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How not to ask tech questions, or How to ask tech questions like a dick with a ridiculous sense of entitlement. (0 comments)

The following two posts just popped up in my newsreader at about the same time:

Slashdot: 48% of Americans Reject Evolution
Becks & Posh: 48 out of 100

Boring coincidence? Probably.

Seen on the All Consuming homepage:

What book should I read next? A book written by a Muslim Woman, or African woman. There should not be any homosexuality in it. other topics are ok.

Certainly makes a change from the “I like any sci-fi” requests.

Careful, 300 “contains strong bloody violence”. Too bloody right.

…you come across a real physical button on a device in the real world, you can’t figure out what it’s supposed to do, and you find yourself hovering your finger over it waiting for a tooltip to appear.

Aurgh! The ruler I
Use to scratch myself, I just
Put it in my mouth.

And I suppose if I don’t use this stuff, it’ll just go to waste.
Eh, what could you do.
You had a lot of stuff,
I didn’t realise.
Chopsticks and all.