Fuck computers!!!

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cheach

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My long list of rants pertaining to computers:

Last night i'm surfing the web and what not, I get to a website and one of those annoying "install" plugin windows pops up. I click no, but this time, it says that I can't access the website unless I click yes! WTF?? I normally don't click yes, but I'm kinda pissed and I really want to see this website so I click yes. Turns out the website wasn't really what I wanted anyway.

I turn on my computer this morning, and of course it is infested with 50 different adware, spyware bots, etc. I'm getting pop ups out the wazzoo, theres new junk search toolbar installed, of course it uses one of those illegitimate search engines that only return "results" of their partner sites.

I know people praise this ad-aware program like it is god, but I personally hate it. I used it once on my old computer, the shit deleted some junk that it wasn't supposed to, and ended up messing up the internet adaptor or something. I got so frustrated debugging the problem that I finally just reformatted the whole hard drive, losing a whole bunch of data.

Today I've been working on some web development project for a volunteer, unpaid position. Of course I don't really want to be doing this, I just want to get the "experience." It's really frustrating, because I have to use a scripting language I don't have experience in. It is really hard just to find out how to do simple things, like redirect the browser or use a session variable, because the language is constantly changing, client side, server side, etc. There are many solutions posted on the internet, but only one in ten work the way I want. Plus programming in general is just a frustrating task.

I used to go to a website called experts-exchange for programming help which was pretty good, but I surf to it a few days ago and its now a pay site??! Fuck!! Hell no, I don't have that money to waste...

Of course I have no motivation for this volunteer programming thing. I wanted to find a paid internship this summer, but of course I couldn't get one. Some places only accept applicants that have a 3.0 GPA. Shit, I'm sorry that I got a C in a few gen-ed classes that have nothing to do with programming anyway!!!

One place I was extremely qualified for what they were looking for, and they called me. I talk to the admin girl, shes nice, things are going good. She connects me to some "project manager" guy. What bullshit! I hate these type of people. They know a little bit of technical stuff, but have no real experience in it, but they think they understand everything. This manager proceeds to quiz me about web programming over the phone! I'm thinking WTF, I'm honest with him I say sorry, I don't memorize intricate syntax, I don't know the answer on the spot. Its clear this guy doesn't really know what he's talking about. For one, he asks me what tags I have used in VBscript, there are no "tags" in VBscript!!! What really pissed me off was that he told me to fresh up on some stuff, he'd ask a programmer to call and interview me tomorrow. I'm looking forward to talking to someone that knows what he's talking about, I spend the night studying HTML, ASP, SQL, VBscript documentation. Next day, of course no one calls! Why can't he just tell me he doesn't like me/doesn't want me?? Lying to me resulted in no benifit to him at all.

I'm not really interested in programming anyway. I don't want to do it for the rest of my life. It is tedious, boring, frustrating, stressful. I'd rather do something more mechanical but people tell me to stay, away, the field is declining. If I do something related to computers, I'd rather do something related to integrated computing, or data engineering, but demand is lower for this. Everyone tells me "IT" is hot, and its true thats where the opportunities are. however, I don't really see much advancement opportunity. If I got a job as a programmer, the pay is pretty good but even if got a few promotions over 20 years, I'd never make enough to be rich. Shit, all I want in life is a house with a 3-car garage and enough cars to fill up that garage. Thats what this warped american society has put in my head.

This one isn't really that bad just a little annoying. Yesterday, I bid on an item on ebay with about a minute to go. I'd been following this item for a few days. with under 10 seconds to go, I'm I still have highest bid. I refresh the browser. By the time the page loads, the auction is over. And someone outbid me with 3 seconds to go!!! Shit, I need a faster internet connection.

Speaking of internet connections, what is up with ISPs ripping people off. I sign up for service over the phone a few months ago, for one free month and a regular price of 29.95. Turns out they charge me like $50 the first month!! I call them, they agree to 29.95, then next month they overcharge me again!!!!

