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I strongly disagree. I've dealt with most of these questions at one time or another in recent years, and a Whole lot more 8 years back when I was in IT. Some
by enobrev 17y ago
I strongly disagree. I've dealt with most of these questions at one time or another in recent years, and a Whole lot more 8 years back when I was in IT.
Some people still think shutting off the monitor means shutting off the computer - even in the case of a flat screen. I've seen this at least 5 times this year alone.
As a web developer the browser issue is the biggest and most consistent for me.
The fact that you don't think these differences still exist perfectly defines the purpose of this list.
- ams6110 17y agoSome people still think shutting off the monitor means shutting off the computer Heh. I had this problem with my mom who could never understand that she could record on her VCR even if the TV was off. Or tuned to another channel.
- Periodic 17y agoI had an elderly lady who got a new computer, then called me about a week later because it was broken and wouldn't turn on. When I went over to check it I pushed the power button and it came on just fine. "How did you do that?" she asked. "I just pushed the power button. This button down here turns the computer on and off." "But I always just pushed a button on the keyboard and it turned on." And then I realized that she had never turned her computer off, only put it to sleep, for five years.
- jacquesm 17y agoMy grandmom categorically refused to undress in rooms with the TV on, the theory being that if she could see them, they might be able to see her. We never did manage to convince her...
- GavinB 17y agoPretty much every other part of 1984 has come true somewhere or other, why not that?
- apotheon 17y agoActually, that works for speakers -- since most speakers for a computer are designed in a manner that is identical to a means of designing a microphone (just with some of the dimensions altered for quality of sound, et cetera). I'm not so sure a similar principle would work for, say, an LCD monitor or CRT.
- jacquesm 17y agoIt definitely does not work for an LCD monitor or a CRT, I can guarantee you that. You're right about the loudspeaker and the microphone example though, since in the most common cases loudspeakers are electromagnetic devices that convert electricity to air pressure in front of a cone, and vice versa. In fact, almost every piece of electronics can function as a microphone (Coils, capacitors and so on), I built transmitters a long time ago and the measures you have to take to get rid of spurious microphony are pretty draconian.
- wlievens 17y agoYou actively tried to convince your grandmother to undress in places she didn't want to?
- jacquesm 17y agoHaha, no, it came up in conversation and we tried to explain that the TV, even when it's on is strictly one-way. She didn't believe a word of it. I was waiting for a much more saucy version of your response after I realized there was some context missing ;)