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Family memories vs Software?

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by tobif 1 view

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What examples of family memories can you connect with what software?

I'll give you an example:
Trying to do something in MS Office2007 reminds of when my grandmother had visited us for a couple of days.

Everything was still there, in the kitchen, but every single item had moved to another drawer or cupboard. Some things might take a week to find.

So, what's your reflections on this?

(You guessed right: It's weekend in Dubai again. :) )

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by robo_dev

I accidentally left an old IBM PS/2 PC running Windows 3.1 at my parents house in the garage.

My dad hooked it up and was using it, along with a dot matrix printer he found at a yard sale. The darned thing was a 80286.

It was right next to the Dell XP system i got them for christmas that year.

by tobif

My father is slowly getting used to the fact that he'll have to discontinue using Instant Artist, a DOS based graphical program to make notes, banners and postcards.

Even if you'd manage to run the program somewhere, the tricky part is to print whatever you create in it...

by seanferd

A lot of folks probably couldn't manage that.

by seanferd

I actually didn't even catch the intended connection on first reading, but I see what you mean now! :^0

I was probably already trying to process your title question, and I formed a different sort of association. When I think of family memories and software, I think of crazy support calls (all how-to and malware removal).

by tobif

So, I'm in UAE, my parents are in Sweden.

Monday, I got this SMS:
Tried to boost the computer, got some malware. Now the computer is locked. Please help. BTW, leaving for vacation in 15 minutes.

Good thing they have a second computer. So the infected computer rests a couple of days.

by seanferd

It is really rather understandable, coming from family.

What is scary is that I've seen open support forum requests like that from the average complete (internet) stranger. Freaking out as they don't receive instant replies.

At this point, I have to mention (again) how incredibly easy it is to support people (my brother's family) once they are forced to use separate limited user accounts. Incredible! I had been promoting the concept for several years, and my brother finally was mad enough to lay down the law.

by nexs

"I broke my computer. Go back in time and stop me from breaking it. Now."

I would steam.

by nexs

Yeah, oh yeah. The original, with the bloodied-up face on the bottom of the screen.

I'm illustrating my age here, but I remember my dad playing the game when I was young. I remember watching with my brother, I even remember the colour of walls in the room. Weird, considering my memory is particularly bad.

by tobif

... and we may never forget them.

by nexs

Involves a stone panel with some commandments?
"Thou shalt not steal software"(ie: download illegal, potentially dangerous software.
"Thou shalt not throw hardware on the ground in a fit of rage."
"Thou shalt wear rubber gloves whilst using the computer to keep it free of viral infections."

And so-on...

by tobif

Commandment #3 doesn't fit too well to the commandments further down about ESD protection :)

by seanferd

Thou shalt not browse every stupid free game website and download their adware.

Thou shalt not click on the fake antivirus warnings.

And if you do it using your own limited account, you're screwed, but no-one else is. And now we know who screwed up.

by tobif

Thou shalt not kill, except for spam emails.

by tobif

No. It ain't that bad. My folks are nice people. He was just merely checking if it by chance was possible to hit a magic button to fix this.

Oh, and I don't steam, I prefer Finnish sauna. :)

by nexs

Works for you. But for me, it compounds.

There has to be a end resolution, in all things. I have a lot of trouble, with myself, when considering a workaround.

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