What is the most annoying question that you have ever been asked by a newbie?
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What is the most annoying question that you have ever been asked by a newbie?
I think a givin is
"will you teach me how to hack _______" you can fill in the blank
sounds about right for a given. Any others?
I was asked this one time:
"Do I have to insert the zip disk in all the way?"
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
CRY!!!!
How simple minded do you have to be?
"HOW CAN I HACK HOTMAIL?"
How about....
Comp. Illiterate: Excuse me Mr.WebCarnage, but whats the difference between "hardware" and "software"
Here's a list of questions that probably get on alot of ppls nevers..
I knoe they get on mine but hey, you gotta learn some how.. Hopefully they'll learn one day but just bear with the newbies.. You gotta start some where. :D
1.) "How do I hack Yahoo!/Hotmail ?
2.) "Why won't this file open?"
3.)"Well how do I unzip it?"
4.) "What's that?"
5.) "Are you a hacker?"
6.) "Do you know my password?"
7.) "Oh yeah, then what's my IP then?"
8.) "Can you show me how to hack?
9.) "If I pay you will you hack ____?"
10.) "What's a firewall?"
BTW, those aren't in any particular order. I'm sure most of you've heard the same questions too. Help a newbie, give 'em a link to Google . ;)
Remote_Access_
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Originally posted by Remote_Access_
5.) "Are you a hacker?"
6.) "Do you know my password?"
7.) "Oh yeah, then what's my IP then?"
Remote_Access_
Numbers 5, 6, and 7 are classics! LOL... Sometimes, instead of "Oh yeah, then what's my IP" I get "Oh yeah, then what's my ISP number then?"
:rofl:
you just have to stand back and say,"Well at least they can't get any more dumb, hopefully?!".
I was working on my PC one day and the phone rang. It was some girl who needed help with a disk problem she was having. My dad's got his company listed in the phone book and she must have grabbed the number quickly from there. It seems she couldn't get anything to save to her floppy disk. I told her to flick the "little button in the bottom corner".
"Oh, it's working now", she said.
I didn't have the heart to send her an invoice =).
poor girl!!
I just came up with another one:
What tech support person can honestly say they haven't wanted to kill somebody for confusing hard drives and memory?
That's one of my biggest pet peeves. Every time somebody does that, I just want to strangle them.
ME: Your hard drive is NOT your memory! Get it right!
THEM: *GASP*
ME: Say your hard drive is not your memory! SAY IT!
THEM: *choke*
ME: SAY IT!!!
THEM: *ack*
:D
The absolute worst question has got to be:
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For those less-l337 of you, the translation is: "How do I hack my friend's computer? I don't want to actually do any damage, I just want to know how."
--PhirePhreak (or, P|-|1R3P|-|R34|<, lol)
It isn't really a question as much as a statement:
"I jus want Nowledge to be fr33, d00d!"
The "Hacker Manifesto" has indirectly done so much evil. <shudder>
The other part is the
"I just want to KNOW how, that's all!" and the:
I guess that sort of blankets a lot of the "Teach me to hack X" questions.Quote:
Please tell me how to do this complicated end-goal in ten easy steps. Oh, and I'm not about to give you any information on the billions of variables implicit in this problem, or anything that might help you decide. All I can tell you is that it is some sort of Linux, and I want root. Thanks.
P.S.: How do you get a DOS prompt?
Well, Terr, I think that last one topped them all. And notice how those "teach me to hack" ones all fall into that simple "formula" that you quoted. They want to crack a server, but don't want to actually do any work, much less do any good.
--PhirePhreak
I was once asked..."This linux thing... do they make AOL for it?"
or
"KCA(a teach yourself how to type the AOL way software program) won't work! Did you do something to the command prompt!?"
I almost said "Yes I did, and I hope the problem spreads!"
OK my worst and/or funiest was a girl that worked in the building across the street called and ask if I could get the computer her mom got from work [her mom works at the local library] to work they couldn't get it to come on, so I said yea I'll try I thought maybe it was just a boot only or an old network box that they just gave away[it was a 386] anyway she brought it in and set it up monitor, keyboard and all, so I said what's it doing? she said it wont come on and started pressing the reset button in the front....I said how about this big red switch on the side that says off/on?? And yes eveytime I see her I say "the big red switch" wouldn't you:) :)
this isn't actually a question....but every 30 days ....it starts out...
they..."my password doesn't work..."
me..."did you use the new one i gave you yesterday?"
they..."yes...it doesn't work"
me...."did you type it in exactly as i gave it to you?"
they..."yes"
me...."are you sure?"
they..."yes"
me..."did you type it is upper and lower case like it's supposed to be?"
they...(here's the question)..."oh...does that matter?"
me...'yes"....biting tongue...while thinking....HOW MANY TIMES...#$@$#%@...STUPID F&$^#^#&^...arrrrrrrghhhhh...
User: what is left after an operation on a live brain transplant donor.
sigh...passwords change in a week...
