Okay so we had these presentations in class today on word etymology, and one guy decided to do his in Powerpoint (I think), but our English class was full of macs so we took a PC from our Computer Science room to get it running. He always thinks he's some sort of computer guru God type figure that knows everything about computers..While in reality he knows about 5% than the typical GH reader.
So he loads it up, connects it to the projector, loads up his presentation, but there's no sound. I was quietly being joyous, as Mr. genius loudmouth over here was having a computer problem. I figured it was a simple problem that would involve the Device Mananger or that the volume was down in Volume Control or that it was muted..simple stuff here. So he goes and plugs the speakers into all the sound card jacks, turns up the volume, turns it off and on, and keeps on insisisting, "This computer sucks". He goes on like this for about 5-7 minutes and finally does his presentation without the sound.
I so totally wanted to go up there, use some shortcut keys, like Start button + Pause/Break to get into the System properties, hit right, tab, tab, go down to the sound card, and ENABLE the device (I later found that this was indeed the problem). Using only the keyboard would've made it all the more impressive. However I really had to do some work that was due next period and was quite occupied..plus I really didn't want his thing to work
But damn I soo wanted to get up in front of our whole class, correct the problem he couldn't fix in 7 minutes in about 15 seconds, say, "You're welcome", or "There you go", and walk quietly back to my seat. I did regret not going up there, but I figured I'd forget it about it as soon as it was over..but NOO, 8 hours later and possibly days later I'll probably still think of it. I could've been the guy to correct our little prodigy's problem.
What makes it worse is the guy's actual presentation. He basically had a lot of girl-man type clipart which made all the girls like, "Awwww that's so sweet".
ARG. What a bastard. But why am I so friggin' upset over this??
So he loads it up, connects it to the projector, loads up his presentation, but there's no sound. I was quietly being joyous, as Mr. genius loudmouth over here was having a computer problem. I figured it was a simple problem that would involve the Device Mananger or that the volume was down in Volume Control or that it was muted..simple stuff here. So he goes and plugs the speakers into all the sound card jacks, turns up the volume, turns it off and on, and keeps on insisisting, "This computer sucks". He goes on like this for about 5-7 minutes and finally does his presentation without the sound.
I so totally wanted to go up there, use some shortcut keys, like Start button + Pause/Break to get into the System properties, hit right, tab, tab, go down to the sound card, and ENABLE the device (I later found that this was indeed the problem). Using only the keyboard would've made it all the more impressive. However I really had to do some work that was due next period and was quite occupied..plus I really didn't want his thing to work
But damn I soo wanted to get up in front of our whole class, correct the problem he couldn't fix in 7 minutes in about 15 seconds, say, "You're welcome", or "There you go", and walk quietly back to my seat. I did regret not going up there, but I figured I'd forget it about it as soon as it was over..but NOO, 8 hours later and possibly days later I'll probably still think of it. I could've been the guy to correct our little prodigy's problem.What makes it worse is the guy's actual presentation. He basically had a lot of girl-man type clipart which made all the girls like, "Awwww that's so sweet".
ARG. What a bastard. But why am I so friggin' upset over this??
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