Oldies vs ComputersAs someone who is "good with computers" I get a lot of calls from people who've got problems. Some of them even have problems with their computers.
Back many years ago working for a telecoms company, I was called to a senior secretary who "had put a disk into the drive and couldn't get it out". She had one of the first Mac II machines with two drive slots. But only one drive.
Opening up the case revealed stacks of floppy disks that she'd been posting through the hole in the case for weeks. She'd only decided there was a problem when her boss wanted one of them back...
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chthonic, Fri 22 Sep 2006, 13:58)
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Let's See...Oldies Vs technology? Hmm - I wonder if I count as an oldie now. After all, I'm 46 this week... (Jesus! Where did the time go?)
Many moons ago I was walking into a new supermarket with a mate from work. As we approached, I noticed an infra-red sensor above the door. Go near it and it would kindly open the doors for you. As we got nearer I raised my arms and twiddled my fingers to set off the sensor. Of course, the door opened (would have picked up my body heat way before my wiggling fingers) and I went inside. And then I looked back.
Behind us were two little old ladies who were shuffling up to the door looking decidedly edgy. Then they lifted their arms and started wiggling their fingers towards the sensor exactly the way I'd done it - they had obviously seen me enter and thought this was the way it was done.
Well it made me laugh...
Cheers
P.S _ See. Not even a wee bit of computer jargon in sight.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 25 Sep 2006, 17:00,
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