GAHHH!!! WHY do I get stuck with this?!?
6/26/10, 06:56 PM
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GAHHH!!! WHY do I get stuck with this?!?
I'm a computer guy. I admit it. I'm not saying I'm the best, but I guess I'm pretty good.
With that out of the way, I just do NOT understand...
WHY am I the go to guy for *every **** product on the planet?!?!*
"Hey houtex, this copier's broke... you got any ideas?"
"Hey houtex, I use this product, 'Esoteric Thing V2.6' and all of a sudden I can't do something... can you help?"
"Hey houtex, I need to make these speakers work, can I use a hamster and a wheel, or...?"
And of course, my favorite, is when the software is updated and then the people are LOST. **LOST** I tell you.
Seriously? Nobody has any adventurous bones in their body to FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF?!?
Ugh...
Sorry... had to get it out RIGHT NOW, or I was going to explode on the guy I'm helping now... who's several zip codes away...
/grumbles off...
With that out of the way, I just do NOT understand...
WHY am I the go to guy for *every **** product on the planet?!?!*
"Hey houtex, this copier's broke... you got any ideas?"
"Hey houtex, I use this product, 'Esoteric Thing V2.6' and all of a sudden I can't do something... can you help?"
"Hey houtex, I need to make these speakers work, can I use a hamster and a wheel, or...?"
And of course, my favorite, is when the software is updated and then the people are LOST. **LOST** I tell you.
Seriously? Nobody has any adventurous bones in their body to FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF?!?
Ugh...
Sorry... had to get it out RIGHT NOW, or I was going to explode on the guy I'm helping now... who's several zip codes away...
/grumbles off...
6/26/10, 07:02 PM
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I'm the same person in my house, and I really don't even know all that much. And the stuff people bug me about is the stupidest of things, like changing ink in the printer, or playing a DVD. It drives me nuts. 
6/26/10, 10:18 PM
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Chris:
Well, see, that's the thing. Then I'm an a-hole (in my mind), and my Libra psyche won't let me do that. That, and... well, that same Libra thing just *has* to fix stuff. It gets me in trouble... I'm workin' on it.
John:
Here, it is.
/I'd just rather be 'houtex' on the internet.
//it's not hard to find out who I am though.
Well, see, that's the thing. Then I'm an a-hole (in my mind), and my Libra psyche won't let me do that. That, and... well, that same Libra thing just *has* to fix stuff. It gets me in trouble... I'm workin' on it.
John:
Here, it is.
/I'd just rather be 'houtex' on the internet.
//it's not hard to find out who I am though.
6/27/10, 01:03 AM
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6/27/10, 01:26 PM
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6/27/10, 04:44 PM
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Lalo... see your thread.
Willie: Not enough information given, but likely copyright issues. You could use a third party ripper/stripper to get that solved, but...
Also, you could, if your system allows it, use something like Audacity to 'record what you hear' and get around it that way.
/Not that I've ever done these things... *whistles innocently*
//No, seriously, I've not... I just know stuff.
Willie: Not enough information given, but likely copyright issues. You could use a third party ripper/stripper to get that solved, but...
Also, you could, if your system allows it, use something like Audacity to 'record what you hear' and get around it that way.
/Not that I've ever done these things... *whistles innocently*
//No, seriously, I've not... I just know stuff.
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7/4/10, 03:04 PM
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I know exactly how you feel. Everytime one of my friends' computers is messed up..."hey, I need you to stop everything you're doing and fix my computer, cuz I can't live without my facebook." So I just started charging people a fee, even friends, for me to even try to fix anything. (Usually a case per incident. 
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