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struggle4progress

(120,253 posts) Thu Apr 28, 2011, 02:41 PM Apr 2011

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Help! I think I might have a problem with my computer

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Help! I think I might have a problem with my computer (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2011 OP

Drinktray stuck shut again? Occulus Apr 2011 #1

No. That flimsy piece of craptastic plastic broke off after it tried to close with my carmug in it struggle4progress Apr 2011 #4

You need to update your hard drive canetoad Apr 2011 #2

Can't I just run it through the dishwasher? struggle4progress Apr 2011 #3

That would drown the magic pixies living inside it Occulus May 2011 #5

lol Hutzpa Dec 2011 #11

back up my hard drive? Where's the reverse switch??? wizstars Dec 2011 #12

Since all the pix were wiped between trials canetoad Dec 2011 #14

is your mouse trying to bite you again ? :p nt steve2470 May 2011 #6

It's frickin tryin to blind me! Just try starin into that red unblinkin cyclopean eye struggle4progress May 2011 #7

I always wondered if that was like staring into the sun ! :) nt steve2470 May 2011 #8

Have you tried defenestration? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #9

of myself or of my problem box? struggle4progress Dec 2011 #20

Well I think either would probably solve the problem, but I meant the box. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #21

Quick alert the Internets! Rex Dec 2011 #10

Unplug the outlet strip from the outlet strip, and plug it into the WALL outlet........ wizstars Dec 2011 #13

format c: /s Renew Deal Dec 2011 #15

rm -rf / struggle4progress Dec 2011 #16

Sounds like a nut loose on the keyboard SecularMotion Dec 2011 #17

Paperweights have their uses too. ElboRuum Dec 2011 #18

PBK&C N/T Old Codger Dec 2011 #19

This thread is freaking priceless! EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2011 #22

Isaac Asimov identified your problem: wizstars Dec 2011 #23

Try a chown. gkhouston Dec 2011 #24

! struggle4progress Dec 2011 #25

I can tell stories to this one. RoccoR5955 Dec 2011 #26

Don't forget the classic "my P is stuck" wandy Dec 2011 #29

o_0 Lucky mouse chrisa Dec 2011 #31

Seems to be happening more often to me lately as well.. IDemo Dec 2011 #27

If that mouse is plugged into a serial port, we have a BIG problem...... wizstars Dec 2011 #28

My beautiful assistant looked at it and said 473 tubes are going bad. sorry BlueJazz Dec 2011 #30

It's fine - the internet has 1000's of other series of tubes. chrisa Dec 2011 #32

Occulus

(20,599 posts)

1. Drinktray stuck shut again?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2011, 02:41 PM

Apr 2011

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

4. No. That flimsy piece of craptastic plastic broke off after it tried to close with my carmug in it

Reply to Occulus (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 28, 2011, 02:41 PM

Apr 2011

canetoad

(18,123 posts)

2. You need to update your hard drive

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2011, 02:41 PM

Apr 2011

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

3. Can't I just run it through the dishwasher?

Reply to canetoad (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 28, 2011, 02:41 PM

Apr 2011

Occulus

(20,599 posts)

5. That would drown the magic pixies living inside it

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #3)

Tue May 17, 2011, 01:41 PM

May 2011

The place they live in is probably getting bumpy. You can smooth their magnetic terrain with an industrial-grade molybdenum magnet.

Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)

11. lol

Reply to Occulus (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 05:44 PM

Dec 2011

wizstars

(805 posts)

12. back up my hard drive? Where's the reverse switch???

Reply to canetoad (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 09:05 PM

Dec 2011

canetoad

(18,123 posts)

14. Since all the pix were wiped between trials

Reply to wizstars (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 09:15 PM

Dec 2011

Here's a reprise of the pic that originally went with that post.

steve2470

(37,468 posts)

6. is your mouse trying to bite you again ? :p nt

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2011, 01:23 AM

May 2011

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

7. It's frickin tryin to blind me! Just try starin into that red unblinkin cyclopean eye

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #6)

Thu May 19, 2011, 02:15 PM

May 2011

Owie! owie!

steve2470

(37,468 posts)

8. I always wondered if that was like staring into the sun ! :) nt

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #7)

Thu May 19, 2011, 05:12 PM

May 2011

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

9. Have you tried defenestration?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 01:33 PM

Dec 2011

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

20. of myself or of my problem box?

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 10, 2011, 07:11 PM

Dec 2011

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

21. Well I think either would probably solve the problem, but I meant the box.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #20)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:26 AM

Dec 2011

Rex

(65,616 posts)

10. Quick alert the Internets!

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 02:36 PM

Dec 2011

wizstars

(805 posts)

13. Unplug the outlet strip from the outlet strip, and plug it into the WALL outlet........

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 09:10 PM

Dec 2011

sheeesh--you sure you're not a freeper??!?

Renew Deal

(82,930 posts)

15. format c: /s

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 11:15 PM

Dec 2011

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

16. rm -rf /

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 6, 2011, 11:21 PM

Dec 2011

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)

17. Sounds like a nut loose on the keyboard

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 10:33 AM

Dec 2011

ElboRuum

(4,717 posts)

18. Paperweights have their uses too.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 08:41 PM

Dec 2011

Try to see the upside.

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)

19. PBK&C N/T

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 10:43 PM

Dec 2011

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)

22. This thread is freaking priceless!

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:30 AM

Dec 2011

Very funny stuff!

wizstars

(805 posts)

23. Isaac Asimov identified your problem:

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 05:41 PM

Dec 2011

"The problem with computers is that once they are perfectly progrmmed, they are 100% honest." --Asimov

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)

24. Try a chown.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:45 PM

Dec 2011

Maybe it wants to be somebody else's computer.

struggle4progress

(120,253 posts)

25. !

Reply to gkhouston (Reply #24)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:43 AM

Dec 2011

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

26. I can tell stories to this one.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:43 PM

Dec 2011

As I am a tech who has been doing this for over 20 years.
Here's a good one. Someone once called and said that they had a mouse in their computer, and I should come right away.
I told them that they were supposed to have a mouse, but they said that it wasn't that kind of mouse.
Surely enough, there was a little live mouse in the PC!

Another time, long time ago, someone thought that they had a virus on their computer. I had just gotten done with a call at the Health Department, so decided to pull a prank, and asked for a mask, and a pair of rubber gloves. Upon going to the site that had the virus, I put them on, and the woman got out some lysol, thinking that it would help get rid of the virus, and asked if there was a chance that she would catch it.

Those are two. I think some day I'll write a book about them.

wandy

(3,539 posts)

29. Don't forget the classic "my P is stuck"

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #26)

Sun Dec 25, 2011, 08:20 PM

Dec 2011

chrisa

(4,524 posts)

31. o_0 Lucky mouse

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #26)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 02:31 PM

Dec 2011

Good thing for the mouse, the PC was probably right-side up. If it touched the right part of the motherboard, it could have created a short circuit, taking both itself out and the motherboard. Then it would become a 'deadmau5.'

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

27. Seems to be happening more often to me lately as well..

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 08:03 AM

Dec 2011

Coffee can help, but you don't want to overdo it when overclocking.

wizstars

(805 posts)

28. If that mouse is plugged into a serial port, we have a BIG problem......

Reply to IDemo (Reply #27)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 06:06 PM

Dec 2011

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

30. My beautiful assistant looked at it and said 473 tubes are going bad. sorry

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 05:59 PM

Dec 2011

chrisa

(4,524 posts)

32. It's fine - the internet has 1000's of other series of tubes.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #30)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 02:48 PM

Dec 2011

Take your pick and insert those tubes carefully.

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