Of COURSE it's funny stuff... some of the best humor pokes fun at human nature and makes light if things that would otherwise frustrate us to no end. Think about your frustration when your computer is not working properly, then imagine dealing with those problems 40 hours a week. If it wasn't funny sometimes, you'd be completely insane in a matter of weeks.
As far as it putting down people who don't know what they're doing on a computer - I'm sure the content of these comics were not meant as an insult.
Once I had a call from a young man (he sounded about 15) who had decided to "straighten out" his hard drive, and his idea of organizing was to put like files in the same directory... when he called me, windows wouldn't boot because he had placed EVERY.ini file on the system in a special directory, not anticipating the consequences. I'm sorry, but this was FUNNY.. and the guy who did it was laughing just as much as I was. (I also give him bonus points for already knowing DOS commands, wherever he may be now) And I doubt he'd be offended if this story made it to a comic strip.
Another example.. my mom got a computer a few years ago, and got her first internet account. She spent a week trying to set it up, another two weeks talking with various techs, all the way up to the system administrator at her ISP and still couldn't get online. Seemed like a pretty major problem for sure! I went to her house, dialed up, and connected right away. She looked at me with disbelief and asked how the F#&%! I did it. So I disconnected, redialed, and very slowly logged in. Next she screamed "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO HIT ENTER AFTER THE PASSWORD!!!" and we both busted up laughing. I dare you to tell me that's not funny.
Saying that someone is "stupid" or an "idiot" if they're clueless with computers is, however, wrong. No matter how frustrated I get with a user, I try to remember this: Everyone has their own skill set and interests, which operating a computer may not be part of. Additionally, there are many people who call tech support who do not have listening, following directions, spelling, mastery of any particular language, or the ability to admit they are wrong in their skill sets either.
Enough of this... I'm off to read userfriendly then help out a few users.
I'll keep that in mind, if I ever find myself swimming in a pool of milk, searching for a platform... that it may be a bit more challenging due to my cell phone usage. However, if cell phones are going to inhibit my performance in a tub full of jello, I'm tossing my phone out right away!!! How do they come up with the ideas for these studies?
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As far as it putting down people who don't know what they're doing on a computer - I'm sure the content of these comics were not meant as an insult.
Once I had a call from a young man (he sounded about 15) who had decided to "straighten out" his hard drive, and his idea of organizing was to put like files in the same directory... when he called me, windows wouldn't boot because he had placed EVERY .ini file on the system in a special directory, not anticipating the consequences. I'm sorry, but this was FUNNY.. and the guy who did it was laughing just as much as I was. (I also give him bonus points for already knowing DOS commands, wherever he may be now) And I doubt he'd be offended if this story made it to a comic strip.
Another example.. my mom got a computer a few years ago, and got her first internet account. She spent a week trying to set it up, another two weeks talking with various techs, all the way up to the system administrator at her ISP and still couldn't get online. Seemed like a pretty major problem for sure! I went to her house, dialed up, and connected right away. She looked at me with disbelief and asked how the F#&%! I did it. So I disconnected, redialed, and very slowly logged in. Next she screamed "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO HIT ENTER AFTER THE PASSWORD!!!" and we both busted up laughing. I dare you to tell me that's not funny.
Saying that someone is "stupid" or an "idiot" if they're clueless with computers is, however, wrong. No matter how frustrated I get with a user, I try to remember this: Everyone has their own skill set and interests, which operating a computer may not be part of. Additionally, there are many people who call tech support who do not have listening, following directions, spelling, mastery of any particular language, or the ability to admit they are wrong in their skill sets either.
Enough of this... I'm off to read userfriendly then help out a few users.
~Astraea
I'll keep that in mind, if I ever find myself swimming in a pool of milk, searching for a platform... that it may be a bit more challenging due to my cell phone usage. However, if cell phones are going to inhibit my performance in a tub full of jello, I'm tossing my phone out right away!!! How do they come up with the ideas for these studies?