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- SushiCW, on 10/10/2007, -0/+108Where's the second page? Or does it really just abruptly end?
- imabot, on 10/11/2007, -2/+96Excellent article!
We can demand marriage?, why wasent I informed of this ?!! - pingwax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+55I hate having an article confirm that the only reason I have the friend/family relationships that I do is because I can fix their computers. If I wasn't so desperate for human contact I'd tell them all to pound sand.
TV is my only real friend. and pizza. - Verdanic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+44"So your problem is that your CPU fan has failed which is causing your processor to overheat, shutting down the computer"
"...Well do you think you ca-
"Marry me." - gemini8200, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41What? Pizza, coffee, money?! I've never heard of compensation for spending 3 hours de-spywaring and fixing all of the "my printer won't print" problems! That would be fabulous to have someone actually grateful enough to give you something for your time
- GonadHunter, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33I see your pci humour card must be missing.
- dvsbastard, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33I usually opt for the following troubleshooting method:
1. Yell at it
2. Threaten it
3. Severely beat it
Sure it doesn't work, but it makes me feel a whole lot better.. - Speed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28Pizza is the bare minimum for me fixing my friends computers. It's become so expected that I now know whenever they say "wanna come over for some pizza?" means "fix my damn computer"
- bobbknight, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27The article is written like there are two more pages to it, yet it just dies in mid paragraph.
Lame - SCMacUser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Marriage? Wait, you want to fix her computer for the rest of your life?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27I'd suggest demanding gratuitous sex instead of marriage ;)
- LordSkywalker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22The 5 R's: Reboot, Reformat, Reinstall, Reload, Retry.
- webcure, on 10/11/2007, -4/+25I loved it, and it is true, true, true!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20You know what Helen? ***** you
- Caruthers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18That was a great build-up but where's the delivery?
- helinism, on 10/10/2007, -5/+21Haha not sure about marriage but if you're stuck and your favourite geek is too lazy to fix. Then flirting always works!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15I'm basically you without the techie skills, so basically I don't have friends, and I think my family might actually be a figment of my imagination
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Do you want me to get off your lawn?
- fjf314, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14It never ceases to amaze me how so many people seem to think that because you love computers, it means that you also love fixing the ones they screw up.
- Subvexer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13And porn. Don't forget porn.
Hmm... Porn... - fugazi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Hes trying to plug an AGP 8x into it leave him alone.
- tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Apparently it just ends. I was thinking the same thing.
- UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11You're not alone.
- dannyb37, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Either that out outdated drivers, I recommend he fdisk his brain and reinstall the whole system.
- mrmacky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10What the article meant to say was "Real techies back up their RAID10 every 30 seconds"
- Xenex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9"A techie's first question is always, "Have you backed up your data?" This is to highlight the fact that they automatically back up their own data every 30 seconds"
That is a filthy lie. Techies don't back up either! - Bluntman4000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Some times I like helping people out by fixing there computer for them... Other Times I just want to say http://*****.com/
- fugazi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Usually I did the 2nd one before anything can go wrong. Every month or so.... I know its sad.
- Speed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"REAL techs consider reboots to be a cop out" have you never used Windows. It's not just the Windows way, it really works. If you only fix OSX or Linux, you're not that useful as a tech for friends (I can accept business techs not knowing Windows if they work in an all Linux environment, I guess)
- Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Real techies don't "back up their data every 30 seconds." Real techies run RAID10. (And don't give me any huff about how RAID doesn't replace backups. RAID is better than backing up "every thirty seconds.")
- ffleming, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7My word, and you don't really have to turn the street's power off to turn off the computer. It looks like you've found the fatal flaw in this article! Congratulations, brave sir knight!
- tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8You beat your computer? I'm calling PETC!
- cutmaster, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12My personal feelings, Old people shouldn't own computers! I have nothing against old people, kind of like pissing on a electric fence, you can do it, but I wouldn't recommend it.
- Jade10145, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11for simple stuff I demand a hand job...
for hardware repair a blow job or I am not touching it..
and now let the digging down commence... - Tenoq, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6*best British accent*:
"Have you turned it off and on again?"
...
"Is it plugged in?" - msgyrd, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Yeah, because preying on introverts is a shining example of how to be a good person.
Are you one of those bitches who aced all of her classes by wearing shirts that showed cleavage too? - computergod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Until you have a fire, or lightning strike that takes all your drives out. Then you wish you has taken the time to setup rsync.
- Sunsneezer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Wow this sounds a lot like a bad stand-up bit.
*yells "you suck" from the table in the back* - thatsPipe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6This was funny.... in 1998. It would have been funnier if he made fun of making fun of computer nerds, something that hasn't been played out to death.
- wassim2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Family Christmas party 2003 (true story).
Aunt: "Sam, I have my computer in the trunk, can you fix it for me?" (for free)
Sam: "Uh, sure, I'll have to take it home though"
Aunt: "Can we get it back tomorrow or the next day?" (I live two hours away from her)
Sam: "Uhm, probably not since I won't be back before New Year's."
Aunt: "Oh my, that's too long!" - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I demand a techie!
- delta013, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5FTA: The causes of conflict are: computer won't talk to printer; printer ignores computer; computer has never heard of printer; printer doesn't take computer seriously; computer recognises other printers you don't have.
xkcd needs to do something with this. - coldfusion1970, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Hey, do you know how many customers i speak to who havent switched on their printers or scanners ...
- SuperSloth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Real techies know the difference between backup, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
- ArthurSucks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The average "Geek Squad" trip can be $300 +. If you have a computer thats more than 3 years old, chances are the cheapest budget computer is the same price.
- Wilddigi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You are so funny. I am old and ***** build my computers from scratch. I built 2 this weekend. I work in IT dept working with mainframes and servers that run for Boeing and I probably know more about computers than you dumbasses. Every person is different
- laterallateral, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4YES??? AND??? did you or did you NOT stab her trough the face?
- msgyrd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If someone is asking for help, with Windows, I just follow the Reformant option first. If they aren't willing to reformat, I don't mess with it, it takes up more time than it's worth and it's the only sure way to restore things to what they expected.
I expect them to follow the retry, reboot and reinstall steps. - Nowheredan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3And when logging on to the internet, they should give you a grammar test to see if you can tell the difference between "your" and "you're." If you can't, you aren't allowed to post on message boards.
- msgyrd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Treat all computer work like just as it is...work.
At one point in my life, I was getting phone calls from friends of friends of family members asking vague non-questions like "My internet is slow, can you fix it?" I immediately say that unless they can accurately describe a real problem, I don't even consider it. If they do describe something I can actually do something about, I tell them my time estimation and talk about compensation for that time. If they're serious about getting it fixed, most people don't mind. If they do mind, they were trying to take advantage of you.
If they just want to talk about it, ask for advice or whatever, I don't mind, but when they want me to do for free something that normally costs +$50/hr to have done, I get sort of pissy. Plus, once you touch their computer, you immediately become liable for data loss and future security, regardless of what you've did. -
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