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Reminds me of this wierd like African Computer brand's CD drive that shorted out with a libarary disk inside.... Took a year of waiting to get it fixed, and then we got hit with an uber fine from the library....
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 07:31 PM
Hah, I fried the laptop screen in like a month for no apprent reason, got a new one, motherboard fried, CD-drive stuck. Got a refund, bought another laptop
Reminds me of this wierd like African Computer brand's CD drive that shorted out with a libarary disk inside.... Took a year of waiting to get it fixed, and then we got hit with an uber fine from the library....
Reminds me of this wierd like African Computer brand's CD drive that shorted out with a libarary disk inside.... Took a year of waiting to get it fixed, and then we got hit with an uber fine from the library....
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<B>DarkStorm Character Information</B>
Money: 1240 UniCreds
Items for Use: 3 boom stones, 3 runes of blasting, 47 Vesuul, 1 bricken, 1 Mythrite Pick, 1 skyrite pick, One Class 1 Energy Field Generator, 1 Ruby
Mining Level: 5 (1600 EXP)
Smithing Level: 1
<B>Character Stats:</B>
Total Posts:3681
Total Stat Points: 83
Strength: 1 = 0 stat point used
Intelligence: 35= 19 stat points used + Staff + Race power bonus
Hit Points: 2220 Hp= 74 stat points used
EP Reduction: 35 X 15 =-525 EP
DP UP : + 2
Banana Boy- Familiar
Alignment: Light
Xanthor Drathos - Sorceror
Class info:
Sorcerer: Like wizards, but bound to darkness. Sorcerers practice spells of destruction and darkness. Like wizards, they are physically weak, though can do massive damage if given the chance to cast a spell.
- Intelligence Effect (per point): Decreases EP consumption of abilities by 15
- Strength Effect (per point): Normal attack DP + 2
Hometown: Shral Valeron
Race: Dark Elves: Diverging into the path of Darkness at an undetermined date during the Second Age, Dark Elves have become one of the few true evil races in Earthia. They consider Undead to be below them, and scowl at all races and classes not allied with Darkness. While they are not known to hide in the shadows like other Dark races, they are probably one of the most capable of directly harnessing the dark powers of the world to do their bidding.
- For Dark classes: Intelligence + 10; At a post count of 4000, Intelligence + 20 instead
Me Spells
Sorcerer:
- Dark Grip (0): EC=5; DP=4: Surrounds the target with a dark mist, doing minor damage.
- Choke (0): EC=7; DP=5: The Sorcerer holds out his/her hand and chokes the target, doing minor damage.
- Stun Target (0): EC=7; DP=0; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Prevents target from taking any actions for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- Blast of Darkness (150): EC=50; DP=35: A conjured wave of darkness slams the target.
- Dimensional Ripple (200): EC=70; DP= 40; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Attack spell that also stuns the target for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- DarkForce (300): EC=120; DP=75: Darkness crushes the target from all directions.
- Levitate (350): EC=200; Effect = Levitate: Prevents damage from ground based attacks as long as the target (anyone) is in the region.
- Suffocate (450): EC=200; DP=50 Each Turn For Following 3 Turns: The air is removed around the target, suffocating him/her. Does minor damage for three turns (along with additional attacks for the following two).
- Ground Shock (600): EC=250; DP=110: Will not affect levitated targets
- Dimensional Wave (800): EC=400; DP=160: The dimension is warped around the target, causing a large amount of damage.
- Evil Cyclone (1200): EC=500; DP=180: A temporary portal to the dark world opens, consuming the target in a cyclone of shadows, ultimately crushing him/her.
- Death's Warning (1200): EC=100; DP=0: Will cause great fear to the target and cause him/her to leave the location and go back into the general region. Will not affect Wizards.
-> Storm of Darkness (1500): EC=750; DP=260: The powers of the ancient sorcerer are summoned, showering the target in flames and consuming him/her in darkness.
- Summon Familiar (2000): EC=500; Effect = Summon a Familiar to travel/ Can do anything except attack or use abilities: Allows you to summon a familiar and send it to other areas. It cannot attack and will come back to you if attacked.
-> Dimensional Crack (2000): EC=1000; DP=400: A local form of Dimensional Storm targeting one character. The target temporarily experiences the effects of being caught between dimensions in this destructive spell.
- Destroy Light (2500): EC=2000; DP=HP of the summoned target (if the summoner is below your post count): Will defeat any summoned being of light which is under the control of someone of a lesser post count.
