tech

  • What You Should Do When in Times of Need

    Computer is very common nowadays and most of the people only know what are the computer short cut keys and buttons. This little list would help you when you are in times of need so that you won’t go around saying the wrong things: When you need help: Dont’s: Help!!! SOS!!! Do’s: F1 When you…

  • 1/3 Multiplied By 3

    An analyst, a pure mathematician, and a statistician apply for a job. The interviewer asks each of them the question “What is 1/3 multiplied by 3?” The analyst enters it into his calculator and replies that the answer is 0.9999999. The pure mathematician replies that the answer is obviously 1. Then, the statistician asks the…

  • Fire and Water

    A mathematician, an engineer and a chemist are at a conference. They are staying in adjoining rooms. One evening they are downstairs in the bar. The mathematician goes to bed first. The chemist goes next, followed a minute or two later by the engineer. The chemist notices that in the corridor outside their rooms a…

  • Carol was Having Trouble…

    Carol was having trouble with her computer. So she called Glenn, the computer guy, over to her desk. Glenn clicked a couple buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, Carol called after him, “So, what was wrong?” And he replied, “It was an ID Ten T Error.” A puzzled expression ran riot…

  • Computer Exercises

    With the daily time taken working on computers, avoiding things like RSI and any strain related illnesses is crucial to maintaining a healthy working environment. The following excercise has been devised by medical experts in the field of RSI research to ensure that if performed, will place the exerciser in a position of minimal risk.…

  • Lol

    It’s pretty bad if you start typing “lol” as if it were a sentence (Lol.) Its worse if you start saying, “laugh out loud” in everday conversations. It’s absolutely horrible if you actually say, “l-o-l.”

  • Douglas Adams on Windows95

    Beyond the Hype (Guardian, August 25, 1995) Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, argues Windows 95 does not cross any frontiers. What on Earth is going on? Have we found intelligent life on other planets? Abolished war and famine? Found Elvis? Have we even devised a new and better way of…

  • Mouse Balls

    This apparently was a real memo sent at a computer company to its employees in all seriousness. This memo is from an unnamed computer company. It went to all field engineers about a computer peripheral problem. The author of this memo was quite serious. The engineers rolled on the floor. “Mouse Balls” Mouse balls are…

  • Pick-up Lines For Computer Geeks

    – Nice Set of Floppies! – Hey, how ’bout I take off your cover and insert a bigger CPU. – I’d like to play on your laptop. – Need me to unzip your files? – If you were an ISP, I’d dial you all day long! – I’d like to boot up your PC! –…

  • It’s Time to Turn Your Computer Off When…

    – You wake up at 3 am to go to the bathroom and stop to check your E-mail on the way back to bed. – You name your children Eudora, AOL and dotcom. – You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, as if you just pulled the plug on a loved…

  • The Tech Support Blues

    Tech Support: “I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop.” Customer: “OK.” Tech Support: “Did you get a pop-up menu?” Customer: “No.” Tech Support: “OK. Right-click again. So you see a pop-up menu?” Customer: “No.” Tech Support: “OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?” Customer: “Sure. You…

  • What We Learn from Movies 2

    1. Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement. 2. All beds have special L-shaped sheets that reach the armpit level of a woman, but only the waist level of the man lying beside her. 3. At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil. 4. All…