It dosent in Austrlia, we have a anit smoke law in consumer law, mainly for computers..
Anit smoke as in "Dont open the case, if you let the smoke out, it voids warrinty" Ive seen said stickers around, there are thing that a owner can do and not void warrinty, cuting a MB in half to make it fit isnt one of them..
My first computer, a Vic 20 (in the days of 386) was given to us cause it was Fubar'd..
I pulled it apart, put it back together, it worked for a month.. pulled it apeart, put it backtogether wash,rinse and repeat for 4 years..
the good old days:)
and that still works for me 9/10 times with the dodgey brocken HW i buy.. im cheep.. but if the system goses down and wont boot, take it apart, wash it and put it backtogether..:)
Ok, at TAFE in the first year of a two year infotec diploma a keyborde just stoped working, and one of the students asked if he coudl get a replacment one, and then was sent off to get said item..
Supleys beeing out, the guy for a laugh asked if the kid knew his ascii coads.. apone replying yes, he was told to just whisle the coades into the mic.
I love Australian consumer law, your choice of the 3 R's.. repaire, refund or replace it the device is faulty or dose not match the specifications/ discription you where given even over the phone:)
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Allways hold CDs upto the light,
so you can see scratches,
i do this even with music ones..
It dosent in Austrlia,
we have a anit smoke law in consumer
law, mainly for computers..
Anit smoke as in "Dont open the case,
if you let the smoke out, it voids
warrinty"
Ive seen said stickers around,
there are thing that a owner can do
and not void warrinty,
cuting a MB in half to make it fit
isnt one of them..
Correctly adding a HD or changing
CPU are coverd
I took apart a 16X? CDROM a year
ago cause a kid spilt a dirnk on
a CD then put it in teh machen with
out cleaing it..
I meen i totaly forced the cd apart,
riping it open..
got the cd out, cleaned it, put it
backtogther, cut of the bent bits
that made it unable to fit.. and it
worked up untill recently..
tough buggers
honest mistake,
there where days when some sw woudlnt run
unless you had 2 FDD
They still make them with none of the
extra keys, i still buy them..
though i coudl use a mode keybord
with the power keys and the window
keys up above the num pad..
yerh those stupid MCSE ppl,
cant even repare nucluer reactors,
stealth bombers or space shuttles,
WTF are they doing managering SW
problems.
My first computer,
:)
:)
a Vic 20 (in the days of 386)
was given to us cause it was Fubar'd..
I pulled it apart, put it back together,
it worked for a month..
pulled it apeart, put it backtogether
wash,rinse and repeat for 4 years..
the good old days
and that still works for me 9/10 times
with the dodgey brocken HW i buy..
im cheep.. but if the system goses down
and wont boot, take it apart, wash it
and put it backtogether..
Ok,
:)
at TAFE in the first year of
a two year infotec diploma a
keyborde just stoped working,
and one of the students asked
if he coudl get a replacment
one, and then was sent off to
get said item..
Supleys beeing out, the guy
for a laugh asked if the kid
knew his ascii coads..
apone replying yes, he was told
to just whisle the coades into
the mic.
and then whent and did such
Har, :)
Lets see what happens down hear,
240Volt
impressive..
I cant see the pic,
but that coudl be my MB..
Its got a cap. just a little
too close to the cdrom,
and the IDE cable bent it when
i put it in with out looking
first..
Thats nothing, :)
twice in one night i found out
why you never plug in live power
to DVDs
I had a busted dvd that needed
the power off for 2 mins to be
able to play the next chaperter
and id goten sick of turning off
my computer..
and well conecting the 12+ to the
5+ accdently inst good..
it booted after ther first one..
i was quite suprised..
and promptly did it agine,
blowing the powersupply..
I wouldnt put it past them
for receving and makeing..
We get 3 Gigs a month on cable
out hear for $80.au...
thats $40US
Id like to point you to the following /. story..
Power Your AMD Via Tesla Coils
reminds me of the 3rd cd i ever burnt,
:)
thers a light fizz noise,
and a puff of smoke..
the program puts up a write error,
and ejects the cd..
a white scorch mark could be seen,
about 3mm*1mm..
everythign still worked fine though
Ahr,
:)
but i have seen the unable to read
floopy nightmare..
install instructions
"take disk out of case.."
now do we all remeber 5.25"?
The round disk came in a black
plastic case which could quite
easly be foreced open
God,
why fuck up that work..
Incurage the guy into linux..
hell if he did that with hardly
any knowladge himself i'd of been
converting him over stright away..
Not pointing out how anal a linix
dick can be.
indeed..
/. that seem to have taken
its amzzing the number off ppl
on
this as actual..
I havent used Aqua at all..
But is it realy fair to compare
standerd save dialog with that of Notepad?
its all nice to copy your play
style.. but could they also get
it to mimick eleet smart ass coments?
>
people with HIV arnt allways going to die,
there are a number of ppl whos can carry the
virus and not end up with AIDS..
A lot of reserch has gone into this area
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Will it make my Xbox play DVDs??
A linux game that ends up being :)
:)
massivly populare and ported to
most Windows systems out there
that would be cool
I think the above was a joke,
:)
you know squares/geeks per Km..
and lets not start the square/geek debate
their isnt, and their isnt..
I love Australian consumer law, :)
your choice of the 3 R's..
repaire, refund or replace
it the device is faulty or dose
not match the specifications/
discription you where given even
over the phone