What is up with people who know how to repair and work on computers? Just because they can work in DOS and can replace a hard drive doesn’t mean they are part of the new world order. Alot of them I have met are an elitist acting bunch of bastards…as if the rest of us who merely know how to run windows and use computers to accomplish tasks are just a bunch of ignorant fuckers.
Aren’t we suppose to be interested in what computers can do and not how many freakin expansion slots they have? I think techies are on their way out anyway. How many TV/VCR repair men do you know?
Come on… you want a piece of me?
errr umm I don’t know exactly where all that came from but I feel better…
And if you are a techie and not an elitist actin bastard then well sorry.
Maybe the elist part comes from where we’re actually willing to crack open a fucking User’s Manual instead of whining to tech support about how we shouldn’t have to learn all this *hard[/i/] technical stuff.
(Sorry, it’s been a long day full of whiny babies on the phone.)
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Phouka’s got it exactly correct. Many users (not all, by any means) seem to be too freakin’ lazy to RTFM for themselves and ask the same inane questions over and over and over.
I do, however, try not to be an elitist bastard. I do realize that computers (and especially the house o’ cards we like to call Windows) are not always the easiest of things to get along with.
Part of the problem is that social skills are often not regarded as terribly worthwhile in the techie community, at least among males. You get people who are extremely skilled technically with the social graces of Jabba the Hutt. If you want social graces along with your bug fix du jour, get a female tech. She may gripe about your cluelessness, but she’ll generally be gracious enough to do so out of your earshot.
Ok Cowboy by all that’s right and holy you hit the nail right on the head. Now why the hell don’t they have social skills? Not well rounded is what you are saying…I bet they would get well rounded quick if you said " “Hey I am gonna pay you $50.00 for every question I asked”. I bet they would get so well rounded you could take one of 'em to the to the peach orchard ball!
Now I am one of those people that asks questions all the time, because hell the “for dummies manuals” are so across the board that numnuts like me just don’t have the patience to understand them. So we are doomed to sniff the pant legs of those of us that have the affinity and patience to figure this techincal shit out.
All I ask is that you please don’t chuckle to yourself when I ask where the fucking desktop is. ok?
You techies still want a piece of me? By God comeon…
Well, it’s like this.
When you’re a “techie” typically you’re not a stuckup asshole.
It’s only that after you talk to people who do stuff that exhibits a total lack of common sense that one tends to get a lil uppity.
I have related tales of woe on this board, right in this forum in fact, about how I hate it when people blame their computer (or any machine, for that matter) for their ignorance. It smacks of the general dumbing of America, and how people are not willing to take responsiblity for their own shit (shit=happiness, success, education, etc.).
Granted, computers have problems (lots o’ them!) but they aren’t as bad if you know what the hell you’re doing!
You don’t need to know every little thing about your system, but take the time to learn the basics. This is more than just the O/S. This is more than just he hardware configuration.
It means you know basic stuff, like what BIOS is and why and how to access it, and how to flash it if need be.
Also, that you can’t store a file directly to a CD-RW drive, you need to use some sort of software.
And that you can’t plug a surge protector into itself and expect shit to work at all.
It’s just as simple as that.
And like Cowboy Greg said,
RTFM. That means Read The Fucking Manual.
“Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.”
Elitist?
No, I’m not.
Know more than many people, especially my non-technical friends?
Yes.
Do I make some people (read: clients who call in for tech support) feel silly or stupid?
Sometimes. Mostly not. But sometimes because the are pompously ignorant. Aaargh!
There is always more to learn. Some wish to stay in the dark. Fine. That’s no reason to knock those who are seeking the bleeding edge.
BTW, I’m not even close to the bleeding edge. I’m still catching up myself.
Hell, there’s no way to be elitist when the guy next to be is a Linux programmer.
Aha, if you offer me $50 per question to answer politely and with good humor, you can be damn sure that I’ll answer 'em all without even the hint of a smirk.
Now if I could only convice my user community that a crisp $50 bill is the customary gratuity for services rendered…
Well fuck me on a pogo stick, I am one of the few, the proud, the NICE techies < giggle >
It’s okay, be a butthead, but here’s something I think all non-techies should remember, you probably have knowledge about things we don’t either.
I often have to stop myself and explain in layman’s terms what I talking about. I find that often people glaze over and get lost with the first breath I take…maybe it’s my breath!
And here I am dealing with an issue over my new system I just picked up today. I don’t know it all, I know that this one particular issue has me thrown for a loop. After three hours of dicking around with it, I am done for the night, I need food and a good night’s sleep!
I spent my formative teenage years repairing TVs, and currently makes a living doing geek stuff, so you have offended me on two fronts!
Perhaps you want to bring up my greying hair as well.
LOL!! Thanks tc, I definitely needed the laugh. You made my night.
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