I remember back before I got my own PC. My brother had Windows 98, installed Morpheus (similar to Kazaa).
I looked for a game, I think it was some console game. “Wow, I didn’t even know this was on PC! Wow, it’s only 15MB, how did they get the game so small?? Computers are cool!”
Every time I ran it, the screen would go all funky with every click and after a while return to normal.
On a separate occasion I deleted System32 files (whichever ones it let me at the time), to free up space.
It’s quite funny that a lot of people ask me for various advice, fixing devices, PCs, etc. just a friendly reminder to myself that everyone starts somewhere. Boy I messed up so many PCs when I was much younger.
I got into computers when I destroyed a Windows 3.11 install on a PC we’d been given.
Nobody wanted to use it without graphics. So I started playing with it and typing words into the MS DOS prompt and reading the output.
I found qbasic and the gorilla and snake games. Then a text editor and so I learned how to make batch files. Learned how to edit basic by trial and error so I could make the gorilla’s bananas blow up the whole screen
Found some DOS games, like scorched earth and a copy of wing commander which led to me learning to hate DRM and also how to operate an unguarded photocopier at my school.
Fast forward 30 years and I’ve picked up a few more tricks
I remember downloading 2 fast 2 furious from either Kazaa or Limewire. Pressed play. Opening scene was some detective guy stood outside on a dark evening in a long brown coat. Was kind of like a noir vibe to it. Then all of a sudden it cuts to a woman just sucking him off on the pavement. Had to nope the fuck out as quick as possible as my family were in the room lol.
I remember back before I got my own PC. My brother had Windows 98, installed Morpheus (similar to Kazaa).
I looked for a game, I think it was some console game. “Wow, I didn’t even know this was on PC! Wow, it’s only 15MB, how did they get the game so small?? Computers are cool!”
Every time I ran it, the screen would go all funky with every click and after a while return to normal.
On a separate occasion I deleted System32 files (whichever ones it let me at the time), to free up space.
It’s quite funny that a lot of people ask me for various advice, fixing devices, PCs, etc. just a friendly reminder to myself that everyone starts somewhere. Boy I messed up so many PCs when I was much younger.
Lots of engineers probably got their start by taking random things apart and breaking them as a kid too. Clocks, radios, etc.
As a current engineer I can confirm this is true
I got into computers when I destroyed a Windows 3.11 install on a PC we’d been given.
Nobody wanted to use it without graphics. So I started playing with it and typing words into the MS DOS prompt and reading the output.
I found qbasic and the gorilla and snake games. Then a text editor and so I learned how to make batch files. Learned how to edit basic by trial and error so I could make the gorilla’s bananas blow up the whole screen
Found some DOS games, like scorched earth and a copy of wing commander which led to me learning to hate DRM and also how to operate an unguarded photocopier at my school.
Fast forward 30 years and I’ve picked up a few more tricks
I remember downloading 2 fast 2 furious from either Kazaa or Limewire. Pressed play. Opening scene was some detective guy stood outside on a dark evening in a long brown coat. Was kind of like a noir vibe to it. Then all of a sudden it cuts to a woman just sucking him off on the pavement. Had to nope the fuck out as quick as possible as my family were in the room lol.