If you don't like profanity, don't read on.
If you can take it, and hate fixing computers...


http://19k.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-hate-your-computer-too.html

//applause!

Mind if I hang this up in the office?

carve it in bronze, so you can whack them with it.

and let's not forget, computers were meant to make our lives easier...

yeah right...
I really think the so called "paperless" office and computers have generated more paper and headaches then just doing it on paper.

i'm also starting to hate computers. When i was working at the FD, we had the IT department to fix computer problems. Now i'm working for a IT business, which makes virtual training systems for the emergency services. Part of mine job is cleaning, installing and reinstalling pc's and laptops other people screwed up. And i'm not even a IT guy! Those computers run the risk of getting tossed out of the window...

Best article I've read in times.

Wish I could do it, but since it's my job to fix those machines......

A good read, thanks.

I don't hate computers, but I do find Microsoft loathsome. My next computer will be an Apple.

Computers are just one of many modern irritants. The only technological proficiency I needed growing up was the ability to turn on a transister radio and change television channels with a dial to one of five channels (ABC-NBC-CBS-PBS and the local independent station). And then there was the rotary-dial telephone, which later progressed to push-button.

That was the sum total of our household high-tech back then.

With the clocks "springing" ahead an hour yesterday I had to re-visit how to change the car clock, among many others.

There's a lot more to know these days, and a lot more to break.

just get linux!!! I used to be an apple fanboy, and still am but I have my ubuntu (actually right now i think it might be kubuntu) machine downstairs and its amazing!!

I've been using Ubuntu on my home desktop/spare system since version 6.x, currently running 8.10. I've used various flavors of Debian, and I have an eeePC running an Xandros variant with KDE. I use an iMac on my desk at work, I carry either a Macbook pro or a Fujitsu Lifebook with Win XP on it. My family uses mostly Mac, but when I get an old X86 machine I usually Ubuntu-ize it. I also have, at work, a very very hyped-up Vista machine for running a complex statistical analysis and visualization system.

You could say I'm platform agnostic. However, I can assure you that Ubuntu is still at least 5 years away from being user-resistant, and might never be ready for mere mortals. Sure, the applications all work well enough, but USB device support is just plain miserable, printing is spotty, fonts are atrocious and don't even get me started about removable media, or more to the point, the entire presentation method of the user's file system space. Say what you will about windows and mac, they have both developed stable metaphors for storage devices, whether local, networked or removable and they have far fewer of the ENDLESS issues with permissions I run into on any and all *nix derived systems.

So, yeah, Ubuntu is a fine option, and if you're willing to put in a month or so to work with it day to day, you really appreciate it, and like I said, I use it for real-live office work when I'm in my home office, so it works for me. I'd NEVER give an Ubuntu system to a novice - never. The support calls would be overwhelming.

WOW! Bad day, huh?

Nice post. I've got to forward it... esp to the friend who thinks Bill Gates is God. GD'd, more likely.

And Ben... "and let's not forget, computers were meant to make our lives easier..." just remember that a computer going down your throat sideways REALLY HURTS BAD!

NOW the problem is finding carbon paper...

Sue

While I of course use pc's I much prefer stubby pencils and notepads. Moleskine are great, BTW. I have a hardcover notepad in my EDC

Hehe... I feel your pain. I've been doing this stuff since DOS 3.3 was hot stuff, Tandy made computers, and Commodores still roamed the earth.
These days I support only specific custom apps professionally, so I don't have to field all the random PC problem calls. But the stuff still breaks at home, and I am still first-tier support there...

Martin,

Does this mean you won't support my VIC 20 anymore and to think, I just upgraded into the latest and greatest in computerical technology, the Commodore 64, I am now deeply hurt.

Not nearly as bad as I am gonna hurt if you don't put down that baseball bat, uh (begins to run) I think I'll, uh, run off now.

Stargazer

*applauds* AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

I'd hang that in my cube, but my boss would be annoyed.

Hi Sue,

So, if you find a sheet of carbon paper, maybe you can run it through the copy machine a few times before using it to make sure you have some spares. I know that works with blank paper so I can get paper for the printer on my desk.

- Eric