Somewhere at home I still have a t-shirt from the launch of the original bondi iMac.
I also left blood on the inside of one of the two display models Australia got issued for the launch roadshow at the technicians training session, damn the shielding around the display was sharp.
You joke, but many years ago when I used to do Apple support I had a customer bring in a PowerBook 1X0 for warranty repairs. You see the big grey brick on the end of the power cord was inconvenient so they cut it off and wired up a standard 3 pin plug. An Australian 240v AC 3 pin plug. The next time they plugged the laptop in it made a bang noise and stopped working...
Yes, the brick was a step down transformer. Yes, they were told in no uncertain terms that be destroying the provided power adaptor they breached the terms of the warranty.
Apple's computers have come with bundled software since... um... I'm pretty sure my LC II had bundled productivity software. Certainly since the Centris range onwards and anything with a CD-ROM drive used to come with a bunch of educational CDs too.
The point being, they've bundled *useful* productivity software for many years before the release of Win7.
Unless you have a really odd failure state (intermittent faults suck), they should have a good idea of what the problem is. One of the more common video failure states in the older mac laptops [1] were daughterboard related, and sometimes PRAM battery related and were relatively cheap to fix out of warranty.
[1] I used to be an Apple laptop technician, but not for about a decade now. I have repaired thousands of Apple laptops.
I quite deliberately don't have a facebook account. It's not that I specifically have anything to hide, it's more I don't feel the need to 'share' everything.
Besides which, I've been on LJ for something like 12 years or more. While it is getting a bit like 'would the last person out please turn off the lights', I don't feel the need to migrate to a new social network yet.
Back when I use to work in a repair workshop, there were certain faults for which percussive maintenance was in fact the recommended option.
Certain monitor repairs required a thwack at just the right spot to get things working again. Slapping a hard drive on a flat surface could get a stuck platter moving again (a last resort, single shot solution), and some mechanical faults in printer required a slap to clear the fault (usually something stuck in the gearing that needed to be dislodged).
I'd like to stress these were uncommon issues, and generally you tread lightly and have a soft touch with hardware, but on the occasions where it was needed, it was often particularly satisfying.
I keep a fresh, dry hand-towel on the bathroom counter which is in reach of the bathtub.
After I have the bath water at the right level and I have my bath pillow placed correctly, I dry off my hands and grab my book.
I think the only time I've ever got a book wet was when one of my cats who was walking along the edge of the bathtub slipped and fell in, splashing water everywhere in her frenzy to get out.
My problem wasn't that I couldn't program my VCR, my problem was that the TV stations didn't stick to their advertised schedules. To record a 1hr program you generally had to set the VCR up to tape from 30 minutes before the advertised start time to 30+ minutes after. If it was advertised to appear immediately after a major sporting event, double the contingency window.
I was born in a city and moved to a small country town around the age of 8 by which time I was already writing with some fluency.
My 3rd grade teach was adamant that left handed writing was wrong and tried to make me write right handed.
As a result, I am slightly ambidextrous. Though I found that learning piano and using a computer with the mouse on my right side has further enhanced the tendency to use either hand for various tasks. I still prefer to write with my left hand though, and cant use a spoon and cake fork at the same time to save myself (as I use both forks and spoons in my left hand).
I actually work for a dry workplace in Australia, though in it's defense, it is an electricity distribution company and the corporate policy is no drinking at work regardless of what part of the business you work in. Before the introduction of this policy they had issues with individual employees who would have a few then go play with live wires.
If all you want is sex, go pay a prostitute. In the long run it's probably cheaper and a whole lot less fuss.
Rape is generally about one person saying their will has absolute priority over that of another. The difference between rape and say rough sex is consent. It is denying the ability of one party to say no, whether through force, deception, drugs or simply the maturity to understand the implications.
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Somewhere at home I still have a t-shirt from the launch of the original bondi iMac.
I also left blood on the inside of one of the two display models Australia got issued for the launch roadshow at the technicians training session, damn the shielding around the display was sharp.
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You joke, but many years ago when I used to do Apple support I had a customer bring in a PowerBook 1X0 for warranty repairs. You see the big grey brick on the end of the power cord was inconvenient so they cut it off and wired up a standard 3 pin plug. An Australian 240v AC 3 pin plug. The next time they plugged the laptop in it made a bang noise and stopped working...
