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We were all newbies once... (well, ok, I am still a newbie. ;-)
What are some of the most blaringly obvious or worst newbie things you ever remember having done when you were younger?
(I know some of you were born with the knowledge you have now, so you don't need to answer.)
Let me start it off with two from me:
#1:
I have played with an Atari 2600 and they suck. I knew they were popular for their time, but compare them to games today!
Anyway, when I was starting out with my computer knowledge I heard someone talking about a "2600 meeting" and I said, "That is dumb! Who is going to form a group to talk about the Atari 2600?"
Doh!
#2:
Way back when, I was using IRC and did a /list with the -min flags to try to find the busy channels. There were channels like #hottub, #sex, #talk, #42 and #warez. (There were a few others, but I dont remember them.)
I saw that #warez (on efnet) was the busiest channel with a whopping 31 users! (Holy crap!) So I join the channel and say, "Hey! What do you do on this channel?" (BAN.... KICK....)
To make matters worse, I initially was asking people who knew more than me, in-person, what was up with this channel #warez (I, of-course pronounced "wahrr ehhzz") but nobody knew. It was not until I spoke with someone who was into pirating software that I learned it was not some sort of spanish-american channel and I was not pronouncing it correctly. I had heard it properly pronounced but never saw it in writing until then. *click* (the cog slips into place.)
If you are a veteran and do not want to admit your own newbie history, how about the funniest newbie events you have observed?
What are some of the most blaringly obvious or worst newbie things you ever remember having done when you were younger?
(I know some of you were born with the knowledge you have now, so you don't need to answer.)
Let me start it off with two from me:
#1:
I have played with an Atari 2600 and they suck. I knew they were popular for their time, but compare them to games today!
Anyway, when I was starting out with my computer knowledge I heard someone talking about a "2600 meeting" and I said, "That is dumb! Who is going to form a group to talk about the Atari 2600?"
Doh!
#2:
Way back when, I was using IRC and did a /list with the -min flags to try to find the busy channels. There were channels like #hottub, #sex, #talk, #42 and #warez. (There were a few others, but I dont remember them.)
I saw that #warez (on efnet) was the busiest channel with a whopping 31 users! (Holy crap!) So I join the channel and say, "Hey! What do you do on this channel?" (BAN.... KICK....)
To make matters worse, I initially was asking people who knew more than me, in-person, what was up with this channel #warez (I, of-course pronounced "wahrr ehhzz") but nobody knew. It was not until I spoke with someone who was into pirating software that I learned it was not some sort of spanish-american channel and I was not pronouncing it correctly. I had heard it properly pronounced but never saw it in writing until then. *click* (the cog slips into place.)
If you are a veteran and do not want to admit your own newbie history, how about the funniest newbie events you have observed?
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