Stupidest computer question ever

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Easto
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Stupidest computer question ever

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Another short story about trying to bring my dad up to speed with computers (after he's owned 2 for 8 years).

Today he asked me "Is the Web Broswer and a mouse the same thing?"


Try and beat that one!
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Hmmm.... Can't think of anything at the moment
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This is an oldie and I'm sure more than one person has gotten this before:

User:"Why isn't my coffee cup holder strong enough?"
Me:"Um... Sir, what do you mean by "coffee cup holder"?"
User:"You know the thing that comes out of your computer with the place for your coffee cup?"
Intel Core 2 Duo Q8300 2.55Ghz (1333mhz)
Asus P5N-D
OCZ Platinum 8gb (2x2gb) PC8000 1000mhz 5-5-5-18
EVGA 460GTX 1gb PCIE 2.0
Western Digital Black 640gb x 2 Raid 0
Coolermaster 1000W Modular PSU
Antec NSK4480B
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

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Post by Humboldt »

terrancelam wrote:This is an oldie and I'm sure more than one person has gotten this before:

User:"Why isn't my coffee cup holder strong enough?"
Me:"Um... Sir, what do you mean by "coffee cup holder"?"
User:"You know the thing that comes out of your computer with the place for your coffee cup?"
I thought that was the coat hook.
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bummer :cry:
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