July 7, 2010
#763: Workaround
[[A man stands at a computer terminal, while another man behind him stands with his head in his hands.]]
Man 1: See, I’ve got a really good system: if I want to send a YouTube video to someone, I go to File -> Save, then import the saved page into Word. Then I go to “Share This Document” and under “recipient” I put the email of this video extraction service…
Caption: I’ll often encourage relatives to try to solve computer problems themselves by trial and error. However, I’ve learned an important lesson: if they say they’ve solved their problem,
never
ask how.