People not "in tune" with technology

[JasonBurnout16]

Well I get scared using my computer for anything too powerful because it isn't very big or strong and will slow down to a crawl if I try to play anything upwards of Runescape.

I can type though - it's one of my better skills, being able to type fairly quickly. I can't touch type, I do a sort of mini variatian (I use my forfinger and index finger and occasionally the second smallest finger on my left hand) and I don't have to look at the keyboard when I type ether.

But getting to know how a computer is not for me - it's why I have friend's who do it

I can fix a computer if the problem is basic. Virus's are usually quite simply a matter of google searching the problem and following a step by step guide. Tbh I imagine most people do this and it's only one or two idiots who manage to totally destroy their computer.

Like people have said, most people can drive yet very few can fix a car. But everyone knows what a bad sound is - even stupid people.

 

[teqrevisited]

People still can't "type", I see tons of people pecking the keys. 20, 30, 40 words per minute.

I always silently laugh when I see that. I try not to but I just can't help it. Then they look at me like I'm some kind of god because I can type and watch tv at the same time. The thing is we all had to sit through the same touch-typing lessons in school so they have no excuse.

I suppose it comes down to usage. They don't use computers all the time so they're naturally a bit rusty when it comes to tapping away at the keys. Then again we're all given at least some proprioception. Maybe it's just a hand-eye coordination thing made worse by the sheer number of keys and their, at first, apparently random order.

 

[Ledan]

Coming from a family where my mother taught me how to use a computer and who was often the bug fixer, and my dad taught me how to crack (legally bought) cd's, I can't really relate.

 

[Scarim Coral]

While I do sort of agreed (since my parent are awful on it but yet they wnat to use it now much to my dismay) but honestly the people I met who can't use an computers are justify for their insufficient computer knowledge.

Unlike us who use the computer on a daily basis, there are some people who can honestly don't need to use a computer for a week and more. They have alternative to what we do like watching tv instead or steaming, watching the news than going to a news page and etc. This imply to any age group (since one of my cousins doesn't own a computer at all). Yeah the people who I met who are like that are the unemployed adult (on Jobseekers like I used to be on). They had a hard type trying to type out their CV so I help them out abit. Also no, don't say they need to use a computer for CV or job related as the jobs they applies to are not computer related at all.

For adult, they did not had an IT class when they were young and while you can go to IT classes as an adult or learn it themselves but it's up to themselves wheather they really want to learn it or not since afterall they're adult. There's no point for people like me to tell them to learn or take lessons since that would make me an hypocrite. Our true excuses for not learning is due to our laziness. For me to keep telling someone to learn to use an PC would be like my mum keep telling me to learn Chinese properly. I never going to do it unless I genuie (motivated) I want to.

 

[EeveeElectro]

My mum is pretty awful with technology. There was never a computer in our house growing up so I guess I can understand.
I was taught how to use one and was pretty bad myself when we first got one about 8 years ago.
Even know I'm not brilliant. I can type pretty fast, could probably fix a basic problem and get rid of a virus and I know how to use all the programs on my computer.

My mum is pretty ignorant with stuff, I have tried telling her a thousand times how to do stuff and she still herps and derps whenever she tries to use the laptop.
Saying that, I had IT lessons at school and she didn't obviously.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I don't mind much for those who do not care for technology or the advancements of society through the progression of technological wonders. I just get annoyed when these people tend to get angry at people who are tech savvy or just have a clear advantage in life because they know how to use a computer, access the internet, use a phone, etc.

Either learn how to use these seemingly difficult devices or STFU.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I can't beleive the OP still types... dude I have been voice controlling for ages...

Seriously though, tecnology changes, and will change again. Lots of people don't need them in their lives because theor social life/job doesn't require it... those whose jobs involve sitting using computers all day are different to say, an electrician who doesn't... i bet an electrician also thinks its crazy that not everyone can rewire a plug... where as I think it's amazing that in this day and age, with the masses of information at our fingertips someone can still make a rediculous presumption based on their own life in comparison to other peoples..

