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Rehabilitating Damaged Laptops

Posted by timothy on from the three-strikes-you're-in dept.

Rollie Hawk writes "It breaks my heart to see a computer in need of a good home. For years, I've driven my wife crazy with all the 'strays' I've brought home with me. After all, the last thing my house needs is a few more cubic feet devoted to kenneling old and abused computers. That being said, laptops present very unique opportunities. No matter what caused you or someone else to ditch that old laptop, there still may be some way to integrate it back into society. For every kind of laptop lemon, I've found that there's plenty of lemonade to be made."

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  1. I wonder by HuckleCom · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder if he's got names for all of his ... laptops.

    1. Re:I wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      well, why did you think it bothers his wife so much? yeah.

  2. Serious Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like a lot of other fellow /.'rs I am having trouble finding a girlfriend. I am slightly overweight, still live in my parent's basement and wear glasses. Though my online friends say I have a great personality I still haven't been able to lose my virginity. So I have an idea - maybe a fellow /.'er in the same position could come over and we could began some experimenting with each other. After we check out my Anime collection and write a cool new Perl script and play some Gamecube maybe we could play some 'pretend' girlfriend? We can take turns perhaps? Reply to this post for more details!

    (I am not gay but girls just don't want to get 'physical' with me for some reason.)

  3. Re:Give them to kids... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the US Corps don't care about a good educational system. Who cares about stupid American engineeers. U want a good engineer get them from China or India. A typical stupid engineer. Engineers all they know is engineering and when their jobs are outsourced they wander why. IDIOTS.

  4. Rodney Dangerfield dead at 82 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - comedian/actor Rodney Dangerfield was found dead in his home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon. God bless :(

    1. Re:Rodney Dangerfield dead at 82 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I get no respect...

  5. Re:toshiba satellites make great webservers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You suck.

    WTF? Why does he suck? Because he got more RAM in his notebook than you?

    That is the most idiotic statement I've read on here for a while.