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Dear Dumb Ass (An 11 year olds note to Geek Squad)

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  • baylat, on 04/15/2008, -52/+26awww, how cute.
    • jemka, on 04/15/2008, -32/+9I see potential for a mac commercial.

      Mac Mini & TabletPC

      Mac Mini: What are you doing TabletPC?
      TabletPC: Writing a letter to the computer repair man threatening legal action. Do you have a lawyer for these kinds of problem?

      Mac Mini: What problems?
      • HeyLew, on 04/15/2008, -14/+2:)
      • Xchus, on 04/15/2008, -5/+0I think it would be something like this?

        http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hb-q1XPNr7M
        • samgab, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Oh SNAP! Here I was, hoping to hear Rick Astley's dulcet tones, and it's just the Backstreet Boys? Just no.
      • cdahlkvist, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4Because 11 year old Mac users use profanity?

        What happened to parenting? I think that kid needs his/her mouth washed out with soap rather than a computer.

        I'm guessing this one is fake.
      • DarKnight90, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2I hate mac users so much.
  • CCunitz, on 04/15/2008, -13/+711An 11-year old with a lawyer? That's promising......
    • Shadowdev, on 04/15/2008, -6/+134Probably his jack ass dad.
    • skidme, on 04/15/2008, -54/+5His lawyer probably most closely resembles this guy:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
      • dwray82, on 04/15/2008, -0/+32Not in the least bit predictable.
      • lacreme, on 04/15/2008, -5/+6Rickroll was finally put to rest with two epic pranks, it's dead now.
      • dannyminick, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2rick-rolled. surprise.
      • mynameiscece, on 04/15/2008, -6/+5i like that song........ is that SO wrong?
        • samgab, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1Everybody secretly does. It's admitting it that's SO wrong.
      • iamafatguy, on 04/15/2008, -1/+12(RickRoll Detected!)
      • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2That was the worst rick roll I have ever seen. Fail.
    • triskele, on 04/15/2008, -25/+5Only in America. Probably from the NorthEast or California. NY Metro area would be my first choice.
      • Ender008, on 04/15/2008, -2/+8We don't take kindly to pricks like that here in NYC.
        • tjmb9, on 04/15/2008, -1/+14New York City!?!?! Get a rope...
          • l33tspam, on 04/15/2008, -8/+1AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHSAHSHASAUHDIUDHAUDHASA oh god i loved that commercial.
          • tjmb9, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Pace Picante Sauce
        • theOster, on 04/15/2008, -1/+7seriously - if the geek squad was exposed to this kid prior to them "fixing" his computer, they prob ***** it up on purpose. i know i would.
    • sroop, on 04/15/2008, -1/+44He goes under the name of Hobbes..
      • Ajajadude, on 04/15/2008, -7/+2You mean Calvin?
        • insllvn, on 04/15/2008, -0/+17Hobbes is the lawyer, Calvin wrote the note.
          • Ajajadude, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3This is what happens when I get on Digg before eating lunch. I make myself look like an ass.
    • noahgelman, on 04/15/2008, -22/+15Jewish?
    • karaokekidd, on 04/15/2008, -1/+5That's promising what, sign of the apocalypse?
    • DigDugDigger, on 04/15/2008, -2/+66I was hoping the 11 year old was going to tell them what they did wrong way and explain to them how to fix the problem he was having.

      Most Best Buy employees have the same PC troubleshooting abilities as a common 11 year old anyway, so would it surprise anyone?
      • yojiffyskippy, on 04/15/2008, -7/+1You must be very smart.
        • thespottedelf, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2you must be the dumb ass the kid was sending the note to o.O
      • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Haha, this is true. I worked for best buy for 2 years. They couldn't do *****. The Geek Squad would come ask me questions all the time. They wouldn't let me work Geek Squad though because I was also their top salesman. My fellow employees' knowledge of basic consumer electronics and computers was AMAZINGLY BAD. My manager in COMPUTERS didn't know ANYTHING about computers and would sell customers the wrong ***** all the time. Best Buy only looks good if you compare it to Circuit City.
    • lennybird, on 04/15/2008, -1/+10Sounds to me like he accidentally uninstalled a bunch of windows components in add/remove programs... Just a thought. On XP, anyway....

      The last thing I would do is take my computer to them. People need to learn a thing or two about computers...

      [/nerd]
      • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -1/+8More than likely, the shortcuts just got deleted. Could have been a user profile corruption issue, with either the current user's or "all users" profiles missing appropriate shortcuts. Most novice users tend to think if they delete a shortcut, they remove the program, or if the shortcut's missing, the program was uninstalled.

        [/supernerd]
      • lennybird, on 04/15/2008, -4/+10Perhaps, but then again - at age 11, I was figuring out what cl_flushentitiypacket, meant - in cs - along with other errors. I knew the inside and out of a computer by then. Kids are behind the times if they think shortcuts delete programs.

        [/Perhaps on Par]
        • 11oops, on 04/15/2008, -3/+3Either that or they are too busy having a life and enjoying childhood. Not everyone has a passion for computers or yearns to grow up and be a network admin or programmer. You clearly needed to get out more as a child, and most likely still do.
          • lennybird, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6Define "Having a life". Ironically, people who make these statements are typically the ones who need to socialize a little bit more.

            I define life as living
            I define my liking for computers - an interest. What's yours?

            Nonetheless, I played little league from 8 to 12 years old and played paintball as well. Among other things.
          • 11oops, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Correct, and I'll digg you up. It was a poor choice of words, as I didn't mean it be as negative as it sounded. Try, 'too busy socializing, being carefree, and enjoying childhood.' And by that I mean doing the things that only children can do without consequence rather than focusing on things they will have the next fifty years to do. I can't recall how many times I've heard myself or other adults longing to have their carefree youth back, saying they should have taken more advantage of the freedom and possibilities it offered. I have never heard one say that they wished they had increased their typing speed at eight, learned java at ten, or programmed their first population trends modeling simulation at fourteen.
          • lennybird, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3Point taken. At the age of sixteen, I look back on my not so far away "childhood," as part success, part failure. I look around at the majority of teenagers my age and even a little older and just bow my head in shame at their (hate to say this word, but) maturity. Either I began making friends with the wrong crowd or I just was above them.I didn't (and still don't) fit in with the mainstream activites: drinking, smoking, girls, e.t.c. I'm homeschooled, and instantly - that term brings up socially inept; which isn't entirely true in my case, at least I don't believe so. I have plenty of friends, most of them are older. I make friends more easily with 25 year olds than 16 year olds.

