ComputerWorld's Help Form Elicits Some Laughs

PetManimal writes "Like many websites, Computerworld has a 'help' Web form for users to submit website-related questions. The page asks people not to ask about general Web problems, or other issues not related to Computerworld, but that hasn't stopped a regular stream of funny submissions, ranging from a question about using a computer to watch soap operas, to questions about troubleshooting printer problems."

Comments

Re:reminds me of....

[Red Alastor]

Definition of programming. Programming is race between Programmers, to produce idiot proof apps, and God, to create better idiots. So far God is winning.

Of course, since idiots get into programming too.

Check the Daily WTF if you want exemples : http://thedailywtf.com/

Re:reminds me of....

[TheDreadSlashdotterD]

In case you haven't noticed, people make better idiots all on their own. It doesn't take any help from God to make people breed.

It's also somewhat disturbing

[pandrijeczko]

I remember a time when we all used to write things down on paper with pens or pencils and were taught all about capitalisation, punctuation and English grammar in school.

Nowadays, most people can type faster than they can write and have access to all manner of spelling and grammar checkers but just look at the messages on that site (and many others) and it's quite shocking to witness the poor quality of what they've written, excluding the minority where English perhaps isn't their first language.

Maybe some of this change for the worse is down to poorer quality teaching nowadays but I feel it's probably more attributable to simple downright laziness on the part of the writers who just cannot be bothered to take a little more time to communicate effectively.

Re:Not funny.

[Atzanteol]

I certainly don't believe those messages are representative of the public at large.

You need to meet more people. :-)