Having a background in IT, I can say more then half the people I have worked with certainly qualify as being a “stupid computer user”

• Do you proclaim, out loud, your three year old knows more about computers than you do?
• Are you still looking for the “Any Key”?
• Do you really think you win something for being the 421,232th visitor?
• Is your only solution to call the family “computer geek”?
• Do you call the thing above the 8 a snowflake?
• Is Netscape 4.7 your default browser?
• Do you believe that the Firefox people are talking about is the 1982 movie about a really cool jet?
• Do the blinking ads compel you to click?
• Are your passwords on a sticky note on your monitor?
• Do you ignore those messages that tell your anti-virus subscription has expired?
• Is your home network’s name “linksys”?
• Do you not believe in a firewall?
• Have you paid for any Geek Squad services?
• Do you anxiously open every attachment in your email?
• When someone is explaining something technical, do you dismiss it as “computer talk”?
• Do you think you can get a free iPod for filling out your zip code?
• Do you believe the IT people have magical powers?
• Do you have a collection of AOL discs?
• Have you hit your monitor when your computer gave an error?
• Do you still the think the Internet is a fad?
• When someone asks what’s wrong with your computer, do you respond with, “It’s running slow”?

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