[Year 12 IT Apps] IT howlers

[Bill Turner]

Tech support fun 1 

A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech
asked her if she was "running it under Windows."  The woman then responded,
"No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting
in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his is working fine." 

Tech support fun 2

Overheard in a computer shop:  Customer: "I'd like a mouse mat, please."
Salesperson: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety."
Customer: "But will they be compatible with my computer?" 

Tech support fun 3 

Customer: "My computer crashed!"
Tech Support: "It crashed?"
Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."
Tech Support: "Alright, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot."
Customer: "No, it didn't crash -- it crashed."
Tech Support: "Huh?"
Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before. Now it doesn't
work."  Turned out, the user was playing Lunar Lander and crashed his
spaceship.
Tech Support: "Click on 'File,'  then 'New Game.'"
Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?" 

(http://humorshack.com/archive/jokes/computer)

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Bane, Janet A
Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:39 AM
To: ITA List
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT howlers

 

Hi folks

 

Just to inject a bit of levity into this dismal season of exam marking and
report writing, I came across this pearl of wisdom from one of our Year 11s
..... when asked to explain the difference between a format and a convention
he said "a convention is like a meeting, only bigger".

 

can't argue with that one!  Does anyone else have any funnies?

 

regards

 

Janet Bane
Patterson River SC

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