<!--QuoteBegin-TenSix+Feb 6 2004, 04:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TenSix @ Feb 6 2004, 04:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You can tell a kid not to touch a flame a dozen times, but the second they stick their hand in and feel the wrath of ignorance, they will <b>never</b> touch that frikin flame again. So until somone creates a virus that spreads as fast as MyDoom and actually does damage (file deletion, pr0n popups, etc) to the comp-u-noob's computer, they will never learn. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That gives me an idea. Maybe I'll write a program that parents can use to teach their kids computer things the hard way. Lessons to be learned: popups, activex stuff, webpages that try to get you to install software, email attachments, messing with the control panel, hitting the big red button. If they fall for the traps, it'll either log it for the parents to deal with or pop up a message explaining why you messed up.
But, intead of the real thing, it'll come with an actual uninstaller, and not damage anything.
The next step will be to make it part of the computer license test <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Otherwise, the best solution is to give the kids a computer they can beat the mess out of and not hurt your own things. Make them deal without for a while when they bust it and they'll get the idea eventually.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Feb 6 2004, 07:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Feb 6 2004, 07:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you call me on a phone I won't help you much though... I hate doing stuff over the phone and I work a lot by seeing rather than guessing or remembering what might be on their screen =P <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> or because people might discover your TRUE IDENTITY YAHAHAHAHahhaHAHHhahAHahHA /runs away cackling
some idiot opened a attachment at the college I attend and infected the network with myDOOM *sigh* if they find the moron that opened it I hope he gets banned from using the network FOREVER!
<!--QuoteBegin-Cronos+Feb 7 2004, 12:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cronos @ Feb 7 2004, 12:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I feel your pain, all of you, I know.
I'm one of only 2 computer savvy people in my family. The other one is my brother. The family comes to me for tech support all the time. This is b0rked, that wont work, why cant I run Warcraft 3 on P2 133 with 16 Mb ram?
On the plus side though, my immediate family tends to be better. My sister has to deal with computers all the time and she knows basic functions (delete, save, directory structure, etc), My mum knows how to find games, go around the files etc, My Dad is the only one thats fairly illiterate, but he isnt annoying about it. He doesnt understand computers, but he can understand instructions, still, he's only touched the computer 3 times in living memory. Once to find out what all the fuss was about. The second time to try out a game called Bejeweled, the third only recently to start playing bejeweled again.
Nub/Newbie - A person who doesnt know the first thing, but is willing to learn, about computers.
N00b - Person that doesnt know the first thing about Computers and has no will to learn "Go the My Computer..." "What? Why do I need to go to your computer for?" "Theres an icon in the upper left" "OOoooh!!" "Now go to my computer" "Why?" "So you can access C Drive" "What?" "So you can get into your computers hard drive" "Why is my computer having a hard drive for?" "Sigh..."
Computer Literate - One that knows basic tasks on computers and terminology. They know what an exe file does, they know not to open suspicious attachments. They can browse a directory structure, scan for virii and deal with simple errors.
Computer Savvy - People that can format their computers, partition hard drives, install drivers and fiddle with settings with some confidence.
Computer Super Savvy - One that can not only build a computer from scratch, but also knows programming, networking, architecture, and even a little about how the computer actually works (CPU clock, what Megahertz means, flip/flops etc). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well, then...I guess I'm computer super savvy but not fully computer savvy (never have reformated, don't know how and don't know when I will need too - I'd expect after I get a CD writer so I can back up stuff off of here.
(PumaMan is over a CD's size too...so I'll have to learn how to work a network during summer...bah)
Funny thing is, my computer works awesome...until I let someone else install something, or change something. Then it gets all wonky and I get mad. Even the crazy tech people here can install something and screw it up.
Well, it's just the advanced stuff I need to learn...like how to install a new 2x AGP graphics card on a computer from 1999.
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That gives me an idea. Maybe I'll write a program that parents can use to teach their kids computer things the hard way. Lessons to be learned: popups, activex stuff, webpages that try to get you to install software, email attachments, messing with the control panel, hitting the big red button. If they fall for the traps, it'll either log it for the parents to deal with or pop up a message explaining why you messed up.
But, intead of the real thing, it'll come with an actual uninstaller, and not damage anything.
The next step will be to make it part of the computer license test <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Otherwise, the best solution is to give the kids a computer they can beat the mess out of and not hurt your own things. Make them deal without for a while when they bust it and they'll get the idea eventually.
or because people might discover your TRUE IDENTITY YAHAHAHAHahhaHAHHhahAHahHA /runs away cackling
I'm one of only 2 computer savvy people in my family. The other one is my brother. The family comes to me for tech support all the time. This is b0rked, that wont work, why cant I run Warcraft 3 on P2 133 with 16 Mb ram?
On the plus side though, my immediate family tends to be better. My sister has to deal with computers all the time and she knows basic functions (delete, save, directory structure, etc), My mum knows how to find games, go around the files etc, My Dad is the only one thats fairly illiterate, but he isnt annoying about it. He doesnt understand computers, but he can understand instructions, still, he's only touched the computer 3 times in living memory. Once to find out what all the fuss was about. The second time to try out a game called Bejeweled, the third only recently to start playing bejeweled again.
Nub/Newbie - A person who doesnt know the first thing, but is willing to learn, about computers.
N00b - Person that doesnt know the first thing about Computers and has no will to learn "Go the My Computer..." "What? Why do I need to go to your computer for?" "Theres an icon in the upper left" "OOoooh!!" "Now go to my computer" "Why?" "So you can access C Drive" "What?" "So you can get into your computers hard drive" "Why is my computer having a hard drive for?" "Sigh..."
Computer Literate - One that knows basic tasks on computers and terminology. They know what an exe file does, they know not to open suspicious attachments. They can browse a directory structure, scan for virii and deal with simple errors.
Computer Savvy - People that can format their computers, partition hard drives, install drivers and fiddle with settings with some confidence.
Computer Super Savvy - One that can not only build a computer from scratch, but also knows programming, networking, architecture, and even a little about how the computer actually works (CPU clock, what Megahertz means, flip/flops etc). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, then...I guess I'm computer super savvy but not fully computer savvy (never have reformated, don't know how and don't know when I will need too - I'd expect after I get a CD writer so I can back up stuff off of here.
(PumaMan is over a CD's size too...so I'll have to learn how to work a network during summer...bah)
Funny thing is, my computer works awesome...until I let someone else install something, or change something. Then it gets all wonky and I get mad. Even the crazy tech people here can install something and screw it up.
Well, it's just the advanced stuff I need to learn...like how to install a new 2x AGP graphics card on a computer from 1999.
Well, not cool because that's the whole point of being a geek but you know what I mean...