Just fuckin' Bonkers

[Yfandes]

Yeah - we still have an Acer laptop in the family that just will not die. Hubby bought it for cheap and used it for two years. I inherited it and dragged it around the world for three years. Then I gave it to my (computer illiterate but on it all the time) BFF in Ireland two years ago and its still going strong!

Plus - he drives a $46000 car and buys a cheap laptop? Wierdo.

[AdvancedFlea]

Want to guess who's computer has lasted the longest
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heh, I think I can guess. Funny thing is that eMachines DO have a quirk about them. if the PSU blows, it WILL blow the motherboard. I had 2 eMachines in the past and knew about this so always bought new PSUs when I bought the PCs. one of them is nearly 10 years old and is STILL going strong

Plus - he drives a $46000 car and buys a cheap laptop? Wierdo.

Some people are like that though. Our head of marketing and operations makes £50 000 a year but carries his Medion Laptop around in a Tescos carrier bag lol

[Pagan]

I'm typing this from an Aspire ONE right now. And I'd just like to say:

Hey!

I resemble that remark, too! An Aspire X3200.

It's a more powerful and was less expensive that the machine that it replaced. And I'm finding that I'm preferring the Phenom processor to anything that Intel makes.

[JustaCashier]

SC: *Ignoreing Flea* Look mate, I drive a 42 grand car. Everything has to be just right for me and this isn’t right.

I wonder if the cops made fun of his small penis during the strip search?

Mike

[chainedbarista]

Quoth AdvancedFlea
SC: *Ignoreing Flea* Look mate, I drive a 42 grand car. Everything has to be just right for me and this isn’t right.

this is impressive how, exactly? in terms of money spent or i should fall over with my legs in the air, all a quiver at the thought of your manly machine.

tells me you think with the wrong head during purchases; my car was half that, and a fine piece of machinery to boot.

on the lines of what mike is thinking, if everything must be right, then he has a lifetime membership/subscription to enzyte to enhance that area which 'isn't quite right.'

[crazylegs]

They did turn up with the police, who arrested him for trespassing.

No, they didn't.

There is *no* law in the land that allows the police to arrest for simple trespass. Aggrevated Trespass (where the presence, or actions of the person prevents another from undertaking a lawful activity they are entitled to do) is an offense, but simple trespass ("Damn kids, get off my lawn" type) is not an offense.

He may have been arrested under public order offenses (Sec. 5/4a/4 or possibly 13 (I think...)).

Oh, and the store doesn't press charges, they make a complaint and the CPS press the charges.

[/legal lesson]

[AdvancedFlea]

I wonder if the cops made fun of his small penis during the strip search?

Mike

Heh! I damn well hope so! XD

Quoth AdvancedFlea

this is impressive how, exactly? in terms of money spent or i should fall over with my legs in the air, all a quiver at the thought of your manly machine.

I know! XD I very nearly said to him "Mate, I drive a £10 grand fucking CORSA. Do you think anybody gives a damn? No. It's a CAR, it goes from A to B, has 4 weels, an engine, Air con and a CD player. thats all I really care about."

No, they didn't.

Snip

Oh, and the store doesn't press charges, they make a complaint and the CPS press the charges.

[/legal lesson]

I could have sworn I heard "trespassing" but meh *shrug* it matters not. He went away in a police car which was fun to watch.

[RichS]

Funny thing is that eMachines DO have a quirk about them. if the PSU blows, it WILL blow the motherboard.

Seen a lot of the T-series emachines towers that have died due to this. The garbage PSU in those will take out the motherboard, and sometimes the processor, any accessory cards, and any optical drives attached.

That being said, I'm typing this on a 5-year old emachines laptop, still going strong.

[Talon]

Most people who "shoot themselves in the foot" use small arms (a.k.a. rifle/pistol/shotgun) - he's going for a broadside from an Iowa-class battleship.

Or an orbital bombardment from a mass driver.
Too bad they don't exist yet. Can someone invent one so this clown can bombard himself in the foot?

[AccountingDrone]

I'm typing this from an Aspire ONE right now. And I'd just like to say:

Hey!

I have a white aspire 1 netbook, tiny screen and all ... I use it when I am on the road and I dont want to lug around a whonking huge 17" diagonal monster laptop from hell ... granted my laptop is customized for gaming but if all i need is email and a little light surfing, and maybe a run at open office for something, why lug around 4 kilos of laptop.

Although I was at a rest area sucking up the free wifi looking for a map, some guy giggled and I couldnt resist.... I reached in my window, grabbed Socrates [my gaming laptop] popped him open and turned him on

[mandaliz8704]

Heehee! I'm typing this on my Aspire 4730z that I bought in January for $350. That dude can bite my butt from between the jail cell bars.

[smileyeagle1021]

Or an orbital bombardment from a mass driver.
Too bad they don't exist yet. Can someone invent one so this clown can bombard himself in the foot?

don't you know that the Centauri Republic already has mass drivers by now... we don't need to invent one, we just need to make contact with the Centauri and borrow one of theirs

Yes, I am Smiley, and I am a sci-fi addict

[AdvancedFlea]

Seen a lot of the T-series emachines towers that have died due to this. The garbage PSU in those will take out the motherboard, and sometimes the processor, any accessory cards, and any optical drives attached.

It's not just the T-Series, it's any of them that use bestec power supply units. The same can be said for the Compaq units that had them. We have a method of them now. If a customer comes in with a Bestec thats making an odd noise, we advise them that the PSU could be giving notice and what could happen IF the computer is out of warrenty. If it's in warrenty, because of company policy there isn't a damn thing we can do

Or an orbital bombardment from a mass driver.
Too bad they don't exist yet.

Remember the ION canon from Command & Conquer? hehehe.

[Skeksin]

don't you know that the Centauri Republic already has mass drivers by now... we don't need to invent one, we just need to make contact with the Centauri and borrow one of theirs

Yes, I am Smiley, and I am a sci-fi addict

Bah! Give me a Vorlon world breaker or Shadow death cloud any day.

[Sonoma]

I don't really care what brand a computer is, as long as it works. I've had clone machines, a used Packard Bell, a home-built machine. Just retired my HP desktop, replaced it with an e-Machines T-series I bought used from a friend for $50, and my Dell laptop. The DVD-burner on the e-Machines doesn't write anymore, so I'll throw a new burner in it, bump up the memory, and I'll have a nice little game-machine for under $150.