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Feb. 12th, 2008 02:55 pmDanish police and intelligence services foil plot to murder cartoonist:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UOV29G0&show_article=1
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UOV29G0&show_article=1
Feb. 12th, 2008
apparently, it;'s my turn
Feb. 12th, 2008 10:20 pmSo...
I don't want any of you out there suffering from computer problems to think that I was mocking you secretly. My actual thinking was something more like 'shit! that sucks, but better you than me'
Well, I installed a bunch of updates from Windows Update, rebooted the computer, and wandered into the kitchen. I came back, and it hadn't rebooted. I've actually had that sort of problem before. When I tried to start it up though, there was the sound of the hard disk spinning up, then a beep and all dark.
After the initial panic that the drive had crashed (I only back up the most critical files), I got onto the Dell Support site, and ran through some pretty extensive troubleshooting routines. At one point, I had everything removed from the laptop except the keyboard, the lcd, and the motherboard. Obviously, that pretty much means it's the motherboard.
You can guess that there was a fair amount of swearing at that point. As it turns out, the market value of the laptop is still about $1200. That pretty much justifies (to me at least), the price that Dell wants for a new motherboard. So, I'm inclined to pay the $450 for them to do that. As if that wasn't enough, I have to wait about two weeks as week. Damn.
So, I'm afraid the backup laptop isn't available for lending, since now I'm stuck with it. It turns out it has Ubuntu on it instead of XP anyway. So, I'm watching it upgrade (it's been about a year) so that I can use it until the other one comes back. I feel like a cripple without my usual laptop. Ah well.
I don't want any of you out there suffering from computer problems to think that I was mocking you secretly. My actual thinking was something more like 'shit! that sucks, but better you than me'
Well, I installed a bunch of updates from Windows Update, rebooted the computer, and wandered into the kitchen. I came back, and it hadn't rebooted. I've actually had that sort of problem before. When I tried to start it up though, there was the sound of the hard disk spinning up, then a beep and all dark.
After the initial panic that the drive had crashed (I only back up the most critical files), I got onto the Dell Support site, and ran through some pretty extensive troubleshooting routines. At one point, I had everything removed from the laptop except the keyboard, the lcd, and the motherboard. Obviously, that pretty much means it's the motherboard.
You can guess that there was a fair amount of swearing at that point. As it turns out, the market value of the laptop is still about $1200. That pretty much justifies (to me at least), the price that Dell wants for a new motherboard. So, I'm inclined to pay the $450 for them to do that. As if that wasn't enough, I have to wait about two weeks as week. Damn.
So, I'm afraid the backup laptop isn't available for lending, since now I'm stuck with it. It turns out it has Ubuntu on it instead of XP anyway. So, I'm watching it upgrade (it's been about a year) so that I can use it until the other one comes back. I feel like a cripple without my usual laptop. Ah well.