            In the end though, I believe everyone is going to have regrets about their childhood. I'm also not saying I didn't have any fun when growing up, just my fun was different.
        • dfeifer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Also with computers consistently taking a back seat in the gaming world, I see more and more of them on then on a pc.
      • 95acex, on 04/15/2008, -3/+3not everyone was subject to the social alienation and inadequacy that drove you to learn this at age 11.
      • Cerebral, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Actually you must not be as big a nerd as you say. You would have noticed that he is missing the windows "sidebar" which is Vista.
        More than likely someone turned those things off and ran the "unused desktop items" crap which will just delete stuff it thinks you don't use (shortcuts). Either that or they (the kid nor parents) knows how to use vista to find their programs.
        • lennybird, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1That's why I said "On XP, anyway..." So yes, I did catch that.
    • gravityboard, on 04/15/2008, -10/+2promising? THIS. IS. AMERICA.
    • Henwood, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6He's going to grow up to be a myspace moron earning "$250,000 a year by the time he's 19". Just you wait.
      • yojiffyskippy, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2If he survives elementary school. That kid is going to get beat up a LOT!
  • tingrin87, on 04/15/2008, -4/+269he should talk to the consumerist.
    • tingrin87, on 04/15/2008, -0/+132oh god.... http://consumerist.com/379702/dear-dumb-ass-at-bes ...
      • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -1/+7From that comments page:

        "This kid is on his way to not taking ***** from anyone. "
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1eh, go figure.
    • PetroSan, on 04/15/2008, -0/+10hell, he could fact check for them!
    • amdforever, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4Oh man, that's a good one.
    • amdforever, on 04/15/2008, -1/+43The Consumerist:
      "Young man, if you really exist, we're impressed for standing up for your consumer rights at so early an age."

      When I read that, I almost wanted to pick up my 2-liter coke bottle and shove it up the Consumerist editor's ASS.
      • TVarmy, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3I'm conflicted. The kid should learn to be a rational and respectful advocate for himself. However, that he advocates for himself makes him better than most kids his age. There's a fine balance, and I think it's refreshing to see one extreme rather than the other.
    • Rolcol, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2They already rag on Geek Squad a lot. There's no need to reiterate the same message: Geek Squad REALLY sucks.
    • bigsteve, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1I think he's a little old for that.
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  • TobiasParker, on 04/15/2008, -35/+18He should learn where the Mute button is on his keyboard.
    • vatd112, on 04/15/2008, -2/+17?
    • minorthreat, on 04/15/2008, -3/+16it took me a second to get it, so I wont digg you down. Yea... usually the person taking their computer geek squad is the dumbass
    • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -4/+5This is a handwritten letter.
  • josepablos, on 04/15/2008, -82/+3dear Kid-Ass please enter to a forum to resolve your problems.. dm|n| x-generation we need another Vietnam
    • noloveIII, on 04/15/2008, -3/+19You mean like the war we are in now?
      • Gonz037, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1Not to bring politics into this fun letter to "the dumbasses," but the hitler youth had kids as young as 10. I'm surprised this isn't a viable option for the kid at this point! ..... just sayin.......
        • chillypacman, on 04/15/2008, -2/+1we need another vietnam war, not another holocaust.

          sheesh.
        • lamiaconfitor, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1no.
    • stev31h, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4um
    • MSstar, on 04/15/2008, -0/+11what the hell are you talking about
    • twiztidsinz, on 04/15/2008, -1/+10It's called "Iraq" maybe you've heard of it...
      • Pixelante, on 04/15/2008, -2/+1Only professional soldiers allowed there. It's not like it's feasible to draft up kids by the score and send them off to be properly killed. However, WW1 would be a better example: they killed off a whole generation pretty effectively.
    • Grommy, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6What the *****?
    • fuhlavaflave, on 04/15/2008, -3/+6Is it at ALL necessary to bring up how much you disagree with the war in Iraq in EVERY ***** thread?
      Do me a favor: do some research on Vietnam, and figure out why we lost. Then, start reading the newspaper and figure out why we're "losing" in Iraq and Afghanistan now. You'll found out just how different the two conflicts are.
      • lotsa1s, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6Both ((Ignoring Afghanistan) are conflicts were/are waged against the better interests of the United States against an enemy that was/is wholly not a threat to the safety and sovereignty of our country. Both placed the country in a difficult economic position, both were strongly unpopular, and both wars jeopardized the security of the United States on the world stage. Why we're "losing" is completely irrelevant, both wars would still be just as wasteful, useless, wrong, and embarrassing if we had WON them.
        • fuhlavaflave, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3Why we're losing in Iraq is very important, as was why we lost in Vietnam. History is written by the winners, and the truth is that, had we been successful in Vietnam (and we could have been), Vietnam would have likely been looked back on as a major moral victory over the threat of Communism. Not a waste of time. Not against the best interests of our country.

          We lost Vietnam because we entered a jungle war fighting against guerrillas on their home ground. We brought a World War II mentality and millions of dollars in high-tech equipment into a theater that called for us to match the Viet Cong's guerrilla style. We threw money and firepower at an endless wall of North Vietnamese nationalists, seemingly only inflaming their spirit and emboldening their cause. Their small victories were our great losses. We ***** up on strategy, big time.

          The only strategy we ***** up on this time was an end-game strategy. We technically already won this war; everyone laughs when thinking back at Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, but we decimated the Republican Guard in Iraq. We fought this war like we fought Gulf War I: lightning-quick and embracing chaos. We blitzkrieged Iraq like the German's did in World War II. THAT is what the difference is between Iraq and Vietnam. The "war" as it would traditionally be called is over. We are now in occupation.

          Two things:
          First of all, what do you mean by "jeopardize the security of the United States on the world stage"?
          Second, what makes you think a stable and democratized Iraq would justify history calling this war "wasteful, useless, wrong, and embarrassing"?

          • lotsa1s, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0We continue to piss all over the region by haphazardly bombing and invading various countries. Blame 9/11 on "they hate our freedoms!" as much as you want, but we annoyed the wrong people by pushing our way of life into the region with the barrel of a gun for too long. They're eternal-***** for flying planes into our buildings, but in the end, we caused it because we keep trying to stir up the pot.

            Ever see that movie Butterfly Effect? Ashton Kutcher's character keeps going back in time to try and make things better between him and the archtypical girl next door, but each time he does he causes something terrible to happen and ultimately makes things worse. Eventually, he ***** things up so badly, and realizes he can never repair the damage, so he goes back one final time to the birthday party where the two met and stops himself from becoming friends with her.

