Discussion » Sending The Internet

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Posted by friday, 07:03, 24th October 2003:
 
This guy comes into my cafe yesterday and he told me that he wants to "send the Internet" I quite politely replied that it would be a big job and I would assist him. It's very sweet and innocent from someone who wants to learn more about computers, I thought. But I must admit, I found it very hard not to laugh.

The other funny story was when a clients connection was blocked because he had a virus on his network. When he came in to discuss, we explained that he probably got the virus from someones floppy disk. To which he replied, "oh, the floppy virus?". My colleague and I looked at eachother and decided to reply, "yes, the floppy virus!". We still laugh about that one.

Anyone else got some funny computer user related stories?
Posted by gobbo, 09:45, 24th October 2003:
 
How about all the advice Beargod gave me about hardware, and then went and screwed his motherboard to the base plate without using the plastic seperator thingies, fusing the whole thing together with static? :D
Posted by beargod, 09:47, 24th October 2003:
 
I fused it now? It worked fine afterwards, plus I never asked to give you advice you just wanted to lay the blame on someone else and warren wasn't around :P
Posted by ilovebeerme, 09:48, 24th October 2003:
 
Doh! Heh heh
Posted by friday, 10:40, 24th October 2003:
 
I like this!
Posted by Rosie, 10:49, 24th October 2003:
 
LOL!
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 15:22, 24th October 2003:
 
Cool,
I had some one complaining about the strange and random beeping noise their machine was making. After and extensive look around it was concluded that it was her mobile that was going off.

Most of these stories are kind of you have to be there.
Posted by tommorris, 23:24, 25th October 2003:
 
I would make a joke about newbies who, when their computers lock up, they complain that the Internet has crashed. But with the recent actions by VeriSign, it would be quite cruel for newbies like the CEO's of VeriSign.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 23:55, 25th October 2003:
 
yeah. verisign, what were they thinking?
Posted by arsepuppy, 11:45, 27th October 2003:
 
That joke would be AWESOME!

WTF is verisign??
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:41, 27th October 2003:
 
fuck knows
Posted by friday, 14:50, 27th October 2003:
 
ha ha (I dont know either BTW)
Posted by Sul, 15:12, 27th October 2003:
 
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) delivers critical infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable, and secure. Every day VeriSign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers connect, communicate, and transact with confidence.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 15:15, 27th October 2003:
 
Googletastic mate!
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:21, 27th October 2003:
 
That joke gets funnier every time you tell it, Sul :D
Posted by tommorris, 12:07, 28th October 2003:
 
Intelligent? Heh heh heh. That sums it up. It's supposed to be a dumb end-to-end network where the innovation is done by individuals rather than by some twats who help only "businesses and consumers" rather than real Internet users.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:12, 28th October 2003:
 
ah, fake internet users eh?
Posted by friday, 12:57, 28th October 2003:
 
what, like ghosts?
Posted by Grim..., 13:41, 28th October 2003:
 
'In The Shell'?
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 14:27, 28th October 2003:
 
"2"