Computer Stupidities [OT]

[Dan Jenkins]

Cole Tuininga wrote:
> Then they got their hands on the graphic designer's Mac ... and started
> fiddling.  The following conversation occurred over email.  Keep in mind
> the starting size of the file is about 5.3MB.
> 
> (cut and paste - all typo's are real)
> 
> Marketing Person: 
> ok.. i reduced it further on Jen's computer..got itdown to 80 bytes....
> 
> My reply: 
> I have to admit to doubting that - this email is longer than 80 bytes.
> 
> Marketing Person:
> yes..i meant 800 bytes..damn this keyboard!
> 
> *sigh*

You have my sympathy.

At least they understand that files have sizes - even if they 
don't understand the difference between 5,300,000 and 800 and 
why that doesn't make sense. ;-)

I had a client (attempt to) email a 125 MB file - over a shared 
dialup line. When it didn't arrive in a few minutes, she kept 
mailing copies of it - until the mail server (which was also 
their file server) ran out of disk space, with the usual 
consequences.

When I asked her about it, she said she'd shrunk down the file 
to be small before sending it. I asked her how. She demonstrated 
using the Zoom option in her program to make the screen image 
thumbnail sized and then she emailed the document.

-- 
Dan Jenkins (dan at rastech.com)
Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951
*** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century