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There are times when I shouldn't tell people "I'm in computers"

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  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

    All he has to do is to wait until the phone synchronizes with his Google/iTune account... :laugh:

    I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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    Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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    what and flood google/iTunes with Tenby sea water! on second thoughts

    You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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      Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Ygnaiih
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      Low those many years ago people could not understand why I could not upgrade their $5K computer to run windows. I have shown one of my friends copy and paste 3 times and he will ask again and again say that it is brand new to him. He has a masters degree from an accredited university. I think I'm going to start telling people I am a file clerk.

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      • D DaveX86

        Well, I was just suggesting to the OP that he might suggest to his friend to log onto his iCloud to see if the NSA Apple made a backup of his pix :) I got an iPod 5th Gen for XMas last year...been taking pix...dunno if they got synced to iCloud, I haven't disabled anything...never logged into iCloud to check :omg: ...don't think anyone cares about pix of my cat or the birdies in the back yard though :-\

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        Herbie Mountjoy
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        Tell him to phone NSA.

        I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.

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        • D DaveX86

          Doesn't iCloud automagically sync the 'Camera Roll' folder?...that's why so many naked pix of celebrities wound up on the net?...maybe you could check his iTunes?...just a thought...not an Apple expert...

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          Fabio Franco
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          He never said it was an iPhone... Anyways, if it was a Windows Phone it would automatically sync to skydrive as well.

          To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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          • M M dHatter

            Quote:

            "I'm in computers"

            How do you fit in a computer?

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            BrainiacV
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            Obviously he programs big iron. :laugh:

            Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              _WinBase_
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              Best I had was when someone asked me in all seriousness "You're a computer programmer Bob, do you think you can fix my toaster?". errrr would that be running the .NET framework then?

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                bkebamc
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                Oh, Oh, oh!!!! App opportunity! An icon to turn on auto-sync when you're on vacation!

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                • B bkebamc

                  Oh, Oh, oh!!!! App opportunity! An icon to turn on auto-sync when you're on vacation!

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                  bkebamc
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                  And follow on feature: to turn off auto-sync when taking naked selfies!

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                  • B bkebamc

                    Oh, Oh, oh!!!! App opportunity! An icon to turn on auto-sync when you're on vacation!

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    And a second app to run the first automatically for when you forget! :laugh:

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      And a second app to run the first automatically for when you forget! :laugh:

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      bkebamc
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                      It could be done! Use location services to determine when you've entered a "tourist trap". And if we can remove red-eye, I'm sure an OS-level "nipple notification" wouldn't be too hard to add to the photo app!

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                      • B bkebamc

                        It could be done! Use location services to determine when you've entered a "tourist trap". And if we can remove red-eye, I'm sure an OS-level "nipple notification" wouldn't be too hard to add to the photo app!

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Is it too late to volunteer for the job of app testing monitor?

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                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          Member_5893260
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                          You got off easy... imagine if he'd been able to retrieve it...

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                          • Y Ygnaiih

                            Low those many years ago people could not understand why I could not upgrade their $5K computer to run windows. I have shown one of my friends copy and paste 3 times and he will ask again and again say that it is brand new to him. He has a masters degree from an accredited university. I think I'm going to start telling people I am a file clerk.

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                            Member_5893260
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                            One of my friends knows someone who can't remember how to load Word from one day to the next, and had to call him every day until he finally hit on making a large JPEG which was a list of instructions of what to do, and making that the screen background on the guy's computer. I pointed out that it wouldn't have taken much more time to set the guy's feet into a block of concrete and dump him into the ocean... after all, it's not as though anyone would miss him... but apparently, that sort of comment was uncalled-for, and don't I have any empathy? Hmmm... apparently not...

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              ptmaker
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                              Know how you feel on this one.. Friend: So what do you do for a living? Me: R&D Software engineer Friend: Awesome. You are good with computers! My computer is complaining about the hard-drive and makes weird noises when I try to turn it on. But no problem you can get all of my files right? Thinking to myself: Ok.. In reality if the hard-drive isn't completely dead I probably could get the files if I used up the last of what little free time I have to work on your computer for free.... Sarcasm: "I should totally do this!!" Then if you say no they get mad at you or offended.

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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

                                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                RandyWester
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                                Hopefully Tenby is still there, and still gets enough daylight for photos.

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  Some friends have just spent two weeks in their static caravan in Tenby (a sea-side town in Wales) and they came round tonight to catch up. All good fun until...it turns out he dropped his phone in the sea while loading the boat, can I get his pictures back for him? Well, I'll try - where's the phone? At the bottom of Tenby harbour. :doh:

                                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                  Moreno Airoldi
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                                  Sure, that happens to us guys in tech a lot! But it's not limited to tech: I witnessed a situation where a lady walked in a shop and told the poor guy something like "I have an old black-and-white copy of a magazine page, could you please make a colored copy for me ?"... :omg: Just like with your phone issue, it's not technically impossible - only VERY expensive. You can hire a boat and a diver to recover the phone, and the shop guy could use Photoshop to color the copy! :-D

                                  In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but not in practice. - Anonymous A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. - B. Bryson

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