omg n00b parents

[pow3rslave]

got a call from the folks before, telling me that the modem (refered to as the server) wouldn't connect, and also mentioned that the phone which is on the same line isn't working. but couldn't see any link between the two things.

there are 2 phone wall-jacks involved in this. ones for a line with just the modem/phone/fax, the other's for the regular landline, these jacks mounted over of the other

i told them to try plugging only the phone into the phone/modem/fax line
i just got a 2nd call to tell me that after unplugging and replugging things in, now neither phone is working.

if i go round there now, i'll SO find out that both phones are plugged into one jack (there's a piggy back in there) but if i don't they'll either never figure it out, or they'll call a telstra rep to get it fixed

[Bax]

The joys of growing up with technology I guess.

Unfortunately in 30-40 years time we will be the ones getting our blueray recorders setup by the grandkids.

[pow3rslave]

it's just easier to post my transcript to a mate than posting the rest of their retardation

(3:39:54 PM) enjoying nothing:
tell them to go and buy some envelopes
(3:39:55 PM) enjoying nothing:
and some paper
(3:40:01 PM) enjoying nothing:
because they are not ready for the 21st century
(3:41:07 PM) pow3rslave:
so now they got the phone they broke working again and they're calling me from it. i should give them advice to limit the number of outbound mediums available to them
(3:42:26 PM) enjoying nothing:
tell them the adsl will work if all phones are unplugged, mobile phones off
(3:42:43 PM) enjoying nothing:
and to turn all electical devices off
(3:43:58 PM) pow3rslave:
i got her to take the router out of the mix, so it's just modem---> pc
(3:44:11 PM) pow3rslave:
now it's working
(3:44:18 PM) pow3rslave:
n00bs had no power to the router
(3:49:27 PM) pow3rslave:
also lol that she thought unplugging the cat5 would give her a shock

[ProphetVX]

I got a call from my mum 2 weeks ago and it went like this...


Mum: "Foxtel isn't working"
Me: "Whats wrong with it?"
Mum: "I turn on the TV and foxtel isn't showing"
Me: "Is the green light on foxtel on?"
Mum: "Yes"
Me: "Is the TV on the right channel for foxtel?"
Mum: "How do I change the channel on the TV?"

I then realize all hope is lost and say...
Me: "I'll be over for dinner tonight..."

[TVR-190]

ahh i know that

my parents call email a website

and regarding cars they call loss of traction a wheelie....

[pow3rslave]

Me: "I'll be over for dinner tonight..."

amen brah, totally should have held out til tea time. the gf goes away for a week in a bit, should set up remote management on their modem and kill it from my place every night at dinner time

[Cursed CX8]

and regarding cars they call loss of traction a wheelie....

ah yes, i get this one too. I was doing "wheelies" the other day in the paddock basher..apparently XF falcons can looks traction

[STEALTHY™]

I got a call from my mum 2 weeks ago and it went like this...


Mum: "Foxtel isn't working"
Me: "Whats wrong with it?"
Mum: "I turn on the TV and foxtel isn't showing"
Me: "Is the green light on foxtel on?"
Mum: "Yes"
Me: "Is the TV on the right channel for foxtel?"
Mum: "How do I change the channel on the TV?"

I then realize all hope is lost and say...
Me: "I'll be over for dinner tonight..."

LMAO thats gold. My parents aren't that bad. Although Dad did a computer course 15 years ago, so he thinks he's bill gates! He seems to think that reformatting every week is the way to keep crap off the computer (yes, literally every week)

[Cursed CX8]

Haha, Dad is the complete opposite with computers. He never backs up, but to save space on the computer he deletes other peoples files... thanks

[pow3rslave]

LMAO thats gold. My parents aren't that bad. Although Dad did a computer course 15 years ago, so he thinks he's bill gates! He seems to think that reformatting every week is the way to keep crap off the computer (yes, literally every week)

lol, one of my mates reinstalls windows every month. who could be bothered?

[Cursed CX8]

and people give me shit about having a mac? its 2 years old, never been cleared, re-installed and gets turned off about once eery 3 months. I have not had one issue with it

[TVR-190]

mum: "troy do you have a website"
me: "yes"
mum: "what is it"
me: "why"
mum: "my friend wants to send photos to us"
me" you cant send photos to a website"

then i get frustrated and she gets angry at me.

[BANKS]

It took dad today about 30 seconds (accurate counting, not exaggerating) to find the F key to type "funny things" on you tube.

Me: Its in between G and D
Dad: Where’s G and D
Me: On the keyboard
Dad: Smart arse... I still can’t find it
Me: It’s in the middle and to the left a bit
Dad: OH found it! ok...U, Why cant they make ****ing keyboards just one big line from A to Z.
Me:.............................................. HAHAHAHHAHAHHA

[azkwazere]

lol, one of my mates reinstalls windows every month. who could be bothered?

