The worst part of tech classes...

I hate it when people talk about stuff they don't, especially if I'm talking to them. Granted it can be funny at times, but most of the time it's just bloody annoying.

I know what you mean. I'm too lazy to explain though and I'll probably do that later :3

My classmates always tell me that "I say a lot of computer stuff that I don't even know"
I asked them what "DirectX" is. They don't even know what that is :| come on even a monkey knows what DirectX is.

That's what I always loved about my CS classes, everybody is somehow an expert Computer Science Technician that does average in the class.

[quote name='naglaro00' post='3081503' date='Aug 30 2010, 03:30 PM']My classmates always tell me that "I say a lot of computer stuff that I don't even know"
I asked them what "DirectX" is. They don't even know what that is :| come on even a monkey knows what DirectX is.[/quote]
I only think I understand what DirectX is. Its a rendering system created for Windows, right? Basically a set of instructions a computer can use to make the picture appear.

[quote name='Jamstruth' post='3081854' date='Aug 30 2010, 01:28 PM']I only think I understand what DirectX is. Its a rendering system created for Windows, right? Basically a set of instructions a computer can use to make the picture appear.[/quote]Basically yes (a set of APIs), and that's a hell of a lot more than most people know about it.

[quote name='Rydian' post='3081453' date='Aug 30 2010, 03:54 PM']If you learn that you're wrong, you then know what is right![/quote]
Not necessarily in all situations. But if you're 100% sure that you were wrong then that's always a step in the right direction. Maybe, if everybody would understand this and not react negatively when proven wrong we would achieve world peace!!

Consider these people will probably end up as sales and marketing which not only provides me and those like me with endless amusement (and work as they under or oversell the equally ignorant) but also a lot of nice deals as they drop themselves in it and have to weasel their way out of things once you them know the error of their ways ('tis one of my favourite games you know and one of the few ways you can do deals with your standard big box stores- there are still good ones out there).

On the other hand the need for/desire to produce "instant knowledge" or "instant answers" does do not wonders for some people and is one of my main gripes with a lot of education- less walking dictionary/encyclopaedia more problem solving ability please.

edit: forgot my other favourite thing. They end up as low level tech support and ultimately have to refer some people to me at which point I get a "I will come to you from now on then".

I've just spent two hours trying to listen to someone explaining programming while trying to ignore some annoying guy talking about how experienced he is with programming. Now, to be fair, this was on a pretty basic level and I also knew everything I was told the lesson, but I can shut up about it.

Same thing in my classes. Only thing is that I'm the quiet one that listens. Although I rarely give input, I know when people sound stupid and it happens everyday.

I'm a little overexcited with these classes though, we were doing a little lab and I kinda' ended up doing some stuff for some people they were supposed to do themselves 'cause I had already done mine and was just sitting around being bored. D:

So, I gotta' watch that.

*loads up flash drive with some more games* >>;

I know exactly what your talking about from every subject to computers to sports people always talk about stuff they dont know granted sometimes a lil ill do that but I try to not.

[quote name='Rydian' post='3082344' date='Aug 30 2010, 08:31 PM']I'm a little overexcited with these classes though, we were doing a little lab and I kinda' ended up doing some stuff for some people they were supposed to do themselves 'cause I had already done mine and was just sitting around being bored. D:

So, I gotta' watch that.

*loads up flash drive with some more games* >>;[/quote]
Never do their work for them, you might end up doing it better for them.

Shit, I had a class like that over the summer. It was an intro to the basic and advanced points of computer operating systems. I know a few things about computers, and the way operating systems work... but this class was crazy. Very complicated stuff went on in the book, and though the teacher taught everything in layman's terms, it was just an over all tough class. We had this one person in this class, he was one of those guys that have done everything at least once. He even flaunted his collection of 60 terabytes (something like that) of pirated stuff. He even handed out disks of the stuff. I still don't know if the software was even "safe". This class was very educational, but most of us constantly told this one guy to shut his mouth and let actual learning take place.