- Summoning of Destruction (3000): EC=2300; DP=750: The Sorcerer uses the powers of the ancients to conjure a local cataclysm.
- Dark Gate (3200): EC=800; DP=0: Will send a friendly target back to his/her hometown as an evacuation.
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<B>DarkStorm Character Information</B>
Money: 1240 UniCreds
Items for Use: 3 boom stones, 3 runes of blasting, 47 Vesuul, 1 bricken, 1 Mythrite Pick, 1 skyrite pick, One Class 1 Energy Field Generator, 1 Ruby
Mining Level: 5 (1600 EXP)
Smithing Level: 1
<B>Character Stats:</B>
Total Posts:3681
Total Stat Points: 83
Strength: 1 = 0 stat point used
Intelligence: 35= 19 stat points used + Staff + Race power bonus
Hit Points: 2220 Hp= 74 stat points used
EP Reduction: 35 X 15 =-525 EP
DP UP : + 2
Banana Boy- Familiar
Alignment: Light
Xanthor Drathos - Sorceror
Class info:
Sorcerer: Like wizards, but bound to darkness. Sorcerers practice spells of destruction and darkness. Like wizards, they are physically weak, though can do massive damage if given the chance to cast a spell.
- Intelligence Effect (per point): Decreases EP consumption of abilities by 15
- Strength Effect (per point): Normal attack DP + 2
Hometown: Shral Valeron
Race: Dark Elves: Diverging into the path of Darkness at an undetermined date during the Second Age, Dark Elves have become one of the few true evil races in Earthia. They consider Undead to be below them, and scowl at all races and classes not allied with Darkness. While they are not known to hide in the shadows like other Dark races, they are probably one of the most capable of directly harnessing the dark powers of the world to do their bidding.
- For Dark classes: Intelligence + 10; At a post count of 4000, Intelligence + 20 instead
Me Spells
Sorcerer:
- Dark Grip (0): EC=5; DP=4: Surrounds the target with a dark mist, doing minor damage.
- Choke (0): EC=7; DP=5: The Sorcerer holds out his/her hand and chokes the target, doing minor damage.
- Stun Target (0): EC=7; DP=0; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Prevents target from taking any actions for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- Blast of Darkness (150): EC=50; DP=35: A conjured wave of darkness slams the target.
- Dimensional Ripple (200): EC=70; DP= 40; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Attack spell that also stuns the target for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- DarkForce (300): EC=120; DP=75: Darkness crushes the target from all directions.
- Levitate (350): EC=200; Effect = Levitate: Prevents damage from ground based attacks as long as the target (anyone) is in the region.
- Suffocate (450): EC=200; DP=50 Each Turn For Following 3 Turns: The air is removed around the target, suffocating him/her. Does minor damage for three turns (along with additional attacks for the following two).
- Ground Shock (600): EC=250; DP=110: Will not affect levitated targets
- Dimensional Wave (800): EC=400; DP=160: The dimension is warped around the target, causing a large amount of damage.
- Evil Cyclone (1200): EC=500; DP=180: A temporary portal to the dark world opens, consuming the target in a cyclone of shadows, ultimately crushing him/her.
- Death's Warning (1200): EC=100; DP=0: Will cause great fear to the target and cause him/her to leave the location and go back into the general region. Will not affect Wizards.
-> Storm of Darkness (1500): EC=750; DP=260: The powers of the ancient sorcerer are summoned, showering the target in flames and consuming him/her in darkness.
- Summon Familiar (2000): EC=500; Effect = Summon a Familiar to travel/ Can do anything except attack or use abilities: Allows you to summon a familiar and send it to other areas. It cannot attack and will come back to you if attacked.
-> Dimensional Crack (2000): EC=1000; DP=400: A local form of Dimensional Storm targeting one character. The target temporarily experiences the effects of being caught between dimensions in this destructive spell.
- Destroy Light (2500): EC=2000; DP=HP of the summoned target (if the summoner is below your post count): Will defeat any summoned being of light which is under the control of someone of a lesser post count.
- Summoning of Destruction (3000): EC=2300; DP=750: The Sorcerer uses the powers of the ancients to conjure a local cataclysm.
- Dark Gate (3200): EC=800; DP=0: Will send a friendly target back to his/her hometown as an evacuation.
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Jarik C-Bol
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 07:33 PM
well, i have three.
