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demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 02:28 PM

She once thought that cd-r's were LITERALLY burned...

Has anyone else ever had a similar experience with someone they knew?

MaxPower2k3 · Jan 9, 2005, 02:29 PM

they are kinda warm when they come out of the drive...

Sherwin · Jan 9, 2005, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:
She once thought that cd-r's were LITERALLY burned...

You have a CD-R writer in the kitchen/bedroom?

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · 02:54 PM

I am more shocked that you have a girlfriend

Is she a lesbian? (Based on your fem pic of yourself).

Oh and I am kidding BTW.

Mafia · Jan 9, 2005, 02:47 PM

my x used to just think the monitor was the computer. i have dual monitors and she used to say "why do u need two computers right next to each other...".

simonjames · Jan 9, 2005, 02:56 PM

cash I thought you got married last year

thesearcher · Jan 9, 2005, 03:01 PM

cash I thought you got married last year

Oh oh.

paully dub · Jan 9, 2005, 03:17 PM

I just had to explain ram, memory, viruses, worms, trojan horses, firewalls, antiviruses today. Why a P III 1 ghz laptop with 240 mb of RAM might not last at least 10 years. Why Explorer is BAD and Firefox is better.

We're talking about really, really good friends. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered installing Firefox, Avast (no antivirus) finding every worm, virus and trojan horse of the last 3 years (Blaster, even -jeez!), Adaware, told them about ZoneAlarm SpyBot SD for when they ever get around to getting an ADSL, as I was done for the day. When I get back from my trip, I may just Nuke and Pave.

And then I mentioned that I don't have to plut up with all this crap, as Macs are different. My girlfriend nodded as she's a switcher.

Oh and a 68 does not a ca$h make.

PurpleGiant · Jan 9, 2005, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by simonjames:
cash I thought you got married last year

This guy ain't cash. He's the "other" guy with 68 in his name.

FulcrumPilot · Jan 9, 2005, 03:23 PM

That there is an application called "Toast" doesn't help either!

cjrivera · Jan 9, 2005, 03:25 PM

I had the local internet guy come out to fix the workgroup bridge for our internet service. He asked where the CPU was. My wife pointed out my G4 Cube sitting right next to the flat panel with Soundsticks. THe repairman was like, "No, that's your subwoofer. I mean the computer." (At least he said it nice, and not in a condescending way according to her.) So she ejected the DVDthat was in the Cube and out it popped. She said the guy's jaw about hit the ground. He then picked the Cube up to look at the ethernet / USB connections. His quote was, "Wow, I never thought much of Apple's before, but this is a beutiful piece of engineering." He kept asking her more about the specs, but she didn't know much about the tech stuff.

Subwoofer...heh, heh

Millennium · Jan 9, 2005, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by simonjames:
cash I thought you got married last year

I remember that, but I also remember some posts of his several months ago which seemed to imply that they'd divorced.

Gankdawg · Jan 9, 2005, 03:25 PM

It's not a dumb question and your GF isn't dumb for not knowing that. Maybe she is dumb for keeping you around though.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Jan 9, 2005, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by simonjames:
cash I thought you got married last year

It is not cash.

paully dub · Jan 9, 2005, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
I remember that, but I also remember some posts of his several months ago which seemed to imply that they'd divorced.

oh really?

simonjames · Jan 9, 2005, 03:39 PM

Thanks for the info - I don't come to the forums that much anymore. Has cash kept to his (most recent) declaration that he is never coming back?

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Jan 9, 2005, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by simonjames:
Thanks for the info - I don't come to the forums that much anymore. Has cash kept to his (most recent) declaration that he is never coming back?

Rumour has it he was sighted in the software forum a month ago.

wdlove · Jan 9, 2005, 03:41 PM

The only way that she can learn is by asking questions. There are no dumb questions. Just inadequate answers.

Kilbey · Jan 9, 2005, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by simonjames:
Thanks for the info - I don't come to the forums that much anymore. Has cash kept to his (most recent) declaration that he is never coming back?