            His intentions were good, he had an ideal world in his mind, but despite his best efforts, all he managed to do was ruin the lives of himself and everyone around him. See where I'm going with this?
      • chillypacman, on 04/15/2008, -4/+2about the same sweetheart, the same reason 'we' are going to lose the vietnam war.

        Why? Because of those bloody liberals... (so says your modern conservative).
    • aukxsona, on 04/15/2008, -4/+1He is generation Y idiot. Generation X ended in 1980. WTF! Are really ***** old or really ***** stupid?
      • panteradactyl, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1you mean it ended in 1993??
        • aukxsona, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1No, then me and my daughter would be in the same damn generation. Trust me we're not.
  • Blazers, on 04/15/2008, -5/+459That $140 is about how much it would cost your lawyer to pick up the phone.
    • Ganja420, on 04/15/2008, -1/+65its much cheaper to pickup a rock and throw it through the window
      • xMedic, on 04/15/2008, -0/+24And you'll feel better.
      • Bungloid, on 04/15/2008, -3/+8Yeah! That's what he should do! He should throw a rock through Best Buy's window!
        That's ***** genius! I hate Best Buy so much I want to throw a rock through their window! ***** Best Buy! Yay Rocks!
        • murakume, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Simmer down there sparky, there will be plenty of time for rocks and Best Buys windows, but first... We ride.


          /wtf?
    • czeman, on 04/15/2008, -2/+10That's about how much he'd charge if you sneezed and he said,"Bless you."
      • Bungloid, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1He'd probably charge that if he looked at you and said hello. Dirty money grubbing lawyers.
    • t0x2c, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Well the usual charge from the squeak squad is $200. He must have got the insurance, in which case you get -free- diagnostics.
    • camino262, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4Not if mom or dad is a lawyer. It helps to have lawyers in the family.
    • lamiaconfitor, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1or you could just be lying, repeating something you heard... but no, thinking that an 11 year old actually has a lawyer is much more fun.
    • mxmj, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Unless you are 11 and your lawyer is your Dad.
  • stonebone4, on 04/15/2008, -10/+610Yes, please fix Sound Recorder and Movie Maker so he can upload lots and lots of useless "tribute videos" to Youtube.
    • jpesicka2, on 04/15/2008, -1/+25i think those programs come broken nowadays. movie maker works with no problems like 50% of the time.
      • mitchlourens, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4760% of the time, it works everytime.
        • tatltat, on 04/15/2008, -22/+247.5% of the time it bluescreens
        • Issius, on 04/15/2008, -0/+24tatltat, you completely missed that didn't you?
        • machocheese34, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1260% of the time, he gets it all the time
        • jmp478, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1"Well, when you're right 60% of the time, you're also wrong 40% of the time"
          "Aww, why didn't you tell me that before?"
        • souljaboytellem, on 04/15/2008, -1/+182.986756% of percents are made up on the spot
      • rivalius13, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2How are we to put 30 second previews together without it!!?!??
    • tidu, on 04/15/2008, -0/+31And his favorite music put to Anime Montages
      • alienunknown, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4I'd love to see a hello kitty kitty montage to something like slayer.
      • sgtpppr, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Specifically, Naruto.
    • MSstar, on 04/15/2008, -3/+14Any music with naruto montage = instant succes
    • salvadorwii, on 04/15/2008, -2/+52its obvious: windows movie maker + 11 year olds = 90% of youtube
      and 11 year olds + copypaste = 50% of myspace
      • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -0/+25Angry, disgruntled nerds bitching about Youtube, Myspace, Windows Vista and Hillary = 90% of Digg.
        • dfeifer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3sigh.. I was free and clear until you said hillary...
    • dannyminick, on 04/15/2008, -12/+2wow. you seem like a douche.
    • Kanidia, on 04/15/2008, -0/+11I very honestly think that at least half of YouTube's videos starts out with the blue background, the MS Sans Serif, along with the crappy overused backdrop animation. And filled with ***** music... oh god.
      • voetsjoeba, on 04/15/2008, -0/+9And then they use Comic Sans MS at 72pt, call themselves BlackDragon Productions and use "present" when they should be using "presents". GAH
      • haterofps3, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2I like the blue background, I am with you on everything else.
      • doshindude, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2It's a sign of putting no effort into a video and being too cheap to buy anything better than the free crap that comes with the PC.
    • goldfishey, on 04/15/2008, -0/+7he's 11, shouldnt he be able to fix it himself? ;)
  • kcornwell, on 04/15/2008, -9/+252If he read digg he would know to stay the hell away from Best Buy. Tough luck kid.
    • DeathJux, on 04/15/2008, -4/+34Just to clear up some misconceptions, Best Buy (and Geek Squad) isn't entirely inhabited by morons. While the stories that make the news will always be when ***** goes wrong, I have worked with some extremely bright and helpful people at major retailers.

      However, due to volatile nature of retail, and the general lack of quality control, you have talent-less morons that get through as well, so I've found that each individual store/shop is entirely different in the amount and quality of service they provide.
      • Harabeck, on 04/15/2008, -3/+26Still, Geek Squad is always way more expensive than it should be.
        • kinseyincanada, on 04/15/2008, -2/+20any form of repair is more expensive than it should be.
        • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Geek Squad will try and run up the bill as high as they can. I've watched them make some outrageous bills for simple repairs and task.
      • Chaulis, on 04/15/2008, -1/+13Being a rep that works with bby on a regular basis, I know that all they really have is warm bodies who take stuff in, ship it out to the service center, and process it when it gets back. Using GS for computer repair is like calling a middleman to do your banking, they'll generally ***** something up, and blame the other guy for it.
        • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2They work on the desktops, but most of the laptop work is shipped out to some place in Cali. This is because the components for laptops are so proprietary. They do almost ALL the software stuff in the stores. But hey, being a person who worked at Best Buy for 2 years, I can say that all the reps I met were pretty much warm bodies themselves. But hey, if you ever find yourself working as a Rep at a Best Buy store, and you aren't still in school, EPIC FAIL.
        • Chaulis, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1By rep I mean I am a vendor for another company. I will not associate my self as a blueshirt...
      • Bungloid, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2Says a guy who works at Best Buy on the Geek Squad.
      • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2You can't clear up some misconceptions when there aren't any. Geek Squad (and Best Buy) are terrible at what they do, rip customers off on a regular basis, and the stories that make the news are only a fraction of the ***** that really goes on there because most of it goes unreported.
      • wildfarris, on 04/15/2008, -1/+3(Disclaimer: I currently work at best buy but not on the geek squad) Saying geek squad is bad at what they do is just plain stupid. yes not everyone knows but there are guys that do. its split about 50/50, so it really just depends on what your talking about. and as far as being over priced, the service is on most things but not everything. for example 39 dollars for installing hardware isnt that bad but 59 dollars for office is alittle much. while the quality control for store employees isnt as good as it should be, it is better than most and you also have to remember that most people dont religiously read digg, slashdot, engadget in order to keep up to date with news from the cloud
      • Myztry, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2There's always the occasional 'over qualified/under paid' worker at chain stores. But then they get real jobs... Everyone has to start somewhere. Not everyone has to stay...
        • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1True story. I started there and am now an engineer.
    • elvenrunelord, on 04/15/2008, -2/+0i set up computers for people for a living and i send them to best buy because they have affordable pc packages by HP. I have had very little trouble with products from this company. I do admit I never use their overpriced repair service. My opinion is if your going to have a computer you need to learn how to fix the damn thing yourself. And this attitude is one I impart to my customers. it saves them a lot of money in the long run.

      • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1LOL! PC's are ***** color coded! You are ripping people off yourself by acting like PC setup is such a difficult task they could never do it themselves. 10 minutes MAX, and they come with instruction with pretty pictures. They are written idiot style so even my 70 year old Grandmother could figure them out.
  • richmessenger, on 04/15/2008, -46/+84Well if his problem is with Windows there is a free solution. Problem solved.
    • SuperWinner, on 04/15/2008, -5/+16free as in speech?
      • LUElinks, on 04/15/2008, -2/+13Free as in beer.
        • Coolmatt49, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2Beer? Free!? Where!?!
        • consonance, on 04/15/2008, -0/+24I am against giving free beer to 11-year-old children.

          They should have to pay for it like adults.
          • aukxsona, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4They should have to pay extra for the privilege of having our beer!
    • Awspire, on 04/15/2008, -2/+109Uhh, if he cant get basic Windows apps working, then Linux would probably drive him insane.
      • tacojohn48, on 04/15/2008, -8/+12My grandmother was having trouble breaking Windows all the time, and I switched her to Ubuntu. She hasn't broke it since. It took her a few days to get used to it, but now she wouldn't go back.
        • xptoast, on 04/15/2008, -2/+10Linux grandma eh? Sounds like a good way to spread linux.
        • Awspire, on 04/15/2008, -8/+7Ahhh, the ol' "my Grandma even uses Linux", propaganda. Heres a tip, remove Windows admin privs for those that just want to check e-mail and surf the web.
        • TheNik, on 04/15/2008, -4/+2I love the Linux-using grandmother scenario. It's never the case unless your grandma is some IT professional. :/
          • aukxsona, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Okay I'm idgit house wife...I use Linux! My husband breaks it all the time and blames me though ;)
        • benplaut, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2@Awspire: If only it was that simple. The issue is when you really aren't around to fix the computer. My grandma, who uses purely email, netflix, and a tiny bit of web surfing, has to call me whenever she has a problem that isn't fixed by a reboot. Because of weirdness with her ISP, I am unable to connect remotely to fix problems, and it's a real PITA to fix problems over the phone--anyone who has worked in tech support would agree.

          With windows, which she had for the first 6 months of owning her computer, one or two hundred bucks worth of repairs per month was commonplace, because as soon as the littlest thing on her system changed (automatic updates messages, for example), she wouldn't know what to do. Soon enough, she stopped using her computer out of fear of breaking things. The next time I went to visit, I set her up with Ubuntu 6.06 and proceeded to teach her the simplest basics of how to use a computer--left and right clicking, back and forward buttons in a browser: those sort of things. That was over two years ago, and nowadays I get a help call every two or three months--to date, none of the problems have every been a big issue to fix in only a few steps over the phone.

          Can that sort of thing be done in Windows? Sure! I use XP myself most of the time and almost never have notable problems. It would take a fair amount of work to have sufficiently bulletproof security systems for a two year stretch, but it can certainly be done. Would Windows be overkill for her purposes? Absolutely, and so is Ubuntu. The difference is that I really can't count of Windows to stay exactly the same in the hands of a complete novice for two years running. What happens when one piece of spyware goes through the defenses and changes her homepage? A long call to me, and then she has to go to a local tech company and pay through the nose to get it fixed. Worse yet, if they change the slightest thing (for example, not putting her homepage back to what it was before), it's yet another call to me. Yea, Deep Freeze or something similar would do the trick, but what's the point? This sort of problem is something that Linux is really, really good at fixing.

          Gosh, that was wordy.
        • GliTCH82, on 04/15/2008, -4/+4I'm calling *****, because my grandpa uses Ubuntu and he says your grandma hates it.
      • Kanidia, on 04/15/2008, -3/+13I drove insane when I tried to install a program and I had to type command lines.... I know that all time Linux fans will probably frown upon me, but I just wanted to share a noob comment about my experiences with Linux..
        • SolidSnak, on 04/15/2008, -3/+3umm lol excuse me, i haven't used the command line for at least 90% of my program installations and i consider myself a thorough linux user.
        • Syphon8, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6If there's anything more fun than terminals, I want to know what it is.
        • kcirtap6075, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4playing with boobs
        • funkypenquin, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2I find installing MOST programs in linux easier(except in the rare instance i have to compile from source , but those are very off the wall programs that most peaple would not need ) , at least in debian distros. Just open up a package manager , click a check box, click OK ...Presto !!!! Even if I had go CLI , how hard is sudo apt-get install insertprogramhere to type ? It still beats looking it up in google , downloading doing virus check on it , running through installer sometimes rebooting and sometimes running msconfig to keep the damn thing from initiating upon start up.
        • mvent2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1What on Earth forced you to use the command line? Doesn't your distribution come with a package manager? (Search, click, install. Much easier than Windows and no need to specify install locations or agreement to EULAs)
        • Eddible, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Using the terminal is the fun of Linux! That's not even sarcastic.
        • geodescent, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Clearly nobody here uses anything other than Ubuntu. What if you want to run a super lightweight distro such as Puppy and STILL install scanner/printer/camera support as well as obscure stuff like TrueCrypt, ZLQUake, and better ATI drivers on your Compaq Armada 600MHz laptop?
      • ArvinJA, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1If somone installs Ubuntu for him and puts the applications he needs on the desktop, then it wouldn't be harder at all to use ubuntu, as a matter of fact he wouldn't be able to get viruses and stuff like that, and he'd just be better off with ubuntu :)
        • TheGreatBelow, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1You were really stoned when you wrote that, weren't you?
    • minorthreat, on 04/15/2008, -1/+12if they charge $140 to fix an application, I would hate to see how much it would cost to install an operating system. Probably as much as the PC itself.
      • PabloPowell, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4No, they charge $140 to reinstall the operating system.
        • xptoast, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13I'll do it for $50 or a pizza and 10 bucks. Yea I know I could use the 50 to buy more but eh...I give someone credit for ordering me the pizza and letting me watch their tv while I wait for an install.
          • timusca, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4I would do it for a Klondike bar.
          • jgtg32a, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2xptoast I have done that so many times, I usually wait for the new AIM virus to take out half the computer go outside the University tech support center, and offer to do work for 1/2 their price.
      • jamesdew, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1thats not that bad really. It takes several hours to do. A mechanic would charge far more for a job that took equivilent time.
        • cphelps, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2If it takes you several hours to install an operating system, you have very big problems.
          • jamesdew, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0After installing windows you have to install office, .net framework, microsoft installer to install .net framework, direct x, set up drivers, java, service packs, flash, acrobat reader, firefox, security updates + other apps you may like using. Not to mention if the user wants you to back up their data before hand and restore it.
            Installing windows itself is about 1 hour then fiddling with all the other crap I would say another 2.

