Comments on: Sometimes It Pays to Be a Geek http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/ Stress Hardiness, Optimizing Stress, Being Fully Alive Mon, 21 May 2012 14:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3157 Jean Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:22:16 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3157 bikehikebabe, Americans have a history of being anti-intellectual. On the whole they like party types better. Bill Gates and the other people who have made millions and billions developing technology have brought a bit more respect to "geeks" and "nerds". :) bikehikebabe,
Americans have a history of being anti-intellectual. On the whole they like party types better. Bill Gates and the other people who have made millions and billions developing technology have brought a bit more respect to “geeks” and “nerds”. :)

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 bikehikebabe Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:18:46 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3156 15 years ago i told a fellow wife of a geek that we were married to geeks. (i was establishing a bond, i thought.) she was taken aback & insulted. "my husband is not a geek!" i'm glad that "geek" is OK now. (at least by fellow geeks.) 15 years ago i told a fellow wife of a geek that we were married to geeks. (i was establishing a bond, i thought.) she was taken aback & insulted. “my husband is not a geek!”

i’m glad that “geek” is OK now. (at least by fellow geeks.)

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 Jean Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:28:42 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3153 Cathy, Our 25-year -old TV was definitely no-frills, but we had to mess around with a converter box when they switched the TV stations to digital. They had a cute commercial showing an elderly lady trying to understand what to do...it was sad as well as funny. They did their best to warn people and to tell them how to make the conversion. They even gave $40 coupons to pay most of the cost of the converter boxes. Even so it was, and still is, a nuisance. :) I usually poke around for a while and see what I can figure out without using the manual. Sometimes it's well-designed and I don't have to read much. Even if I do have to resort to the manual it makes a lot more sense if I've looked at all the buttons first. Thank you so much for writing. Your comments always warm my heart and put a smile on my face. Cathy,
Our 25-year -old TV was definitely no-frills, but we had to mess around with a converter box when they switched the TV stations to digital. They had a cute commercial showing an elderly lady trying to understand what to do…it was sad as well as funny.

They did their best to warn people and to tell them how to make the conversion. They even gave $40 coupons to pay most of the cost of the converter boxes. Even so it was, and still is, a nuisance. :)

I usually poke around for a while and see what I can figure out without using the manual. Sometimes it’s well-designed and I don’t have to read much. Even if I do have to resort to the manual it makes a lot more sense if I’ve looked at all the buttons first.

Thank you so much for writing. Your comments always warm my heart and put a smile on my face.

]]> By: Cathy in NZ http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 Cathy in NZ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:24:29 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3152 I have 'guys' who are sure they know what is best for me...I recently gave up on one of my TV's and someone on the freecycle circuit took it and the video recorder away. I hadn't ever watch a video but for some reason I couldn't disconnect from the TV - otherwise the TV refused to work! I got given a no frills TV and we (2 females) plugged it it & connected to the outdoor aerial connection and it just worked! No specail anything with it - not even a remote to go funny! Of course, at some point it will not work as they have changed how TVs' will air programmes but for the time being fine A couple of weeks ago the new email programme do 2 things that I 'don't' know now how to deal with...it keeps telling me that my 'servers certificate is out of date and do I want to continue to use it?' - the server has not replied to me on how to fix it AND The other things was that the software programme suddenly closed one night and when it returned it was looking different! It still works but it's got a difference 'face' :-) I had a lot of trouble with my new washing machine a number of years ago but the manual was quite user friendly and I finally did work out to programme in 'favourite wash' I hope my old microwave never goes bung...because I notice the new ones have a lot of buttons!! It took me some weeks to discover what the computer geek did to my scanner - he had taken out a plug that he thought was part of the then defunct printer! It wasn't it was part of scanner and the reason why there was no 'hole' in the surge board was because the new wireless hook up had needed it. I finally bought a double adapter so I could hook the scanner back up!! Silly geeks who don't understand that sometimes people have different bits of machinery for different reasons (I think he said something along the lines of buying a combi machine for the 2 things - but the only the printer was broke!) bye for now cathy in NZ .-= Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..<a href="http://cedar51.livejournal.com/10615.html" rel="nofollow">RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!</a> =-. I have ‘guys’ who are sure they know what is best for me…I recently gave up on one of my TV’s and someone on the freecycle circuit took it and the video recorder away. I hadn’t ever watch a video but for some reason I couldn’t disconnect from the TV – otherwise the TV refused to work!

I got given a no frills TV and we (2 females) plugged it it & connected to the outdoor aerial connection and it just worked! No specail anything with it – not even a remote to go funny! Of course, at some point it will not work as they have changed how TVs’ will air programmes but for the time being fine

A couple of weeks ago the new email programme do 2 things that I ‘don’t’ know now how to deal with…it keeps telling me that my ‘servers certificate is out of date and do I want to continue to use it?’ – the server has not replied to me on how to fix it AND The other things was that the software programme suddenly closed one night and when it returned it was looking different! It still works but it’s got a difference ‘face’ :-)

I had a lot of trouble with my new washing machine a number of years ago but the manual was quite user friendly and I finally did work out to programme in ‘favourite wash’

I hope my old microwave never goes bung…because I notice the new ones have a lot of buttons!! It took me some weeks to discover what the computer geek did to my scanner – he had taken out a plug that he thought was part of the then defunct printer! It wasn’t it was part of scanner and the reason why there was no ‘hole’ in the surge board was because the new wireless hook up had needed it. I finally bought a double adapter so I could hook the scanner back up!! Silly geeks who don’t understand that sometimes people have different bits of machinery for different reasons (I think he said something along the lines of buying a combi machine for the 2 things – but the only the printer was broke!)

bye for now
cathy in NZ
.-= Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY! =-.

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Jean Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:59:30 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3150 Rummuser, I'm glad you too have your resident geek. :) Rummuser,
I’m glad you too have your resident geek. :)

]]> By: Rummuser http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/10/02/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-a-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 Rummuser Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:57:21 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1139#comment-3149 I can assure you that having a geek handy is the way to be happy in the modern world. i am blessed in that I have a son who is one and he usually handles all modern gadgetry for me and enables me to simply push a few buttons to get the desired result. .-= Rummuser´s last blog ..<a href="http://rummuser.com/?p=2016" rel="nofollow">Restaurants.</a> =-. I can assure you that having a geek handy is the way to be happy in the modern world. i am blessed in that I have a son who is one and he usually handles all modern gadgetry for me and enables me to simply push a few buttons to get the desired result.
.-= Rummuser´s last blog ..Restaurants. =-.

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