What I really need is a new computer. One of those sleek, trendy laptops that all my classmates have. But shit, there like $3000!!! Damn, how do these kids afford this stuff...

And I just wasted half an hour typing this.... Fuck internet message boards!!! :mad: :mfinger: :D :redface:
 
:blahblah: :blahblah: :blahblah: :blahblah: wow, plz dont ever post something THAT long, not too many peeps will feel like reading it, try posting ur messages short but to the point and i barely understood any of it (mostly cause i was too bored reading it) not to be rude or mean, but most peeps wont care about this shit, post about how u slep with ur freinds wife, ude get alot of responses from that
 
k, im not a flamer, i only flamed ONCE and that was cause the guy was bieng an asshole, dont worry, i wont flame u i may make jokes for the hell of it but flaming isnt reall my style :D
 
lol, I got some of the same problems
I tried to bid on something with 1 minute to go on ebay, the next page loaded and said the auction was already closed, wtf
plus a week ago my internet explorer crapped out on me and wouldn't let me browse the internet, only use aol im or something
the dumbasses at tech support couldn't fix my problem and wanted me to take it to dell and spend hundreds to put new hardware in....I was like fuck that, I got my friend over, he's like a techi in the field...I don't know he managed to get on the internet when it wasn't working but he downloaded and reinstalled internet explorer...works fine now...that's all tech support had to say, maybe u need to reinstall explorer, but no they want u to go spend more money after wasting money on the call
kinda like mechanics, tell them something doesn't work like ur a/c, they'll want to replace ur compressor or something....or u can spend $30 like me and recharge the a/c and works like new
I hope ppl look into this stuff first before listening to mechanics and wasteing money
 
Yeah, exactly. I called tech support once when my printer broke. They asked for my credit card number, wanted to charge like $40 just to talk to them! Hell no, the printer barely costed more then that!!!

A local car dealer wants like $100 to change an air filter. Like $50 for "parts" and $50 for labor. Shit, I could got to pep-boys and buy a filter for $15, and install it in 90 seconds. The sad thing is, people actually pay $100 for the "genuine service."
 
lol, yea I know....it probably seems like it's too hard for them to understand how to do..or they don't have time..or don't want to screw it up
but I'd rather save my money, not let a shop keep it for hours or days, when it would be ready in a minute, and it's called a repair manual so u can learn...I've done allll my work on my truck, replaced many things and learned on my own
yea and the oil change is a rip off for some ppl...I actually did those for my truck, and co-workers...saved them like $20, and I can do them in about 10 minutes too, plus I don't charge thems, it's friends and the experience
 
OKAY...HERE IS YOUR PROBLEM.

You are all using the evil Internet Explorer browser. Don't EVER trust that Microsoft piece of junk. It crashes, screws up, and allows spyware and other nasty garbage on your system, thanks to the ActiveX plugin.

Here is what you do...

Go to www.mozilla.org

Download Mozilla 1.7

You are good to go! This browser blocks popups, it's fast and does not have ActiveX.

RA64, considering you are a programmer, I would suspect you would know about that ActiveX garbage. A guy as advanced as you has no need for M$ products.
 
ok everyone who has computer problems the problem is something called EBCAK...error between chair and keyboard...its when people do stupid stuff and it screws up their computers...not everyone is immune to this i had a run-in with EBCAK the other day when i was tryin to overclock at 4 in the morning when i was half awake, i shorted out my Motherboard and it fucked up my sound. god damnint never do anything with computer when your half awake it leads to bad stuff
 
Hypertron, that SUCKS! I have my 1.8GHz Duron OCed to 2.03 GHz, without any problems. it performs a hair better than a 2400+.

Yeah, I feel your pain. The sound is fucked up on my motherboard too...The speaker jack shorted out, and now I can only get the right channel.

Oh well...Time to buy a Sound Blaster!
 
I have a P4 1.8 overclocked to 2.18 it runs a lil hot cuz i don't have good case cooling. at least my motherboard is still on warrenty and it was made for overclocking so i should be able to get it fixed.
 
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