 

[Bestival]

Live and let live I say. I love computers and almost everything that's related to them. But I don't expect everyone to do so. Some people just have zero interest in them, and that's fine. I'd rather see someone type slow than being forced to spend hours with a keyboard everyday so they can learn to type faster.

I myself have no interest at all in football (or any organised sport for that matter, but football is most popular around here, so I subjected to that most, and thus it gets subjected to most of my rage) and if someone tries to force it on me (which occasionally happens) they are subjected to all of my impotent rebelling. Which just means I go "Oh man, this suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!" and leave.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Runescape taught me how to effectively type

REALLY?

OT: My dad is terrible with PC's and I don't mean just typing, he's just absolutely awful at everything with a PC. He types with one hand extremely slowly and the look of concentration on his face when he's typing is actually hilarious.

 

[Eri]

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A lot of you seem to have the impression of "well you can't sew a shirt or do insert thing here" but that's not a valid comparison. Sewing a shirt is not important to humanity at all. Baking cakes is not either. Neither is interior decorating. Computers are.

When people buy cars, we expect them to at least know how to drive them right? (Not that they do, people can't drive for shit)(I know lots of people who are still scared of hitting the "inside air" button) But yet so many have a computer and can't even do the basics, was the point. Nor do they know the basic terms such as what a driver is. I shouldn't have to explain why computers are important, they and the internet are one of humanities greatest discoveries/achievements, not baking a cake.

 

[Waaghpowa]

It bothers me as well. It confuses me how little people understand basic operation and understanding of computers, yet they're ok with putting their lives on them. Part of it could be to do with the whole "user friendliness" thing. Now I have no problem with user friendliness, just so you know. Given the nature of the internet, it's not terribly difficult to educate yourself or at least do a little research.

Couple things that bother me, somewhat related to this discussion.

It annoys me when people misuse computer terms like "crash" and "download". Also one or two times at work, I had someone ask "If there's something wrong with my Wii, do I call Wii?" oi.

 

[Waaghpowa]

"well you can't sew a shirt or do insert thing here"

If you buy a shirt, you should know how to sew damn it!

 

[Eri]

It annoys me when people misuse computer terms like "crash" and "download".

Don't get me started on how many people misuse "hacker" when they actually mean they gave their password away to a keylogger or a friend, or they left themselves logged in. "I got hackxed11!11" No, you didn't.

There is no reason computers should be an exceptional case.

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I shouldn't have to explain why computers are important, they and the internet are one of humanities greatest discoveries/achievements, not baking a cake.

 

[Queen Michael]

I write 74 words per minute. Is that good?

 

[Eri]

I write 74 words per minute. Is that good?

Yes, that is quite far above an average user.

 

[Zipa]

I really hate people who ***** that their 12+ year old operating system won't run the latest programs and games that are basically new. Seriously upgrade you cheap skates.

That and people who get the your computer is infected popup/virus and click it anyway despite it being in a UI and theme that is nothing like the one the rest of their pc uses. Seriously.

 

[McMullen]

I think people should know enough about computing to use different tiers of sane passwords, to not use Internet Explorer or any other excessively vulnerable piece of software, to use ad and script blockers to slow the spread of botnets, to CLEAN THEIR FRIGGIN HEAT SINKS ONCE IN A WHILE, to navigate their own hard drive, and to search online for solutions to other problems.

The thing that most bothers me about Microsoft is how, for the last decade, they've been tailoring Windows for people who don't know those things, and actually make it harder for those who do. The Xbox OS should be approaching the usability and versatility of Windows, not the other way around. So, in a way, the computer illiterate are in fact making things worse for the computer literate, even ignoring their contribution to the proliferation of malware.

Even the Xbox is subject to this. Hell, if you try to clean your heat sinks on a 360, something every responsible PC owner should do at least twice a year, you void the warranty. What the hell?