1, i managed to break the hardware with the software. (i 'sploded part of my video card using the graphics options in unreal tournament) a piece of advice. if your video card does not support 1024x768, DONT SWITCH TO IT! hehe.
2. on time, i somhow axidentaly switched a setting, and my computer kept trying to boot from a network drive. that didnt exist. lol, i have no idea when or how i switched it, but i was realy realy tired of it when i finaly found the control to put it back.
3. i was reinstalling XP on my moms computer for her, and during the part where i was switching between file systems (NTFS and all that) the power whent out. thus, i had a TOTALY non-working computer in front of me. and dell, in all its kindness, moved the deafault key for the bios from f2 to "delete" thus causeing me 30 minutes of panic while i tryed to boot from one CD after another. (stupid dells...)
1, i managed to break the hardware with the software. (i 'sploded part of my video card using the graphics options in unreal tournament) a piece of advice. if your video card does not support 1024x768, DONT SWITCH TO IT! hehe.
2. on time, i somhow axidentaly switched a setting, and my computer kept trying to boot from a network drive. that didnt exist. lol, i have no idea when or how i switched it, but i was realy realy tired of it when i finaly found the control to put it back.
3. i was reinstalling XP on my moms computer for her, and during the part where i was switching between file systems (NTFS and all that) the power whent out. thus, i had a TOTALY non-working computer in front of me. and dell, in all its kindness, moved the deafault key for the bios from f2 to "delete" thus causeing me 30 minutes of panic while i tryed to boot from one CD after another. (stupid dells...)
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Ferret Overlord
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 07:34 PM
QUOTE(Mrb1 @ Sep 16 2004, 03:30 PM)
Someone I know forgot to the heat sink oil on the chip and poof, there goes his $300 processor in a cloud of firey smoke.
HI! I'M BACK SPORADICALLY! Nobody probably remembers me :(
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Danny Wells
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 07:54 PM
Well, my pc is extremely old and laggy, but nothing special has ever happened to it... But when i was down at my friend's house, he had written a 3 page long homework for tommorow(essay). Then he wants to translate it all to chinese for fun( 
) Then his pc crashed, and he lost the entire document, lol!
) Then his pc crashed, and he lost the entire document, lol!
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Crown
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 08:14 PM
well, my worst experience was when i never knew of spam so i opened up my mail and it was, dirty stuff, and i got a huge number of pop-ups and my parents happened to be in the room ... well they saw and didnt let me use it for a month, but i just went on when they left
... well they saw and didnt let me use it for a month, but i just went on when they left
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 08:36 PM
when my brother downloads these useless stuff we don't need, like power search, this weather thing, MEGA search, Bit Torrent and other cerp over the past, this all lead to slow computers.... as of now my comps slow so i'm not on as much
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yeah man
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 08:40 PM
I love saying this, backup to disks, reformat, and reinstall everything.
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<B>DarkStorm Character Information</B>
Money: 1240 UniCreds
Items for Use: 3 boom stones, 3 runes of blasting, 47 Vesuul, 1 bricken, 1 Mythrite Pick, 1 skyrite pick, One Class 1 Energy Field Generator, 1 Ruby
Mining Level: 5 (1600 EXP)
Smithing Level: 1
<B>Character Stats:</B>
Total Posts:3681
Total Stat Points: 83
Strength: 1 = 0 stat point used
Intelligence: 35= 19 stat points used + Staff + Race power bonus
Hit Points: 2220 Hp= 74 stat points used
EP Reduction: 35 X 15 =-525 EP
DP UP : + 2
Banana Boy- Familiar
Alignment: Light
Xanthor Drathos - Sorceror
Class info:
Sorcerer: Like wizards, but bound to darkness. Sorcerers practice spells of destruction and darkness. Like wizards, they are physically weak, though can do massive damage if given the chance to cast a spell.
- Intelligence Effect (per point): Decreases EP consumption of abilities by 15
- Strength Effect (per point): Normal attack DP + 2
Hometown: Shral Valeron
Race: Dark Elves: Diverging into the path of Darkness at an undetermined date during the Second Age, Dark Elves have become one of the few true evil races in Earthia. They consider Undead to be below them, and scowl at all races and classes not allied with Darkness. While they are not known to hide in the shadows like other Dark races, they are probably one of the most capable of directly harnessing the dark powers of the world to do their bidding.
- For Dark classes: Intelligence + 10; At a post count of 4000, Intelligence + 20 instead
Me Spells
Sorcerer:
- Dark Grip (0): EC=5; DP=4: Surrounds the target with a dark mist, doing minor damage.
