Who here has that person in their family that is so full of /g/ misinformation that it makes you cringe? For me it's my uncle.
>be with my Uncle and Brother watching a movie on Blu-Ray
>brother asks why it's called Blu-Ray
>Uncle says because they added more blue to the picture to make it have better darks and more HD
>didn't even want to correct him cause it was too funny
>be having dinner one day
>he asks "if they can bend light to make curved TVs then why can't they make invisibility cloaks?"
>"I won't ever buy anything other than Apple products. They are made in the USA."
>"How do you like that Edward Snowden? He's the anti-christ spilling government secrets and then running away to live with them Muslim terrorists. He wants to see America burn"
>"What's the best anti-virus? I got 3 on here but I know they know how to get around them."
>>53136068
>but I know they know how to get around them.
he is right about this one
>>53136068
>What's the best anti-virus?
Gentoo
My mom is stupid enough to attempt to help and get dissapointed. My sister is an egghead booksmart bitch but retarded as fuck at anything else so she's halfway. My dad is full retard so attempting to help him would go wrong before any sort of possibility of help at all was achieved.
>>53136068
My brother. He's a doctor. He has a friend who is even worse, also a doctor. So my brother get his shit-information from the other doctor and the diarrhea tornado gets entangled. Who gets to be the lucky sonofabitch to clean up the mess? You're looking at him. The IT guy turned accountant.
Dumb things my brother did: paid $40 for a "video conversion software" that does less than Handbrake. It has broken English in the menus and crashes. Bought a Windows laptop to RDP into the hospital's server. Yes, there are several RDP clients for Mac. The list goes on.
>>53136131
he was asking for anti-virus not virginity-protector
>>53136131
if he was asking for virus
linux Linux mint!
>>53136068
I think he's getting Muslims and Communists confused
>>53136068
>>"I won't ever buy anything other than Apple products. They are made in the USA."
>
>>"How do you like that Edward Snowden? He's the anti-christ spilling government secrets and then running away to live with them Muslim terrorists. He wants to see America burn"
That's a pretty easy one to counter now.
for me, that family member is /g/.
>>53139684
Based uncle trolling OsrsbznssP
i had that gateway
I am that person.
I really enjoy spewing believable bullshit and seeing everyone gobble it up. It's even funnier seeing my tech savvy relatives squirm cause they know I'm doing it on purpose.
I've had some of those moments with my grandmother. I installed Flash on her computer (this was back when you needed it) and she claims that it "broke" her browser. My favorite was always the "Stop slowing down this computer with those games" routine.
>>53136068
shit that never happened: the post
>>53136177
/r9k/
My sister, I told her to not mess up my computer I was making for her by just not touching it because if static. The next day her boyfriend came over and picked up all 8 sticks of ram, she told him "No, static can break them really easy" he responded with "Only if you touch the gold piece." And broke about 3 of the sticks of ram
>>53142472
But ram doesn't broke with static. i used magnetizes screwdriver to remove my ram and i was fine...
>>53136068
Thankfully no one in my family is this brain dead or at least no one pretends to know what they're talking about.
However, what gets to me is when users come to my department at my job because they are either clueless or fucked something up, and then they question us on whether we're right or not. Bitch, you do your job and I'll do mine.
>>53142472
>>53142565
stop this at once
>>53142565
The whole magnet-breaking-computers thing is grossly exaggerated. In reality, you need a fairly strong magnet from the likes of a speaker or the like for it to actually do something damaging.
>>53136177
its a family thing i guess
>>53137154
Well, it's still an anti-virus then.
>>53137154
can confirm
>long time gentoo user
>virgin
>switch to debian sid
>get laid a couple of weeks later
>>53136131
For real, what do you guys use as anti-virus solution?
For windows that is.
my mom flips her shit when I close her laptop lid while it's still on(it's set to turn off that way btw) because
>MUH SCREEN WILL MELT
>>53143685
i only use windows for gaymen and adobeshit, there's no need for antivirus if you keep windows contained.
