How Computer Savvy Are You.

[Sprayber]

I get the basics well enough. When I had a desktop I changed out hard drives and such and did a little tinkering. I know enough to follow directions. I know enough not mess with things I don't need to be messing with. Took the basic programing in High School on those Zenith dinosaurs. Don't expect me to be hacking into the Pentagon anytime soon though.

[ZEE]

just basic skills.

[KrazyHorse]

Decentish programming skills in C, C++, Fortran. Good knowledge of unix environments, bash etc. On the hardware side I'm handy enough to swap out a hard drive or similarly trivial task.

[onodera]

I have always assembled my desktop PCs myself, except one time (and that box caused me lots of troubles). I used to work as a programmer and I can still whip up a tool that will automate something boring. I know next to nothing about serious network administration, but I maintain all the computers and the wireless network in our home.

[-Jrabbit]

I'm just a User.

[Kitschum]

I still haven't figured out Microsoft Word

[SlowwHand]

Whenever I think I've made significant strides in my knowledge, I get brought back to earth.
This morning, the pc was off. Start button wouldn't fix it. It took me a few minutes, and a 2nd look, to see that a cat had unplugged it.

[Sir Og]

I can assemble my own computer by myself. I used to edit civ1's .exe and mod units and buildings.
Now I do some programing to help automate some of my own work. Mostly VBA.
Computers are becoming too complex....

[Wezil]

Not very. I know how to attach pictures. That's about it.

This morning, the pc was off. Start button wouldn't fix it. It took me a few minutes, and a 2nd look, to see that a cat had unplugged it.

[DanS]

I put together and maintain my own boxes and know Basic, Perl, and PHP pretty well. Haven't dealt with assembly since the 6510 days as a kid, but knew it pretty well at the time.

Got through college by providing IT work for smallish businesses. But that was a few years ago.

As time marches on, I'm becoming much less savvy.

[Dis]

I once hacked into WOPR (if you don't know what that is you need to brush up on the classics)

[Dis]

as for my real response...

I'm decent at computers. My mom thinks I know everything and should get a job in it. I suppose I could learn, but working with computers never interested me. Computers are a hobby, not something I want to do every waking hour (think of the carpal tunnel I'd get )

Took 2 years of computer science in high school. Freshman year was Commodore 64's . Second year was IBM's- not sure of the model. By my senior year my school had Apples (2 e's I think? ), but I wasn't in a computer class at the time. Then I went into the military and never touched a computer till 1995. Got my first PC. A friend upgraded it, learned alot there. Later bought another computer, upgraded that one myself. Then bought a refurb, and later upgraded that one as well.

As time goes on I'm lagging a bit. But I'm smart enough that I feel I can learn anything and do anything. Just recently researched how to set up a home networking system as I may be doing it for a friend. I know I'm too nice, but I don't mind as I learn alot in the process. As the above example shows, I'm not familiar with stuff I never had to use. Home networking and wireless technology is one of them. I've never owned a laptop, as I never needed one.

At work I use micrsoft Office applications. But I generally only use the basics. But with practice I could get really good at designing stuff. But I'm not that creative or artistic. So my stuff is designed for functionality, not appearance. My computer use at work is limited. I like how computers are supposed to save time, but in actuality it takes more time to input all this stuff onto a computer than it does to write it down and give it to your relief.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I'm experienced enough to know that they work through magic and witchcraft.

[Adagio]

I have worked as a programmer for a couple of years, I know more than average about how Windows works, but doesn't know much about Administration of network, accounts, etc

Whenever I buy a new computer I handpick the hardware. Usually I just let the company I buy it from assemble it (too lazy to do it myself), but I have built several computers myself (including the one I'm using right now). Of course whenever I'm just changing some hardware, like graphics card, harddrives, etc, I'll do it myself

I have tried to mess about around with Ubuntu, but that was years ago and never got into it. I have also tried using a Mac a few times, and hated every second of using it (it's been many years since last time though, can't remember anything specific. But the more I hear about it, the less likely it is that I'll ever try it again)

[Kuciwalker]

I wrote an operating system.