            I guess the problem here is that the guy didn't do all the other crap properly.
          • cphelps, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1You're really slow.
        • jgtg32a, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Computers are easier than cars.
        • dfeifer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0Strangely, I wouldn't feel half bad about paying the mechanic that much IF he was actually personally paid that money. I know too many mechanics that are lucky to make 16$ a hour... You basically have to open your own shop to rake it in.
        • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2They set up multiple at a time and do them. Its really only about 5 minutes of prompts on their part. They are really charging 140 dollars fo 5 minutes, which is NUTS!
        • Johnnyp1231, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Reinstalling an OS is usually extremely easy, I feel bad when my friends offer me 20 bucks to do this, I could never imagine getting $140 for it..
    • CYR1X, on 04/15/2008, -12/+44***** linux fanboys. There is no need for OS debate here.
      • OrangeSoda31, on 04/15/2008, -5/+19There is ALWAYS a need for an OS debate!
      • lapubell, on 04/15/2008, -2/+4i'm one of those ***** linux fanboys, and I couldn't agree with you more. this is not the place.
      • SolidSnak, on 04/15/2008, -4/+5As another linux fanboy I agree also, lapubell, there is no room for debate because everyone knows that linux is best.
      • wildfarris, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1there shouldnt be linux fanboys, especially how linux is shaping up these days. personally eagerly await the arrive of haiku and then thats the end of linux for me
      • Eddible, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Well at least it wasn't OSX, then we'd have had a war on our hands, let alone a debate.
      • diadem2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1If Ron Paul were elected, he'd do something about this type of topic hijacking by RIAA goons.
      • Endoftheworld, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2My penguin will kick your windows OS ass!
        • diadem2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Do you have to take it on walks? Where does it poop?
          • Endoftheworld, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1No it gets enough exercise from bill gates wife, and it wears a diaper.
      • TxAggie08, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Yeah I love gaming with the latest and greatest games on my linux box...oh. I mean I love using Solid Works to do my engineering...oh. I mean I like to use Linux for...wait those other two things are 90% of what I do. Turns out Linux, no matter how nice, doesn't do anything I or many other people need it to. Don't give me that windows emulator crap either. It only seems to work well on relatively simple apps, otherwise I get error messages I've never even heard of before. Still I do keep a Linux partition on my comp in case Vista commits suicide.
    • nmnnotmyname, on 04/15/2008, -3/+10...
      Thanks...
      Another Windows fanboy was spawned because of this comment. One more that you'll have no right to complain about.
    • tcpip4lyfe, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Free as in pirate ship?
    • laserdog, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1I had assumed the parent was talking about Microsoft's own phone support!

      Sarcasm hat on.

      Surely that would end the woes of this weary end user!

      Sarcasm hat off.
  • ccoch97, on 04/15/2008, -24/+11Best Buy will probably ban that kid from the store and arrest him if he ever comes in like they always do.
  • diggeratwork, on 04/15/2008, -25/+569http://i25.tinypic.com/2m6qwjr.jpg

    way better
    • neuromachine, on 04/15/2008, -70/+3Irrelevant.
    • atbnet, on 04/15/2008, -2/+280ROFL what the ***** did I just watch?
      • BillMoocho, on 04/15/2008, -1/+52A guy lighting his groin area on fire and having it extinguished by 2 guys stomping on his balls.
      • donte, on 04/15/2008, -1/+9... about what the average Geek Squad experience feels like.
    • vatd112, on 04/15/2008, -83/+9wtf was that *****

      (im not black) but because im on the interweb im safe
    • macatizor, on 04/15/2008, -1/+60When people type "rofl", they generally don't literally mean it. However, this case is special: rofl.
    • plizard, on 04/15/2008, -1/+8best.ever. atleast for the day
    • gr3yn3t, on 04/15/2008, -1/+134is that an animated jpeg?
      • bs0l, on 04/15/2008, -0/+57IMPOSSIBLE!
      • MtheoryX, on 04/15/2008, -1/+11Nope. Download it; turns out to just be a gif.
      • PeEll, on 04/15/2008, -1/+8No, it isn't. If you are using Firefox, you will notice "(GIF Image, 156x117 pixels)" at the top. So the server sends you a gif, and your browser figures it out, even though the extension is ".jpg". Firefox 3 does have support for animated PNGs though, woot!
      • Combat, on 04/15/2008, -5/+3GIF renamed with a JPG extension
        • Ascendancy5, on 04/15/2008, -11/+1Renaming it with a .jpg extension makes it a .jpg...

          I think tinypic just changed the address to a jpg, just for looks.
        • Gamer2k4, on 04/15/2008, -1/+12@Ascendancy5: I'm almost positive that JPEGs and GIFs have different file formats, and simply renaming a file doesn't change the format.
          • aukxsona, on 04/15/2008, -6/+2Yes it does. Trust me ..change an html to doc...OY!
          • vertex, on 04/15/2008, -2/+1You're joking, right?
      • Kanidia, on 04/15/2008, -0/+29You can't trust the Internet...
      • Intamin, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3LIES! And a filename bait and switch...

