Comments on: Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: raphb http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 raphb Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:26:21 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1478 <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> (oh jesus, sorry, didn't read the part on comment moderation! typekey also threw a few errors so I was kinda confused. first time i have to use the tk account..)
(oh jesus, sorry, didn’t read the part on comment moderation! typekey also threw a few errors so I was kinda confused. first time i have to use the tk account..)

]]> By: raphb http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 raphb Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:24:39 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1477 Kahless, I don't agree. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> No other complex tries to hide as much complexity as a computer does. Few things are more underestimated than computers. Few complex things are as heavily integrated with everyday life as computers are. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> You got a drivers license after all before using your car. You got skiing classes before skiing on your own. You got swimming classes i n school (at least I did). Propably, if at all, you got walzer without lessons before dancing it. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> But you'd ask for none of these services for free. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> As much as I understood the original writer, it's not about not knowing how to use her computer he complains her stupidity. It's more about people complaining on IT, expecting all kind of things without the will to invest time to learn. And also, in that concrete evening, the lacking idea of how much that service usually costs, and when to consider it work. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> :) Kahless, I don’t agree.

No other complex tries to hide as much complexity as a computer does. Few things are more underestimated than computers. Few complex things are as heavily integrated with everyday life as computers are.

You got a drivers license after all before using your car. You got skiing classes before skiing on your own. You got swimming classes i n school (at least I did). Propably, if at all, you got walzer without lessons before dancing it.

But you’d ask for none of these services for free.

As much as I understood the original writer, it’s not about not knowing how to use her computer he complains her stupidity. It’s more about people complaining on IT, expecting all kind of things without the will to invest time to learn. And also, in that concrete evening, the lacking idea of how much that service usually costs, and when to consider it work.
:)

]]> By: raphb http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 raphb Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:23:26 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1476 Kahless, I don't agree. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> No other complex tries to hide as much complexity as a computer does. Few things are more underestimated than computers. Few complex things are as heavily integrated with everyday life as computers are. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> You got a drivers license after all before using your car. You got skiing classes before skiing on your own. You got swimming classes i n school (at least I did). Propably, if at all, you got walzer without lessons before dancing it. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> But you'd ask for none of these services for free. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> As much as I understood the original writer, it's not about not knowing how to use her computer he complains her stupidity. It's more about people complaining on IT, expecting all kind of things without the will to invest time to learn. And also, in that concrete evening, the lacking idea of how much that service usually costs, and when to consider it work. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> :) Kahless, I don’t agree.

No other complex tries to hide as much complexity as a computer does. Few things are more underestimated than computers. Few complex things are as heavily integrated with everyday life as computers are.

You got a drivers license after all before using your car. You got skiing classes before skiing on your own. You got swimming classes i n school (at least I did). Propably, if at all, you got walzer without lessons before dancing it.

But you’d ask for none of these services for free.

As much as I understood the original writer, it’s not about not knowing how to use her computer he complains her stupidity. It’s more about people complaining on IT, expecting all kind of things without the will to invest time to learn. And also, in that concrete evening, the lacking idea of how much that service usually costs, and when to consider it work.
:)

]]> By: Adam Curry's Weblog http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Adam Curry's Weblog Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:48:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1481 <strong>geekdom</strong> Geek News Central : "Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek" Been there! geekdom

Geek News Central : “Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek” Been there!

]]> By: Adam Curry's Weblog http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Adam Curry's Weblog Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:48:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1482 <strong>geekdom</strong> Geek News Central : "Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek" Been there! geekdom

Geek News Central : “Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek” Been there!

]]> By: Adam Curry's Weblog http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-2521 Adam Curry's Weblog Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:48:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-2521 <strong>geekdom</strong> Geek News Central : "Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek" Been there! geekdom

Geek News Central : “Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek” Been there!

]]> By: Adam Curry's Weblog http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Adam Curry's Weblog Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:48:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-3639 <strong>geekdom</strong> Geek News Central : "Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek" Been there! geekdom

Geek News Central : “Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek” Been there!