He still reads the forums. He PMed me a few days ago to inform me that he wasn't a pothead.

drmcnutt · Jan 9, 2005, 04:07 PM

Yeah, just because it's familiar to you and not her doesn't mean she's stupid. I'm sure there are things you have no clue about that she thinks the same thing of you if she were so inclined.

If you truly think your girlfriend is "stupid" then maybe you should break up with her. I'm sure she appreciates your loving commently on a public forum.

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
It's not a dumb question and your GF isn't dumb for not knowing that. Maybe she is dumb for keeping you around though.

I didn't imply that she was dumb as in her IQ being low, I just think that her computer illiteracy is amusing. (And annoying!

) I had to help her figure out if her Dell could "burn" cd's. She didn't know that iTunes could burn them either. I'm giving her my iMac once I get a new one. (She doesn't use the computer a whole lot, obviously.) And yes, I have a girlfriend and we have been going out for about a year so far. I love her very very much.

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by drmcnutt:
If you truly think your girlfriend is "stupid" then maybe you should break up with her. I'm sure she appreciates your loving commently on a public forum.

She just laughed.

drmcnutt · 06:14 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:
She just laughed.

Well then she truly is stupid.

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 04:36 PM

Originally posted by drmcnutt:
Well then she truly is stupid.

You need to lighten the **** up. Jesus...

Mafia · Jan 9, 2005, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:
I didn't imply that she was dumb as in her IQ being low, I just think that her computer illiteracy is amusing. (And annoying! ) I had to help her figure out if her Dell could "burn" cd's. She didn't know that iTunes could burn them either. I'm giving her my iMac once I get a new one. (She doesn't use the computer a whole lot, obviously.) And yes, I have a girlfriend and we have been going out for about a year so far. I love her very very much.

true that. the best is when some call me to ask why a cd won't burn. so i go over there and discover that they don't have a burner and they are just putting in a blank cd and dragging mp3 files into it through explorer. this is the 2k5's. everyone should atleast know the basics of computers, imo atleast.

ReggieX · Jan 9, 2005, 04:49 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Rumour has it he was sighted in the software forum a month ago.

How about this afternoon!

Still hasn't appeared to have learned anything. He's just been banned from The Lounge.

paully dub · Jan 9, 2005, 04:53 PM

Anyway, dumb is ok, if she's HAWT! (PIXPLZTHXBYE)

Zimphire · Jan 9, 2005, 04:56 PM

Originally posted by drmcnutt:
Well then she truly is stupid.

Someone is bitter..

Or is it jealousy?

drmcnutt · Jan 9, 2005, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Someone is bitter..

Or is it jealousy?

Grow up. Respect in relationships is so out of style I guess.

and yes the smiley apparently didn't show up as intended. Fixed with an edit.

Zimphire · 07:31 PM

Originally posted by drmcnutt:
Grow up.

YOU telling ME to grow up is pretty humorous.

Respect in relationships is so out of style I guess.

It was a joke, she laughed. Not having thin skin and being secure are good traits to have when in a relationship.

and yes the smiley apparently didn't show up as intended.

You really expect us to believe that?

MilkmanDan · Jan 9, 2005, 07:33 PM

Yeah... my girlfriend thought the same thing. But then again she is an art major, and knows a lot more about studio art then I do.

TETENAL · Jan 9, 2005, 07:49 PM

Call me dumb, but I too always thought the laser is burning little holes into the CD. So how does it work if not like this?

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by paully dub:
Anyway, dumb is ok, if she's HAWT! (PIXPLZTHXBYE)

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
Call me dumb, but I too always thought the laser is burning little holes into the CD. So how does it work if not like this?

The laser is merely changing the dye underneath the plastic so that it creates an imprint.

greenamp · Jan 9, 2005, 08:33 PM

Hmm, technically, a laser does "burn" indentions in the wafer which translate into binary, doesn't it?

(On a cd-r that is)

edit: nm, question answered

rozwado1 · Jan 9, 2005, 08:39 PM

These comments you post are nowhere near dumb. I know dumb. I have dated sorority girls.

