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Yeah, I may as well be fighting windmills
Dec. 31st, 2003 01:34 pmMy brother told us at dinner Monday that he was going to buy my parents some RAM for $10 (after a $40 or $50 rebate, or something), because he wants to put XP on their computer.
I thought this was a wonderful idea, and told him so, because I hate ME. Not that I'm crazy about Windows XP, either ... but that doesn't really matter; it's not my computer. I am amused, however, that my brother and I are sort of intervening to help out our hapless parents; my mom claimed to have no idea what we're talking about, even when I tried to explain operating systems to her. She didn't want to listen. Bah.
I was trying to explain because my dad had, for some reason, looked at me and said, "Oh yeah, you have that off-brand computer ... "
I thought he was talking about my lack of Windows, but then Chris said, "Oh yeah, that's the way to go!" which meant he was talking about my computer (which makes sense, since that's what Dad actually said).
"That ... 'Linux'?" Dad asked Chris. (I'm amazed he's retained this much information, actually. I wasn't sure he would've been able to assert that I don't use Windows; it's not like I talk about this a lot. No point.)
"No!" Chris said. Naturally. He hates Linux. I think this is one of those fear-born-of-ignorance things, but I'm not sure. He's hard to talk to; on the subjet of computers; he's sure he knows everything. I couldn't even convince him that there's a difference between disk space and RAM (he uses the word "memory" interchangably for both).
Anyway, Chris and I explained to our parents that there's a difference between computer and operating system ... or at least we tried to, but I don't think it worked.
And my dad still thinks my OS--or my "computer"--is "off-brand." Oh good.
I thought this was a wonderful idea, and told him so, because I hate ME. Not that I'm crazy about Windows XP, either ... but that doesn't really matter; it's not my computer. I am amused, however, that my brother and I are sort of intervening to help out our hapless parents; my mom claimed to have no idea what we're talking about, even when I tried to explain operating systems to her. She didn't want to listen. Bah.
I was trying to explain because my dad had, for some reason, looked at me and said, "Oh yeah, you have that off-brand computer ... "
I thought he was talking about my lack of Windows, but then Chris said, "Oh yeah, that's the way to go!" which meant he was talking about my computer (which makes sense, since that's what Dad actually said).
"That ... 'Linux'?" Dad asked Chris. (I'm amazed he's retained this much information, actually. I wasn't sure he would've been able to assert that I don't use Windows; it's not like I talk about this a lot. No point.)
"No!" Chris said. Naturally. He hates Linux. I think this is one of those fear-born-of-ignorance things, but I'm not sure. He's hard to talk to; on the subjet of computers; he's sure he knows everything. I couldn't even convince him that there's a difference between disk space and RAM (he uses the word "memory" interchangably for both).
Anyway, Chris and I explained to our parents that there's a difference between computer and operating system ... or at least we tried to, but I don't think it worked.
And my dad still thinks my OS--or my "computer"--is "off-brand." Oh good.