I completely agree with Superboy on this topic.
Lashiec, certainly you understand that not every user is a power user, and very few are as knowledgeable as you all are here on this forum.

A PC is such a pain in the ass to use and get it running smoothly.  Very few people have the ability, patience, and willpower to do it.  We're not the norm here.

-superboyac (October 01, 2009, 02:13 AM)

Not to mention time. Learning time.

Someone like me who knows so much about using Windows is very, very rare in my workplace and industry.  The problem is that if you're not like me or us here, you WILL run into issues with the PC.  Constantly...

-superboyac (October 01, 2009, 02:13 AM)

And that's because people don't listen and do whatever they want in the computer, and then shit happens. And when it happens they blame Windows, instead of putting the blame on themselves.

-Lashiec (October 01, 2009, 09:40 AM)

Huh? I run into problems all the time. We blame Windows because we cannot fix something if we don't know what's broken. We only know the results. Most of us don't even understand some of the error messages Windows gives.

What is doing "whatever they want"? Installing software? Allowing a Windows update, but not having the driver needed to download the other driver needed to finish it? Starting or shutting down the PC & hoping the system can do it in less than 5 minutes? How it it that the average user is supposed to know how to get around issues like these?

Yesterday, Infran View crashed every time I started it and Paint has not worked in months.
If I had a child, let alone a full-time job, I would never be able to sit here, research and repair repair this.
I've spent hours on this Paint problem & have given up - my life is passing me by! Others simply do not have this kind of time.

My dad is afraid to do anything remotely adventurous on his laptop...

-superboyac (October 01, 2009, 02:13 AM)

Same here. And he's really smart. Many intelligent people I talk to won't do a lot of things we consider basic, they don't want problems.

I'd also like to add the frustration of going to a software site for support, only to be directed to a forum.
Did you know that even if the search is performed properly by a user, that they don't always work?

Nobody should be obligated to spend large amounts of time scouring the internet for solutions to such problems.
So, please try and see this from an average user's point of view.

I'm looking for a place where I can rent a mac to see if I want to make The Switch as well.
These problems are getting old.

-SKesselman (October 04, 2009, 11:14 AM)

Code: ASM [Select]

1. ...
2. call Shoot

Can you please make the next IRLDD ASAP? I cannot wait to see this!!!!!

-SKesselman (October 04, 2009, 11:14 AM)

If I were you, I wouldn't want to see that :)

-scancode (October 04, 2009, 11:22 AM)

Shoot? Look, I might get a little snitty sometimes, but really, I'm not that bad!

I stand defeated

-SKesselman (October 03, 2009, 10:40 PM)

You two caught me flat-footed, 'Sharks' is too deep for me. Be a saint and less-en the cannon.

-cranioscopical (October 04, 2009, 06:48 AM)

Sorry if I delayed the game, I was sleeping.

Cranio, if it's goal to your save yourself, don't trip, this is not a tie.  
Check the previous posts. I think you know, you hold the title of King.

I can assist you, but face it, you're no match for me! You're over my head, I don't even understand your last post! You can make these jokes on the fly, as opposed to me -  I have actually to stop & think about what kind of hat trick I can pull off.

Please, give me a break!

Can we get back to the original point? Is there a pool at mouser's, or what???

[Modified: just woke up, cannot make a real sentence]