Yes, the brick was a step down transformer. Yes, they were told in no uncertain terms that be destroying the provided power adaptor they breached the terms of the warranty.
It sounds like they reinvented SCSI.
Apple's computers have come with bundled software since... um... I'm pretty sure my LC II had bundled productivity software. Certainly since the Centris range onwards and anything with a CD-ROM drive used to come with a bunch of educational CDs too.
The point being, they've bundled *useful* productivity software for many years before the release of Win7.
Unless you have a really odd failure state (intermittent faults suck), they should have a good idea of what the problem is. One of the more common video failure states in the older mac laptops [1] were daughterboard related, and sometimes PRAM battery related and were relatively cheap to fix out of warranty.
[1] I used to be an Apple laptop technician, but not for about a decade now. I have repaired thousands of Apple laptops.
Indeed it did, though I preferred Mac System 7.1. I still have a disk with System 4.0 and Infocoms HHGttG on it somewhere...
I quite deliberately don't have a facebook account. It's not that I specifically have anything to hide, it's more I don't feel the need to 'share' everything. Besides which, I've been on LJ for something like 12 years or more. While it is getting a bit like 'would the last person out please turn off the lights', I don't feel the need to migrate to a new social network yet.
Richard MacDuff called and wants you the hell out of his apartment. And take that damned monk with you when you go. You can leave the horse.
Is Stomp speed chess?
Is it sad that I originally read this as a reply to the comment about anal probes...
Unless it's a dupe, then we remember it for years. The editors, on the other hand, can forget it in minutes.
It would be funnier if his Slashdot Userid was 6...
I remember when Win '95 came out and being told how awesome it was that it supported multiple monitors out of the box.
My response was - you mean like 'this'? And demonstrating it in my 8100AV and OS 7.x
Back when I use to work in a repair workshop, there were certain faults for which percussive maintenance was in fact the recommended option.
Certain monitor repairs required a thwack at just the right spot to get things working again. Slapping a hard drive on a flat surface could get a stuck platter moving again (a last resort, single shot solution), and some mechanical faults in printer required a slap to clear the fault (usually something stuck in the gearing that needed to be dislodged).
I'd like to stress these were uncommon issues, and generally you tread lightly and have a soft touch with hardware, but on the occasions where it was needed, it was often particularly satisfying.
Is there a specification for military-grade profanity, if so - where can I lay my hands on a copy. :)
And pink is the new black?
I keep a fresh, dry hand-towel on the bathroom counter which is in reach of the bathtub.
After I have the bath water at the right level and I have my bath pillow placed correctly, I dry off my hands and grab my book.
I think the only time I've ever got a book wet was when one of my cats who was walking along the edge of the bathtub slipped and fell in, splashing water everywhere in her frenzy to get out.
My problem wasn't that I couldn't program my VCR, my problem was that the TV stations didn't stick to their advertised schedules. To record a 1hr program you generally had to set the VCR up to tape from 30 minutes before the advertised start time to 30+ minutes after. If it was advertised to appear immediately after a major sporting event, double the contingency window.
I'm a leftie too.
I was born in a city and moved to a small country town around the age of 8 by which time I was already writing with some fluency.
My 3rd grade teach was adamant that left handed writing was wrong and tried to make me write right handed.
As a result, I am slightly ambidextrous. Though I found that learning piano and using a computer with the mouse on my right side has further enhanced the tendency to use either hand for various tasks. I still prefer to write with my left hand though, and cant use a spoon and cake fork at the same time to save myself (as I use both forks and spoons in my left hand).
I suspect what you are actually seeing is the lack of an editor sitting between the primary writer and the audience.
I actually work for a dry workplace in Australia, though in it's defense, it is an electricity distribution company and the corporate policy is no drinking at work regardless of what part of the business you work in. Before the introduction of this policy they had issues with individual employees who would have a few then go play with live wires.
The term you are looking for is rainbow or roman showers. ;P
If all you want is sex, go pay a prostitute. In the long run it's probably cheaper and a whole lot less fuss.
Rape is generally about one person saying their will has absolute priority over that of another. The difference between rape and say rough sex is consent. It is denying the ability of one party to say no, whether through force, deception, drugs or simply the maturity to understand the implications.
It's all about power.