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| Thread ID: 114123 | 2010-11-18 20:42:00 | Illiterate PC People | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1154371 | 2010-11-19 00:21:00 | The entire of Southland calls vacuuming "luxing". " I luxed the floor". As for Hrad drives/pcs - do we go to the mechanic and say my gearbox won't start on cold mornings or some such? It's so retarded. I forgive the users, but supposed IT pros???!!!! Should be taken out back and shot. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1154372 | 2010-11-19 01:16:00 | For many people calling it a 'hard drive' is better than calling it 'the big box thing', it feels at least slightly technical. Come to think of it, I don't actually know what I call my pc box thingy. Certainly not a pc box thingy, but yeah. Probably just 'pc' or 'tower' or something. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1154373 | 2010-11-19 01:55:00 | 'Luxing' is a contraction from Electrolux - and old, follows-you tank type vacuum that was better equipped to inhale the dirt and blow it out of the cannister between the wire spool and the fan motor . . aerushome . com/images/about/OurHistory . jpg" target="_blank">www . aerushome . com We had the dark gray one in the center and my grandmother had the blue one on top . They were very expensive in the Olden Days . My dad carried his all over town under his arm waiting for the electric company to install wires on the poles . My grandmother called her Electrolux the Whiz-Bang . This is the same old woman who ran the family cat through the Bendix Washer-wringer . It never meowed again but survived OK otherwise . It was an accident - really! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1154374 | 2010-11-19 02:13:00 | [QUOTE=8ftmetalhaed;968165]calling it 'the big box thing', QUOTE] It's a Computer. Everything else is a peripheral. Keyboard, mouse, speakers. Whatever. Or a monitor. It contains a hard drive. Once they contained modems too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1154375 | 2010-11-19 02:17:00 | We had a customer buy an 80GB HDD off us via Trademe for $28. After the courier dropped it off, I got an indignant email from them complaining that they couldn't plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse in because we never supplied the cover (tower, I assumed). After a really good laugh I cannabilised some faulty machines and sent her a P4 box, OS installed, all ready to go - at no extra charge to her. I never heard from her again. Hopefully today finds her happy with her $28, P4, 3.0GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 8800GT "hard drive". |
The Hitcher (14826) | ||
| 1154376 | 2010-11-19 02:54:00 | We had a customer buy an 80GB HDD off us via Trademe for $28. After the courier dropped it off, I got an indignant email from them complaining that they couldn't plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse in because we never supplied the cover (tower, I assumed). After a really good laugh I cannabilised some faulty machines and sent her a P4 box, OS installed, all ready to go - at no extra charge to her. I never heard from her again. Hopefully today finds her happy with her $28, P4, 3.0GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 8800GT "hard drive". You just gave her some $150 worth of stuff for only $28....why??? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 1154377 | 2010-11-19 02:56:00 | We had a customer buy an 80GB HDD off us via Trademe for $28. After the courier dropped it off, I got an indignant email from them complaining that they couldn't plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse in because we never supplied the cover (tower, I assumed). After a really good laugh I cannabilised some faulty machines and sent her a P4 box, OS installed, all ready to go - at no extra charge to her. I never heard from her again. Hopefully today finds her happy with her $28, P4, 3.0GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 8800GT "hard drive". Hah Your customer service is second to none. I would have taken great pleasure in telling her exactly what a moron she was. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1154378 | 2010-11-19 03:00:00 | Come to think of it, I don't actually know what I call my pc box thingy. Certainly not a pc box thingy, but yeah. Probably just 'pc' or 'tower' or something. Computer, of course. :stare: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1154379 | 2010-11-19 03:06:00 | I hate how people call Vaccum cleaners "Luxing". It's damn VACCUM CLEANING!! People need to improve their english |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1154380 | 2010-11-19 03:11:00 | i HATE it when people call the PC box a HARD DRIVE. It makes me want to kill them! Even worse, a few years ago on Outrageous Fortune, a PC box was called a HARD DRIVE. It pissed me off. Had a tech support call today cause the monitor was not working, I asked if they had checked that the cables were all plugged in. I rushed across town and turn up onsite with a spare lcd and confirmed did you ensure all the cables were plugged in? An older lady told me "yes the screen is plugged into the hard drive" I smile awkwardly, no point in attempting to correct some people, then after being there for about 30 seconds I find that the lcd power cable is not plugged in correctly. Sometimes I wished I had the ability to ban people from using technology until the passed a course or something.:rolleyes: |
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