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13 Things your computer person won't tell you

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ASAFan:
Oh, man, that's classic.  When I was a co-op student with IBM's tech support, we used to change our OS/2 backgrounds to the OS/2 BSOD (it was actually a black screen back then).  You could usually tell it was fake because you'd have the unlock button showing.

Ah, the memories.  Course, then there was the tech support guy who got fired because someone called him up and said his computer went black and it wouldn't accept anything he typed...and it turned out it was because the power to the whole building was out.  Tech support guy told him to return his computer because the user was, and I quote,  "too damn stupid to use a computer."

AceHigh:
All OS suck, that is a lesson that comes with experience

fohfoh:
Damn... this was a full year ago?

Lol... I remember the good old days we'd try to find ways to make BESS crash. Stupid net nannies that didn't work. :P

Xiong Chiamiov:

--- Quote from: Lupin on December 08, 2008, 12:11:18 PM ---
--- Quote ---8. Give it a rest. Turning off your computer when it's not in use saves energy and clears out the RAM, or temporary memory, which would otherwise slow your machine over time.
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even if you reboot/shutdown your computer regularly if your using poorly written software, your computer will slowdown due to memory leaks. but this isn't really an issue if your operating system manages its memory efficiently. computers running linux can stay online because it manages its memory well. windows xp does too but not as well as linux. i don't know much about macs but macs are pcs too.

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Nitpick - Darwin uses a modified BSD kernel, so it's more like Linux than Windows.

disassembler:

--- Quote from: iindigo on December 07, 2008, 02:50:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 07, 2008, 02:42:26 AM ---Is this commoner computer stupidity only rampant in the US or has it infected other nations as well?

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LOL :D
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