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procrastination
June 27th, 2001, 03:11 AM
If I hear this one more time, I think I will just absolutly scream. There is nothing I hate more than when someone says these sort of things, usually right after they ask me for help.

Why do you think this is?

I wouldn't say those sort of things during a brake inspection on my car... Or during a dental appointment...


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Geek #1
June 27th, 2001, 03:36 AM
Tech God he say - "The user must be more intelligent than the machine he is trying to operate."

All computers are stupid, just as all machines are stupid. They are programmed to follow a set of instructions, if the instructions don't exist or are wrong the machine will perform the wrong operation.

Then it is the tech's fault for not making sure they work....
SubZero
June 27th, 2001, 02:03 PM
My theory - The computer is only as smart as the user at the keyboard.

Hmmm...that means that my computer is a genius right now <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
MacGyver
June 27th, 2001, 02:19 PM
No, it only thinks it is a genius. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Sowulo
June 27th, 2001, 03:19 PM
Originally posted by MacGyver:
<STRONG>No, it only thinks it is a genius. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"></STRONG>

Ooooo....AI. A computer that actually thinks. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
HIESLanMan
June 28th, 2001, 07:09 PM
I like my hero Nick Burns's answer best: just lean over gingerly and say "Oh, and it's the computer that's stupid, not you, right?"
ilovetheusers
June 28th, 2001, 10:53 PM
Yep thet're stupid. Doesn't have a tenth of the brainpower of the user but the computer somehow often seems brighter in comparison...
antonye
June 29th, 2001, 03:43 AM
Computers aren't stupid...
Read this article (http://www.theonion.com/onion3636/counterpoint_technology.html) for proof!

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