        Trixies...
      • homeagain1, on 04/15/2008, -0/+29http://i25.tinypic.com/2m6qwjr.ExtensionDoesntMatt ...
    • andrew1210, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1Precisely.
    • OrangeSoda31, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2That hurts
    • chewties, on 04/15/2008, -1/+7only so-so until they stomp the fire out, then classic
    • machocheese34, on 04/15/2008, -0/+49How have I never seen that before?
      • riskybeats, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Turns out you and the interent haven't become one identity yet?
    • nmnnotmyname, on 04/15/2008, -5/+6Holy *****.
      Epic win.
    • dafunkmonster, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4must be that dumbass geek squad guy again...
    • mrmount, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Lighting and the "lightning" that followed was hilarious! you truly made my day!! Thanks mate.
    • slightlygifted, on 04/15/2008, -5/+7he'll be fine. asians don't have much that needs protecting down there.
    • rrobster, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Damn flameboy.
    • Mpwns, on 04/15/2008, -4/+1OMGWFTBBQ!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA i dugg this story just for that link.
    • ch33sehead, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Reminds me of Stephen Chow's rendition of Journey to the West (Chinese Odyssey).
    • limedcoconut, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3WTF did i trip and fall and land on /b/chan?
    • Ultage, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0I just burst into laughter in my quiet office... Getting some strange looks... Thanks for the laugh
    • haracas, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Darwin Award.
    • millenniumjules, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1haha..
  • amanilaenvelope, on 04/15/2008, -23/+3spongebob is not gonna save his ass this time. Best Buy is gonna rape him in the butt.
  • CAPITALLETTERS, on 04/15/2008, -20/+5381. Fake an 11 year old's handwriting
    2. Submit to Digg
    3. ???
    4. PROFIT!
    • zerox2, on 04/15/2008, -3/+68where does the profit come from???
      • DeathJux, on 04/15/2008, -13/+3This is where it gets tricky... you see, the story was submitted by the hosting company of the site, unbeknownst to the actual customer paying for the hosting. Now, as the digg effort obliterates the customer's bandwidth, and hyper-inflates his/her bill, the profit goes straight to the hosting company.

        Simple as that.
        • Awspire, on 04/15/2008, -0/+9Since when does tinypic charge for hosting? You need to cut down on those bong hits.
          • DeathJux, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4Well I wasn't being serious anyway, and I failed to notice it was hosted by tinypic.

            Maybe I should increase my bong hit intake.
          • samuel514, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2sure, np, take more bong hit
          • Kanidia, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4Tap some bong.
      • eleli, on 04/15/2008, -6/+119They're theoretical dollars.
        • bs0l, on 04/15/2008, -0/+18Millions and millions of them.
        • thelock65, on 04/15/2008, -0/+7Chocoooooooolate Raaaaaaaaaaain
        • lotsa1s, on 04/15/2008, -1/+7LEAVE KEVIN ROSS ALONE!!
        • lazersailer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4I'm not your buddy, FWEND!
        • Samsong, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2I'm making a mental note to go outside sometime today, but only because I recognized every video on that episode.
        • samgab, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2At a ratio of one theoretical dollars per one jewgolds. jewgolds cannot be traded for LULZ.
      • kinseyincanada, on 04/15/2008, -0/+106duh the profit comes from ???
      • AmICoolNow, on 04/15/2008, -4/+2The profit comes from his lawyer!
      • APer3Caper, on 04/15/2008, -0/+9Diggs are a new form of currency. Reddits are a whole other story.
        • dawnraid101, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1Credits, Reddits. I see what you did there.
          • equallyunequal, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6I'm not convinced he saw what he did there
      • cyks, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Something to do with underpants... wait no nevermind.
      • mynameiscece, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2the profit comes from stealing the underpants....
    • ghostlywind, on 04/15/2008, -24/+1There are only three steps not 4, you fail
      It's
      1. Steal underpants
      2. ?????
      3. Profit
    • phenolholic, on 04/15/2008, -4/+5for kevin rose
    • Soave, on 04/15/2008, -2/+10There's bonus money to be made if you mention Obama, Ubuntu, or Macbooks.
    • OneLess, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2It almost seems like it was typed out, then handwritten. Usually you only see the "the-that" mistake made when typing, and then there's the needlessly sideways emoticon.
      • adame, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1There is no sideways emotion. He is starting a list with the colon.
    • wallryan, on 04/15/2008, -9/+5that ***** was funny the first million ***** times you unoriginal prick
      • TomTruelle, on 04/15/2008, -2/+7thats probably why he was dugg about 200 times, right?
    • tehxen3, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Profit in theoretical dollars, that is.
    • fuzzytank, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0south park underpants gnomes?
      • Maddoktor2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Time to go to work,
        Work all day,
        We need underpants hey!
        We won't stop until we have underpants!
        Yum tum yummy tum tay!
        Time to go to work,
        Work all night,
        Search for underpants yay!
        We won't stop until we have underpants!
        Yum tum yummy tum tay!
    • tchynerd, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Fake? Oh no my handwriting normally looks like that
    • elvenrunelord, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0bumped for making a pretty much useless comment
    • Eddible, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1This is becoming the new Mastercard joke.
  • quomen, on 04/15/2008, -3/+101I'm pretty sure this isn't a real note.
    • plup, on 04/15/2008, -11/+2OK, Sherlock.
    • chuckyc130, on 04/15/2008, -8/+2yeah..(15 now) when i was younger.. I used to just fix it my self, and if i couldn't I would just write an email acting as my dad, but of course me and my dad have the same last name if they ever did accused me of forging I could just say i left off the junior :]
    • chewties, on 04/15/2008, -0/+7seriously, you can tell by the hand writing. it might be sloppy but looks like it was written fast be some one quite a bit older.
      • funkypenquin, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0You sir need to see my penmanship. I have wonderful handwriting for a 4 year old . Age is irrelevant after a certain point when it comes to penmanship .
      • infinitiesedge, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1I agree with the post above me. My handwriting looks like a 4 year old's. Other than the spelling, grammar and punctuation of course..
    • banshee9x, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0i know for a fact that it was real, now the note itself may or may not have been written by the 11 year old but the parent and just blamed it on their kid, who knows we get a vast assortment of people that like to blame other people for their own problems they cause....trust me try and work at geek squad (best buy or any retail electronics store) for a few years and you see nearly it all
  • bwinebarger, on 04/15/2008, -4/+30I would let my kid do all the talking from here on out. He obviously has a gift.
  • killbert24, on 04/15/2008, -13/+14This kids gonna be a millionaire one day with ball busting 11 year old pwning skills like that.
    • clynnc, on 04/15/2008, -0/+14Or, he'll die at 43 of an aneurysm while straining too hard on the toilet.
    • littledietz07, on 04/15/2008, -0/+21Or more likely just another annoying douche bag kid on xbox live
      • xptoast, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2I freaking hate those kids. Thank you Bungie for the mute button and the ability to beat the crap out of them in game...even though I may get booted it's worth it.
  • talonstriker, on 04/15/2008, -3/+33That kid has a future in management. He'll be that pointy haired boss.
  • str1fe, on 04/15/2008, -5/+67He's learning early!

