuntuforums.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4201118#post4201118)
you're this guy (http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html). http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/Dngrs_1/rollin.gif
I feel violated. Installing Linux over Windows can break your computer? Installing Linux over Windows can fix your computer!

[Patecatli]

You know you're a stupid computer user when, working as Customer Service Agent for a broadband provider you've never heard of Linux and I have to waste time explaining that there are in fact alternatives to Windows.

[Endomancer]

You know your a forgetful computer user when after 5 months using only Ubuntu & Puppy, you sit in front of an XP laptop and feel completely lost.

[sqrooup]

....some one comes into your store, purchases a PCI-express graphics card; later then brings in the PC, as it does not work; when inspected the graphics card is in the VGA slot, and there are hammer marks on the graphics card, as it would not fit!!!!
:confused:

[Phrea]

it takes you two days to realize that your pc won't boot because you paired your dualchannel dimms wrong...

[julio_cortez]

:lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag:
I cannot stop laughing, really.
Please, tell me that the guy is joking. Even my SOFA knows what Flash is for :(
PS: but he was right on a thing at least: BonziBuddy IS evil.

Anyway, you know you're a (very) stupid computer user when techies come to replace your old CRT monitor with a brand new LCD one and you ask them "wait, don't do it!! I still have useful documents in there!!"

Don't laugh, it happened for real to me when I was a system builder: a user was refusing to change monitor because she thought that the icons and the folders were actually saved IN IT!!

[ronnielsen1]

Your son may try to install "lunix (http://www.lunix.com/)" on your hard drive. If he is careful, you may not notice its presence, however, lunix (http://www.lunix.com/) is a capricious beast, and if handled incorrectly, your son may damage your computer, and even break it completely by deleting Windows, at which point you will have to have your computer repaired by a professional (http://www.adequacy.org/public/users/70/index.html).

Oh my, I've destroyed my computer, in fact, I've destroyed several computers. Come on, this has to be a joke

[maedox]

... you don't understand why the wireless network does not work, when you have flipped the physical switch to 'off' for the WLAN card.

[jerenept]

You know you are a stupid computer user when you think overclocking makes time go faster

[Blutkoete]

... because you install an OS with build-in Internet and E-Mail support thinking that you won't need an Internet provider that way.

[jerenept]

You know you are a stupid computer user when you wonder what color a blue screen of death is

[Jpenguin]

Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
Female customer: A white one...

===============

Customer:Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out.
Tech support:Have you tried pushing the Button?
Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.
Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.
Customer: No, wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet ...
it's still on my desk... sorry....


===============

Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of
the screen.
Customer: Your left or my left?

===============

Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and...
Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm
not Bill Gates.

===============

Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print.
Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer' I've even lifted
the printer and placed it in front of the monitor, but the
computer still says he can't find it...

============== =

Customer: I have problems printing in red...
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer:Aaaah...................thank you.

===============

Tech support: What's on your monitor now, ma'am?
Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the 7-11.

===============

Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.
Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: OK
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is
there another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does
work...

===============

Tech support: Your password is the small letter "a" as in
apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters?

== =============

Customer: can't get on the Internet.
Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer: Five stars.

===============

Tech support: What Anti-virus program do you use?
Customer: Netscape.
Tech support: That's not an Anti-virus program.
Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.

===============

Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen
saver on my computer,
but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.

===============

Tech support: How may I help you?
Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.
Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?
Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how
do I get the circle around it?

===============

A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with
her printer.
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer:"No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good
point. The man sitting in the
cubicle next to me is under a window, and his printer is
working fine."

===============

And last but not least...

Tech support:"Okay Bob, let's press the control and escape keys
at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of
the screen. Now type the letter "P" to bring up the Program
Manager."
Customer: I don't have a P.
Tech support: On your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: What do you mean?
Tech support:"P".....on your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!

[digitalwarfare]

.... You have this converstion in your computer shop :

me: Hello, Madam, can I help you?

Lady : um... yes.. I bought this laptop from you last week, and im having some problems with it..

Me: Sure, whats the problem?

Lady: I'v been using this compter for about an half an hour a day since i got it, and today, it just switched off while i was in the middle of somthing. It wont turn on again, the power light just blinks three times.

Me: ok, lets have a look...

--== Inspects laptop ==--

Me: Uh... have you charged it since you bought it?

Lady: Charged it?....

Me: Yeh, you have to charge the battery, you'll get about 2 -3 hours use out of it before you have to charge it...

Lady: How do I do that?

Me: Well, you see this cable, with the box in the middle? you plug it in the wall, like this , and then plug this end in here, like this. see? now its charging. you can use it plugged in too.. needs to be left on charge for an hour or two, to fully charge.

Lady: I WANT MY MONEY BACK! YOU MIS-SOLD THIS TO ME!!!

Me: ???!!??!? how?

Lady: YOU SOLD THIS TO ME CLAIMING IT WAS WIRELESS! NOW YOU TELL ME I HAVE TO PLUG IT IN!! ..RANT...RANT..

Me: --=SIGHS==-

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No, really, this happened!

[MechaMechanism]

When I forgot the power of recursive in the rm command and delete my /lib dir. :redface:
Occurred several months ago.