That's because thinking causes them physical pain. Haven't you seen them wince when they're presented with something unfamiliar? I'm frankly amazed that some of them know how to operate multiple types of door opening switches, being able to turn a knob, push a bar OR pull a handle. And seem to regularly do so without having an aneurysm, but if there's a dialog on their computer they haven't seen before, or haven't been told explicitly what buttons to click on to change the font? It's like asking them to walk through broken glass barefoot.
It's not just IT. It's any profession. If you've ever had to provide tech support for doctors or professors, you'd know that;) Not all of them are bad, mind you, but when they're bad, they're BAD, because their degree means they're smarter than you in every single way, even though they had to call you to fix whatever stupid thing they did.
I had a similar thing happen with my Panasonic radio in my old Blazer. The volume up button broke (spring-type switch... it was fun trying to dislodge it so it didn't think that the volume up was constantly held down), and I just sent an email to their tech support, and he looked up the part number for the switch, and sent it to me. It ended up being $4 for a switch I soldered on, when a new faceplate would have cost me over $90. I can't say enough about their customer service after that.
Or a fall from a high place onto a high-voltage transformer. You can never be sure, they may somehow be able to stupid themselves out of the situation if you don't provide enough backups...
Except that Windows bases whether a file is executable or not off the filename, which makes it a perfectly acceptable filter for virus scanning. If the file isn't executable, there's no danger to a.cpp file having either the executable code for a virus or even the source code for a virus in it. There's no way to easily get it to run under Windows, without intentionally wanting to do so.
You work in IT and don't understand the concepts of how to get rid of GRUB and reload the Vista bootloader? How did you get your job? Seriously, if you had just googled for "Vista Restore MBR" the first page was this, and it tells you how to restore the MBR, and then you just have to repartition or just format the Linux install partition(s).
Spare computer? If you run Linux (or any other system running an OpenSSH server), you can use it as a transparent SOCKS5 proxy. Might want to look into it, instead of setting up a dedicated proxy, you could possibly use what you've already got running.
I've found that I don't mind a "I've already done that earlier... should I do it again?" response to some of those questions. If you've already helped do some of the troubleshooting, it helps me figure out what your issue is that much sooner;)
Join the club. I think a lot of us were that way. I got yelled at for drawing while the instructor was trying to teach multiplication. It didn't matter that when he tried to surprise me with a question I got it right, without having to write out the steps on the paper or anything, just that I wasn't paying attention to him trying to teach me something I already knew.
Could be any of them that aren't felonies. You're still tagged "sex offender" for public indecency charges, and that database doesn't say anything about that. Try again.
No no no, that fMRI stuff is bogus. Religious thought only overrides the logic portions of OTHER people's brains, not mine. I feel logical the whole time I'm praying, so shut up about things you don't know about.
Elder abuse is along the lines of child abuse. It's basically abusing someone who really can't protect themselves at all, as opposed to what a normal adult would be able to do.
Didn't you know? Being unhappy has implicitly become the worst thing that could happen to an American. You're entitled to your happiness, and anyone that makes anyone else unhappy, ever, is a right bastard and deserves to die.
Damnit, how many times have I got to tell you that slashdot is not the place for good analogies or logic? It's bad analogies and hastily drawn conclusions or nothing!
Yeah, I'm totally leery about letting my kids near anyone who ever got wasted and then took a leak in a public park. Because that makes them Evil(tm). If they're dangerous, keep them locked up. If they're not, don't. If we let people know who all the sexual predators are, I think we should be fair and let them know who all has a burglary conviction, assault, and any other crime that involves any sort of violence or invasion of someone else's property. I'd be more scared to have someone convicted of beating his last neighbor with a rake living next to me than some guy who pissed on a tree in front of a cop.
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Would you settle for something kinda like a goldfish, really only because it's a fish, too?
That's still one too many
Ever do the "You know, I don't know offhand, but I'm sure the helpdesk has some people who can solve the problem faster than I can" tack?
