What funny or stupid tech/pc related ramblings have you heard in public?

[olds]

I once heard someone say that ATOT wasn't full of pompous asses.

 

[Juno]

i went to bestbuy and tested something. i pointed at some LCD's and asked, "what does ghosting do?"

"ghosting makes programs disappear."

 

[Flammable]

i made my friend believe fatherboards were real

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: Flammable
i made my friend believe fatherboards were real

fatherboards?! :laugh:

tell him/her sonboards are real too.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Overheard at a local Big Box, "Of course the graphics are better, it's running Vista!" I kept looking around for the MS rep handing out money.

The other end of that can be pretty hilarious too. The things I've heard :

vista breaks everything
customer : "Vista broke my computer. Every since that doggone vista came out my computer doesn't work"
me : "when did you upgrade to vista?"
customer : "Upgrade? you have to do it manually?"
I check system properties.. windows XP, no service packs...

And my favorite is the company I work for (small little company) recommends a us robotics external modem if you are going to use dial up to connect to our servers via the dial up system.
Me "Mam, you're going to need to get a US Robotics modem, it's the one we support and the one that works by far the best an-"
Her "DONT YOU DARE TRY TO SELL ME THAT PIECE OF SH-- MODEM YOUR COMPANY OR SOME COMPANY YOUR COMPANY OWNS MAKES, blahblahblahblah"...
her husband was nearby and said "I think US Robitics is a lot bigger than they are" but she told them to shutup and not buy into our crap.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
When discussing the history behind the concept of orbital solar collectors with a friend that I ran into while I was out dining, we were accosted by a "science" writer for the local paper, who swore up and down that such a thing wouldn't work because the light from the Sun wasn't dense enough in outer space. Apparently solar power requires the atmosphere of the Earth to act as a magnifying lens or something. :roll:

Didn't they plan to get the power back by microwave?

I've an old Nat Geo copy with an article on that somewhere.

 

[Akhen]

I remember overhearing someone at Best Buy tell a customer Photoshop was a video editing program :roll:

 

[potato28]

I've been told that Bose is much better than Klipsh many times at FutureShop...

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: potato28
I've been told that Bose is much better than Klipsh many times at FutureShop...

Well it says so right on the back of Parade magazine.

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I once heard someone say that ATOT wasn't full of pompous asses.

This post wins teh thread.

Yeah, I have heard plenty of people spreading misinformation, but I really don't take note of it, as that is what people do. If I am working directly with someone and need to correct them, then yeah, I do. However, I am not petty enough to make note of the most ridiculous/incorrect thing I have heard about a computer or an automobile. I will note, however, that the automotive forum here is carried by only a few members and the rest is just filler posts...

 

[Iron Woode]

and who can forget the infamous Jerry Taylor, Tuttle, OK city manager and IT specialist:

http://www.centos.org/modules/...rticle.php?storyid=127

this is just legendary.

 

[Kirby]

My dad calls me once a weeks to get advice on how to work his email or copy/paste/delete files.

 

[Rubycon]

Back when memory speed was selected by nanoseconds, most people would choose 70 over 60. :laugh:

And of course the big one - planes and treadmills.

 

[dougp]

Originally posted by: Juno
i went to bestbuy and tested something. i pointed at some LCD's and asked, "what does ghosting do?"

"ghosting makes programs disappear."

Juno ... aren't you deaf? I mean, did the guy sign to you?

 

[Safeway]

A girl in an on-campus computer lab was trying to use a scanner in one of the four computer labs. She had her document in the scanner and was clicking the scan button, walking out of the computer lab, and standing in front of our main color laser printer. She tried this three times, and was very frustrated.

"Excuse me, this printer is out of toner."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I sure, it says it on the display."
*Looks at display that reads "Ready"*
"It isn't out of toner."
"Then it is out of paper. Can you refill it."
"It isn't out of paper."
"Yes it is."
"No it isn't. What are you trying to do?"
"Copy my document."
"This is a printer, not a copier."
"I know, I have my document on the scanner in the other room."
*Walks to other room*
"See, it isn't working. I am trying to make a color copy!"
"Are you logged into the computer? Did you scan it or copy it using Adobe Acrobat or HP?"
"Logged in? No. Why would I be logged in? I just need a copy."

Keep in mind, this is a computer lab with ~200 computers, four rooms, one high capacity black and white laser printer per room, and one central high capacity color laser. She expected a USB scanner connected to a computer in one room to magically print to the color laser in the proctor room.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
One of my friends still judges how good a video card is by its video RAM. I've tried to explain the importance of stream processors/shaders/pixel pipelines and clockspeeds, but he insists that amount of VRAM is what matters. This is a person who spends a lot of his time putting together computers. But he is a mac user...

Most don't have VRAM anymore. They use DRAM.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I once heard someone say that ATOT wasn't full of pompous asses.

You were definitely lied to. :laugh:

 

[pstylesss]

Originally posted by: potato28
I've been told that Bose is much better than Klipsh many times at FutureShop...

My co-worker said "Well... it's a Bose, so you wouldn't think there would be static". The audio techs just blinked and stood in awe. I just walked away.

Background - We had put in a new wireless mic system in the council chambers and we were experiencing static.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I once heard someone say that ATOT wasn't full of pompous asses.

You were definitely lied to. :laugh:

But brother Daniel we are friends, don't drink my milkshake, bro!