Comments on: Shut it Down

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:11:08 +0000

Todd, I can name at least two people young enough to have a still-living grandmother who don’t know how to e-mail. Or, for that matter, feed themselves yet.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:04:40 +0000

My mom, who is a great-grandmother, does a lot of e-mailing.

The strip, published this year, begs the question: What person young enough to have a still-living grandmother doesn’t know how to e-mail?

By: jjmcgaffey

jjmcgaffey — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:02:02 +0000

As a tech - you know the old description of madness, “repeating an action and expecting a different response”? With computers, it’s “expecting the _same_ response”. And it’s amazing what a quick reboot will solve (particularly with Windows, but I’ve had quite a few Macs respond well as well).

Daniel J. Drazen - he’s a librarian, the closest thing to a techie there. Which isn’t very close…but I know what you mean about Dell. They’re annoying even to a tech (really hard to get them to skip part of the script!).

By: Bleu Mune

Bleu Mune — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:24:31 +0000

Actually, there’ve been a few times when I thought my whole computer had crashed, but turning it off and on again miraculously fixed the problem and it never recurred.

As a scientist I always want to know how things work and why, but computers have taught me to just be grateful it works - and a lot of the time it doesn’t matter why.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:20:39 +0000

The first thing I learned on my introduction to computer related hardware some thirty years ago was that cycling the power (after running TSD if appropriate )was
solved many problems. Still works.

By: Daniel J. Drazen

Daniel J. Drazen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:47:00 +0000

I think the black-shirted techie works for Dell because that’s their default answer to everything when you’re on hold waiting to talk to a human being: “turn it off and wait 30 seconds.”

By: buzz

buzz — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:24:05 +0000

And the real kneeslapper is that this Sunday’s DILBERT is essentially the same gag.

By: Lessa

Lessa — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:48:28 +0000

This e-mail is proof that Grandmas do use the computer. I have 5 grandchildren, 2 mos, 2 yrs, 6 yrs, 9 yrs and 14 yrs. The teen has even graced me with an invitation to join his MySpace page. I did, but am still trying to figure it out

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:32:26 +0000

I have to disagree with Keera: My mother and my aunt — who I’d wager are at least as old as Keera’s grandmother — are quite comfortable with e-mail.

By: Lost in A**2

Lost in A**2 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:05:11 +0000

In the real world of tech support, the response would be, “What is
her e-mail address?” And the answer would be either, “I don’t know,”
or “She doesn’t have one.”