John Gohde: computer expert

Posted on July 5th, 2007 in John H. Gohde by dougal

John H Gohde likes to think he can prove he’s far more knowledgeable than his contemporaries. Unfortunately, he never manages to persuade anyone other than himself.

But when it comes to taunts, “I once did a 30-hour computer course 20 years ago” is about as unimpressive as you can get.

Hence this gobsmackingly poor attempt at oneupmanship on the Google Webmaster Help forums:

How Many Programmers Routinely Do Core Dumps?
How many know what a core dump is?

On what computers where core dumps performed on?

So, much for the value of HTML coding and W3C Validation.

Ha, … Hah, Ha!

This is so bizarre you might want to take a minute to soak it all in. But in short:

  • Core dumps have nothing whatsoever to do with being a webmaster.
  • No webmaster needs to know what computers core dumps are performed on.
  • No-one gives a toss how many programers do core dumps.
  • No-one except the voices in Gohde’s skull have any idea whatsoever what the “HTML coding and W3C Validation” comment is about.
  • As usual, Gohde’s abusive trademark “Ha, … Hah, Ha!” signifies a cue to laugh at him, rather than with him
  • And it goes without saying that his post, as usual, contains not one single iota of information.

So Gohde begins by trying to make himself look like an expert - and ends up, once again, looking like an idiot.

And in case we forget: the computer genius John Gohde is the same man who sources only the most up-to-date computer equipment :

Last year, I fished a Windows95 computer system out of the dumpster. I never did much with it because it was somewhat password protected. Turns out that it has 40 Megs of Ram. And, because Windows95 is smaller the online speed is quite acceptable. Even with its 28K modem, my ISP software is reporting the fastest connection speed ever: 56K!!!! How a 28K modem can connect at 56K is beyond me. Its only real problem is a 1 Gig HD.

A bit slow, no use to anyone, rapidly aging, and belongs in the trash ? That sounds familiar.