- Choke (0): EC=7; DP=5: The Sorcerer holds out his/her hand and chokes the target, doing minor damage.
- Stun Target (0): EC=7; DP=0; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Prevents target from taking any actions for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- Blast of Darkness (150): EC=50; DP=35: A conjured wave of darkness slams the target.
- Dimensional Ripple (200): EC=70; DP= 40; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Attack spell that also stuns the target for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- DarkForce (300): EC=120; DP=75: Darkness crushes the target from all directions.
- Levitate (350): EC=200; Effect = Levitate: Prevents damage from ground based attacks as long as the target (anyone) is in the region.
- Suffocate (450): EC=200; DP=50 Each Turn For Following 3 Turns: The air is removed around the target, suffocating him/her. Does minor damage for three turns (along with additional attacks for the following two).
- Ground Shock (600): EC=250; DP=110: Will not affect levitated targets
- Dimensional Wave (800): EC=400; DP=160: The dimension is warped around the target, causing a large amount of damage.
- Evil Cyclone (1200): EC=500; DP=180: A temporary portal to the dark world opens, consuming the target in a cyclone of shadows, ultimately crushing him/her.
- Death's Warning (1200): EC=100; DP=0: Will cause great fear to the target and cause him/her to leave the location and go back into the general region. Will not affect Wizards.
-> Storm of Darkness (1500): EC=750; DP=260: The powers of the ancient sorcerer are summoned, showering the target in flames and consuming him/her in darkness.
- Summon Familiar (2000): EC=500; Effect = Summon a Familiar to travel/ Can do anything except attack or use abilities: Allows you to summon a familiar and send it to other areas. It cannot attack and will come back to you if attacked.
-> Dimensional Crack (2000): EC=1000; DP=400: A local form of Dimensional Storm targeting one character. The target temporarily experiences the effects of being caught between dimensions in this destructive spell.
- Destroy Light (2500): EC=2000; DP=HP of the summoned target (if the summoner is below your post count): Will defeat any summoned being of light which is under the control of someone of a lesser post count.
- Summoning of Destruction (3000): EC=2300; DP=750: The Sorcerer uses the powers of the ancients to conjure a local cataclysm.
- Dark Gate (3200): EC=800; DP=0: Will send a friendly target back to his/her hometown as an evacuation.
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<B>DarkStorm Character Information</B>
Money: 1240 UniCreds
Items for Use: 3 boom stones, 3 runes of blasting, 47 Vesuul, 1 bricken, 1 Mythrite Pick, 1 skyrite pick, One Class 1 Energy Field Generator, 1 Ruby
Mining Level: 5 (1600 EXP)
Smithing Level: 1
<B>Character Stats:</B>
Total Posts:3681
Total Stat Points: 83
Strength: 1 = 0 stat point used
Intelligence: 35= 19 stat points used + Staff + Race power bonus
Hit Points: 2220 Hp= 74 stat points used
EP Reduction: 35 X 15 =-525 EP
DP UP : + 2
Banana Boy- Familiar
Alignment: Light
Xanthor Drathos - Sorceror
Class info:
Sorcerer: Like wizards, but bound to darkness. Sorcerers practice spells of destruction and darkness. Like wizards, they are physically weak, though can do massive damage if given the chance to cast a spell.
- Intelligence Effect (per point): Decreases EP consumption of abilities by 15
- Strength Effect (per point): Normal attack DP + 2
Hometown: Shral Valeron
Race: Dark Elves: Diverging into the path of Darkness at an undetermined date during the Second Age, Dark Elves have become one of the few true evil races in Earthia. They consider Undead to be below them, and scowl at all races and classes not allied with Darkness. While they are not known to hide in the shadows like other Dark races, they are probably one of the most capable of directly harnessing the dark powers of the world to do their bidding.
- For Dark classes: Intelligence + 10; At a post count of 4000, Intelligence + 20 instead
Me Spells
Sorcerer:
- Dark Grip (0): EC=5; DP=4: Surrounds the target with a dark mist, doing minor damage.
- Choke (0): EC=7; DP=5: The Sorcerer holds out his/her hand and chokes the target, doing minor damage.
- Stun Target (0): EC=7; DP=0; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Prevents target from taking any actions for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- Blast of Darkness (150): EC=50; DP=35: A conjured wave of darkness slams the target.
