The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[ChristineM]

I've got a couple of overheating laptops that I've made poor attempts at repairing. I need to open them up again to give it another try. Its not like they're any use now anyway. I suspect that what I missed the first time was checking the cooling tube for a blockage in one of them. The other one...maybe I put too much paste on the cpu, or maybe I damaged something when I opened it. They've always run hot even when new, so...who knows for sure? Maybe its the GPU's that are overheating.

Its one of the things laptops do, make good room heaters, the other thing, when they stop heating the room is, they make good door stops ;-)

 

[ChristineM]

I hope that everything important was backed up...

Long Before she retired our techie wrote and installed a program that ran in the background constantly copying new and changed files to a nas, so (i certainly hope) everything is backed up.

 

[sun rise]

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I am so sad, my beloved computer has died spectacularly, smoke and sparks and puppy dogs tails. I loved that machine and it's gone to computer heaven.

But rejoice - you're still able to post here.

 

[sun rise]

Long Before she retired our techie wrote and installed a program that ran in the background constantly copying new and changed files to a nas, so (i certainly hope) everything is backed up.

I have Backblaze installed that does that for me at $6/month.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Its one of the things laptops do, make good room heaters, the other thing, when they stop heating the room is, they make good door stops ;-)

The only way to get experience fixing laptops is to open them up, and they do NOT like to be opened up.

 

[Wu Wei]

You sure know how to upset a gal don't ya yogi

Sorry, but being a grumpy old bear, and in IT.....burning computers make me smile

 

[Stevicus]

I just received an email from Domino's Pizza. I might order something from them once a month, if that, but they give you points towards a free pizza every time you order. So, the email said I was "halfway to Pizza Paradise."

"Pizza Paradise"? What the heck? A free pizza now and again is nice, but I'd hardly call it "Pizza Paradise," which sounds like a place where they'd put pineapple on pizza.

Pizza Paradise would be more like Risa, except that displaying the Horga'hn means that you want pizza.

 

[sun rise]

Sorry, but being a grumpy old bear, and in IT.....burning computers make me smile

Being in IT is sufficient to cheer "burn, baby, burn"

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[Wu Wei]

Well, thats it.... I'm going to bed....goodnight RF

 

[sun rise]

I'm not going to bed yet

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I very carefully avoided GoT. That has not caused me distress outside of an occasional need to ask Google a question.

You should seek to fix that problem. Amd when a Irish lass and Scotsman can agree on something that it's good, its bound to be really good.

 

[ChristineM]

But rejoice - you're still able to post here.

Long live Android tablets

 

[ChristineM]

I have Backblaze installed that does that for me at $6/month.

If it works.

Mine costs nothing but did cost £170 per day to write.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'm an IT professional that hates technology

Well.....except for technology like this

and this

That technology is ok

But this

Well...its....

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Just lost my balance in the shower and put my hand through the tiles...

Oh boy oh boy! We get to get a new tub/shower installed...

 

[ChristineM]

Sorry, but being a grumpy old bear, and in IT.....burning computers make me smile

One would expect nothing less...

 

[ChristineM]

Just lost my balance in the shower and put my hand through the tiles...

Oh boy oh boy! We get to get a new tub/shower installed...

Lol, non shouldn't laugh but...

Reminds me of my grandmother and a family story often recounted in her memory.

Many years ago she was spending Christmas at her newly married sons house (mothers brother).

They had a newly installed shower over bath (no room for a separate shower). The bathroom contained the bath (with shower) a hand basin and a WC with high cistern and about 3 square feet to move around in.

Gran wanted to try a shower never having used one before. I should mention here she was slightly (hugely) overweight.

She stood in the shower, turned it on, slipped, grabbed the water feed pipe to steady herself, ripped it from the wall and tore the connection apart spraying water into the air. She reached out to the chain dangling from the toilet cistern and tore the whole unit off the wall, it spun across the bathroom, the feed pipe spewing more water. The ceramic cistern hit the ceramic sink unit, both of which exploded in a cloud of pot shards one of which burst the hot water pipe, more water cascading.

She tumbled over the edge of the bath, landed head first in the small foot well. Legs flailing in the air and lady bits fully exposed howling with laughter.

Luckily the door opened outwardly, imagine the devastation that greeted my uncle as he opened the door to see what the fuss was about.

 

[Wu Wei]

Well..... I suppose I should do something.......

maybe later.....

 

[sun rise]

You should seek to fix that problem. Amd when a Irish lass and Scotsman can agree on something that it's good, its bound to be really good.

I'm good at stubborn.