Only 39% Curse At Their Computers?

netbuzz writes "That's what we are to believe based upon a survey of 14,284 individuals conducted by security vendor Avira. That survey found that 39 percent of respondents 'cursed or yelled at the computer out loud.' And no computer is needed to calculate the implication: 61% of those participating in the poll believe themselves to have never once uttered a profanity or raised their voice in the direction of a malfunctioning machine. Are the majority of us genuinely possessed of such remarkable self-control? Or might some of these self-reported stoics be exercising a bit of selective memory?"

Comments

That depends

[anom]

I don't really curse at my computer per se, but I certainly curse those responsible for building/developing crappy hardware/software. I have probably never said "Dang you computer", but as for "Dang you Microsoft!", well...

Re:That depends

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't really curse at my computer per se, but I certainly curse those responsible for building/developing crappy hardware/software. I have probably never said "Dang you computer", but as for "Dang you Microsoft!", well...

That's funny. Every time I try to get Linux to work on my hardware, something doesn't work right. So I always find myself cursing the freetards responsible for that mess. Then all is better when I put windows back on there. Just the act of formatting with NTFS makes me feel better at that point.

Then a couple of years later, one of you lusers convinces me that all the problems with Linux are fixed. Then the entire process repeats. The community goes out of its way to convince the new luser that it is his/her fault rather than the fault of Linux or its developers.

All you have to do is make a simple edit to your xorg config for your model of video card. There is a howto article right here at the top of Google. Here, I've even put a helpful link to the page (sort of). I actually took the time to setup a lmfgtfy link and linked to it instead. Oh that discrepancy in the howto guide? Well that part doesn't apply to your model of video card. Here's another lmfgtfy link. Sound not working right? Volume not increasing logarithmically? Well, blame your hardware vendor.

Re:Alternate Theory

[Anonymous Coward]

Or maybe some people know the computer wont be fixed by yelling at it. A kick is usually more effective.

Self-Control

[whois_drek]

Are the majority of us genuinely possessed of such remarkable self-control? Or might some of these self-reported stoics be exercising a bit of selective memory?

Just because the submitter has a temper and a foul mouth doesn't mean everyone does...

and this is news for us at /. ...really?

[hesaigo999ca]

Could we have better more compelling stories being posted please, other then my dog ate my homework, so I had to find a story quick to meet my boss's column deadline.

Self control not required

[sanchom]

Why would one need self control to not curse at a computer? Some people are just quiet. Some people are just not emotive. Some people realize that yelling at a computer is kind of silly. It's not like there's this urge to yell and curse that we have to hold back like a sneeze.

Re:Alternate Theory

[Suki I]

Or maybe some people know the computer wont be fixed by yelling at it. A kick is usually more effective.

I never compute within reach of a loaded shotgun just for that reason.

Re:Only 39% curse at their computers

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

No, they cower in paralytic fear when something goes wrong, or else call for help. The idea of the computer somehow defying or frustrating them is an alien a concept to someone who regards the machine as some kind of supreme authority on the task at hand.

Re:Not at the computer

[Rand Race]

The point? Fear.

If the computer does not fear you it will fuck up all over the place. You must let it know, firmly and forcefully, that you are quite capable of bashing it to microscopic bits. I walk into a god damned room at my work and the computers just start fucking working. Because they know... THEY KNOW that it is I, Baron Randolph Rackovitz, who encompasses their doom!