What Was Your Worst Computer Accident?

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What Was Your Worst Computer Accident?

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 4, 2004 @06:44AM from the you-mean-besides-the-railgun dept.

Anonymous Writer writes "I learned years ago to backup regularly and never keep a drink on the same table as a laptop. I accidentally spilled a drink onto my laptop's keyboard where it drained into the laptop's innards, ruining the motherboard, CD-ROM, and hard drive. Thousands of dollars and all my data disappeared in a flash. Considering that there are even people out there that intentionally damage hardware, I was wondering what kind of disasters Slashdot readers have experienced."

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Worst Accident by Chris+Tucker · 2004-07-04 06:49 · Score: 0, Troll

Buying a Windows machine instead of a Macintosh?

(Would this be considered a generic /. post?)

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..now for the bashing... by generic-nerd · 2004-07-04 06:51 · Score: -1, Troll

... when will someone bash ms on this subject... we are waiting to see something like this--- "...i installed ms os and couldnt get it to work proper (i never RTFM with ms stuff, I only RTFM if it is linux related)"

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Re:spilling acetone on a sony vaio laptop by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 06:56 · Score: -1, Troll

this is why girls shouldnt be allowed to use computers

now lets fuck
Re:The Worst. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 07:02 · Score: 0, Troll

I just tried the "rm -rf" thing and I get:
"Bad command or file name"
You must have some weird-ass operating system
Re:I'm a 9800 Pro Killer by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 07:05 · Score: -1, Troll

Maybe if you use hardware the way it was meant to be used -- i.e. not immersed in water or overclocked all to hell -- this wouldn't happen!

But no, you're a fat, greasy nerd who thinks that framerate in Quake3 is directly proportional to your penis size. Except your penis is lost in your rolls of fat, and you'll never get laid.
Re:Using a CPU probe. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 07:59 · Score: -1, Troll

Translation: Instead of following the directions and waiting until the files were released, I tried an FTP install of SuSe 3 or 4 times.

You're a piece of shit and a bully. You would be better off on fark.com LOL!
Re:Mouse Pee by AngusOg · 2004-07-04 08:34 · Score: 0, Troll

When I want grammar advice from a smartass, I'll beat it out of you.
Re:Flaming Death by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 08:53 · Score: -1, Troll

The parent poster likes to fuck animals.

No, seriously. Check out his website.
Re:Cookies in the psu by operagost · 2004-07-04 08:56 · Score: -1, Troll

I can safely say that in fact, I do NOT remember the joy of mixing up a tiny cake mix and cooking it with the warm glow of a light bulb. Because I have a PENIS.

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Re:The Worst. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 10:53 · Score: -1, Troll

"Core files can have dates tagged on to the ends to help keep track of different cores."

You didn't specify which implementation of UNIX you were talking about, therefore, you lose.
Re:Worst computer accident? by snake_dad · 2004-07-04 10:58 · Score: 0, Troll

He disabled Win95, not an OS! ;)

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