House calls are always a riot.
Me: I can tell you how to take care of that over the phone.
Them: No, I need you to come over
Me: OK Fine....
I go over there.....
Them: I need this file off my computer.
Right Click, Delete...
Them: I could've done that.
Me: I know, that's what I said!
Drives me crazy... It's fun though.
ah, but why complain about un-necessary house calls....you can charge more for them than phone calls :)
I think the hotmail/yahoo question is one of the most annoying, and the people who dont know how to turn it on, sigh :puts gun in mouth:
thats why i dont leave my little box
:ubergun:
This was back in the dos-era, in a converstation with some phone-support guy...
"Now type dir /s msd.exe ..."
"Who! not that fast! How do you write that? D I R F R O N T S L A - something?"
The sad part is, that it was me, asking that question... ;)
alrite.. check out this site pretty cool, u have to find backdoors and stuff. If u look in the far left bottom corner, there is a square 1 pixel big, click on that and that shud get u started.. easy enuff but it gets harder.
Also the most anoyin question i got asked is "What is the code for HTML" or "I just got hacked, tell me how i can get the person back, i just wana know please tell me" grrr nebbies
ok ok ok...
Gimmie the URL for NetBIOS. ...I know it's something.net ...but whats that something?
And again I must say, "My signature say's it all!!!!".
Did you ever wonder why, In the help forum for trouble shooting printers there are questions like this.
Is the computer on?
Is the printer plugged in?
Is the printer connected to the computer?
Is there paper in the printer?
Is the printer on?
You know that these questions are asked because someone actually didn't do this before asking them for help.
Here is something really funny. I use to work for a security company at this bank. Well while at work the power went out and the backup gen. didn't kick in almost everyone came down to the security office to ask me Why the power went out, I told them I don't work for the power company and that I didn't know. One other guy asked me if I knew the power was out and I replied with no I always have the lights off when Im in my office. What a dumbass...
Collage doesn't teach people common sense. That was a gift that god gave only to few.
the one i got was
'how do you type in color?'
'what is LOL?
rgds
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if you belong to any listservs you'll know this one...
"who is TIA???...why is everyone talking about her...?"
oh...and if anyone gives me pos points for this post...TIA :)
Definitley the how to hack hotmail question. :)
my g/f's name is Tia lol
Anything that is a repeat of information I provided the questioner. . . I have limited patience with people who ask the same technical question over and over again -fuse is even shorter if part of the previous answer invovled a hands on demostration for the person.
Cheers,
-D
I sometimes work in an internetcafé..
And what I find most anoying is:
Why can't I get in to ...just any... chatroom? As if I know.....
What does 404 page not found mean? DUH...
Get a life man...
Three stupiest questions I've been asked:
3: Which do you like more, hardware or software?
2: Does my computer have the internet on it?
1: Where do you want to go today?
I have to agree with you on that one. Another example, my friend sitting next to me just asked, "What's a new thread?" When he saw the button next to the "post reply" link.
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I was just asked if it made a difference if someone bought hardware or software and which was needed more.
wow... everyone has pretty much heard it all...
but then again I had a VP from a major hardware sales shop look up and ask me if he still had microsoft windows on his machine :::abviously he meant word:::
Usually my radar tells me when a dumb question is coming!! Best investment I ever made was in these wireless headphones!! Little does anyone know, I never have the sound on.... just headphones on my head.
~THEJRC~
Cute, I thought the headphones made you look sexy Bubbles!
one would be when somebody rings me and say..
Person: Hello.. can you help me?
Me: Yeah sure.. whats wrong?
Person: Something's wrong with my PC is ****ed..
Me: Really? whats wrong with you PC?
Person: I dont know.. its ****ed..
Me: Ermm what do you mean by ****ed?
Person: Its ****ed! Look! are you gonna help me fix it or not?!
Me: I will.. as soon as you tell me whats wrong with it..
Person: I DONT KNOW!! thats why i called you!!
Me: Ok is the power on?
Person: Im not that dumb!!
Me: Ok ok.. Is the monitor on?
Person: Are you making fun of me?!!
Me: No
Person: Then stop asking me stupid questions!!
Me: Ok.. is the cable on your monitor connected to the box?
Person: What cable??
or...
Person: Hello.. help desk?
Me: Yes...
Person: I am very disappointed and i want good service right now!
Me: What seems to be the problem mam?
Person: I dont know the password to my screen saver
Me: Well i have nothing to do with that mam..
Person: Ofcourse you have notthing to do with it but im asking you to fix it!
Me: well mam i really cant help you...
Person: What do you mean you cant help me?!! what kind of a help desk are you?! Look miss! i spent lots of money for this computer and i want it fixed this instant! Give me your Manager!! You are gonna loose your job for this!!
Me: Madam.. we are an Internet Service Provider... we have nothing to do with your PC..
Person: Now dont be a smarty pants missy!!!
Anyone who posts in this thread will notice that i am doleing out positive Antipoints!!