[quote name='Sterl500' post='3083406' date='Aug 31 2010, 01:20 AM']Shit, I had a class like that over the summer. It was an intro to the basic and advanced points of computer operating systems. I know a few things about computers, and the way operating systems work... but this class was crazy. Very complicated stuff went on in the book, and though the teacher taught everything in layman's terms, it was just an over all tough class. We had this one person in this class, he was one of those guys that have done everything at least once. He even flaunted his collection of 60 terabytes (something like that) of pirated stuff. He even handed out disks of the stuff. I still don't know if the software was even "safe". This class was very educational, but most of us constantly told this one guy to shut his mouth and let actual learning take place.[/quote]
you just described a kid in my operating systems class also
he would just not shut up

[quote name='Joe88' post='3083414' date='Aug 30 2010, 11:24 PM'][quote name='Sterl500' post='3083406' date='Aug 31 2010, 01:20 AM']Shit, I had a class like that over the summer. It was an intro to the basic and advanced points of computer operating systems. I know a few things about computers, and the way operating systems work... but this class was crazy. Very complicated stuff went on in the book, and though the teacher taught everything in layman's terms, it was just an over all tough class. We had this one person in this class, he was one of those guys that have done everything at least once. He even flaunted his collection of 60 terabytes (something like that) of pirated stuff. He even handed out disks of the stuff. I still don't know if the software was even "safe". This class was very educational, but most of us constantly told this one guy to shut his mouth and let actual learning take place.[/quote]
you just described a kid in my operating systems class also
he would just not shut up
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I bet this guy was in his 40s, maybe even older. xD

Not to act like I know everything about computers (because I don't, but I'm learning) but the other day my friend brought in a new laptop. Another guy said "OMG! That has i7 in it. That means you can play every game max settings." What was even worse was that another guy said "Dude, you need more than an i7 to play games. You also need the right gee hache zed." (because that's how he says gigahertz)

Also, yesterday I overheard another stupid conversation about Macs. One guy said "My Mac runs at 2.6 GHz." Then another guy replied "Awesome, that means you can play Starcraft 2 on it". In both cases, I would have opened my mouth, but you know, some people just aren't worth dealing with. It's also kinda to sad to get all emotional over something so insignificant.

Speaking of pronunciations, one of my instructors pronounced ASCII today.

"Askee".

I was like "Hunh. So that's it."

[quote name='Rydian' post='3083475' date='Aug 31 2010, 02:20 AM']Speaking of pronunciations, one of my instructors pronounced ASCII today.

"Askee".

I was like "Hunh. So that's it."[/quote]
sounds about right
Ive heard plenty of professors pronounce it like that

[quote name='Rydian' post='3081453' date='Aug 30 2010, 09:54 PM']Is sitting here listening to all the people trying to talk smart about shit they don't know. It's actually kinda' funny to listen to because nobody really knows what the other's talking about, so they just agree with whatever somebody else says in an attempt to make it look like they know what they're talking about.

"Oh yeah, I love the 64-bit. It really uh... utilizes it's resources so much better... and stuff."
Not even kidding. XD

The problem with that, though, is that if you don't know something you should actually go look it up. Far too often do I see people not know something that could be answered with a 5-second google search (with the answer often being the first result for the keywords involved) and then try to talk about it.

Everybody mocks somebody else when they post without doing research, but it seems nobody's willing to do any research themselves. Is it because people are afraid of being wrong? Not being proved wrong in front of other people, it's a given that's not something people enjoy, but I just mean being wrong at all.

If you learn that you're wrong, you then know what is right![/quote]

I beg to differ.
In a multiple choice exam, (a,b,c,d) if you know that d is wrong, do you automatically know that b is right?

but seriously, you speak the truth. people need to research on their own some more if they dont know something. Its not like as if google takes 2 weeks and a half to load.