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By: mick

mick — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:46:30 +0000

Hmmm, a time warp, deja vu? Grandad’s got a ‘Tardis’ theme? Maybe a database restore, oops where’s me backup! eeeks! sensing an evil grin
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By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:26:35 +0000

If she’s an old bird you can expect dementia next – but at least she’ll have no memory of how you spoke to her!
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By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:49:30 +0000

A Toshiba? And here I was looking at one just the other day when my PayPal account alerted me that I could get a TOSHIBA Satellite L305-S5962 NoteBook for $399.99 if I used my special PayPal discount code. Fairly tricked out too. Too bad I’m not in the market for a notebook right now.

Okay then. I suppose it’s forgiven. Hard drives are stamped out like cheap plastic toys you find in gum ball machines these days. It’s not unusual to find a brand new one with a bunch of bad clusters right out of the box.
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By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:23:47 +0000

Kirk M – I don’t give up on laptops that easily. In fairness, this is the first problem that is down to the laptop and nothing else. It also gave me a lot of advance warning before it went belly-up so I have no complaints about it at all. If you are interested, it’s a Toshiba Satellite L350-170.

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:10:33 +0000

@Brianf – Good advice. I actually set up Ubuntu as a dual boot with ol’ Windows. The implied threat is obvious.

Grandad – Does this laptop fully understand that the next stop is the trash bin if it acts up one more time? Seems like it’s been nothing but problems since you bought the thing. What brand is it? I’d like to avoid it next time I’m shopping around for a laptop.
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By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:05:43 +0000

Brianf – I wouldn’t waste a CD on Linux. In emergencies I use “Daniel O’Donnell’s Greatest Hits”.

By: Brianf

Brianf — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:56:06 +0000

Next time it gives you grief just wave the Linux CD around.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:14:32 +0000

Kate – It can get quite nasty sometimes, all right. Unfortunately, it know I rely on it for a lot.

Jim C – Do you mean that it is becoming like me, or I’m becoming like it [God forbid]?

By: Jim C

Jim C — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:48:37 +0000

I heard of pets acting like their owners. I guess it applies to laptops also.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:58:51 +0000

Don’t you just hate it when hardware gets abusive!!!

Turn its speakers off!!!!
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