http://theoatmeal.com/comics/computers
Messes made. Jobs left undone. FREE estimates.
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moosepucky
offlineMemberPosted 1 year ago # -
xcarlosx
offlineMember<From now on they won't call tech support, they'll call you.>
I don't fall for that crap any more...well except for my neighbor Bob. He can never find anything he saves on his computer. Telling people how to solve their problem is hardly ever good enough. They want you to do it for them. (and these are all old guys with nothing to do anyway)
The same thing use to happen with handyman stuff especially involving heavy lifting or use of my truck. My standard line now is: 'Sorry, I have a bad shoulder'
Oh, and I no longer drive anyone to the airport.No sweat G.I., pretty soon payday.Posted 1 year ago # -
That comic describes a large segment of my life.
Latest installment: My mother's brand new ASUS laptop. (I told my stepdad what to buy)
She wanted to go from the bedroom to the living room, so she drapes the power cord over the keyboard (cord right up next to the hing) and squeezes it shut.She calls me and asks if I know why her screen is all rainbows and stuff, and wants to know if I can fix it.
I sent her the address for ASUS repair. Fixed.
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Nate
offlineMemberFound this http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20100905 this morning.
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nupreacher
offlineMemberI have found that tech support people, for the most part, don't know anything. It's usually easier if I just fix it myself. The two times I actually called tech support for anything, I knew more than they did.
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Nate
offlineMemberI had a problem on my mac. I had moved a large system database from my external disk to the system disk to send the external disk out for repair. When It came back and I tried to move it it looked as if it were being moved but it couldn't be. Found out I should not have moved it in the first place. So I started a new db on the external disk and attempted to delete the old db. Failure. The tech did help me, took a long time to get to the point where the db was being deleted. During the process I suggested that I just get into the OS, cd to the folder, and do a rm -R. He was not familiar with that so...
Last week I found that I couldn't empty my trash. The files all appeared to have the right permissions so I did the rm -R command. No problem and quite quick.
I still have no idea why the files couldn't be deleted.
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Pierre
offlineMemberNate said:
I still have no idea why the files couldn't be deleted.Because it's a Mac, and Steve Jobs doesn't want you to delete database files
"If those who say bad things about me knew what I think of them, they'd say even worse." (Sacha Guitry)
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"Earth is the cradle of mankind. Nobody can live in the cradle forever" (Constantin Tsiolkovski)Posted 1 year ago # -
Maybe the files were locked by the OS.
Regardless, I find this video goes a long way to explaining all things Mac.
To put it nicely: "Mac killed my inner child."
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Pierre
offlineMemberMy niece owns – and uses – a MacBook. On her previous machine (also a laptop from Apple), she managed to move her whole profile to the bin just before shutting down. After she rebooted, of course she couln't access her files anymore… she couldn't even log in. Why, even with Win95 you couldn't do such a stupid mistake, the vital files were locked by the OS!
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One of my favorite bumpers stickers reads "Yes, this is my truck. NO, I won't help you move."
Joe
xcarlosx said:
<From now on they won't call tech support, they'll call you.>I don't fall for that crap any more...well except for my neighbor Bob. He can never find anything he saves on his computer. Telling people how to solve their problem is hardly ever good enough. They want you to do it for them. (and these are all old guys with nothing to do anyway)
The same thing use to happen with handyman stuff especially involving heavy lifting or use of my truck. My standard line now is: 'Sorry, I have a bad shoulder'
Oh, and I no longer drive anyone to the airport.Joe
Teacher, K-8Posted 1 year ago #
