well i haven't broken any of those rules wooohoooo
my current mouse mat is the reverse side of a WHsmith Wide ruled A4 refill pad, the half price marked one.
Originally Posted by tylerpestell "In the same vein, if you have the Google Toolbar installed, remove it and use the MSN equivalent. Never, EVER have two toolbars going."
In the same vein ... any toolbar is novice ... everyone who is anyone has Firefox.
I think that comes under the 'not using what it comes with' rule.
Additionally, if you use firefox, I think it's obligatory to add at least another 5 or 6 search engines to the search box; particularly IMDB, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com (for spelling noobs like me) and eBay...
Nice lunchtime read, the way it's written sounds like all the don'ts have been collected from personal experience
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1. Deride everyone you just sucked up to in the local electronics store
I hope no-one goes to PCW to buy components
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if you have the Google Toolbar installed, remove it and use the MSN equivalent. Never, EVER have two toolbars going.
Google and Ebay toolbar for me
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Never browse in a game shop, pick up the game you want, take it to the till and when you're asked if you know it will work with your PC, say "Yep" absent-mindedly, like he's asking you if you know how to breathe in and out.
Last time I bought a game from a shop I did that in a rather harsh tone, then promtly appologised to the girl.
TBH you should be buying everything on the net or ebay local shop! *pffft*
I buy almost everything off the net or ebay, even bought my socks off ebay...
Originally Posted by bigz what's wrong with the drag and drop burner if you just want a couple of files burnt quickly when the USB memory key isn't 'to hand' ?
I'd have to say that the funniest noob thing someone said to me was when a friend was describing his new PC. He said that it had a 1 Jigahertz processor, and 120 Jigabytes of memory, and 512 Megs of RAM!!!
I had to hold myself back from smacking some sense into him....
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I used to do that...
But I do play Minesweeper from time to time :)
Blogging (or equivalent)? Pfaugh!
my current mouse mat is the reverse side of a WHsmith Wide ruled A4 refill pad, the half price marked one.
...must admit i am guilty of sometimes using holiday photos as a background...
...well, imo photos = teh win!!111
Oh so very true!
What's the general rule on novelty figurines and other detritus stuck to your monitor, yay or nay?
Stars, Post-It's with people's Email addresses on and those fluffy bugs you get from insurance company promotions are right out.
Not that I've got any, of course.
No, they are all simpsons/wallace and gromit/etc figures though, oh and novelty plectrums . That cult enough?
Oh dear, i'm defending my own plastic figurine collection, I've reached a new low.
1. Nornton Anti-virus
2. 56k internet
3. (mine) Running your computer on a version of XP Pro, that costed 36 cents at a beijing market!
In the same vein ... any toolbar is novice ... everyone who is anyone has Firefox.
Not that I use it, but it's there.
I think that comes under the 'not using what it comes with' rule.
Additionally, if you use firefox, I think it's obligatory to add at least another 5 or 6 search engines to the search box; particularly IMDB, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com (for spelling noobs like me) and eBay...
-wolfman
Nice lunchtime read, the way it's written sounds like all the don'ts have been collected from personal experience
TBH you should be buying everything on the net or ebay local shop! *pffft*
I buy almost everything off the net or ebay, even bought my socks off ebay...
All examples demonstrated by the son-in-law (on his Dell).
Geeks have it turned off.
Great stuff. That plus a cancelled first block class makes my monday a bit better. I mean... still monday, but
My family violates... all of these. And I pwn them
Methinks I'll have to come up with a few more things to add to the noob list. Good use of second block class I'd say.
I'd have to say that the funniest noob thing someone said to me was when a friend was describing his new PC. He said that it had a 1 Jigahertz processor, and 120 Jigabytes of memory, and 512 Megs of RAM!!!
I had to hold myself back from smacking some sense into him....