After 2 full new systems, 1 replacement CPU, 2 sticks of new RAM, 2 new HDD, 1 new Floppy, 3 new video cards, 1 new network card, 1 new modem, over a dozen Windows re-installs, countless PC Anywhere connections and numerous lectures on the problems of saying "Yes" to everything on the web, my mother in law called me to ask my advice on buying a new answering machine. Seems the old one broke after one of their almost weekly power surges. "They're quite common down here, but they've never caused any problems before, so we don't really take any notice of them."
At least I can say with confidence it wasn't my tech skills letting the side down.
Ok, so you've got a huge laser, you point and you shoot. What happens if you miss? Sure the odds are slim of anything else being in the line of fire *past* the target, but I can just see a satelite suddenly having a solar array clipped off it via a stray shot.
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After 2 full new systems, 1 replacement CPU, 2 sticks of new RAM, 2 new HDD, 1 new Floppy, 3 new video cards, 1 new network card, 1 new modem, over a dozen Windows re-installs, countless PC Anywhere connections and numerous lectures on the problems of saying "Yes" to everything on the web, my mother in law called me to ask my advice on buying a new answering machine. Seems the old one broke after one of their almost weekly power surges. "They're quite common down here, but they've never caused any problems before, so we don't really take any notice of them."
At least I can say with confidence it wasn't my tech skills letting the side down.
Ok, so you've got a huge laser, you point and you shoot. What happens if you miss? Sure the odds are slim of anything else being in the line of fire *past* the target, but I can just see a satelite suddenly having a solar array clipped off it via a stray shot.