Scaring Computer Nerds With Swashbuckling Attitude to IT

[DieScum]

I was testing an application a while back with one of the customer's employees. We were doing it on VMWare. When finished with one VM I'd just power the thing off and move on the next task.

"What are you doing? Oh no, no, no. You have to shut it down first before powering off."

Erm, ok.

Then I pulled out my USB stick.

"Wait. No, no, no. Don't you know you have to eject it first."

He then did that stupid little eject USB thing in the system tray which I have never done in my life.

It got a bit annoying.

You ever worked with anyone who insists on these kind of dumb correct way to do things?

[threaded]

You've been lucky.

I used to do that, then discovered on newer Apples it'll generally fsck your kit up if you pull it out without warning.

[scooterscot]

Sounds like a case of OCD - Stressed out society so it is. I blame nu labore.

[DieScum]

You've been lucky.

I used to do that, then discovered on newer Apples it'll generally fsck your kit up if you pull it out without warning.

Yeah, yeah. I've been lucky for the past decade.

I think you are one of these IT nerds that I scare.

[threaded]

Yeah, yeah. I've been lucky for the past decade.

I think you are one of these IT nerds that I scare.

No, it does seem OK on windows, and older mac kit. Just newer macs have some problems, and they really break stuff too.

[scooterscot]

woz replacing the keyboard on my vaio whilst up and running, stupid socket on mother board broke. Got my glue gun out... quality job. No restart required.

[Diver]

No, it does seem OK on windows, and older mac kit. Just newer macs have some problems, and they really break stuff too.

I always eject before pulling my stick out

[Platypus]

I used to work with a guy who would get in to a total tiswas if I closed the CD-drive by pushing on the tray. He insisted on using the button.

[RichardCranium]

woz replacing the keyboard on my vaio whilst up and running, stupid socket on mother board broke.

On the Dell desktops we had at ClientCo in the 1990s, removing the keyboard lead with the PC running would destroy the keyboard. I didn't believe that when told, so demonstrated it was utter bollocks.

Oops.

[TimberWolf]

My nephew was a bit stroppy the other month when I asked him to look something up on his Ipod using any unencrypted connection available. He was banging on about how it was illegal etc and wouldn't have it.