33 replies to this topic

[ErikAlbert]

Source : http://blockade.door...nts/041603.html )
"I know a lot about computers!" (Knowing enough to be dangerous)
The worst kind of users are the ones whose knowledge makes them arrogant. These users make effectively uninformed and/or risky decisions, all the while believing themselves to be both correct and infallible. The know-it-alls claim to be the best, but their computer systems often work the worst, due to malware, misconfigurations, and general lack of upkeep.
Never let them work on your computer."

(Does this post belong to the forum "Security Warnings" ?)

If you are one of these users, please sign this post

[Tuxedo Jack]

That definition can also apply to quite a few I.T. directors.

[dave38]

Around here, they are known as "custards" Sort of cross between a customer and a b*** ( well, you get the idea!)

[ErikAlbert]

My former boss was a custard.
Everybody in the computer department needed a poker face during his meetings.

[Paranoid]

Source : http://blockade.door...nts/041603.html )
"I know a lot about computers!" (Knowing enough to be dangerous)
The worst kind of users are the ones whose knowledge makes them arrogant. These users make effectively uninformed and/or risky decisions, all the while believing themselves to be both correct and infallible. The know-it-alls claim to be the best, but their computer systems often work the worst, due to malware, misconfigurations, and general lack of upkeep.
Never let them work on your computer."

(Does this post belong to the forum "Security Warnings" ?)

If you are one of these users, please sign this post     

Besides yourself you mean?

Edited by Paranoid, 28 December 2004 - 09:17 AM.

[ErikAlbert]

Yes Paranoid, but there is a big difference between me and them.
I'm not arrogant and I know my limits.
If I was like them I would be the worst helper in the Malware Removal forum, but I hardly post in this forum and the leaders of this forum wouldn't even allow me to act like a fool in this forum.
I'm not stupid, I'm just not motivated like you.
Maybe one day the malware fever will hit me and when it does I might become a second Paranoid

[LostAccount]

I don't know whether I should sign this post. Am I one of them?

Edited by LostAccount, 30 December 2004 - 02:42 AM.

[Paranoid]

I don't know whether I should sign this post. Am I one of them?

Well if you know for sure you shouldnt sign this post then maybe you are one of them.

[LostAccount]

lol

Edited by LostAccount, 05 January 2005 - 02:49 AM.

[macaroo]

I am in the business of PC repair and clean up. I have never met a 10 year old child (boys especially) that does not swears he knows everything about computers. Then I usually ask them why they changed the passwords on their grandparents computer without telling them!!

[www]

boys especially

Girls can use computers!?!

Well, first post (hi everyone) and figured this was a good place.

Often find a fairly good test is to bring the conversation round to pc protection... when they say, "I'm alright, I've got an anti-virus"...

[ErikAlbert]

Yeah right, girls and computers.

I never met a logical woman in my life, but they do exist here and there.

I think a logical woman was an accidental genetic mutation as a desperate attempt to improve the human race.

Edited by ErikAlbert, 07 January 2005 - 01:51 PM.

[LostAccount]

I'm sure you can find plenty of those girls in Spywareinfo.

[cnm]

Do not vex the Mother Lion, my boy.
She was/is a grrrl.

[Shan]

Hey, I'm a female biochem major who out-programmed most of the guys in my AP Computer Science class last year in high school and who's the closest thing my dorm (at a very engineering-oriented college) has to a resident malware expert (though I know myself I'm pretty darn far from that, compared to the rest around... )

[ErikAlbert]

Shan,
I bet you are not a natural blonde, that's why you out-programmed most of the guys in your AP Computer Science class.
A natural blonde would do something else with these guys.

It happens sometimes that a blonde paints her hair in another color at our company to hide her blonde status.
These women are considered as cases of "Artificial Intelligence" in our computer department.

[Budfred]

ErikAlbert,

I never met a logical Belgian in my life, but they do exist here and there.

I think a logical Belgian was an accidental genetic mutation as a desperate attempt to improve the human race.

I bet you are not a natural Belgian, that's why you out-programmed most of the guys in your AP Computer Science class.
A natural Belgian would do something else with these guys.

It happens sometimes that a Belgian paints his nationality in another national identity at our company to hide his Belgian status.
These Belgians are considered as cases of "Artificial Intelligence" in our computer department.

[ErikAlbert]

LOL Budfred,
I was expecting an answer like yours from Shan.
Maybe tomorrow, I can wait

[helperatwork]

Just to add here..... Not to make fun of anyone but well, here it goes...

Once a friend asked me, "I cant sign in to my Yahoo Account."
I asked him what do you get when you put in your username blah blah blah...
He said,"I get an error like page not found or no matches found...."
I just got the hint and asked him where are you typing your username and password..
He replied,"In the search path!! "


My friend told me this one....

One of his friends approached him and said, " I just created a new email account and have sent you a mail"
My friend wondered how come he know my email address??
He asked his friend, "what address did you send it to?"
The guy replied,"saad@hotmail.com" (Thinking that putting anyone's name would get the mail right to his mailbox)



The above were just examples and not intended to freak-out someone.

Knowing a single percent of PC puts you over many others...........

I an glad that I know more than one percent.......

[www]

“I never met a logical Belgian in my life, but they do exist here and there.”

Hercule Poirot? Oh, just a pigment of someone’s imagination, painted on the page by an English woman (not sure if she was a blonde or not!)

[ErikAlbert]

I once read that Agatha Christie didn't like Hercule Poirot too much (probably because he was a belgian )
Her favorite detective was Miss Marple.
My favorite was Hercule Poirot of course.

