Pet Peeves (Computer Related)

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MysticLlama

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Originally posted by: Eli
Calling the whole case the CPU.
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Haha, my boss sent an e-mail to me and the other tech guy (he's been here for about two months) to go switch out the harddrives from one certain office to another.

He was pretty flustered when the computers blue screened on boot because the motherboards didn't match.

He didn't get that she was talking about the whole computer, he took it too literally. :)
 
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MacBaine

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Originally posted by: brunswickite
AIM sounds, ESPECIALLY THE SOUND WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE!! WHY DO YOU NEED A SOUND TELLING YOU, YOU WROTE SOMETHING! ?
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You can turn those off dude.
 
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brunswickite

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: brunswickite
AIM sounds, ESPECIALLY THE SOUND WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE!! WHY DO YOU NEED A SOUND TELLING YOU, YOU WROTE SOMETHING! ?
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You can turn those off dude.
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yea i know, i meant it for the people that leave them on.
 
ElFenix

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Please alter your thread title to reflect "computer related" pet peeves. That seems to be what this thread is about.

I agree on the finger prints on the monitor. I hate that.

I disagree w/El Fenix :)Q) a first...I think. Putting a fan on a HS DOES make it active. Hence the fan. Passive heat sink is a fanless one. Active heat sink is a HS w/a fan. *awaits torrent of rebuttal*
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the fan can't make the heat flow against the temperature gradient. if you open a window and turn on the ceiling fan you're not actively cooling anything. if you turn on your air conditioner you are. see the difference?
 
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MrHappyMonkey

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i hate it when people use the word "download" for everything that they can do on the internet Ex. I'll download you the file tommorow
 
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Originally posted by: brunswickite
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: brunswickite
AIM sounds, ESPECIALLY THE SOUND WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE!! WHY DO YOU NEED A SOUND TELLING YOU, YOU WROTE SOMETHING! ?
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You can turn those off dude.
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yea i know, i meant it for the people that leave them on.
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I like leaving it on, it makes me feel popular. It is also a very informative sound to inform you when you've successfully hit the enter key. :)
 
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xEDIT409

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People accidently getting specs of their saliva on my Moniter...

People with oily hands using my keyboard and mouse...

56k and below...

Restarting the PC...

 
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Lifer
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n00b, newbie is bad enough.
low disk space warning in WinXP, anybody know how to turn that off?
 
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petejk

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PEOPLE THAT LEAVE THEIR MONITORS ON ALL NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKEND (at work)
AND BURN CRAPPY WALLPAPERS INTO THEIR MONITORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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IcePhoenix

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
Originally posted by: brunswickite
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: brunswickite
AIM sounds, ESPECIALLY THE SOUND WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE!! WHY DO YOU NEED A SOUND TELLING YOU, YOU WROTE SOMETHING! ?
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You can turn those off dude.
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yea i know, i meant it for the people that leave them on.
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I like leaving it on, it makes me feel popular. It is also a very informative sound to inform you when you've successfully hit the enter key. :)
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I hate when people have the sounds on in the dorms. Because everyone plays music, as loud as possible. So the AIM sounds come out at 4 million dB. So irritating.
 
Pliablemoose

Pliablemoose

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Non-tech managers sending out emails about a virus scare that turns out to be a fake...

The last time someone did it, I hit "Reply to all" and said it was a fake with a link to MC Affee's site about the fake virus.

Haven't gotten any more from that particular idiot lately
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Joker81

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
n00b, newbie is bad enough.
low disk space warning in WinXP, anybody know how to turn that off?
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Fix for your problem

Something that peeves me is people who think they need to have all music play at the highest base possible so it reverbs from the top apartment to the bottom. I mean seriously I don't need to know the terrorist just blew up De_Dust.

This doesn't get me but a lot of people hate it when people use the incorrect there, their and They're.

l33t 5p3ak is so passe to.
 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

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"The Internet Is Down"
When people slap the monitor to try and get the computer to work
Calling the whole case the CPU or saying its also referred to as the "black box" like my teacher...
Downloading a program from a CD
Calling the HDD memory
 
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gwlam12

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i hate it when people say "don't get me wrong..." before they start saying something. i've seen it so many times EVERYWHERE.
 
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ScottyB

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People that say download when they should say upload. People that use; edit: copy, edit: paste. People that use instant messengers instead of a phone, even worse when they talk about a conversation they had on one. People that get all pissy if you touch their monitor.
 
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JohnAn2112

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My dad will click on the Start button, then click on programs (thinking that clicking on it will expand the programs bar)
 
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TheOverlord

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Originally posted by: IcePhoenix

I hate when people have the sounds on in the dorms. Because everyone plays music, as loud as possible. So the AIM sounds come out at 4 million dB. So irritating.
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SO true. When I can hear every single friggin message you send/recieve and you don't even live in my hall, but across the quad, there is a serious problem.

 
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dighn

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the damn n00bs who get infected with email viruses and spread them everywhere. i am so sick of getting all these email viruses on my yahoo account
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: ZePHyRaNTHeS
My dad will click on the Start button, then click on programs (thinking that clicking on it will expand the programs bar)
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Uh, it does............... :p

By default, there is a delay in the menus comming up. You can change it, but clicking is an easy way to get around it.
 
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dighn

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: ZePHyRaNTHeS
My dad will click on the Start button, then click on programs (thinking that clicking on it will expand the programs bar)
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Uh, it does............... :p

By default, there is a delay in the menus comming up. You can change it, but clicking is an easy way to get around it.
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p0wned
 
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