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Do you REALLY want a more advanced computer ???

BeanBean Posts: 8,129
edited 2008-12-17 00:31 in General Discussion
Funny movie.

Bean.


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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-12-11 16:34
    I like it... Makes me glad that I'm on a laptop right now.
  • Cole LoganCole Logan Posts: 196
    edited 2008-12-11 16:47
    Wow. Might want to start bolting your computers down.
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2008-12-11 23:14
    Ether that or you may not want to take it out on your computer like that

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2008-12-11 23:37
    I'd like to see that computer play the "I'm a PC" role in one of those smarmy Mac commercials.
    SRLM said...
    I like it... Makes me glad that I'm on a laptop right now.

    That could be taken many different ways.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2008-12-11 23:51
    Sam has a point…having run a computer shop for many years I have seen my share of beat-up computers come in. Often (most of the time) they were beat up for problems not related to the computer hardware itself. The guy in the video clearly needs anger management. I have also seen people punching their steering wheels and/or dashboards because traffic is slow. And then there are the ones you hear about who threw something at their TV set because their favorite sports team lost. I have to wonder if they really honestly believe it helps them in any way whatsoever. I have always found myself treating my PCs and other electronic equipment as if it were as fragile as a baby. In turn, everything I have has outlasted everyone else I know with the same equipment.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2008-12-11 23:59
    Terry,

    Thanks one heckuva lot for the nightmares I'll be having tonight!

    For those of you who share my concern, all it takes is a pair of PropSTICK Kit bare PCBs (see link below) and a couple wire ties to ward off the evil:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=57273

    (I'm really running out of good sales pitches.)

    -Phil

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  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2008-12-12 01:22
    I one had an HP printer that·I want to the same to it that was in that video

    The problem with this·printer is for some reason it work two or three time in row when you would turn on the computer on but the four time it would not until you reload the software and drivers again

    at first·I thought that it was the computer but when·I·bought a new computer it did the same thing again

    so it was time to retire this printer for good

    If fact that is the printer that i ask about if there where any use able part in it

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    Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 12/12/2008 1:37:32 AM GMT
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2008-12-12 01:56
    ROFLOL! I was NOT expecting that.. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    I need to find an excuse to post that on my company website.
    (I also fix computers for a living...)

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  • SeariderSearider Posts: 290
    edited 2008-12-12 02:29
    I think that I will be very very very nice to my computer

    check this out


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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-12-12 06:48
    DRE-700 probably schemes with the desktop...
  • Fe2o3FishFe2o3Fish Posts: 170
    edited 2008-12-12 16:12
    I s'pose we'll see more of these types of uprisings since
    the President hasn't signed the Emancipation Computation.

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  • Fe2o3FishFe2o3Fish Posts: 170
    edited 2008-12-12 16:18
    Oh yeah, same thing is up on YouTube:



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  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2008-12-12 17:40
    Cole Logan said...
    Wow. Might want to start bolting your computers down.
    Naah.· It's bad enough when I bolt my hamburger down.

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2008-12-12 18:42
    Fe2o3Fish said...
    I s'pose we'll see more of these types of uprisings since
    the President hasn't signed the Emancipation Computation.


    GROAN! [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2008-12-12 20:02
    While the video is pretty funny, Phil's attempt to sell PropStick PCB's as protection from evil spirits even better.

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2008-12-14 18:54
    I've always said, "Nobodly likes a smart machine." But it really isn't fair to beat up something that can't fight back.

    I could use some protection from evil spirits. These days I keep having nightmares of uncontrollable plumbing leaks. The mind is an unfathomable thing. It isn't even raining here.

    Beating up on Microsoft can be fun though.... I am enjoying Ubuntu Linux more and more. Linux users really like to share knowledge.

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2008-12-14 20:02
    Kramer said...
    Beating up on Microsoft can be fun though.... I am enjoying Ubuntu Linux more and more. Linux users really like to share knowledge.

    Oh, come on. Microsoft has always included those incredibly useful Help files, giving you hard-to-come-by hints like "To save your file, choose File, then Save".

    Come to think of it, that's the moment I'm most likely to throw something at my computer. If it were possible to miss the hardware and hit the software (or better yet, the dolt who actually gets paid to write those utterly useless help files), I'd keep projectiles by my computer all the time.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2008-12-16 17:02
    Linux users freely share their expertise. It is kind of like Parallax in that way. Try throwing your shoes at Bill Gates the next time you see him. It's the Iraqi way.

    Lately, I have been struggling with what I fondly thing of as 'Rogueware'. This is my firewall, antivirus, and registry software vendor that wants to double bill me via automatic bill for my annual updates. It isn't exactly 'malware', but these companies are beginning to act like they own my computer and credit card.

    Stop 'rogueware'

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    Post Edited (Kramer) : 12/16/2008 5:07:37 PM GMT
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2008-12-16 18:20
    I like a machine that knows it's place... hence I use Ubuntu now.. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2008-12-17 00:31
    Loopy Byteloose said...
    ·Try throwing your shoes at Bill Gates the next time you see him. It's the Iraqi way.



    Heel not respond as he's already Soled·everyone down the river

    Were those dancing shoes thrown at Bush? Did his security team check to see they were not Tapped? tongue.gif
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