]]> By: Kahless http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Kahless Mon, 27 Sep 2004 05:07:01 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1475 Yes I know how you feel, I often find friends computers in the most terrible of states simply because they have no knowledge about them. I feel its a waste of my knowledge/education asking me to spend hours on problems that require a lot less experience. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> However, to call the woman stupid is a unfair misinterpretation. She simply is not educated in that particular field. We as IT people have no more right to call non-IT-savvy people stupid, than they do to call us 'stupid teachers'/relevant field. I can understand perfectly why they don't want to sink hundreds of hour into learning how to manage a computer in the real world, for the same reason I didn't spend 300 hours reading a book on engine design before getting my drivers license. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I came from a physics background, before switching to IT, and while we generally accepted that 95% of the population couldn't solve simple physics problems, we didn't go around calling these people stupid because we knew it was not a fair evaluation. I was amazed though that so many IT geeks were arrogant enough to assume just that. At time I felt compelled to point out their weakness in solving 'physicsy/real world' style questions, which I saw with my own eyes, but I held my tongue as I knew it wasn't a fair crtique; rather I told them just what I said here. Yes I know how you feel, I often find friends computers in the most terrible of states simply because they have no knowledge about them. I feel its a waste of my knowledge/education asking me to spend hours on problems that require a lot less experience.

However, to call the woman stupid is a unfair misinterpretation. She simply is not educated in that particular field. We as IT people have no more right to call non-IT-savvy people stupid, than they do to call us ‘stupid teachers’/relevant field. I can understand perfectly why they don’t want to sink hundreds of hour into learning how to manage a computer in the real world, for the same reason I didn’t spend 300 hours reading a book on engine design before getting my drivers license.

I came from a physics background, before switching to IT, and while we generally accepted that 95% of the population couldn’t solve simple physics problems, we didn’t go around calling these people stupid because we knew it was not a fair evaluation. I was amazed though that so many IT geeks were arrogant enough to assume just that. At time I felt compelled to point out their weakness in solving ‘physicsy/real world’ style questions, which I saw with my own eyes, but I held my tongue as I knew it wasn’t a fair crtique; rather I told them just what I said here.

]]> By: kernelsanders.com http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 kernelsanders.com Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:38:49 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1480 <strong>My internet is not working!</strong> If you have any pc skills, there is no doubt you have been called upon to assist a family member with their pc My internet is not working!

If you have any pc skills, there is no doubt you have been called upon to assist a family member with their pc

]]> By: xenlab http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 xenlab Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:18:20 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1474 I know the feeling. i'm a web developer, but sometimes get roped into fixing other's computers. now if they're not family I recommend someone that they can pay to help them, as it's not worth my time/effort anymore. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> of course you can always buy this shirt so everyone gets the idea: <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/388b/" rel="nofollow">No, I won't fix your computer.</a> I know the feeling. i’m a web developer, but sometimes get roped into fixing other’s computers. now if they’re not family I recommend someone that they can pay to help them, as it’s not worth my time/effort anymore.

of course you can always buy this shirt so everyone gets the idea:
No, I won’t fix your computer.

]]> By: The Plot http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 The Plot Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1479 <strong>Could you please fix my PC?</strong> This allways happens. Lucky me as I'm studying Psychology people don't always know my geeky side... Could you please fix my PC?

This allways happens. Lucky me as I’m studying Psychology people don’t always know my geeky side…

]]> By: zeppelin http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/09/20/sometimes-it-sucks-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 zeppelin Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:13:15 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2925#comment-1473 I feel for you man. I have fixed so many computers in this condition. I know that deer in the headlights look well. The one that gripes me the most is when I fixed it the second time. No updates had been installed for the adware detector in the last year and no virus updates either. If they had any concept of the value of my time..... oh well. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> -zep I feel for you man. I have fixed so many computers in this condition. I know that deer in the headlights look well. The one that gripes me the most is when I fixed it the second time. No updates had been installed for the adware detector in the last year and no virus updates either. If they had any concept of the value of my time….. oh well.

-zep

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