everyone is a computer aficionado

[cw42]

so what is the velocity of an african swallow?




<-- omg 1999 posts!! what should i do as my 2000th post???

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Descartes
I find the elitism often associated with such worthless knowledge amusing. I don't mean the OP necessarily, but so many like to elevate themselves to some intellectual plateau unreachable by mere BB employees, etc. as though their ability to read Anandtech and browse hardware specs is somehow indicative of intelligence. The problem is that, yes, everyone is an aficionada due to the overwhelming pervasiveness of computing technology; my grandmother knows about as much as the average wannabe-geek.

I see that you have two choices: improve yourself or continue to belittle others. Keep comparing yourselves to Best Buy technicians and you'll find yourself improving very little beyond them.

My tupence 😀

i should have put something in the first post regarding this matter. you make a good point, and i assure you i almost NEVER do stuff like this. these guys are constantly talking out of their anus though, and i did it for my own amusement. i do not in anyway think i am better than anyone else for having knowledge that they lack. i didnt mean for that post to sound elitist...just an amusement type of thing for the geeks (myself included) here.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th

Originally posted by: Descartes
I find the elitism often associated with such worthless knowledge amusing. I don't mean the OP necessarily, but so many like to elevate themselves to some intellectual plateau unreachable by mere BB employees, etc. as though their ability to read Anandtech and browse hardware specs is somehow indicative of intelligence. The problem is that, yes, everyone is an aficionada due to the overwhelming pervasiveness of computing technology; my grandmother knows about as much as the average wannabe-geek.

I see that you have two choices: improve yourself or continue to belittle others. Keep comparing yourselves to Best Buy technicians and you'll find yourself improving very little beyond them.

My tupence 😀

i should have put something in the first post regarding this matter. you make a good point, and i assure you i almost NEVER do stuff like this. these guys are constantly talking out of their anus though, and i did it for my own amusement. i do not in anyway think i am better than anyone else for having knowledge that they lack. i didnt mean for that post to sound elitist...just an amusement type of thing for the geeks (myself included) here.

I know. I didn't get the impression that you were the way, and so that's why I prefaced my comment with "I don't mean the OP necessarily." I've had my fair-share of interactions with technical ignoramus', but then I try to remember that I only perceive them as such for the fact that I am something of an expert in my domain; I am certain the reciprocal is true: I am someone else's ignoramus. The only thing that then differentiates us is our willingness to educate in a manner as non-pejorative as possible; patience is a virtue oft-espoused but not expressed.

IMO

 

[Wadded Beef]

Whenever I walk into a Best Buy and a salesperson walks up to me asking if I need help, I stop and ask them the airspeed velocity of an african swallow. If they reply with the correct response then I start to ask them questions.

9 times out of 10 they give me blank stares.[/quote]

...what IS the correct response? asking if it's unladen?

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th

Originally posted by: Descartes
I find the elitism often associated with such worthless knowledge amusing. I don't mean the OP necessarily, but so many like to elevate themselves to some intellectual plateau unreachable by mere BB employees, etc. as though their ability to read Anandtech and browse hardware specs is somehow indicative of intelligence. The problem is that, yes, everyone is an aficionada due to the overwhelming pervasiveness of computing technology; my grandmother knows about as much as the average wannabe-geek.

I see that you have two choices: improve yourself or continue to belittle others. Keep comparing yourselves to Best Buy technicians and you'll find yourself improving very little beyond them.

My tupence 😀

i should have put something in the first post regarding this matter. you make a good point, and i assure you i almost NEVER do stuff like this. these guys are constantly talking out of their anus though, and i did it for my own amusement. i do not in anyway think i am better than anyone else for having knowledge that they lack. i didnt mean for that post to sound elitist...just an amusement type of thing for the geeks (myself included) here.

I know. I didn't get the impression that you were the way, and so that's why I prefaced my comment with "I don't mean the OP necessarily." I've had my fair-share of interactions with technical ignoramus', but then I try to remember that I only perceive them as such for the fact that I am something of an expert in my domain; I am certain the reciprocal is true: I am someone else's ignoramus. The only thing that then differentiates us is our willingness to educate in a manner as non-pejorative as possible; patience is a virtue oft-espoused but not expressed.

IMO

dang, that paragraph pwned me. gosh i dont even know what to do now lol...you really put it in perspective :shocked:

 

[Koing]

I like the 2ms pings!

5 different games at once? Try one game at a time! No would it barely run 2 let alone 5.

Some people are so full of it. If you don't know just ask or just don't 'pretend' to know...

Koing