Poll: Are you computer-literate?
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I have absolutely no idea how this thing works. All I know is it needs the monitor and the brain-box plugged in to work.
I'm technologically retarded. Yesterday a vending machine ate my money so I tried to retrieve my money by drop-kicking it, that didn't work so I tried it again and gave up.
I'm technologically retarded. Yesterday a vending machine ate my money so I tried to retrieve my money by drop-kicking it, that didn't work so I tried it again and gave up.
Not even slightly.
This thing is held together with chewing gum and happy thoughts.
When it isn't throwing tantrums for no good reason, it's warning me that it is about five seconds away from throwing a tantrum if I don't buy it one of those new fangled thingies all the other PCs have.
The jerk.
This thing is held together with chewing gum and happy thoughts.
When it isn't throwing tantrums for no good reason, it's warning me that it is about five seconds away from throwing a tantrum if I don't buy it one of those new fangled thingies all the other PCs have.
The jerk.
I really don't know much about the technical side of using computers. I certainly have no idea how to go about building one.
I'm fairly good on the building side of PCs having built and upgraded my own PC for the past coupleof years, but not very good on the software. Thankfully I have a mate who works as IT tech support so I just call him if the usual methods of "Switching it off then on" or "Use system restore" doesn't work.
Both of my computers were made by me (my main PC has actually been rebuilt once by me, as in replacing all the parts and just keeping the case).
And yes I could take it apart in my sleep and its been proven, one day someone called me and woke me up asking what was wrong with their PC, I answered and fell back asleep once they hung up, when I woke up later I called them back to see what the call was about and found out the reply I gave them was correct lol.
And yes I could take it apart in my sleep and its been proven, one day someone called me and woke me up asking what was wrong with their PC, I answered and fell back asleep once they hung up, when I woke up later I called them back to see what the call was about and found out the reply I gave them was correct lol.
I haven't the foggiest about the ins and outs of computer-building, or what goes on inside this magical future-box. I am, however, quite good at working out what the problems with things are, and the fact I know pretty much all the basics in this field means I'm placed at the beck-and-call of all my family and people who don't understand what's going on. A few of my teachers even used to have a habit of pulling my out of my lessons on "important errends" to sort out why the thing had froze or wouldn't print (our IT guys were often nowhere to be found, they were a bit useless).
A few weeks ago, I printed off this and gave it to all my family. It's probably my favourite xkcd strip: http://www.xkcd.com/627/ (sorry, I don't know how to embed. Fortunately, they never need to do that
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A few weeks ago, I printed off this and gave it to all my family. It's probably my favourite xkcd strip: http://www.xkcd.com/627/ (sorry, I don't know how to embed. Fortunately, they never need to do that
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Eh, I couldn't fix it by myself if I wanted too, but I can get my hands on some pretty awesome guides that you can't find in a bookstore/on the net without paying that would tell me exactly what to do with what.
No, I can't give them to you, let alone tell you where to find them. That's your job.
If all else fails, my dad could tell me how to fix my baby (computer) in his sleep while slapping the back of my head everytime I did something wrong.
No, I can't give them to you, let alone tell you where to find them. That's your job.
If all else fails, my dad could tell me how to fix my baby (computer) in his sleep while slapping the back of my head everytime I did something wrong.
I know piss-all about computer hardware but I'm halfway decent with software. If my computer ever goes down (oh wait, it f4cking did!) then I require the assistance of someone who knows computers better than I do. And I definitely don't allow people who aren't professionals touch my computer when it's down {this stems from my friend working on my computer without my knowledge and breaking bits of the tower and video card, pretty much destroying it completely; lucky my C Drive was spared or I would've kicked his ass!).
Ninja'd..Mana Fiend said:A few weeks ago, I printed off this and gave it to all my family. It's probably my favourite xkcd strip: http://www.xkcd.com/627/ (sorry, I don't know how to embed. Fortunately, they never need to do that
dammit.
was just going to post the same thing.
Do you read Backward Compatible? 'tis a funny strip
I can build it,but I probably won't be able to fix it (other than replacing parts). I know what every part does and where it goes.
I'm one of the guys that gets called when none of the other resident tech-heads (at work and at home) have solved the problem. To quote:
"I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong."
Anybody who gets that quote deserves adoration.
"I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong."
Anybody who gets that quote deserves adoration.
I can make it go, and power cycle the router whenever the internet decides to crash on me. Apart from that not really. I can do everything that people would be expected to be able to do, but building one or figuring out why it doesn't work is well beyond me.
I'm slowly-but-surely getting to the point of building my own. I've bought "built" sets from major companies previously, and have always added/replaced parts (slave drives, RAM, video cards, etc) so I'm kinda of teaching myself (with instruction from manufacturers of course). I'm thinking that my current machine's motherboard is about on it's last leg, so I've been pricing new ones with the idea of just going for it and building a new one from scratch.
Probably this guy? http://xkcd.com/349/dragon_of_red said:
It happens that sometimes something breaks without your knowing how to fix it. But then you figure it out. And you learn things along the way that help you figure out future problems more easily. The harder something is, the more you learn.
I know an average amount for someone of my generation. Maybe a slight bit more. Though all my friends are super tech nerds. About half of them are IT guys, server maintence for Paypal or things like that. So I always think I'm much less computer savvy then I actually am because by comparision to those guys I know as much about computers as a chipmunk does.