That's annoying.

[mrbob1000]

people who use you becasue you have the highest grade in your math class. (algebra 2 for the win!)

people who make fun of FIRST.

[hallk]

Having to change my computer passwords for "security" reasons.
Waiters or waitresses who don't introduce themselves.

[ATannahill]

Leaving school when the buses do.

Whats not annoying: Passing your really slow bus.

[germanystudent]

people bragging to you about playing "Expert" on Guitar Hero.

my god don't say you can "play the song" unless you can rock it on 6 strings! not 5 buttons!

or people watching you fail on an easy song and say, "haha dude you suck at guitar". just because i can't synchronize to heart shape box dosn't mean i can't totally rock cliffs of dover. hand me a fender, we'll see who's better then.

[Billfred]

The slow-but-steady stream of "Can you build me a robot that...." questions. (Retrieval of select beverages seems to be popular among some of my coworkers.)

[jennifers12]

Originally Posted by Molten

Sorry, this is off topic... But I saw a lady the other day that had to have been 70 driving while talking on a cell phone. That is annoying and slightly funny.

To add on:
People who use big words to appear intelligent(most of them are not really as smart as they let on.)
People who take good statistics and use them to mislead someone.
People who can't go two minutes without cussing.

I agree.

Also --
People who say robotics is just something someone does, and it doesn't take effort.
People who say horseback riding isn't a sport.
People who contradict my essays for class when they are correct.
People who say "I concur" all the time.
The law.
GEORGE W. BUSH <-- MAJOR
my list goes on forever about things that annoy me.

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by jennifers12

I agree.

Also --
People who say robotics is just something someone does, and it doesn't take effort.
People who say horseback riding isn't a sport.
People who contradict my essays for class when they are correct.
People who say "I concur" all the time.
The law.
GEORGE W. BUSH <-- MAJOR
my list goes on forever about things that annoy me.

people that make fun of robotics without knowing anything about it.

people who say robotics isnt a sport (obviously they havent seen how much walking is involved going between pits and fields in atlanta)

[Burmeister #279]

People who think they aren't smart enough to even try robotics.
People who are to arrogant and think robotics is a waste of their time.
[edit] People who completely avoid robotics team members because they think that they will become nerdy by association.
People who are told two or three times to do something and don't.
Testing the robot for the fist time somewhere around midnight the night before ship.

[ComradeNikolai]

Originally Posted by Burmeister #279

[...]
People who completely avoid robotics team members because they think that they will become nerdy by association.
People who are told two or three times to do something and don't. [...]

People who think being nerdy is a bad thing (why is our society anti-intellectual, anyway?)
People who are told two or three times to not do something and do.

[RyanN]

People that drive with brights on
People that don't use blinkers
People that come up on stop signs fast
People that tailgate (always happens to me even though I drive 5+ of the speed limit)
Louisiana drivers (hopefully no one from Louisiana is offended)

Stupid people
Microsoft Windows
Chemistry
People who are late
My Sprint phone
Sprint

I can keep on going...

[Anna B.]

"Windows is shutting down"
the grammarian in me hates this

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Annette B.

"Windows is shutting down"
the grammarian in me hates this

Excuse me, but how is that grammatically incorrect?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Excuse me, but how is that grammatically incorrect?

I thought the same thing... But the grammarian in me says, "Let's look more closely at this sentence."

"Windows is shutting down"

First: There is no punctuation. On the computer screen, when this message appears, it is often followed by ellipses, which indicate continuing action. Possibly, there is no conflict with the rules of grammar.

Now, on to the sentence:

Subject --> Transitive verb --> Adjective

Where's the Direct object? In other words, what is Windows shutting down?

Or, Subject --> Linking verb --> Adjective

How does "shutting down" describe Windows?

I'm actually inclined to say that Microsoft's grammar is in fact incorrect. Note the other messages that appear around the message in question, or at similar times. No subject means that they are not complete sentences either.

[Anna B.]

This poem is pretty funny (it deals with the whole "Windows is shutting down" thing)

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by EricH

I thought the same thing... But the grammarian in me says, "Let's look more closely at this sentence."

"Windows is shutting down"

First: There is no punctuation. On the computer screen, when this message appears, it is often followed by ellipses, which indicate continuing action. Possibly, there is no conflict with the rules of grammar.

Now, on to the sentence:

Subject --> Transitive verb --> Adjective

Where's the Direct object? In other words, what is Windows shutting down?

Or, Subject --> Linking verb --> Adjective

How does "shutting down" describe Windows?

I'm actually inclined to say that Microsoft's grammar is in fact incorrect. Note the other messages that appear around the message in question, or at similar times. No subject means that they are not complete sentences either.

Or...
Windows are shutting down.