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by greenamp:
Hmm, technically, a laser does "burn" indentions in the wafer which translate into binary, doesn't it?

(On a cd-r that is)

edit: nm, question answered

Thank you my fellow nerd!

Originally posted by rozwado1:
These comments you post are nowhere near dumb. I know dumb. I have dated sorority girls.

Yeah, that would be hell.

banninated68 · Jan 9, 2005, 09:21 PM

Originally posted by Kilbey:
He still reads the forums. He PMed me a few days ago to inform me that he wasn't a pothead.

I'm posting here this once to clear some things up. I left the lounge. I never left the software, video editing, etc forums. They're a great resource to anyone with a mac, it'd be stupid to abandon them. So yes, I do still read the forums, but not the lounge. It's a waste of time. 99% of the crap on here is boring unintelligent **** consisting of a bunch of star wars geeks, star trek geeks, stupid assed french canadians, and a bunch of prepuebescent morons who like posting "teh" and "+1". The lounge, a few years ago, was actually interesting. Check out the archives, you won't find debates and informative interesting threads like that anymore. So yeah, I quit. Every once in a while, someone PM's me or IM's me with a lounge topic pertaining to me. A few weeks ago, you called me a pothead, which is retarded. I smoke occasionally- meaning 6-10 times a year or so. That's hardly considered being a pothead, but I could see how someone as stupid as your dumb union ass could be confused- it doesn't take much.

Lastly, I'm still happily married and still very much in love with the greatest woman in the world, my wife Kristin.

Sheesh this place is worse than a freakin' knitting party.

- Ca$h (the original 68)

PS: Goodbye, again, or at least until somebody starts spreading stupid rumors like I've gotten a divorce.

CreepingDeth · Jan 9, 2005, 09:33 PM

Tra la la la la, over the hill we go,
to where we head?
Tra la la la la off to the sunny meadows
and down to the stream
To dunk our heads in water
just to hear ourselves scream
Tra la la la la may the bubbles cease
And then we die�and see ca$h
Ark!
It's not the place that we thought we might be!

Hmm�

If ca$h was a pothead he'd post something like that, which he didn't. And I guess that means�

rozwado1 · Jan 9, 2005, 09:35 PM

I'm still trying to figure out why people consider Ca$h a 'Macnn God'.

demograph68 · Jan 9, 2005, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by banninated68:
- Ca$h (the original 68)

When I registered my account way back then, I wasn't aware of your name. I'm glad to hear all is going well with you. (I'm not being sarcastic incase you think so)

Kilbey · Jan 9, 2005, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by banninated68:
I'm posting here this once to clear some things up.
**SNIP***
- Ca$h (the original 68)

PS: Goodbye, again, or at least until somebody starts spreading stupid rumors like I've gotten a divorce.

So your saying your word means nothing? Shall I refresh your memory?

Here's another good one.

AND THE BEST OF ALL!!!

Ding ding ding. We have someone who believes in keeping their word and not copping out! I would trust you in hard situations, whereas I know people like "saul goode" would probably just wet their pants and run away.

- Rob

Welcome back Rob.

paully dub · Jan 9, 2005, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:

She purty.

turtle777 · Jan 10, 2005, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by banninated68:
99% of the crap on here is boring unintelligent **** consisting of a bunch of star wars geeks, star trek geeks, stupid assed french canadians, and a bunch of prepuebescent morons who like posting "teh" and "+1".

+1

Btw, Ain't it funny that Cash's 'first' post in the Lounge is in a thread with the title "My girlfriend is dumb." ?

Honi soit qui mal y pense !

-t

brapper · Jan 10, 2005, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by simonjames:
cash I thought you got married last year

hahaha it needed to be said.

(come back ca$h..)

goMac · Jan 10, 2005, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
my x used to just think the monitor was the computer. i have dual monitors and she used to say "why do u need two computers right next to each other...".

[NapoleonDynamite]You had a gf and two monitors? LUCKY...[/NapoleonDynamite]