Ghost is your friend

and people give me shit about having a mac? its 2 years old, never been cleared, re-installed and gets turned off about once eery 3 months. I have not had one issue with it

You have an issue with it, your 90% more gay for owning it and also, its a mac.

mum: "troy do you have a website"
me: "yes"
mum: "what is it"
me: "why"
mum: "my friend wants to send photos to us"
me" you cant send photos to a website"

then i get frustrated and she gets angry at me.

sure you can... photobucket?

aZk.

[TVR-190]

sure you can... photobucket?

aZk.

they wouldnt have a clue what that is

[ProphetVX]

You have an issue with it, your 90% more gay for owning it and also, its a mac.

Heaven forbid he gets to use a computer with an intuitive interface, stable and very powerful operating system, and isn't the target for hackers around the world.

I'm a PC user, but I'd love to have Mac OS X. It's just a shame they sell the computer as a complete package.

[pow3rslave]

You have an issue with it, your 90% more gay for owning it and also, its a mac.

i love pointing out to mac users how the whole switch/it just works campaign was predicated on apples admitting that their user-base is too inept to turn a computer on.

sure you can... photobucket? i

guess technically, but they couldn't upload photos to it, short of everyone having a password.

[Cursed CX8]

i love pointing out to mac users how the whole switch/it just works campaign was predicated on apples admitting that their user-base is too inept to turn a computer on.

i dont think its that, i think it was more targeting that user that wants to turn his computer on and use it. Rather than turn it on, use it for 5 minutes just to find that by opening Office they have performed an illegal operation and that they need to open the program again. You start typing, But the work you have done will soon be lost because the 4g of ram you just had installed at the recommendation of your tech, apparently is not enough as the resources are all being chewed by that great little virus you just picked up from google'ing you own name. So word crashed and you need to ALT-CTRL-DEL, you do that and then this wonderful blue screen comes up telling you that your computer is terminally ill and in a critical condition. You restart the computer again and it does its little check disk thing and tells your its all ok. "good" you think. That is till you need to log in, and that thump print reader wont read, but you cant remember the password because you never use it....Yeah i think ill just own a mac, When i want to use it ill open it, when im done, ill close it. When it beeps ill plug it in. When the time comes that i want to scream at the computer and throw shit at it i hope like hell that i had a dam good reason for buying a PC

[TVR-190]

keep it on topic ffs, who gives a shit about if mac or pc is better

[pow3rslave]

back on topic, if my parents didn't spawn the awesomeness that is me, i'd recommend they were both spayed.

[Astranomical]

Haha, Dad is the complete opposite with computers. He never backs up, but to save space on the computer he deletes other peoples files... thanks

Lol, my Dad calls printouts his "backup solution", and still uses the same Windows install that shipped on his machine 6 years ago, which is totally shot to shit, lol. Not to mention he won't let me touch it...not that I'd want to.

For the record, my parents do a lot of the same sorts of things as all yours obviously do, confusing email with websites, etc.

[Tom_1569]

When we got our new ISP they sent us the new Router settings, I was away on a work trip at the time so mum took it upon herself to enter them.
Now first of all our router is password protected and the previos ISP refuses to give out the password and only my computer could access it caus I click remember password when they came out once.

I get home and mum tells me shes done it, but its not working and I need to ring the new ISP. I get on my computer change all the settings, my computer and the server works fine, but hers does not. She some how managed to enter router settings into a dial up connection and then couldnt work out why it didnt work, and the funniest thing..... SHE NAMED THE DIALUP CONNECTION "BROADBAND". Oh 10 points for mum

[Astranomical]

Lol, thats not at all surprising, I've had people tell me that they have "Dial-up Broadband". :lol: (and no, they weren't talking about a broadband connection that uses PPPoE or anything like that, they were talking regular, old-skool 56k dialup)

[Morton]

i dont think its that, i think it was more targeting that user that wants to turn his computer on and use it. Rather than turn it on, use it for 5 minutes just to find that by opening Office they have performed an illegal operation and that they need to open the program again. You start typing, But the work you have done will soon be lost because the 4g of ram you just had installed at the recommendation of your tech, apparently is not enough as the resources are all being chewed by that great little virus you just picked up from google'ing you own name. So word crashed and you need to ALT-CTRL-DEL, you do that and then this wonderful blue screen comes up telling you that your computer is terminally ill and in a critical condition. You restart the computer again and it does its little check disk thing and tells your its all ok. "good" you think. That is till you need to log in, and that thump print reader wont read, but you cant remember the password because you never use it....Yeah i think ill just own a mac, When i want to use it ill open it, when im done, ill close it. When it beeps ill plug it in. When the time comes that i want to scream at the computer and throw shit at it i hope like hell that i had a dam good reason for buying a PC

back on topic though, my parents both suffer from old-person syndrome They're both using BigPond Broadband for their internet provider!

[Low_VX_Taxi]

My mum is ok with technology, just her bloody mobile that annoys me! she has a 3315 brick and will not upgrade even after two of em died because she has a case she likes *sigh*