Older people not trusting younger people

[Motoxrdude]

Yea my parents used to be like that. Now that i have grown up and gotten into computers more, my parents let me do whatever on the computers in the house. My dad usually stops me at sodering in a computer

I dont blame him.

 

[kobaj]

This is turning into a rant thread more than anything.

What you need to do is respect them. They are afraid of a 900 dollar machine getting messed up. And if they do yell at you just give them proof that once you have fixed it or installed a new program or something that it is working better than before.

...i cant stand 30fps cuz its soo laggy but for him its no problem.

And another rant by me. Now before I go off, I would like to say I get 48 avg fps in CS:S.

The human eye and brain will mix images after 24 frames per second (key why films are based of off this) so whats the point of having "OMG i just overclocked and now get 100 fps" Lag is the slowing of object in the game. You could have 100 fps but if you take 20 seconds to move 3 inches its still lag.

 

[Buzz1927]

install dodgy software from south korea

Aahh, Asian porn.

 

[diduknowthat]

my parents mostly trust me w/ computer, though they don't like me opening it up so "often" (quarterly computer clean up).

 

[suprasteve]

once you all get to about 18 or so, things start to change, I guess cause that's when you get a job if you don't go to college. Anyways, I was talked into building a computer for college instead of buying one, did, and it's what I've got now, but the whole time I was figuring out what I wanted, I kept hearing over and over "you're just going to have problems, we'll be buying a dell in 3 months or less" etc etc. Now roughly 9 months later, I'm building computers for the rest of my family cause "I can get exactly what I want and it's so much cheaper". Duh.

 

[lowcar100]

My parents see it as if it is running leave it alone, no matter if you have to hold down 8 buttons for it to function normally.. but the second the pc won't turn on or the monitor doesn't get a signal they go straight to my neighbor. I messed with the motherboard settings and switched it so the video card would read from the AGP slot instead of the PCI and my mom calls my neighbor and he figures after 2 hours that the PCI card is fried, we get our old 64mb video card out and put it in the AGP slot and it works.. "clearly the card was fried" My neighbor leaves, parents go to bed, I switch the mobo back to PCI, put the old card back in, and they haven't noticed and it's been like 3 months lol.

 

[Mr.Suave]

My parents see it as if it is running leave it alone, no matter if you have to hold down 8 buttons for it to function normally.. but the second the pc won't turn on or the monitor doesn't get a signal they go straight to my neighbor. I messed with the motherboard settings and switched it so the video card would read from the AGP slot instead of the PCI and my mom calls my neighbor and he figures after 2 hours that the PCI card is fried, we get our old 64mb video card out and put it in the AGP slot and it works.. "clearly the card was fried" My neighbor leaves, parents go to bed, I switch the mobo back to PCI, put the old card back in, and they haven't noticed and it's been like 3 months lol.

rotflmfao!

y dont you just tell them? or when you see them trying to figure out whats wrong, jump in and pretend to figure it out for awhile then solve it so they'll think your a genius! lol

 

[lowcar100]

I was angry at my parents at the time also, my mom thought we needed to buy a new pc. I'm for that also of course... This thing is so frustrating lol.

 

[Altanore]

My mom did not trust me to overhaul my PC... I did it anyway since i KNEW i could. None the less, she got mad... but since I proved i could.. she has trusted me ever since =P even building my own computer.

However, she never understands the point of having more speed.. "isn't ur current computer fast enough?" blah blah =P. Technology and parents don't mix to well i think

 

[mrbagrat]

My parents are pretty liberal when it comes to this-probably comes from them working in technology jobs from early on, so they don't really care what I do to my computer as long as its my $ and I know what I'm going to do.
They buy Dell anyway, though

 

[mrjack]

In the past couple of days I had to format my harddrive about 2-4 times, install SuSe 9.3, Win98SE and then XP Pro just to get the damn thing to work. My mom kept asking me "Do you know what you're doing". Of course I do, it's just the non-booting XP Pro CD that's messing things up. I then had to use my older brothers computer to get those 6 floppy disk set for booting up and then using the CD. And he kept on asking "Do you even know what you're doing?". They seem to think I can't do anything right. But my dad was pleased to see I got it working and even said "You can fix anything".

