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31 January 2006

My mother is such a Noob. :-(

post by: Cryptical Envelopment at: 15:42 | 28 comments

'splain!

posted by Capn 31 January | 15:44

Did she get pwned by a l33t h4xx0r?

posted by pieisexactlythree 31 January | 15:49

Did she ask you what a comment with '.' meant?

posted by agropyron 31 January | 15:51

I just taught my mom how to cut and paste text. She said "that is the coolest thing!" She's had a computer for years, and still uses WordPerfect, which I didn't even know existed anymore. Sheesh.

The End.

posted by Hellbient 31 January | 15:51

Oh wait, I know! I bet she forgot to compose her "more inside" before posting!

posted by agropyron 31 January | 15:52

My dad has just discovered how much fun it is to forward jokes and such-like to me.

posted by Capn 31 January | 15:57

Did she get pwned by a l33t h4xx0r?

LOLZRZ!14159!!

Yeah, me. *sigh* I thought I had taught her better.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 16:03

My dad uses WordPerfect.

posted by matildaben 31 January | 16:21

To paraphrase redman, I'll all about three things; smoking, talkin' shit and ownz0ring your moms.

posted by Divine_Wino 31 January | 16:25

My mom thinks AOL = the internet. Awww.

posted by Uncle Glendinning 31 January | 16:37

I know someone who runs DOS 5 on a 386 because Wordperfect for DOS is the only wordprocessor he feels comfortable using.

the tech phone calls are murder.

posted by shmegegge 31 January | 16:45

That was phase 1, hellbient and matildaben: translating WP docs into, er, .doc files. We have gotten over that. But not by much. The issue today was transferring a file to me over AIM. We have the same OS and despite very precise (says me) directions we got lost and she felt like a n00b. That's no g00d. :-(

It would be fun if she was stupid (but then I'd probably be stupid too). As it is I am seeing so much wasted potential. My mother would love the internet if she could get comfortable with it.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 16:47

Yipee! I just got a day job!

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 17:10

Lemme guess, helping your mom with the internet?

[Just kidding, that's great! Congradges, and what's the job?]

posted by Hugh Janus 31 January | 17:20

My dad is actually reasonably smart with the computer, he's just set in his ways the way senior citizens are entitled to be. He actually has AdAware and knows how to use the Task Manager.

posted by matildaben 31 January | 17:23

Over xmas, I had to put Ad-Aware, etc. on my dad's computer, despite his protests that he did not need it. Several hundred critical objects later, he got the point.

The saddest part is that my dad is in his early 50s and spent the past 20 years (up until 2 years ago)working in the computer industry...
*rolls eyes*

posted by SassHat 31 January | 17:42

So it goes... :-D

Thanks! I start work here on Thursday! They will take down the "help wanted" ad three weeks after the Christmas stuff, I'm sure. It seems like a very cool place (I did two shifts last Thursday and Friday and they are kind people and certain perks appeal...)

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 17:53

YAY Cryptical!

posted by chewatadistance 31 January | 18:30

Fuckin' A! First day job in a decade and I WILL LOVE IT AND WORK HARD.

Meet Steve Jobs, my man...

Coincidentally I had to chew at a distance the first day on the job. Doesn't everybody. It was awkward.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 18:34

My dad got pwned by a Macintosh! He has PhD in research science and he can't figure out how to open an enclosure in ~~LOL~~ AOL mail.

posted by pieisexactlythree 31 January | 18:37

My mother has no idea what this OS can do for her. :-(

Smart lady, old school. Damn.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 31 January | 18:43

I sent my mum three Red Hat iso CD's and she installed Linux on her crappy old PC, calling for help only once! (and all that happened was that we ended up chatting about the news while she installed Red Hat. Multitasking!)

*beams with pride*

posted by dabitch 31 January | 18:59

Did she get pwned by a l33t h4xx0r?

This made me laugh out loud, and every time I read it I laugh again. The thought of an elite hacker (whatever the hell that is...are there hacker class levels?) going after some random clueless mom just makes me giddy, I guess.

posted by iconomy 31 January | 20:15

I know someone who runs DOS 5 on a 386 because Wordperfect for DOS is the only wordprocessor he feels comfortable using.

WP 5.1 was the ultimate word proccessor, it has been a downhill ride of overwhelming feature creep ever since.

posted by Mitheral 31 January | 20:45

I think leet (1337) is without a doubt one of the stupidest things I've ever seen, but I can't help using it (ironically) at any chance I get. It's just so fucking funny!

Leet is the new trucker hat.

posted by pieisexactlythree 31 January | 22:05

WP 5.1 was the ultimate word proccessor, it has been a downhill ride of overwhelming feature creep ever since.
Oh yeah. Once, I knew every single WP5.1 F-key function by heart and never used the template. People thought I was a fucking genius and always asked me for help.

Actually, not much has changed. Now, people think I am a fucking idiot and always ask me for help.

posted by dg 31 January | 22:27

"Cryptical, would you like some more pudding?"

"STFU, N00B!"

"Ess-tee-eff-you? You're welcome."

"Jeeeeeez."

posted by klangklangston 01 February | 11:33

(DOS 5 is a word processor? What planet have I been living on or am I just getting it confused? Nothing to do with quick and dirty operating system?)

posted by dabitch 02 February | 14:04

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