    On a side note, his spelling and grammar are better than most of digg.
    • tim710, on 04/15/2008, -7/+29You forgot to capitalize Digg.
      /unfunny irony
    • nonstop87, on 04/15/2008, -3/+23I find your comment is an overgeneralized view of a group of diverse people and take great offense to it.
    • itsgotyou, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2*Digg users'
      • hayzeus, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3Superfluous punctuation marks.
        • itsgotyou, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1There are no punctuation marks. The apostrophe denotes possesion of the subject 'grammar'
    • Ramenboy005, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1HAY!!!!! AY tacke effense two dat!!!!! ay has goode spelink skellz
    • fdsarawr, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4"...his spelling and grammar IS better than most of Digg"
    • zzhiwen, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3Me fail English? That's unpossible!
  • zorville, on 04/15/2008, -4/+222Kid took the computer to Best Buy to get fixed. Who is the real dumb ass here?
    • drpleau, on 04/15/2008, -2/+9Dumb ass consumerism doesn't apply to ages 0-14 and 65-120 (electronics for the senior citizens)
      • aukxsona, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3120 really? I don't think they know what electricity is.
    • bs0l, on 04/15/2008, -11/+4FAIL!

      Son of a customer wrote the note. Customer (probably father) took the computer to Best Buy.

      man i just ownzed u so hardcore
  • flipmoe, on 04/15/2008, -1/+11I'm pretty sure the customer who wrote the letter has no children
  • bossm4n, on 04/15/2008, -7/+206Inaccurate? Most 11 year old know more about computers than anyone working for Geek Squad.
    • mikedub1219, on 04/15/2008, -1/+5geek squad,"hmm, lets format that'll make our troubles go away!"
      • dawnraid101, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3smeh thats what i do.
        • fragged23, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4same here. on a side note, the people that bring their ***** into geek squad obviously dont know what they are doing, so even though most geeks at the squad are inexperienced, they probably are gonna know more than the average consumer. and for 95% of them their problems are fixed, but the other 5% are gonna be very vocal. you never are going to hear good stuff about the geek squad because it is their job to fix computers.
        • laserdog, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1I challenge you to then link to a single one of those 95% stories. There has to be *one* person who was overjoyed with their geek squad experience.

          That is, unless they really do just hire any random teenager and teach him how to upsell useless services...
    • t0x2c, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0Sadly, the Geek Squad employees get paid more than the people I intern for, who fix computers for two of the largest casino's in the US.
    • brickflow, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0
      this comment has made the new prototype show - Digg Picks of the Week! It's using new software that walks you through the best of Digg, both the finds and comments.

      http://beta.flowgram.com/f/p.html#6WKGOY1D3DI0B2

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  • ElBeh, on 04/15/2008, -11/+2Ugh, Windowshatespam.
  • rambamslam, on 04/15/2008, -5/+4they're learning about best buy at such a young age these days.
    • devfh, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2its better they learn about best buy then sex-ed.

      at least having a kid can't go THAT wrong
  • SEGA4life, on 04/15/2008, -2/+7Man that looks like my hand-writing, and I have kids..... so sad...
    • stonebone4, on 04/15/2008, -0/+10Don't feel bad, mine hasn't changed much (if at all) since 4th grade.
      • soccerman90, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6your not alone. We should start a site for people with bad handwriting to come together
        • com2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3My Dad & I would join, its hereditary you know.
        • benplaut, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2H! I'm the admin of such a community. Here, let me write down the domain for you...

          www.#$*)(%@+_*#@$^%#@.com
      • Scaryclouds, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Same here, my handwriting is terrible TERRIBLE!!!!
      • mathcreative, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1Hey, that;s why we all became geeks in the first place.

        4thgrade-"Now that I a have computer, people can read my letters, and hey it comes with spell-check so I don't have to learn proper spelling and grammar.
      • Diderotten, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2It's from typing on a computer all day.
        /seriously
  • willsani, on 04/15/2008, -2/+11Ah yes, the "fix it or I'll get my lawyers involved" line... works every time!
  • Igei, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2Yup, that sounds about right.
  • voteforblank, on 04/15/2008, -9/+26FAKE ***** like this makes Digg suck!
    • mathcreative, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Come-on, at least the discussion is fun
    • sleepyknight, on 04/15/2008, -2/+0NO !! - it's self rightous assholes who think they know everything like you who suck - ***** off
    • Teh1337Pirate, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1very fake....
  • digitalpencil, on 04/15/2008, -10/+4truly epic.
  • 2bees, on 04/15/2008, -1/+28Taking your computer to best buy is a HARD lesson learned.
  • bingostud722, on 04/15/2008, -5/+4The handwriting that says it is from a customers 11 y/o son is the same as the handwriting in the letter.....Fake
    • jordanmac, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2now i don't doubt it may very well be fake, but that was supposed to be the kid writing that he was the child of a customer...which is why it is in the same handwriting...
  • frostcrow, on 04/15/2008, -4/+3The same handwriting on both the letter and the note at the bottom. I guess he/she thought that he/she could hide it by writing the note in all caps. The most obvious is the D and S , but it is the same person.
    • Chebsi, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2All the 's' characters in the bottom part look completely different than the ones on top.
  • vatd112, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3kids...they make you proud
    • infinitiesedge, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Until they start crying and throw up on you...

      ***** kids!
  • Drwrong, on 04/15/2008, -11/+17***** BESTBUY.
  • wilhoitm, on 04/15/2008, -11/+2CompuNerd from Maria Carey's new video "Touch My Body"

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=CzxR8OH-fDQ
    • thankyousir, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2I hate the not-sexy stereotype surrounding nerds, though I guess the stereotype is not always true. The video was awesome.
  • helraizr, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4The kid screwed up a couple programs.. The OS still seems intact, who cares?
  • Definition, on 04/15/2008, -0/+33Next, he'll need Windows Paint fixed.
    • lamiaconfitor, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Geek squad employee; "It isn't broken, its Windows!"
    • timusca, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Don't forget Minesweeper.
  • johnrust, on 07/12/2008, -20/+12Windows Sidebar, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Sound Recorder.