>>53143685
you could use a vm'ed browser, if you care that much
other than that just keep using trustable software
>>53143942
>you could use a vm'ed browser, if you care that much
I don't care that much but I want some basic protection since I'm in a network with retards and some times have to use USB sticks of retards with files I'm not 100% certain about.
Of course I could use VMs for the USB part and a good firewall but I'd just like a nice and handy anti-virus software that notifies me as soon as something is smelling.
>>53136068
My step moms side of the family is full potato. And not just when it comes to computers. Cars as well.
>>53143685
Eset smart security here.
>>53137154
Protects you from STDs just fine
>>53138354
Aren't those basically the same?
>>53143685
Like the other anon, I just use Windows for Steam gaymen, so no need for protection. Before I made the switch to Fedora however I used 8 for like a year without any antivirus. Never encountered any problems, all you need is a little Common Sense™
>>53136068
Your uncle is right about snowden
>>53145375
Die
>>53143685
immunet/clamav + mse + defender + malwarebytes
>>53145507
Not before snowden gets hung for treason hopefully
>dad knows enough to not do retarded stuff that would break shit
>brother knows how to use google and quite smart but not into the tech side
>mom is computer engineer
>>53145923
>privledge
>>53145972
nah i just dont live in shit-tier america
>>53143784
If it's a HP laptop she's probably right t.bh senpai
>>53143911
Not that anon, but I only use Windows for printing and heavyweight VNs like School/Shiny Days and Huniepop.
>>53142682
Working in the goddamn electronics section was the worst goddamn day of my life
>I won't buy it unless it looks exactly like the photo and has the apple showing
>I need a 128 GB SD card for my DSLR
>What does "4K" stand for?
>Why does it matter what I use it for?! That's a private matter!
>I just asked if you were using it for web browsing or streaming movies to know how much mem you need
>If it gets a virus can I return it? Why isn't anti-virus bundled with the warranty?
>>53143685
Microsoft Security Essentials, because if you do anything but play games on Windows, then you're doing it wrong.
>>53148671
>>53148671
I shitpost on my Windows laptop sometimes.
>>53148628
128GB for a lot of DSLRs is perfectly reasonable.
On my Sony A7ii, for example, I can only shoot just over 2000 photos on a 128GB SD card. Mind you, this is shooting uncompressed RAW, which most people don't shoot in.
>>53136068
>tv signal is breaking up
>it's because anon is on his damn phone which interferes with tv signal!
/g/ is that retarded person in my family full of misinformation, but I love you anyway. :3
sophism. look it up
>>53150006
>Hey anon, my computer keeps asking me to restart and it's really bothering me
>Take the laptop from him and say give me 10 minutes
>Restart it and tell him I fixed it and he shouldn't see them anymore
>Wow anon, you're a tech genius!
>>53145846
>treason
>being this backwards mentally
how do you even manage to breathe
My idiot cousin bought a 4k monitor and is running it at 1080p from a Radeon HD 6450 (but it has 2 gigabytes of RAM so it's as HD as you can get, he says). He has a gaming keyboard with red LEDs and a 12 button mouse for no good reason. He cheats at CS:GO and gets banned repeatedly and doesn't learn from that either.
>>53145139
Kys
>memory-intensive program takes a while to start up
>"it's because of all the crap you have installed, anon!"
>begs me to delete programs none of which run at startup or at all
i mean it would be cool to have a 900-gb page file but i don't think that's the line of thought there
>>53143611
Similar story
>long time windows noob
>wanna git gud
>cs degree
>cpp, borland compiler
>windows
>have girlfriend 6/10
>Lose a lot of friends
>java class, install ubuntu
>crazy bitch, i find something broken in her every week
>Break up with her
>Learn bash
>She gets prego
>now im really ubuntu
>fuck the shill
>Install mint
>learn more personalized approach to math, cs, ce, ee, physics, psych, linguistics, etc.