- Dimensional Ripple (200): EC=70; DP= 40; Effect = Stun: Target cannot take any actions or move: Attack spell that also stuns the target for 20 seconds. Will not take away the target's next turn in battle.
- DarkForce (300): EC=120; DP=75: Darkness crushes the target from all directions.
- Levitate (350): EC=200; Effect = Levitate: Prevents damage from ground based attacks as long as the target (anyone) is in the region.
- Suffocate (450): EC=200; DP=50 Each Turn For Following 3 Turns: The air is removed around the target, suffocating him/her. Does minor damage for three turns (along with additional attacks for the following two).
- Ground Shock (600): EC=250; DP=110: Will not affect levitated targets
- Dimensional Wave (800): EC=400; DP=160: The dimension is warped around the target, causing a large amount of damage.
- Evil Cyclone (1200): EC=500; DP=180: A temporary portal to the dark world opens, consuming the target in a cyclone of shadows, ultimately crushing him/her.
- Death's Warning (1200): EC=100; DP=0: Will cause great fear to the target and cause him/her to leave the location and go back into the general region. Will not affect Wizards.
-> Storm of Darkness (1500): EC=750; DP=260: The powers of the ancient sorcerer are summoned, showering the target in flames and consuming him/her in darkness.
- Summon Familiar (2000): EC=500; Effect = Summon a Familiar to travel/ Can do anything except attack or use abilities: Allows you to summon a familiar and send it to other areas. It cannot attack and will come back to you if attacked.
-> Dimensional Crack (2000): EC=1000; DP=400: A local form of Dimensional Storm targeting one character. The target temporarily experiences the effects of being caught between dimensions in this destructive spell.
- Destroy Light (2500): EC=2000; DP=HP of the summoned target (if the summoner is below your post count): Will defeat any summoned being of light which is under the control of someone of a lesser post count.
- Summoning of Destruction (3000): EC=2300; DP=750: The Sorcerer uses the powers of the ancients to conjure a local cataclysm.
- Dark Gate (3200): EC=800; DP=0: Will send a friendly target back to his/her hometown as an evacuation.
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Posted 16 September 2004 - 08:49 PM
i defenestrated a (non working) computer out of a 2nd story window. i really did.
worst comp experiences, my computer would shut down periodically. I ran virus scans and everything, then i realized my cooling fan was warped. so i was without a comp for 3 days while my brother sent in for an extra strength fan from Japan. woot.
KM
worst comp experiences, my computer would shut down periodically. I ran virus scans and everything, then i realized my cooling fan was warped. so i was without a comp for 3 days while my brother sent in for an extra strength fan from Japan. woot.
KM
Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position.
Such a heavy burden now to be "The One".
Born to bear and read to all the details of our ending
To write it down for all the world to see.
Such a heavy burden now to be "The One".
Born to bear and read to all the details of our ending
To write it down for all the world to see.
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Posted 17 September 2004 - 05:24 AM
QUOTE(DarkDream @ Sep 16 2004, 02:11 AM)
heh, the computer im using right now has often been the bane of my life. at any random time, no matter what you do, it just resets. it doesnt have any messages or anything, one minute youre doing anything, then suddenly you find yourself looking at a black screen....the record is 6 times in less than 10 minutes...so since i have dailup (yes, i know, mock me 
), it makes getting on the net quite annoying..... 
), it makes getting on the net quite annoying..... You should check to see if you have a worm, they can get to your computer unfortunately quite randomly and without warnings but generally cause random shut-downs. Not usually damaging (unless it shuts down at a bad time) and usually easy to cure, it's just finding it that can be difficult if you have one.
IM me on "Cspace Support" and I'll be glad to help.
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serpharimon
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Posted 17 September 2004 - 05:36 AM
Heh, this problem happened when I was actually talking to Cspace once
I was trying to find something, and end it's process, and I actually ended the explorer.exe, and I couldn't see anything
Cspace told me what I did wrong, and I eventually had to restart my comp because of it
Oh ya, I was looking for my Internet Explorer process, and since it said explorer.exe, I thought that was it
I was trying to find something, and end it's process, and I actually ended the explorer.exe, and I couldn't see anything
Cspace told me what I did wrong, and I eventually had to restart my comp because of it Oh ya, I was looking for my Internet Explorer process, and since it said explorer.exe, I thought that was it
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Dragonman
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Posted 17 September 2004 - 10:55 PM
"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."
--K
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Phieta
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:19 AM
Oh, the stories I could tell...
Hmm... let's see...