I wish I could find the actual comic, but here's a reference to a Dilbert cartoon that illustrates what you said
Hope you don't need your family to ever do you any favors
That's because thinking causes them physical pain. Haven't you seen them wince when they're presented with something unfamiliar? I'm frankly amazed that some of them know how to operate multiple types of door opening switches, being able to turn a knob, push a bar OR pull a handle. And seem to regularly do so without having an aneurysm, but if there's a dialog on their computer they haven't seen before, or haven't been told explicitly what buttons to click on to change the font? It's like asking them to walk through broken glass barefoot.
It's not just IT. It's any profession. If you've ever had to provide tech support for doctors or professors, you'd know that ;) Not all of them are bad, mind you, but when they're bad, they're BAD, because their degree means they're smarter than you in every single way, even though they had to call you to fix whatever stupid thing they did.
I had a similar thing happen with my Panasonic radio in my old Blazer. The volume up button broke (spring-type switch... it was fun trying to dislodge it so it didn't think that the volume up was constantly held down), and I just sent an email to their tech support, and he looked up the part number for the switch, and sent it to me. It ended up being $4 for a switch I soldered on, when a new faceplate would have cost me over $90. I can't say enough about their customer service after that.
Or a fall from a high place onto a high-voltage transformer. You can never be sure, they may somehow be able to stupid themselves out of the situation if you don't provide enough backups...
Except that Windows bases whether a file is executable or not off the filename, which makes it a perfectly acceptable filter for virus scanning. If the file isn't executable, there's no danger to a .cpp file having either the executable code for a virus or even the source code for a virus in it. There's no way to easily get it to run under Windows, without intentionally wanting to do so.
You don't like IT authorized coffee breaks? ;)
You work in IT and don't understand the concepts of how to get rid of GRUB and reload the Vista bootloader? How did you get your job? Seriously, if you had just googled for "Vista Restore MBR" the first page was this, and it tells you how to restore the MBR, and then you just have to repartition or just format the Linux install partition(s).
Spare computer? If you run Linux (or any other system running an OpenSSH server), you can use it as a transparent SOCKS5 proxy. Might want to look into it, instead of setting up a dedicated proxy, you could possibly use what you've already got running.
I've found that I don't mind a "I've already done that earlier... should I do it again?" response to some of those questions. If you've already helped do some of the troubleshooting, it helps me figure out what your issue is that much sooner ;)
Join the club. I think a lot of us were that way. I got yelled at for drawing while the instructor was trying to teach multiplication. It didn't matter that when he tried to surprise me with a question I got it right, without having to write out the steps on the paper or anything, just that I wasn't paying attention to him trying to teach me something I already knew.
Could be any of them that aren't felonies. You're still tagged "sex offender" for public indecency charges, and that database doesn't say anything about that. Try again.
No no no, that fMRI stuff is bogus. Religious thought only overrides the logic portions of OTHER people's brains, not mine. I feel logical the whole time I'm praying, so shut up about things you don't know about.
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Because "The regime that occupies Jerusalem must vanish from the pages of time" has a much different meaning... :rolleyes:
All I know is that I'm voting for him if I can. Write-in if necessary.
Elder abuse is along the lines of child abuse. It's basically abusing someone who really can't protect themselves at all, as opposed to what a normal adult would be able to do.
Why do they use those drugs? I mean, seriously... is it that hard to force an OD on depressants, where you just go to sleep and don't wake up?
Didn't you know? Being unhappy has implicitly become the worst thing that could happen to an American. You're entitled to your happiness, and anyone that makes anyone else unhappy, ever, is a right bastard and deserves to die.
Damnit, how many times have I got to tell you that slashdot is not the place for good analogies or logic? It's bad analogies and hastily drawn conclusions or nothing!
They still play MXC on Spike? I was under the impression they just played UFC bouts on loop. Every time I switch to the channel that's what's playing.
Yeah, I'm totally leery about letting my kids near anyone who ever got wasted and then took a leak in a public park. Because that makes them Evil(tm). If they're dangerous, keep them locked up. If they're not, don't. If we let people know who all the sexual predators are, I think we should be fair and let them know who all has a burglary conviction, assault, and any other crime that involves any sort of violence or invasion of someone else's property. I'd be more scared to have someone convicted of beating his last neighbor with a rake living next to me than some guy who pissed on a tree in front of a cop.