>get laid
>6.7/10
>10/10 bj skills, sex skills, kicking it skills, woman skills
>Still a woman, impossible to talk to
>she really just had bad acne and bad genes ( hair and acne stuff )
>injuries healing
>bonding with son dude bro
>picking up reputation as math savvy
>Changed to ce degree instead
>Kicking ass everywhere
I even get dubs and trips like every other post.
>My brother bought a prebuilt for graphic design and video editing $500
>12gb RAM 1tb and some i5 no graphics card
>thinks WiFi is faster than Ethernet
>thinks i5 are horribly inferior to i7
>thinks working on a 1440p and above screen will make his work not scale properly
>>53151527
>I even get dubs and trips like every other post.
hahahahahahaha
icing on the cake, or the best-for-last?
>>53137154
>he was asking for anti-virus not birth control
This would have been better. Step your game up, anon.
>Go stay with the in-laws
>use their desktop
>see AOL icon
>WTF?
>"Don't we need that to get online?"
>They have high-speed cable internet through Virgin
>still pay AOL monthly
>they are absolutely convinced that they must sign onto AOL every time to use the internet and sign off when they stop, just like dialup
>try to end this madness
>they don't believe me and just continue to do things this way
Fuck my shit up, senpai
>
>>53152197
My mother thinks the internet controls whether or not her laptop works.
Said person spilled soda on it and only got it covered under warranty once and did the same shit again.
>>53152103
Really, one has to wonder, i think, to keep it going..
Too bad Im not with that second chick. But at least I can program in just about any language now. Feels good, man.
pretty much anything in education has to say about computers.
" hackers are evil terrorists and should be shot " well I mean I've met a few that _should_ be shot, but still. This is how _everyone_ thinks.
" wow linux is for commies " /pirates mp3s
the hypocrisy. it's real. everyone on the internet is a redneck hick that does entirely too many drugs, and I'm tired of using it for this reason. I barely even post here anymore because the internet now has less active domains than when arpanet was around. seriously. if you just had a vax that held wikipedia on it, and facebook on a tops-20 machine, that would be the entire internet, and no one would care. why google even exists anymore but to be used as a pointer to wiki and porn results, is beyond me.
>>53152835
>hackers are evil terrorists and should be shot
Courtesy of faux news and "Muh jeep got hacked"
>>53148628
>I need a 128 GB SD card for my DSLR
What's wrong with wanting more space on your camera?
>If it gets a virus can I return it? Why isn't anti-virus bundled with the warranty?
Holy shit this rustles my jimmies, I had a customer today that wanted to upgrade her XP shitbox and when I told her it was too old to upgrade she asked if Norton would make her computer go faster.
>>53136068
I don't believe you.
>>53143685
I switched to AVG free last fall. It's no longer as intrussive as I remember it some ten years ago.
On that note: Does anyone have experience with Comodo Antivirus?
>>53152835
You're a really ignorant Americuck, do you know what you are even saying btw senpai?
My dad has been an IT guy for decades. He might not be up to date with with a lot of things but he's pretty damn knowledgeable.
My mom is the complete opposite. She doesn't understand ctrl+copy (or even using the right mouse click menu) and every time I show it to her she forgets it the next day.
I can't really blame her, because she has become completely resistant to ANY info regarding technology thanks to my dad. He has the nasty tendency to go way too in-depth and talk about completely unrelated shit when explaining a very simple thing or answering a question, so she stopped bothering trying to learn thanks to him.
>>53154054
>>He might not be up to date with with a lot of things but he's pretty damn knowledgeable.
>tfw this applies to both of my parents
>>53148628
>work in home entertainment at department store
>have to explain what pixels are to customers at least 10 times a day
that was a fun time of my life
>>53145139
i don't think societies where 1% owns 99.99999% of the wealth and the rest live like shit are anything like actual communism
>>53140843
>installs flash for any reason
Why the fuck would you do that to your grandma.
>>53136068
>government secrets
the government should never have secrets
>>53152937
storing 128gb of photos on a single sd card is asking for trouble
they tend to break a lot under heavy use, and that's a lot of photos to lose
>>53137081
he probably wasted less money on the windows laptop than he would on a mac, but all right
exception is if he already has a mac