[ErikAlbert]

helperatwork,
I don't consider this as making fun of somebody.
I did alot of stupid things in my life and I use any opportunity to tell people about them.
Even on TV we have several programs with bloopers.
I even read a book with bloopers of students, written by a teacher.
As long it is not used to hurt somebody constantly in an evil way, I can have fun with it and I had a good laugh with your post.

[LostAccount]

cnm,

I'm sorry if I vexed you but I do not mean that the girls here were mutations or something. I just meant high tech girls.

[Budfred]

LostAccount,

I'm sorry if I vexed you but I do not mean that the girls here were mutations or something. I just meant high tech girls.

And this is supposed to be less offensive?? This isn't boy's camp people.... Bigoted stereotypes just don't work here...

[Paranoid]

LostAccount,

I'm sorry if I vexed you but I do not mean that the girls here were mutations or something. I just meant high tech girls.

And this is supposed to be less offensive?? This isn't boy's camp people.... Bigoted stereotypes just don't work here...

Does pointing out the fact that "Lostaccount" is a kid, with little experience of the ways of the world help?

[Archon_Wing]

I think Lostaccount was more referring to the "Logical person" part than mutations. But that's just me.

Edited by Archon_Wing, 09 January 2005 - 08:59 AM.

[Budfred]

That may be Archon_Wing... I made the comment because the tone of several posts here seem to be directed at putting down women and women who are technically adept even more... I find it offensive and I suspect others do to, so I will not tacitly approve it by staying silent...

[Archon_Wing]

Point noted. I just didn't want any long winded arguments coming from misunderstandings.

Anyhow, some people made jokes based on sterotypes, and they were bad jokes. Hopefully, those involved will realize that they are sinking pretty fast if they continue and will be promptly fed to the lions.

[ErikAlbert]

Jesus Christ people,
Maybe all that serious work made you humorless.
The whole topic is a joke. There is no need to get upset.
Don't you have fun in life anymore or what ?

[Archon_Wing]

Yes, fun is so like, 2004.

[LostAccount]

LostAccount,

I'm sorry if I vexed you but I do not mean that the girls here were mutations or something. I just meant high tech girls.

And this is supposed to be less offensive?? This isn't boy's camp people.... Bigoted stereotypes just don't work here...

Budfred, I don't see what is so wrong about HIGH-TECH girls. I did not see it as an offending remark and I certainly think that there are a lot of such girls here...Is that wrong??? It is certainly not stereotyping. I would like you to point out what is so offending about that post. I can be offended too, and say that you were accusing me of doing something wrong that I did NOT do, and that is flaming.

I have seen far worst posts in this topic and other topics too... Why are you only scolding me?? My post was that:

I'm sure you can find plenty of those girls in Spywareinfo.

And by that I meant high-tech girls

Which translates to:

I'm sure you can find plenty of those high-tech girls in Spywareinfo.

Now tell me which is worse (I AM NOT POINTING FINGERS):

Girls can use computers!?!

Yeah right, girls and computers. (JOKE from someone)

I really think that you should not be chiding me as mine is not a joke AND definitely not an attempt to say that girls not tech-savvy.

Obviously I am trying to say that that is an example that girls can use computers to prove this statement wrong:

Girls can use computers!?!

No matter how tech-savvy you are, we are still human and prone to misunderstandings and mistakes.

Perhaps Paranoid is right. You think that I am a kid...

I would also like to say that I'm sorry if I am genuinely wrong and you won't be seeing any more posts from me till you've or I've cooled down.

Edited by LostAccount, 10 January 2005 - 04:27 AM.

[helperatwork]

To chill things up here, more bloopers:

"I work in a software store. One time while at work a man walked up to me and said that he thought his computer had a virus. I asked him what his computer was doing, and he said, 'Well, the monitor keeps getting warm.'"

What about on-line modem access software that tells you to go and download the latest version of the software if you can't get the product to work. HUH?

"I work in a computer lab. A girl comes up to me all hysterical. I ask her what's wrong and she tells me, "The computer went blank! I lost my whole paper!" I look at her and the computer. I simply tell her to move the mouse... stupid screen saver!"

BLOOPER #1: This guy calls in to complain that he gets an "Access Denied" message every time he logs in. It turned out he was typing his user name and password in capital letters.
Tech Support: "OK, let's try once more, but use lower case letters."
Customer: "Uh, I only have capital letters on my keyboard."

BLOOPER #2: Customer: "Hello? I'm trying to dial in. I installed the software okay, and it dialed fine. I could hear that. Then I could hear the two computers connecting. But then the sound all stopped, so I picked up the phone to see if they were still connected, and I got the message, 'No Carrier,' on my screen. What's wrong?"


I know that wasnt much funny. But I am just tryin to remove the differences here by bringing in some humour. C'mon guys, we should be cooler in our communication and understand each other well. I believe no one is here to blame each other, but misunderstandings could lead to that.
Just relax and well, We all know that guys and gals are equal .

[ErikAlbert]

helperatwork,
Thanks for the jokes (I didn't know them yet) and the right remarks on this topic. That's my opinion too.
I'm not going to explain my posts. It was obvious for me that I was joking.
Men make fun of women and women make fun of men.
If you can't see the difference between serious and fun anymore, it's high time to go on holidays.

[cnm]

And high time to close this topic.

I knew that people were joking, but it seems to be going on and on.
I trust I speak for all the women here when I say "No offense taken"..