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| Thread ID: 46430 | 2004-06-23 09:26:00 | Fair Go incorrect info | tweak'e (174) | Press F1 |
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| 247070 | 2004-06-23 21:49:00 | Yes, I can see the benefits of that. I guess it is worth a try. Having done a bit of radio talkback, it is very easy to get tangled up in the detail of how to fix one person's problem and you've got every other listener yawning, if the person doesn't know what a pull-down menu is or how to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete it goes particularly slowly, then you butt into ad breaks and things as well. Television and radio have issues that we don't have on PressF1 or in PC World. Bear in mind that the quality and merit of any TV show has very little to do with it's viability or popularity. NZ Idol, and every unreality show out there are excellent examples if this rule. Look at what they do to scheduling of shows like Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, West Wing, and so on where they stop and start and move and hide them. Stay tuned. You never know. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 247071 | 2004-06-23 21:52:00 | Sorry yes I should have been more clear - as said, just a generic show on what (and what not) to do. Of course it could be live - how up to date is that. I can just see all those BSODs.... |
falvrez (390) | ||
| 247072 | 2004-06-23 22:59:00 | A TV show would be good but it would have to be populist to appeal to the widest number of people. TV executives and advertisers are not interested in quality - viewer numbers drive budgets. You could have an excellent program but if only 2% watch it, then it will not pay for itself in prime time. My point is that people need to be educated to buy or at least have their computers serviced at a specialist shop. There is business to be done. Why let the Warehouse et al take it away? The answer might be for specialists in each town to get alongside the big retailers and encourage referrals for the proud new owner. Being realistic, the major retailers aren't going to bail out of computers at present. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 247073 | 2004-06-23 23:17:00 | That hits the problem on the head. You've got people out there with PCs that struggle to manage a sodding microwave oven. PCs are better than they were, but they still get trashed and then some poor bozo (like me) ends up paying house calls after work to sort it out. Not that I am bitter or anything, but when your kids go "my Dad can fix it for you" what can you do. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 247074 | 2004-06-23 23:41:00 | The BBC does an ok show called "Click online". I can never decide if the presenter is a techie talking down to the dimwit audience or a non-techie being smarmy about the technology he doesn't understand. It's an OK show, don't expect to leard anything, it's populist, it's light, it's magazine style and it's on about 1-2 o'clock in the morning! Can't see a tvnz comp program showing any othe time. Good iidea though, there are programs for fishers, petrol heads, cooks, gardeners, plenty, so yeah one on comps too. |
mark c (247) | ||
| 247075 | 2004-06-24 00:20:00 | > Maybe they were on Jetstream? Isn't it on all the > time? > I never turn my computer off. Just the monitor. As far as I am aware diallers don’t work well on ADSL modems. |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 247076 | 2004-06-24 00:24:00 | >>or a non-techie being smarmy about the technology he doesn't understand Thats how i see him,watched it last night,the guy needs to be rolled by schoolgirls. |
metla (154) | ||
| 247077 | 2004-06-24 00:30:00 | > As far as I am aware diallers don’t work well on ADSL > modems . Actually dialers dont work at all on ADSL modems . ADSL modems cannot "dial" . But if you still have a dial-up modem fitted and connected any dialer can still use it despite the presence of an ADSL modem . This is another good reason to have an external dial-up modem, they have a wonderful thing called an "OFF Switch" . You have full control over them . None of my PCs have a modem fitted . If I need one I connect an external . These dialer programs are doing the rounds overseas as well, with a few companies pushing the "service" . The worst example is one site where you log on to complain about a billing charge, and cannot get access untill you accept a "customer service plug-in", which happens to be a dialer . . . . then they say that "you must have agreed to the installation of our dialer" . Enough people pay to make it very profitable I imagine . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 247078 | 2004-06-24 00:42:00 | > PCs are better than they were, but they still get > trashed and then some poor bozo (like me) ends up > paying house calls after work to sort it out. Not > that I am bitter or anything, but when your kids go > "my Dad can fix it for you" what can you do. > robo. You think that's bad? At church if anyone has a computer problem its, "Ask Stan, he'll know what to do". LOL Not that I am complaining - I love tinkering with all sorts of PCs and there is that satisfied feeling of seeing the PC go home all disinfected and protected and the owners getting a quick lecture on computer security. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 247079 | 2004-06-24 00:46:00 | > > As far as I am aware diallers don’t work well on > ADSL > > modems. > > Actually dialers dont work at all on ADSL modems. > ADSL modems cannot "dial". Ya! I was sort of correct there :) ;) |
stu120404 (268) | ||
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