My CD disappeared into the computer

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Quasmo
My grandmother thought the same thing, that the tower was the modem, and the monitor was the computer.

Here is an oldie, but a goodie (and completely true):

There was a time many years ago when I only had a laptop and I would plug a monitor, keyboard and mouse (no docking station) into it on my desk at home. I would take the laptop with me on business trips since my wife, at the time, very rarely used the computer and almost never used it without me present.

One day I got a call on my mobile phone when I was away at a meeting. My lovely bride says that the computer won?t work. I pause, then I look down at my computer on the conference table and say ?Looks fine to me.?

She thought this was the computer.

Sigh?

MotionMan

what is that? a power conditioner? poor woman, i hope you got her a computer after that call..heh

More of a power station than anything. These were used more back in the AT based power supply days when everything had hard on and off switches. From a single central location you could power everything on and off very quickly.

I still use one. It's just like a power strip and the desk has a little space that I couldn't use for anything else really so it works out fine. I love when people think I've got an old-school computer because they see that.

 

[DainBramaged]

the title made me lol

 

[Finalnight]

When I was a tech, I had a few customer throw the disc above their drive in the space between the drive and the chassis.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
happens all the time, many towers have a small gap between the drive panels/plates on the front, so n00bs think it is a trayless CD drive and shove it in there

you'll find the CD inside the tower, not inside the drive

Even not being a Noob, I did just that once many years ago. Except I did have a a Slot drive, so it was just a matter of improper aim.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Quasmo
My grandmother thought the same thing, that the tower was the modem, and the monitor was the computer.

Here is an oldie, but a goodie (and completely true):

There was a time many years ago when I only had a laptop and I would plug a monitor, keyboard and mouse (no docking station) into it on my desk at home. I would take the laptop with me on business trips since my wife, at the time, very rarely used the computer and almost never used it without me present.

One day I got a call on my mobile phone when I was away at a meeting. My lovely bride says that the computer won?t work. I pause, then I look down at my computer on the conference table and say ?Looks fine to me.?

She thought this was the computer.

Sigh?

MotionMan

hehe

 

[MisterJackson]

Not quite on topic, but along the lines of stupid funny anyhow.....

Back in the day this lady called my Dad for some help with her PC. At the end of the convo my Dad asked her to start making copies of her 5.25" floppies just in case for back ups.

She called a few days later and told my Dad that her copies weren't fitting properly.

The following is 100% true.....

after my Dad asked a few questions he learned that she was "making copies of her floppy" with a PHOTO COPIER.

She even cut out the pictures of the discs in the paper and stored them in her floppy caddy.

When he had her try the original disc she found it was entirely blank. Apparently the photo copier somehow wiped the disc!

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Not quite on topic, but along the lines of stupid funny anyhow.....

Back in the day this lady called my Dad for some help with her PC. At the end of the convo my Dad asked her to start making copies of her 5.25" floppies just in case for back ups.

She called a few days later and told my Dad that her copies weren't fitting properly.

The following is 100% true.....

after my Dad asked a few questions he learned that she was "making copies of her floppy" with a PHOTO COPIER.

She even cut out the pictures of the discs in the paper and stored them in her floppy caddy.

When he had her try the original disc she found it was entirely blank. Apparently the photo copier somehow wiped the disc!

Is she the same person who folded the document in half before faxing it because the document contained confidential information?

MotionMan

 

[rh71]

no no no... the tower is called the cpu.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Not quite on topic, but along the lines of stupid funny anyhow.....

Back in the day this lady called my Dad for some help with her PC. At the end of the convo my Dad asked her to start making copies of her 5.25" floppies just in case for back ups.

She called a few days later and told my Dad that her copies weren't fitting properly.

The following is 100% true.....

after my Dad asked a few questions he learned that she was "making copies of her floppy" with a PHOTO COPIER.

She even cut out the pictures of the discs in the paper and stored them in her floppy caddy.

When he had her try the original disc she found it was entirely blank. Apparently the photo copier somehow wiped the disc!

Is she the same person who folded the document in half before faxing it because the document contained confidential information?

MotionMan

No, but I think it was her sister.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Quasmo
My grandmother thought the same thing, that the tower was the modem, and the monitor was the computer.

Here is an oldie, but a goodie (and completely true):

There was a time many years ago when I only had a laptop and I would plug a monitor, keyboard and mouse (no docking station) into it on my desk at home. I would take the laptop with me on business trips since my wife, at the time, very rarely used the computer and almost never used it without me present.

One day I got a call on my mobile phone when I was away at a meeting. My lovely bride says that the computer won?t work. I pause, then I look down at my computer on the conference table and say ?Looks fine to me.?

She thought this was the computer.

Sigh?

MotionMan

My mother called me one day with a similar complaint and it turned out to be the exact same situation. Yikes.