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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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1154381 2010-11-19 03:21:00 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.

you mean the files are IN the computer?




Hopefully today finds her happy with her $28, P4, 3.0GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 8800GT "hard drive".

Wow, I can't believe you just gave away a computer of that spec; it is about double the spec of my daily use main computer.
utopian201 (6245)
1154382 2010-11-19 03:49:00 Wow, I can't believe you just gave away a computer of that spec; it is about double the spec of my daily use main computer.
+2

I couldn't get a $28, P4, 3.0GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 8800GT "hard drive" off you? :cool:
Morgenmuffel (187)
1154383 2010-11-19 03:51:00 Depends on the truck it fell off :D SP8's (9836)
1154384 2010-11-19 04:00:00 Then there are the people who are computer ignorant and seem almost proud to tell everyone that they don't know the first thing about a computer.

They make it plain that they wish to remain ignorant as if it was a very difficult subject. They will tell you it's a youngsters' past time and that they are too old to learn about computers. "Besides," they say, "what would I want with a computer?" which is most probably correct. No point in having a computer if you don't have a use for it.
Roscoe (6288)
1154385 2010-11-19 04:08:00 I hate how people call Vaccum cleaners "Luxing". It's damn VACCUM CLEANING!!

People need to improve their english

I think you mean people need to change their terminology to suit your tastes :D
ubergeek85 (131)
1154386 2010-11-19 04:09:00 On the subject of people not needing computers:

www.youtube.com
goodiesguy (15316)
1154387 2010-11-19 08:05:00 'Luxing' is a contraction from Electrolux - an 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.


Yep and I have one in the garage: very handy to lux the floor when I make a mess. :D Great machines. :cool:
Winston001 (3612)
1154388 2010-11-19 08:55:00 I hear computers called modems all the time, I wonder how this term has become so widespread.
I am always correcting people

Modems modulate and demodulate digital and analog signals
radium (8645)
1154389 2010-11-19 09:23:00 I hate the people that say "LOL i like tots no nufin mch bout computas, bitova retard LOL, heeeeeeeelp me LOL" xyz823 (13649)
1154390 2010-11-19 19:03:00 Ohhh, nasty thought - Imagine doing support over the phone with this degree of dolt!
You're asking them how many lights are showing on the modem, and they're describing the power and HDD lights on the PC.

Helpdesk: "Please reset your modem by unpluging the power, waiting 5 seconds, and then plugging it in again"

Dolt: "Ok, the modem's restarting...<beep>... it says Chkdsk is scanning for bad files"
Paul.Cov (425)
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