I honestly can't believe that worked. Even once would have been a miracle but several times? How dim can people be? I truly do feel sorry for them.vansau said:Harwell, however, knew that he needed to do something more to get these women to walk in front of the camera without any clothes on. So he created fake error messages that said there was a problem with an internal sensor and the only way to solve this was to put the computer "near hot steam for several minutes." Supposedly the steam would clean the sensor.
You'd think that anyone with common sense would've had some kind of warning go off in their head when this message appeared ("Steam is good for a computer? Seriously?"), but several women apparently took their laptops into the bathroom with them when they took a shower. Harwell managed to accumulate thousands of pictures of his victims.
Well... Not everybody is computer savvy enough to know that...ThatDaveDude1 said:People getting taken advantage of for being stupid.
I blame both parties equally.
Agreed.ThatDaveDude1 said:People getting taken advantage of for being stupid.
I blame both parties equally.
Well, to be fair, I didn't say it was dictionary.com's definition. I already explained the rest above.Simiathan said:As per dictionary.com:i7omahawki said:Lack of knowledge is the definition of stupidity, actually.
Ignorance- lack of knowledge, information, or education.
Stupidity- lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind.
I don't see why, really I don't. Being 'educated' and recieving any kind of academic award for something tends to give people a false perception of competence. That and much of what was taught would change from year to year, making it all but redundant in a lot of areas too soon to be very effective.Personally, I blame education.
I would, bear in mind that this isn't simply computer related, it's electronics in general. People 'know' that electronics + water = bad news usually, and presumably people 'know' that steam = vaporized water, so they wouldn't be suspicious, not even pausing to check it with somebody else? Obviously someone did, while also evidently not being tech-savvy.Sure, everyone knows that dunking your PC in water is a fast way to eat hundreds of dollars, but steam? I wouldn't expect many to be incredibly suspicious of that.
but I know when your posting it from, yes.. I'm on to you buddy!Irridium said:This is why I don't use computers.
You may ask how I'm posting this, and from what, or where?
Well the answer is simple, it is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. And, it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
Actually, I would blame myself for not knowing better, and that is the whole point.zeldagirl said:Thank you so hard this. Seriously, I'm facepalming so hard at this thread.Saikonate said:I'm pretty certain everyone in this thread calling the victims stupid would be singing a different tune if the story was about an auto mechanic who overcharged people by telling them their left cylinder was misfiring or some shit. The only reason you're saying "these idiots!" is because you know enough about the subject that it seems obvious. You can say "oh, they should've known", and maybe that's true, but - and this is key - blaming the victims of exploitation for the exploitation always makes you a shithead.