My mom is under the impression that whenever something is wrong with the TV, it is automatically my 360's fault or in her words "game boxes" fault. When I say that something is wrong with the TV, I mean it is either, muted, has the video display screen and even one time, been turned off.
Too high tech
My father-in-law is one of the most intelligent people I know and there are things he can do with computers that I wouldn't think of and I work in maintainting computers across the globe. Though he has his moments. A year or so ago he drove a car down from our hometown he had bought for us and was planning on getting the train back. He had ordered tickets for collection at the station. He was given a code by the website he used to his email. He sat in contemplation for a while before asking me and his daughter for help. He asked if the station had wifi so he could access his email at the station and get to the code. After this fell flat he wondered if he could email the number to his phone but realised he would have the same problem and then wondered if he should leave his computer on and on the email page. I asked him if he thought of using a pen and writing on paper... this hadn't crossed his mind...
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"A computer's a computer, son."
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But mostly to see how you are, darling.
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You had us at "She reads software license agreements."
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A sure sign of competence is calling it "this technology stuff."
In English Comp. my professor was complaining about how "the mouse wont reach over there" when he was using the computer connected to a projector, I asked him if he wanted me to help, he said sure. I walked over and he shows me how the mouse cord only went so far so he cant reach the link on the screen. It never occurred to him to physically pick the mouse up and move it,... Read More »
