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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 763 | | number = 763 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = 2010-07-07 |
− | | title = Workaround | + | | title = 'Workaround' |
| image = workaround.png | | image = workaround.png | ||
| titletext = I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into six partitions, C: through J:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask. | | titletext = I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into six partitions, C: through J:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | In the comic a 'relative' of Cueball is depicted, who explains to him how he downloaded a certain video of YouTube. The relative is one of the 'non-computer people', probably to think of as the dad or granddad of Cueball. He explains how he saved a web page and opened it in (Microsoft) Word, to then send this .doc (.docx) file to a service that extracts YouTube Videos who then emailed it back to him. Probably this service just saw which movie he wanted to download, and did it the normal way and just emailed the result to him. | |
− | The | + | The bottom text says that though Randall encourages his relatives to solve their computer problems on their own, by trial and error, he has to resist the urge of asking them how they really did it. Because most of the time this results in a very clumsy, elaborate way of working, involving typically obscure functions of programs elderly like to use for whatever problem on their computer (like Microsoft Word, Outlook,...) |
− | The | + | The title text just explains another example of this complex and elaborate way of working that people who don't understand computers can create. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | :[A man stands at a computer terminal, while another man behind him stands with his head in his hands.] | ||
− | + | :Man 1: See, I've got a really good system: if I want to send a YouTube video to someone, I go to File -> Save, then import the saved page into Word. Then I go to "Share This Document" and under "recipient" I put the email of this video extraction service... | |
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+ | :Caption: I'll often encourage relatives to try to solve computer problems themselves by trial and error. However, I've learned an important lesson: if they say they've solved their problem, | ||
+ | never ask how. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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