Do You Get Pissed Off At Others' Ignorance ?

[Hitboxx]

we are NOT geeks. We are just normal guys who know something.

Talk for yourself, I'm a geek and I'm normal.

 

[ring_wraith]

My friend [not a noob] went to buy a PCI-E GPU for his mobo. He went to this shop [whose name I won't reveal out of sympathy] and they tried to jam a AGP card into the PCI-E slot. Luckily, he stopped him on time.

Also, The other day i went to my local Electronics Bazaar and saw an iPod U2 edition, and asked the dealer the price. He said 2.5k. I was stunned and asked him the capacity and he said 1 GB upto 8 GB. Nuff said!

I don't think there is really a single geek on this planet. I consider the term geek an honour to be given to only those who understand completely all of computing. Surely, there is no such person.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Talk for yourself, I'm a geek and I'm normal.

weather we are geek or just "technically aware", we share this one common problem

 

[ray|raven]

IMO , Calling every friggin mp3 player an iPod might be technically incorrect,
but then again it's only because its so popular.
How many of you say you got a paper "copied" and not "xeroxed".
Its because the word is so popular.Hell people even hang boards saying "Xerox Centre".
iPod is THE mp3 player that introduced portable players to the masses.
You just cant make fun of folks more technically challenged than you.


But having said that, I do agree with people who dont learn.
Half the so-called "computer engineering graduates" come under this IMO.
You can go make fun of them all you want.

Just my thoughts,
ray

 

[girish.g]

my experience
1. my friend trying to break open my PSP UMD disc and saying that he could run it in his computer.
2. the same friend claiming his dad's E50 has wifi and gps
3.

 

[praka123]

^Let that English be known as "Indian English" 8) .what is wrong?we all are not native Engish speakers,right?
and count me too!I cannot speak English very fluently as my mother tongue is Malayalam.basic English or "simple English" is more than enough for communication.the role of English is as acommunication link between two different language speaking people.we should not keep judging the quality of English people are speaking.although,I agree that able to speak English is a virtue.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@rohan: it doesn't matter weather its tech related or not. Its just all about getting Pissed Off

yes, language is another problem. Our radio in Bangalore is polluted with good for nothing RJs who talk in kanglish, mixing fast paced kannada and english. I feel it sucks to the maximum, but these n00bs here think its cool.

The biggest insult you can give to a language is not using it properly

@prakash: to hell with culture. India IS an english speaking country today, as lots of Indians speak english. English is no different from other languages like Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, etc. Why discrimination ?

And although bad language is definitely a turn off, we must give due credit to those who atleast try to speak a language properly. I for example, have a bad hindi, malayalam, sanskrit, tamil, kannada and urdu. But I try to speak clearly. Even in other people's case, I don't mind bad language as long as its not intentional, like these bangalore based RJs.

 

[nvidia]

Here are some things i'd like to share:
People think that a 512MB graphics card is always superior compared to a 256MB one, irrespective of the type of card, even if the 512MB card is from 6 series and the other is from the 8 series

But i dont get pissed off with their replies, but i try to argue and correct them. Well, most of the time i fail to convince them

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Here are some things i'd like to share:
People think that a 512MB graphics card is always superior compared to a 256MB one, irrespective of the type of card, even if the 512MB card is from 6 series and the other is from the 8 series

But i dont get pissed off with their replies, but i try to argue and correct them. Well, most of the time i fail to convince them

ask them to compare a 6600 XL 512 mb with a 8800GT 256 mb

 

[nvidia]

ask them to compare a 6600 XL 512 mb with a 8800GT 256 mb

Lol... Thats what i tell them. They wont understand it.
Some of them asked me to give Crysis DVD.

I said, "It wont work on all computers, What graphics card do you have?"
"I have a 256MB graphics card"
"Which one?"
"I dont know"
@#$%$^(*
Me: "Goto msconfig and tell me the name of the display adapter there"
"Will that slow down my computer?"
#$@#@$

You think i can reason with people who ask these questions?
My friend recently asked me from where to download Windows Live Messenger. I said google it. The reply "What? How?"

All these people are so ignorant. All they know is how to send a (s)crap in orkut

 

[ring_wraith]

^^

Lolzz.... what a conversation, and what a thread! This should be stickied just to show noobs how pissing off they can be.

 

[::cyborg::]

^^

Lolzz.... what a conversation, and what a thread! This should be stickied just to show noobs how pissing off they can be.

YEAH I REALLY LIKE THIS THREAD READ MY POST NO 80 TO ROFL.

