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Geek Culture / Pet hates about computers

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Chris K
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:17
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Does anyone else have a riduculous pet hate such as this;

You download some 1MB freeware game made by a tiny one man 'company' and install it, and the default directory puts an extra folder in for the bloody company.

For example:

C:\Program Files\Crazy Eyed Fish Productions\Alien Hunter

As if you're going to have a significant number of games installed from "Crazy Eyed Fish Productions".

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PowerSoft
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:23
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Actually, I prefer that way, at least I know what is what.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:32
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I forgot to feed my pet hate for a week and it died, poor little thing in its cage ate its own limbs before it died...

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Jeku
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:39
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^^^ groan

Chris - What I hate even more is when the dumb shareware app or demo doesn't put an uninstaller in the start menu along with it, so you have to go to the control panel to remove it properly


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Chris K
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:46
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Yes.

I find the two general go hand in hand.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 21:56
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I have peripheral hates. Like, I hate having a mouse wire catch on parts of my desk and it annoyed me so much that I've used wireless for the last few years. And I hate my Saitek driving wheel because it shakes my entire desk, and I'm always worried that something like my alien-in-a-jar lamp will fall.

Internally, I hate XP. But that's not really a "pet hate," unless you have a Bengal Tiger or an Elephant as a pet I don't really "hate" XP, but the compatability stuff is annoying. I love older games and sometimes the compatability problems refuse to allow them to play. Have any of you tried to get "Gangsters 2" to run on XP? It's a headache to say the least

I hate freeware/ shareware apps and videos and whatnot where the people who made them use screennames in the credits instead of their real names. It just seems un-professional to me, but I guess I can see why they might do that. Still, it's annoying. There was this Battlefield Vietnam movie made with Fraps called "The Fallen One." The movie was awesome, but the credits had screennames throughout them and it took away from the movie's cool-factor for me. But eh, I'm silly


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Dr Manette
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Posted: 19th Oct 2006 22:08
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What really ticjs me off is, like matt, the mouse wire. Everything catches onto that, including my wireless antena, the power cord of my moniter, and the key board. Also, for some reason the cord of my mouse comes from the left even though I'm right handed, so it stretches across the mous pad.

As for internally, programs that have the save as feature revert to the same directory every time (which includes dbp). If I want to save one thing in C:\program files\projects then I think the program should open to that directory the next time.

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spooky
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 00:31
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I really detest installers that default to the desktop but do not create a folder for the game but instead fill the desktop with dozens of icons that you have to manually sort out.

I also had that annoyance of my mouse cable getting caught on back of desk. Wireless for last year or so and SO much better for your sanity.

I also hate the controls on my LCD monitor - black frame, so they decided to put 8 little black buttons on the front with embossed icons on them. You can't tell what they are even when the light is on. so annoying.

Boo!
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Jeku
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 00:52
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Oh yes, and I also hate when apps not only install to the desktop and start menu programs group, but also to the start menu's top layer (above the line separating the programs group) --- Winzip, I'm looking at you

What, they think they are so elite?


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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 01:20
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Quote: "I love older games"


You and I would get along perfectly if you could stand my odd friends and the mass quantities of foul language they use, the odd things they talk about, and the Disco music we listen to.

and I did capatilize Disco becuase it's an important word.

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Scraggle
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 01:26
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I have a MAJOR hatred of losing focus! You can be typing away and when you look up to see what you have written, you find there is nothing there because Photoshop finally loaded and took focus or a download completed and just had to let you know, or Hotmail, the way you have to click three things to get it to open an email, so you start doing something in between and it jumps in when you really don't want it to.

If Windows Vista allows you to keep the focus on whichever window you are in until you decide to go elsewhere, then I will upgrade at the earliest possible opportunity!


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Mikey P
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 01:40 Edited at: 20th Oct 2006 01:41
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I can't stand cluttered desktops. I like everything to be spaced out, and in some of the more lengthy development sessions, things can get very cluttered, even with two monitors .