Well, to start, my brother and I have blown up two motherboards, two CD-ROM drives, a video card, and at least 4 hard drives...
Unintentional, all of them.
Though I'd like to buy a cheap 56X CD-ROM drive, put a flawed CD in it, and have it explode at high speed (I understand the shards can blow the front bezel off the drive)
Hmm... let's see...
Well, to start, my brother and I have blown up two motherboards, two CD-ROM drives, a video card, and at least 4 hard drives...
Unintentional, all of them.
Though I'd like to buy a cheap 56X CD-ROM drive, put a flawed CD in it, and have it explode at high speed (I understand the shards can blow the front bezel off the drive)
Those who will remember, will speak fondly of the warm morning breeze.
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serpharimon
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:40 AM
Heh, that sounds as much fun as putting a CD in the microwave
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mvtaylor
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 06:16 AM
Some of these things are...not exactly serious..but really annoying
1. On my old comp we had some virus that our anti virus couldn't find and it periodically ate threw files...it's like playing russian roulette of what goes next. Finally it ate threw some windows ones and the comp had a spaz attack and refused to work so after that got fixed it was ok but the background section then got smaller and round the edge we had this stupid blue colour thing we couldn't get rid of...
2. On my old comp during a lightning strike the modem PHYSICALLY MELTED, well some wire stuff melted, and it wouldn't work. We then bought a new one that it the computer refused to identify so we ending up getting a stupid out of computer modem you had to switch on maually.
3. On the old computer (because of the virus on 1) we had no sound for like 6 months...
There are loads more for the old one but they're the major ones...
then finally we get a new computer with xp and good stuff..hurray
1. within 3 days sasser got our computer and my dad nearly smashed the thing up...but i fixed it.
2. I can't remember why now but for some reason i had to reinstall windows
annoying things
1. even with the dont auto log in controls set on msn messenger occasionaly signs in the auto sign in account which is then followed by a series of messages from either my contacts (phew) or my sisters contacts saying hi so i then have to explain to them and log off..
i fixed that by making a dummy account and setting that to auto log in...crude but effective
2. Our printer never cancels the last job you printed on it so you have to switch the printer on and off till it cancels it
3. My computer randomly closes rs
thats all i think
1. On my old comp we had some virus that our anti virus couldn't find and it periodically ate threw files...it's like playing russian roulette of what goes next. Finally it ate threw some windows ones and the comp had a spaz attack and refused to work so after that got fixed it was ok but the background section then got smaller and round the edge we had this stupid blue colour thing we couldn't get rid of...
2. On my old comp during a lightning strike the modem PHYSICALLY MELTED, well some wire stuff melted, and it wouldn't work. We then bought a new one that it the computer refused to identify so we ending up getting a stupid out of computer modem you had to switch on maually.
3. On the old computer (because of the virus on 1) we had no sound for like 6 months...
There are loads more for the old one but they're the major ones...
then finally we get a new computer with xp and good stuff..hurray
1. within 3 days sasser got our computer and my dad nearly smashed the thing up...but i fixed it.
2. I can't remember why now but for some reason i had to reinstall windows
annoying things
1. even with the dont auto log in controls set on msn messenger occasionaly signs in the auto sign in account which is then followed by a series of messages from either my contacts (phew) or my sisters contacts saying hi so i then have to explain to them and log off..
i fixed that by making a dummy account and setting that to auto log in...crude but effective
2. Our printer never cancels the last job you printed on it so you have to switch the printer on and off till it cancels it
3. My computer randomly closes rs
thats all i think
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Posted 19 September 2004 - 05:56 PM
time to add one >.<
this actualy happend just the other night >.<
my mom gave me a prog to install and i tried to and it made the task bar(the thing with the start button on the bottom of the screen) dissapear so i restart and when i log onto my username it logs me right off so i cant do a thing so im guna call dell and find out haha anyway im glad im still under manufacturers warenty
this actualy happend just the other night >.<
my mom gave me a prog to install and i tried to and it made the task bar(the thing with the start button on the bottom of the screen) dissapear so i restart and when i log onto my username it logs me right off so i cant do a thing so im guna call dell and find out haha anyway im glad im still under manufacturers warenty
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Rrrrrrrrrrrrreal {expletive ninja'd by Cspace} high on drugs."
-- Bill Hicks
"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather."
-- Bill Hicks
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom. Keep that in mind at all times."
-- Bill Hicks
http://ctprofiles.net/2122894