I've never had any major problems, my dad's a big computer guy and fixes anything that might pop up. I'm only computer literate to an intermediate level. But I have this funny story:
My (ex) roommate was a complete idiot when it came to computers. She only ever used it for writing papers. In college, I developed the sleeping habit of staying up late, getting a few hours of sleep, then napping after or between classes. I was doing the napping thing when my roommate wakes me up, panicking. She's totally freaking out because her computer's "doing something funny." I drag myself out of bed, stumble down to the desk and off of that onto the floor, make my way through her piles of clothes to get to her screen, stuff my glasses on my face, and take a look; only to find that she was in Microsoft Word. It all looked fine to me- no error messages, everything was typing fine, no strange noises, nothing.
Her: "That's not what it normally looks like."
Me: "What do you mean? It looks like Word to me."
Her: "No, there's usually like gray stuff around it. And my typing's not so big."
I look down in the corner, switch it to page view. "Is this what it normally looks like?"
Her: "YEAH! How'd you do that!?"
Me: "Next time your computer "breaks", wait till I wake up to tell me."
Seriously... the lack of knowledge of a lot of people at my University when it comes to computers astounds me. We're at an age where computers are not only popular, but necessary for writing papers and stuff. Learn to use a fucking computer- they even have a basic computer class where you learn things as simple as CLICKING! My roommate saw me using Visual Basic for my Intro to Programming class and thought I was a miracle worker.
My (ex) roommate was a complete idiot when it came to computers. She only ever used it for writing papers. In college, I developed the sleeping habit of staying up late, getting a few hours of sleep, then napping after or between classes. I was doing the napping thing when my roommate wakes me up, panicking. She's totally freaking out because her computer's "doing something funny." I drag myself out of bed, stumble down to the desk and off of that onto the floor, make my way through her piles of clothes to get to her screen, stuff my glasses on my face, and take a look; only to find that she was in Microsoft Word. It all looked fine to me- no error messages, everything was typing fine, no strange noises, nothing.
Her: "That's not what it normally looks like."
Me: "What do you mean? It looks like Word to me."
Her: "No, there's usually like gray stuff around it. And my typing's not so big."
I look down in the corner, switch it to page view. "Is this what it normally looks like?"
Her: "YEAH! How'd you do that!?"
Me: "Next time your computer "breaks", wait till I wake up to tell me."
Seriously... the lack of knowledge of a lot of people at my University when it comes to computers astounds me. We're at an age where computers are not only popular, but necessary for writing papers and stuff. Learn to use a fucking computer- they even have a basic computer class where you learn things as simple as CLICKING! My roommate saw me using Visual Basic for my Intro to Programming class and thought I was a miracle worker.
