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Alastor the Stylish
Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco.


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Posted on 11-27-04 07:48 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Nebetsu
Picture this scenario: you are a technician. Some other technician walks into the room while you're fixing some sap's computer because he thought he'd "organise" the /windows directory by putting all the DLL files and EXE files in seperate directories. He asks whats wrong with the computer. You could either say:

A. "My customer was a complete idiot" and not get anymore buisness from him (in computers idiots = buisness)
B. "IO Error"

Think about it.
Not only was that stolen from Ctrl Alt Del, you forgot the REASONABLE answer; that is, saying exactly what they did. The guy gets far more shame from this than otherwise but also knows that it's his fault and that you're not blatantly insulting him (even though by saying that you are.) so he won't stop going there.

You lose again.
Nebetsu

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Posted on 11-28-04 12:16 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Originally posted by Nebetsu
Picture this scenario: you are a technician. Some other technician walks into the room while you're fixing some sap's computer because he thought he'd "organise" the /windows directory by putting all the DLL files and EXE files in seperate directories. He asks whats wrong with the computer. You could either say:

A. "My customer was a complete idiot" and not get anymore buisness from him (in computers idiots = buisness)
B. "IO Error"

Think about it.
Not only was that stolen from Ctrl Alt Del, you forgot the REASONABLE answer; that is, saying exactly what they did. The guy gets far more shame from this than otherwise but also knows that it's his fault and that you're not blatantly insulting him (even though by saying that you are.) so he won't stop going there.

You lose again.


I know that I stole it fromo Ctrl Alt Del. Anyways: if he doesnt know he's being insulted, then everything's happy! ^^
Squash Monster

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Posted on 11-28-04 12:37 AM Link | Quote
Except for the fact that eery reasonable computer technician knows that IO stands for input output, and that means the other guy will ask you a bunch of questions about the wrong problem.

ID ten T errors are better. Or PEBKAC.
FreeDOS

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Posted on 11-28-04 12:37 AM Link | Quote
If he doesn't know he's being insulted, it's pretty stupid.
Squash Monster

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Posted on 11-28-04 12:43 AM Link | Quote
Insulted clients usually don't return.

And remember, a stupid customer is a repeat customer.
Alastor the Stylish
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Posted on 11-28-04 01:04 AM Link | Quote
Speaking of which, who needs to take a CLASS on computers? Waste of time if you ask me. The internet is a much better resource, and costs a lot less.
HyperLamer
<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people

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Posted on 11-28-04 01:19 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Nebetsu
Picture this scenario: you are a technician. Some other technician walks into the room while you're fixing some sap's computer because he thought he'd "organise" the /windows directory by putting all the DLL files and EXE files in seperate directories. He asks whats wrong with the computer. You could either say:

A. "My customer was a complete idiot" and not get anymore buisness from him (in computers idiots = buisness)
B. "IO Error"

Think about it.

Then he starts looking at the I/O ports to see what's wrong with them. If you call it an I-D-Ten-T error he'll know exactly what the problem is.

Originally posted by Kawa-oneechan
Here's my vote:

Bad command or filename. Go stand in the corner.

Or even...

C:\MyCCompiler\> make war
Make love, not war.

$ make fire
cannot make fire.
$ why not
why: no match.

I win.
Alastor the Stylish
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Posted on 11-28-04 01:21 AM Link | Quote
Who needs a match when you've got a rock and some glass?
Kitten Yiffer

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Posted on 11-28-04 03:36 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Smallhacker
Format C: is the best term EVER!
Have you tried it while Windows/DOS is running?

...it's only working when you boot from A: or another drive. So yeah... that's why I find it overated.
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Posted on 11-28-04 03:36 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Squash Monster
Insulted clients usually don't return.

And remember, a stupid customer is a repeat customer.


That's my dad for ya. He never gets it. He keeps coming back too.
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Posted on 11-28-04 04:11 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Speaking of which, who needs to take a CLASS on computers? Waste of time if you ask me. The internet is a much better resource, and costs a lot less.


CompInfoSys11

The 11 means GRADE 11... >>

It's a highschool course.
Alastor the Stylish
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Posted on 11-28-04 05:13 AM Link | Quote
Uh huh. I fail to see how it being a high school course makes it less of a waste of time. You could spend the same time on something you can't (easily) learn online, such as a second or third language.
Squash Monster

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Posted on 11-28-04 05:53 AM Link | Quote
Computer courses make for nice classes to relax in, though.

For example, I take AP Computer Science. We learn Java. For those who aren't in the know: Java is bloody easy. 'Tis very relaxing to have such a class after something tough like AP English Language and Composition.

Anyway, I still say PEBKAC.

(edited by Squash Monster on 11-27-04 08:56 PM)
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Posted on 11-28-04 08:19 AM Link | Quote
Kratos: When you get to university and can grab 3 credits with a babyish online computer course, THEN it's useful.
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Posted on 11-28-04 11:16 AM Link | Quote
HH, you lose actually. Watch:

mike@slackware:~$ make fire
make: *** No rule to make target `fire'. Stop.
mike@slackware:~$ why not
-bash: why: command not found
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Posted on 11-28-04 11:35 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Uh huh. I fail to see how it being a high school course makes it less of a waste of time. You could spend the same time on something you can't (easily) learn online, such as a second or third language.


I'm just saying it's not a waste of money.
Alastor the Stylish
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Posted on 11-29-04 12:59 AM Link | Quote
Actually, it sorta is, because if you want to take the aforementioned later, you'll have to pay for a course instead of it being provided as part of your schooling.
HyperLamer
<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people

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Posted on 11-29-04 05:51 AM Link | Quote
The fact that computer courses are so easy is the whole point. You get credits for practically no work.
Originally posted by FreeDOS
HH, you lose actually. Watch:

mike@slackware:~$ make fire
make: *** No rule to make target `fire'. Stop.
mike@slackware:~$ why not
-bash: why: command not found


Yeah it doesn't work on the new versions.
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