    That kid would be so much happier with Dashboard, iMovie, and Garageband.
    • coit, on 04/15/2008, -11/+5yeah, the only "dumb ass" is the one using Windows Vista.
    • Haydio, on 04/15/2008, -15/+3Obviously Winfags that have never used a Mac digging you down.
      • Mothrog, on 04/15/2008, -2/+16What's that? It's really hard to understand you when your mouth is full of Steve Jobs's pubes.
        • Haydio, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4Im also a Linux user, are you going to make a comment about Linus?
      • Haydio, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3Seems the Winfags are digging me down.
  • Kronk42583, on 04/15/2008, -1/+21this clearly isnt real. when are these stupid "clever/funny" handwritten notes going to stop. if i've seen one, i've seen them all. its a little tired. oh yeah, and fake.
  • YellowSnowDemon, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2That kid has better handwriting than I do.
  • TremorX, on 04/15/2008, -1/+8Dear Kettle: "BLAK" Love, Pot
  • gamben0, on 04/15/2008, -5/+6Aside from being fake, insulting people you expect help from is fking stupid. I'd wipe my ass with this and give it back.
    • Klarth, on 04/15/2008, -1/+3Insulting people by doing a ***** job when they expect your help is pretty bad, too.
  • santixar, on 04/15/2008, -1/+50Kids have it easy nowadays.
    Back in the day, we had to walk 50 miles, uphill both ways, to threathen someone with a lawyer.
    • wilhoitm, on 04/15/2008, -0/+15Back in the day we had Windows 3.1!
    • com2, on 04/15/2008, -0/+7Forgot "in the snow".
    • gdehms, on 04/15/2008, -2/+0have my babies
    • benplaut, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6No, of course we didn't have shoes. We couldn''t even afford feet! In the winter, which was just about all the time in those days, our dad would sell our knees to pay for firewood. We'd drag the square-wheeled car to the mill with our tongues, load it up with wood, and then lick it back home. Bridges were the worst, for fear of your tongue being stuck to the metal joints--my brother is still out there stuck to a bridge on I-75 after a particularly bad winter seven years ago. If you're every passing by that way, give him a holler for me.

      And then, if we were lucky, the lawyer would grant us a few brief minutes of his time in exchange for the firewood, our frozen tongues, and sometimes even the birthright of the eldest son. The advice he gave was never very good, though--after all, this was the cheapest lawyer in town. The blind, deaf, and dumb lawyer who lacked nerve endings in his fingertips with which to read braille.
      • psykiv, on 04/15/2008, -5/+4You tried a little too hard. Failed.
        • benplaut, on 04/15/2008, -0/+5Please Sir, a few pennies for the effort? I could use that and my elbows to buy a better pun machine...
      • uziko, on 04/15/2008, -5/+1that was full of fail, shame because it looks like you put a lot of effort into it
    • doshindude, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1We didn't have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
    • SneezingTree, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1And the ground was made of tacks!
  • diggdiggerid, on 04/15/2008, -0/+7I first read this as please fix the following programs: All Windows Programs. lol'd hard.
  • Briii, on 04/15/2008, -5/+6I didn't know Steve Jobs had a son
  • CheeseNRice, on 04/15/2008, -3/+19Can you ever really FIX windows?
    • wilhoitm, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2No!
    • ShempRider, on 04/15/2008, -1/+3No.
      Just ask Microsoft.
    • czeman, on 04/15/2008, -3/+2You sure can! It's called formatting or blowing up the hard drive.
    • echotech, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6In soviet russia windows fixes you?
    • markmeinteil, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3As long as it's turned off nothing will break.
    • mathcreative, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1LINUX!
    • Canadian0207, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1let me guess, mac is leet, linux is life, and the devil that is called Microsoft should rot in hell forever. you love obama, the Wii, blu-ray, and anything the consumerist posts. all quirky 1 min videos from break.com and random pics of cats tickle your fancy.
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Broad generalizations are always accurate.

        oh wait..
  • GamemasterB, on 04/15/2008, -6/+3What? They didn't find any porn on the harddrive this time, so they didn't fix it?
    (Reference in case no one understands: http://digg.com/tech_news/Geek_Squad_Caught_On_Vid ...
  • Klarth, on 04/15/2008, -2/+79When I was 11, I fixed computer problems myself.

    Damn kids these days.
    • Combat, on 04/15/2008, -1/+15me too
      • dawnraid101, on 04/15/2008, -2/+10and me
        • r2builder, on 04/15/2008, -0/+9I also did.
        • Jb611, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4I was technologically inexperienced and referred computer problems to an expert.
        • TheNik, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!
        • riskybeats, on 04/15/2008, -0/+10110011101011010 1010000101010101 1110101010101010 1010100100100010
    • Lazydriver, on 04/15/2008, -3/+1I learned how to fix my own computer (starting from age 11, used one since 6) because I was tired of the hardware failures the computer shop called 'viruses'.
    • cl2yp71c, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Effing ay...
      Or broke it even more, trying.
    • slightlygifted, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13when i was 11 i played baseball. i feel like an outcast =(
    • h4mx0r, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2ditto. There was an air of superiority when your elementary/middle school friends came to you for computer help/advice...

      Ah yes, those were the days...
      • Gravey9, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1ya, now computer technology has surpasses your knowledge and you are left in the 3rd grade
    • BTime, on 04/15/2008, -2/+3Programming the VCR Clock isn't fixing computer problems =P
    • jameshighmore, on 04/15/2008, -0/+5Same here. I think this is partly to do with why people seem to be getting less intelligent these days. When I was a kid and I had a problem, I always tried to sort it out myself to begin with before asking, let alone paying, someone else to take a look at it.
    • Gravey9, on 04/15/2008, -1/+3People don't kid yourselves when you were kids you were all whinny little brats just like everyone else.
    • Impeller, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Maybe the kid has a girlfriend, unlike all Digg...
    • kevinsboy, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1When I was 11 I had a Mac.......... but for some reason I have a PC running vista.... where did i go oh so horribly wrong?
  • chirwan, on 04/15/2008, -3/+2fake
  • chimney, on 04/15/2008, -5/+0if he was really a smart 11 year old he would be running linux instead of windows.
    or at least own a mac.
    • NathanielJ, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Yeah, what a dumbass 11-year-old for not owning his own computer. I remember when I was 11 I had thousands of dollars to throw around on electronics.
  • XForSakenX, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0i can say it doesn't look legit. but props for trying.
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