 

[expertno.1]

All they know is how to send a (s)crap in orkut

LOL .....they only know to scrap a crap ......
i know many here who only visit cafe for orkutting like in groups !
in many cafes i have seen this :-


1. three friends came and shared the same computer ......the one working started orkutting and the others started "are yeh kaun ladki hai .....abe kya photo hai .........koi mili kya ? ,......mera scrap chek kar na pls........" waste 3-4 hrs in that and then go away.............LOL i die laughing at them

AND

i have a music shop in front of my home ......."HIGH LIGHT MUSIC POINT"

i went to that shop to buy a microfone .....
i asked "bhaiya microfone kaun kaun si company ka rakhe ho"
he said "microfone kya hota hai ?"
now what should i say ? cant get enough and i said
"jisse sound record ki jaaati hai"
he said "achha rukiye" and brought a cassette recorder
i said "are yeh nahi"
he said "to kya ?"
i said "are microfone sound ko electrical signals mein convert karta hai aur use kisi pc ya lappy mein lagate hain BHAI ! uski one end ki taar ki jack 3.5mm ki hoti hai"
he said "bhaiya aapko kuch pata nahi hai , pehle thik se naam bataiye samaan ka .....aaaj tak microfone suna hi nahi pichle 4 saal ke dhande mein"
then finally i saw a headphone hanging there with microfone attached

i said "bhaiya wohi mujhe dedo aur jane do"
he said "bola tha maine aapko kuch pata hi nahi ....isko headphone kehte hain aur isse awaaz record hoti hai"

i got pis**d off and said "mujhe maaaf kardo mujhe kuch nahi pata"

then i sowly moved away from there........if he would have said more i would have been out of my control "aapko kuch pata hi nahi , aapko kuch pata hi nahi" WTF


LOL

Thanks
Regards.....
Experno.1

 

[phreak0ut]

@phreakout: perhaps she has bothered to learn something after that while you are still your same old self ?

People like her are satisfied with high marks and so is she. She got placed during campus recruitment. I wasn't so lucky

P.S-It's "whether" not "weather". It's getting hot here in Bangalore

 

[expertno.1]

Remind me not to meet any of you people. You all are scary geeks
.

Then you sure will die meeting me



Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

 

[legolas]

1) Some have a habit to literally translate Hindi into English. When I was in my junior college I came across another student from English medium school who asked me "Are you going to sit for the next lecture".

I find no wrong in the sentence you just wrote. Its used even in the US, Uk. Modulation of sentences which doesn't change the meaning are employed everywhere. Its not English/Grammar course.

2) And the worst is when people are themselves aware that they can't communicate properly in English but still try to speak in English as if its their mother tongue.

This is preposterous. People who make an attempt to improve their eloquent skills should be encouraged, not mocked at. What if your teacher at 2nd grade mocked you when you messed up your math calculations? If ppl make an attempt, encourage them... I think its all the more relevance of this topic.. people don't make efforts and that pisses off, true, but if you get annoyed for this too, then you are just a hypocrite, a lunatic. How do you expect one to learn then? (most importantly learning... fluency of language with proper Grammar??)

3) And then there is another breed of English speakers who like to start every sentence of their with a "its like" or "basically". And the big shock is that some of them have attended "English speaking classes" and think that they can English most fluently among others. They think using words such as "basically" or "like" at the start of every sentence ass to their "Style quotient" but only the listener know how irritating it is to listen to such a jerky and broken speech.

This is sometimes unconsciously spoken. I remember when I take some seminars or giving a presentation, I ask my friends to sign me if I keep using similar phrases like the ones mentioned above (usually as starters). Mostly, it comes out of tension. But yes, it can be annoying.

 

[praka123]

^so ppl thinks like Me

 

[legolas]

1) "Are you going to sit for the next class" doesn't require any teaching. Please understand that. And to my knowledge, there is no special place necessary for practicing and honing your skills.
2) I am sorry if you found my reply not civilised. But as I told before if you find people's efforts to hone their skills and attempt to mock at their ignorance while in their learning phases, I am sorry to say again, its the truth. Its hard to digest, but its that simple.

 

[nvidia]

I have seen people who argue that a Pentium 4 running at 3Ghz is way better than C2D running below 3Ghz. According to them, even a C2Q 2.4Ghz is bad compared to the 3Ghz P4.

 

[girish.g]

another experience
1. my friend (unfortunately a sardar) asked me to write vice city into a lens cleaner CD.
2. the same friend asked me to write vice city in a full CD and i said the CD was full he told to erase the data because it was a REcordable CD