 

[ceewi1]

"you know, you should really have a professional do this"

I was watching a current affairs program a couple of days ago, on which they were testing the competence of so-called 'professionals'. In this test, they removed a vital part from a fridge, and replaced it with a defective part. Not only could few of these 'professionals' fix the problem, one couldn't even reassembe the fridge he'd disassembled, and ended up cutting off the power cord, leaving the fridge in worse condition than when he started.

Sadly, this applies to computer techs as well, one need only read this article to realise that. There have been many times i've received computers to repair, that have already been looked at by other 'professionals'. In many cases, these 'professionals' have turned a simple fix into an enormous problem. I've had customers who have paid up to $600, when the original problem still hasn't been resolved.

By far the worst case, though, was when one of these 'professionals' was called to repair a simple printer problem (the driver hadn't been installed), for someone who later became a client of mine. This should have been fixed in 10 minutes, but, after two hours, he decided to format the computer (without asking the customer). When this (not surprisingly) failed to fix the problem, he charged the customer $120, and left. I was called several days later to fix up his mess, but while the driver installation was straight forward, she had lost considerable important data due to the format.

My point is, that just because someone claims to be a professional, doesn't mean they'll do a good job.

(The numerous quotes complaining about their parents not allowing them to mess with their PC)

My view on this topic is that if you've paid for the PC, then you can do what you want with it. If your parents have paid for it, don't assume you have an automatic right to fiddle with the components. You may know what you're doing, but you can damage something. We see enough people asking for help on a failed build in these forums every day to prove that! While I think that building a PC is a fantastic experience, and something I would encourage everyone who has the interest to try (within reason), I wouldn't expect a parent to fund it, unless they're willing to take a risk. At least if a professional messes up the build, you won't be paying for it .

 

[lee101]

However, she never understands the point of having more speed.. "isn't ur current computer fast enough?" blah blah =P. Technology and parents don't mix to well i think

thats sexactly right, my parents can't underatand that over time compenents need to replaced because they break or become really outdated, it must have taken me a few months once to get my dad to understand that a dvd drive was broken in my computer, and even then i had to put almost every cd rom i had into it to prove that it wouldn't run anything. The he [very] reluctantly said that i could order a new cd drive.

Now i am trying to persuade them to let me buy a pc for my brother, i am guessing they will end up winning the arguament with

There is nothing wrong with that computer [64mb ram, p3 450mhz] it runs perfectly fine [hear brother moaning that it has froze again in the background] stop mithering, you are always wanting to buy something

and it's not even like i am expecting them to pay, i have the cash its just that if i order it my mum will go mad

Lee

 

[dragon2309]

Aahh, Asian porn.

You said it, not me... got something on the brain there buzz, lol

 

[Tapir]

Okay guys I get the feel that most of you on this thread are "younger" guys. This is how I look at it. As a kid growing up my Dad "Santa Claus" always gave "real tools" for Christmas. At age 11 I ripped up the old pine flooring in our old "large" colonial home. I got the beating of life when Dad came home for lunch. As soon as he left to go back to work I called my younger brother - 10 and I started replacing floor with new mahogany flooring my Dad had stored for months. When he arrived that evening with a carpenter looked at him and said"this is what you were complaining about". Seriously, we had finished. Living room was about 22ft by 28 ft. There was no nail in sight and no open joints. Who taught me - no one. I did my repair job on an old tube murphy radio when I was 13.
I sort of forced my parents to realize I could DO things. Today at 58 I am a qualified accountant and Business manager, Marketing consultant - formal training on these. I have spent all my life "learning". Why? -mostly to prove a point.
I have been building computers ever since desktops came out. Worked on those LARGE monsters that IBM had back in the 60's and 70's. I built my own home I live in today 1,800 sq ft including electrical and plumbing.
I know this is lengthy and perhaps off topic but the reason I am doing it is to provide some "motivation". You are all born equal - trust me. Schools help "draw" God given skills out of you. But at the end of the day it is you that can do these stuff.
Yes, some older folks do not trust (or fear) young folks. So keep on building guys after all it is lot of fun.

And while you are at it - trust some older folks

 

[stalex111]

I definetely agree. You have another dad here who doesn't trust his kid. My mum is a bit cooler with it.