Alain wrote:

> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/

The one that seriously made *me* laugh was the story about the guy who 
wanted to use an American ISP's setup CD. But it didn't work [because he 
was in the UK]. So he went to the back of the PC and changed the mains 
voltage selector from UK to USA. And the PSU *exploded*!

[I rather suspect it's fake - why would it *explode*? Very amusing 
though...]

Or all those ones from people who's PC is on fire (this *surely* must be 
absurdly rare) and aren't interested in fleeing to safety, they just 
want to save their work or something. (OMG, the guy who asked "How do I 
perform a backup? Quickest possible method." Like, dude... you're 
worrying about backups *now*? With your PC already on fire? PROPPER 
FORWARD PLANNING! LMAO.)

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Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> Actually normal common sense isn't applicable to new technology.
> 
> Rechargable batteries aren't really what I'd call "cutting edge."

Wait...you can recharge batteries now?

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Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Stephen nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/06 10:31:
>
> > BTW2 How can you tell if a keyboard is a French one?
> >
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> Switch A & Q, switch Z & W, switch M & ;, set the number key to the special
> characters.
> Canadian French:
> Similar to US but: "@" is accessed with AltCar+2, the ] is used for ¸(cedil) and
> ¨. AltCar+` and <(over the enter) for { and }. The / is used for é (I use the
> num keypad for the /)
>
> --
> Alain



Brit Joke sorry :)


Stephen

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Tim Cook <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> > Stephen wrote:
> >> Actually normal common sense isn't applicable to new technology.
> >
> > Rechargable batteries aren't really what I'd call "cutting edge."
>
> Wait...you can recharge batteries now?
>
> --
> Tim Cook
> http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean



like it though.

Stephen

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> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> "Frequently, a normal, intelligent person loses grasp of all his 
>> faculties when in the presence of a computer."
> 
> It's a bit like this:
> 
> http://www.xkcd.com/231/
> 
>> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_amnesia.shtml

Imagine what happens when the cat is sitting on the computer :-D

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And lo on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:31:46 -0000, Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> did  
spake, saying:

> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:08:23 -0500, Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet>  
> wrote:
>
>> Go take a look there:
>>
>> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
>>
>
> This one actually made me laugh...
>
> The second day I worked doing phone tech support, I was called by an  
> elderly woman who was sobbing and panicked. After spending twenty  
> minutes getting her calmed down, I finally found out what her
> problem was. She had been on the Internet and recieved the ever-popular  
> message "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be  
> shut down." Immediately afterward, she had heard police
> sirens down the road and thought, "They're coming to lock me up!"

"This program has tried to do something in a way I don't understand so I'm  
going to shut it down" how easy would that have been to use; instead of  
illegal this and exception that?

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Invisible wrote:
> Tom Austin wrote:
> 
>> I once swapped the J & K keys on my keyboard at work.
>>
>> It was great seeing other people try to figure out what was wrong.
> 
> You think that's bad? Try taking a PC, disconnecting the US keyboard and 
> hooking up a UK keyboard. Confuses the **** out of people until you load 
> the correct keymap.
> 
> [Unfortunately, we have quite a lot of US keyboards here. I blame Dell...]

I installed the German win ME (never touched it before) using a French
keyboard (using the German keymap).  I don't speak either language.  It
worked tho ;-)

Tom

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Tom Austin nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/06 14:44:
> Warp wrote:
>> Tom Austin <taustin> wrote:
>>> I once swapped the J & K keys on my keyboard at work.
>>
>>> It was great seeing other people try to figure out what was wrong.
>>
>>   The nerdiness of a person can be measured by how long he uses a 
>> computer
>> with a fumbled keycapping setting (but with intact keymapping) before
>> noticing that the keyboard caps have been changed.
>>
> 
> 
> They usually spotted it pretty quick as their typing was messed up.
> 
> At least in the US the j has a bump used for touch typing.
> By swapping the keys their one hand was in the wrong position.
> 
> So, people that touch typed didn't get very far.
> I had no problem - I don't touch type.
> 
> 
> 
> Tom
Swap the "F" and "J" key (the two marked keys), then take all the other keys and 
randomly replace them. On the key-pad, leave the "5" in place and replace the 
others.
Touch typists won't feel the difference.

Now, you can spot the nerds and touch typists from "ordinary" users. Ordinary 
users will get all fucked up, while the advanced users may not even realise that 
all the keys are messed up for days, even months...

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Stephen nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/07 03:00:
> Tim Cook <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Actually normal common sense isn't applicable to new technology.
>>> Rechargable batteries aren't really what I'd call "cutting edge."
>> Wait...you can recharge batteries now?
>>
>> --
>> Tim Cook
>> http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean
> 
> 
> You always could recharge “non” rechargeable batteries. The manufacturers
don’t
> like it though.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> 
You can, but they don't keep the charge very well. The ones I did recharge 
lasted less than half as long as rechargeable ones. They also got warmer during 
the recharge.

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Orchid XP v7 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/06 16:54:
> Alain wrote:
> 
>> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
> 
> The one that seriously made *me* laugh was the story about the guy who 
> wanted to use an American ISP's setup CD. But it didn't work [because he 
> was in the UK]. So he went to the back of the PC and changed the mains 
> voltage selector from UK to USA. And the PSU *exploded*!
> 
US voltage = 120V. UK voltage = 240V. Have an underspecs PSU with no protection 
and underpar isolation. You can get sparking, grosly over loaded capacitors, 
electrolyt capacitor overheat, electrolyt undergoes electrolysis and start to 
boil, KABOOM!
Once when playing with a small speaker, I pluged it in a transformer and was 
prety unimpressed by the feeble low hum I got, so, I plugged it directly into 
the wall socket, hoping for a loud hum. Use a regular electrical plug, hook the 
speaker whires in to it, plug it in. Instant POF, flash of light, small cloud of 
smoke, smell of ozone and burnt metal, bursted speaker's dome. The coil's whires 
got vaporised.
At the time, I was about 10 or 11.
> [I rather suspect it's fake - why would it *explode*? Very amusing 
> though...]
> 
> Or all those ones from people who's PC is on fire (this *surely* must be 
> absurdly rare) and aren't interested in fleeing to safety, they just 
> want to save their work or something. (OMG, the guy who asked "How do I 
> perform a backup? Quickest possible method." Like, dude... you're 
> worrying about backups *now*? With your PC already on fire? PROPPER 
> FORWARD PLANNING! LMAO.)


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