But yeah, I usually look up at the screen when I type, so only when I'm multi-tasking alot do I accidently start typing in the wrong places (such as writing very dodgy replies in the middle of English coursework, and then not realising >.> ).

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indi
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 01:59
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pet hates for the big three OSES.

dependencies in linux
virii in windows
no native direct x for PPC mac

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 05:26
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Cursing is fun, I love cursing I just don't do it on TGC hehe.


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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 06:30
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Quote: "Cursing is fun, I love cursing I just don't do it on TGC hehe."


you and me could have the potential to have SO much fun together. We would play old games for 4 hours straight, and then go see how mad we can get the workers at 7-11 untill they curse infront of children!

"If it weren't for monsoor here, this town wouldn't be here, and that kid would never grow up to lie about texas!"
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dark coder
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 07:49
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I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY^999999 hate, windows that are almost maximized, but there is a 1 pixel gap between the top right corner and the close button, so I goto close it, and boom I've closed something I was working on behind it.

I also hate webpages that you try to read something but then 100 images started loading and the page starts shifting down so you must either stop the images loading or scroll like a madman to attempt to read the first line.

Hallowed are the ori.
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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 08:41
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Quote: "I also hate webpages that you try to read something but then 100 images started loading and the page starts shifting down so you must either stop the images loading or scroll like a madman to attempt to read the first line."


that one bugs me too!

what I really hate is when random applications deside to crash for no reason. the compony is just keeping you on your toes, testing your reflexes to see how much you notice, so they know how defective they can make the next product without anyone noticing.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 13:08
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Oh, 7-11 it is! I love doing goofy stuff after LAN parties, we have "Classic LAN" parties every so often where we play Rogue Spear, Worms Armageddon, and Halflife, and sometimes we break out Postal, although we haven't done that one in a while, a few months now. In fact, the newest game we ever play at LAN parties is RS3. Anyway, come on over this friday and bring something edible. Oh, and your computer, that would probably be good lol.


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Crazy Ninja
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 13:44
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Quote: "I also hate webpages that you try to read something but then 100 images started loading and the page starts shifting down so you must either stop the images loading or scroll like a madman to attempt to read the first line."


aye thats a nasty one there.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 14:04 Edited at: 20th Oct 2006 14:05
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I hate dictionary.com, because when it finishes loading it scrolls the page up when you're trying to read it. Then opens a popup. Then scrolls to the bottom of the page. I think that's been more recently changed though, it just scrolls up now.

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indi
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 14:18
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I also hate things you do at work repetitively on the computer, every time you do it once more you have that same thought regarding setting up a small script or some automated process to alleviate the repetitive action.

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 18:31
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Quote: "you and me could have the potential to have SO much fun together. We would play old games for 4 hours straight, and then go see how mad we can get the workers at 7-11 untill they curse infront of children!"


I think he's asking you out Matty.

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Steve J
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Posted: 29th Oct 2006 06:11 Edited at: 29th Oct 2006 07:26
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Nothing. I am perfect

http://phoenixophelia.com

Steve J, less, and less Controversial!
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hyrichter
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Posted: 29th Oct 2006 07:24
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The most annoying thing I've found with Windows XP is the stupid desktop cleaning wizard. Arrghhh!!!! If I didn't want those icons on my desktop, I would've removed them. So what if I haven't used them in 8 months. They stay there unless I decide otherwise! And I also HATE it when programs think they can flash in the taskbar to get my attention.

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dark coder
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Yeah I hate taskbar icons, you install some semi usefull app, and bam there is yet nother icon in the long list of stuff, even useless apps like quicktime add themselves there, and you allways have to set them to allways be hidden which is a pain, why don't they get set to that by default?

I also find download directories annoying, msn/ff/irc etc all download to seperate folders, and most take a while to browse to, And I also hate installers, why isn't there some button you can press that will auto skip through all the crap as I never read it.

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David R
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Posted: 29th Oct 2006 11:18
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My big pet hate is when you accidentally drag an icon near the taskbar, and you get the bloody "You can't drag an icon here" message box - which is modal by the way, just adding to its 'annoyingness'

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