Example of computer illiteracy?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-17 06:23pm

Someone (again, I won't reveal any bit about who) said that he backs up downloaded files every time they hit 650 megs (he uses kazaa) and that he defragments frequently. He has windows 2000. On NTFS. And he seems to think that when he's doing something else while downloading, the following happens:

Part of downloaded Kazaa file gets placed,
Data from whatever he's using gets placed,
Then another part of Kazaa

He seems to believe that this somehow screws up his hard drive, in that the portions of the files are mixed up, and that one should do nothing when one's downloading. And this is Windows 2000, on NTFS.

My exasperation, if taken physical form, could destroy a planet right now.

Whatever, consider this a rant.

<-- Stamp of Authenticity (Rant)

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-17 06:26pm

Ой.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-03-17 06:27pm

WTF?!!? What a lus3r! Here's an idea: Let him suffer in his own sheer stupidity. Trust me, he deserves nothing less.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-17 06:30pm

Aye. I've tried to "educate" him, but apparently, from what I witnessed, he took it as a cue to restate his position again. I tried a second time, and he restated his position again. Apparently he thinks I have no clue as to what he's talking about when I have full clue of both what he's talking about and that he's wrong. But he doesn't know it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-17 07:02pm

He's an idiot. Yes, fragmentation will take place, but it is exceedingly unlikely to cause any issues. Windows 2000 is designed for multitasking!

Hey, Phongn, what's up with you and double posts lately? Is this a software glitch, a server problem, or something else entirely? You're not normally like this, and you're clearly not a newb. Is something wrong that I can help with?

-Master of Ossus

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-03-17 09:20pm

If he refuses to learn, then let him suffer by his own stupidity. Sometimes learning has to be painful.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-03-17 10:41pm

Oy indeed...even I know better than that. My comp's been running for a year without being able to defrag or be physically shut off without pulling the plug, and it still runs fine 99.99% of the time.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-17 10:56pm

phongn wrote:He's an idiot. Yes, fragmentation will take place, but it is exceedingly unlikely to cause any issues. Windows 2000 is designed for multitasking!

Hey, Phongn, what's up with you and double posts lately? Is this a software glitch, a server problem, or something else entirely? You're not normally like this, and you're clearly not a newb. Is something wrong that I can help with?

-Master of Ossus

The board appears to be acting sluggishly as of late; the two browsers I've used today (Safari 0.6 [OS X 10.2] and Mozilla 1.3 [RedHat Linux 8]) seem to timeout waiting for a response and thus they resubmit the data once or twice - hence the double or triple posts I've been having intermittantly.

Sorry to increase your workload.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-03-18 12:08am

*glances at title of thread*

Umm.....

*points to self*

Hope y'all still love me!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-18 12:12am

Zaia wrote:Hope y'all still love me!

Ah, of course.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-18 12:12am

Zaia wrote:*glances at title of thread*

Umm.....

*points to self*

Hope y'all still love me!

We do sweetheart

Besides so far you can post on boards which is more to say then some of my former co-workers...to which the Internet itself dazzled them.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-03-18 12:18am

*smiles at neoolong and GR* Oh good, I feel a bit better about that, then.

Thanks, guys! *kisses each on the cheek*

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-18 12:23am

My Mom (who asked me this before and didn't believe me) asked my friend who is a computer science major if you could still watch cable TV while your cable modem is on. I shit you not.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-18 12:45am

Stormbringer wrote:My Mom (who asked me this before and didn't believe me) asked my friend who is a computer science major if you could still watch cable TV while your cable modem is on. I shit you not.

Actually, years ago, I used to ask the same too.

Course, now I know FAR more than I did before.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-18 01:00am

Zaia wrote:*glances at title of thread*

Umm.....

*points to self*

Hope y'all still love me!

Yeah, even though I'm a big computer gamer, I can't do much else.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-03-18 02:16am

My mother is rather computer illiterate. One of the things she does, if she's reading something on a computer you're using and wants you to scroll down, is say "go up", because what's on-screen goes up when you scroll down. Quite annoying. I just scroll up when she says that. She has also, when wanting to find something, instead of using a search engine, typed it in like an address, ie tropical birds.com. She also tends to have problems with pop ups/banner ads, like taking the ones that say something about your connection not being good seriously, or being fooled by false close buttons. These are the only examples I can remember at the moment, but there are plenty more.

Normally all this wouldn't be much of a problem, but her apparent inability to learn better is bothersome.