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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Nick on January 06, 2008, 03:59:57 PM
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...vomit out of a laptop.
Thank you.
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Advertise it on ebay as "Used but working" and buy a new one.
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Or to be more helpful try:
http://www.techclean.co.uk/itsyshygiene.htm?gclid=CPfQvZP-4ZACFQ3alAoddgaZrA
OR
http://www.mrpcclean.co.uk/catalog/
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The intriguing question is: how did the vomit get into the laptop in the first place?
Or is this one of those Nickesque moments where, after downing a few bevvies, he threw up all over it before proclaiming
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"I don't remember eating that!
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Is he one of the 100,000 who are contracting this bug every week? eeek:
(If you believe Government Press releases and Newspapers that is)
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Have you tried playing a video of Gordon Brown naked?
I'm pretty sure that would get vomit out of just about anyone and anything.
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Have you tried playing a video of Gordon Brown naked?
I'm pretty sure that would get vomit out of just about anyone and anything.
Sounds a good plan ~ now where would I find one of those rubschin:
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The intriguing question is: how did the vomit get into the laptop in the first place?
Or is this one of those Nickesque moments where, after downing a few bevvies, he threw up all over it before proclaiming
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"I don't remember eating that!
This was a Boy related incident evil:
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He isn't ill again is he? eeek:
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No it was just a random vomit. evil:
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I had assumed it was Marmite-related.
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No, Orange juice evil:
And reasoning that it could do no harm I have washed it!! I am now leaving it for several days to see if it ever works evil:
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Shove it in the mocrowave and then shake it out afterwards. the dried vomit will come loose and fall out of the air vents....... whistle:
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I somehow doubt that! evil:
But thanks anyway
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Just leave it in the airing cupboard to dry out slowly.
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rubschin:
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I somehow doubt that! evil:
But thanks anyway
Bugger, I was trying to see how easy it would be to set of a cataclysnick event eyes:
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I am not caught so easily. Usually. evil:
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I am not caught so easily. Usually. evil:
Famous last words Nick, with the power of Captain Calamity you are buggered now.
With that in mind, would you be interested in buying a castle...... whistle:
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Washing it actually worked!! eeek:
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Unbeliever!
We used to wash keyboards in the sink and then leave them to dry - never had a problem.
PS - who made the server too busy? Could not get on for about 5 mins.
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Unbeliever!
We used to wash keyboards in the sink and then leave them to dry - never had a problem.
PS - who made the server too busy? Could not get on for about 5 mins.
There has been a problem with the database!
This is a notice email to let you know that SMF could not connect to the database, contact your host if this continues.
doh:
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Is that an admission of guilt?
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Is that an admission of guilt?
Just the message I got from the system... hopefully a temporary fault... noooo:
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I've often wondered about such messages ~ how does one contact the "host" if the fvcking server is down rendering it impossible to email them or even when you try telephoning them they say "We are very busy please refer to our FAQs page at www. etc" which is another favourite. Why can't they simply say "System buggered, working on it, try again later" or an even more honest "We've got your money, now f*ck off because we are trying to mend something here"
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I've often wondered about such messages ~ how does one contact the "host" if the fvcking server is down rendering it impossible to email them or even when you try telephoning them they say "We are very busy please refer to our FAQs page at www. etc" which is another favourite. Why can't they simply say "System buggered, working on it, try again later" or an even more honest "We've got your money, now f*ck off because we are trying to mend something here"
lol: lol: lol:
I'm sure that is at least in part built into Window$ somewhere... Banghead
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Best windows error message?
"Error no keyboard, press F1 to continue"
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Best windows error message?
"Error no keyboard, press F1 to continue"
Classic! lol:
I got a message last week when I tried to download something from the Welsh Assembly. It told me that it couldn't open the full file (Adobe) because my Version 6 was out of date. So I went to the Free Downloads page at Adobe and downloaded the updated version. Installed it on my PC, in the process it simply removed completely the version 6 I had. I was then able to download the document (38 pages of it ~ ever verbose these Welsh Government types). Now when I try to print anything in Abode I press the print key and the screen reverts to my home page and nothing prints. I have spoken to Adobe Help Desk at some length Banghead cussing: censored: Angry9: and they are baffled. Naturally I have removed it from the PC and re-downloaded it (six times in all) but the same problem every time. So now I cannot read or create PDFs.
They (the Adobe Unhelpful Desk) say it must be at my end. angry041:
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Best windows error message?
"Error no keyboard, press F1 to continue"
Classic! lol:
I got a message last week when I tried to download something from the Welsh Assembly. It told me that it couldn't open the full file (Adobe) because my Version 6 was out of date. So I went to the Free Downloads page at Adobe and downloaded the updated version. Installed it on my PC, in the process it simply removed completely the version 6 I had. I was then able to download the document (38 pages of it ~ ever verbose these Welsh Government types). Now when I try to print anything in Abode I press the print key and the screen reverts to my home page and nothing prints. I have spoken to Adobe Help Desk at some length Banghead cussing: censored: Angry9: and they are baffled. Naturally I have removed it from the PC and re-downloaded it (six times in all) but the same problem every time. So now I cannot read or create PDFs.
They (the Adobe Unhelpful Desk) say it must be at my end. angry041:
Linux has a reader/creator built-in… whistle:
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B@st@rd! evil:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
You missed out a baldy!
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
You missed out a baldy!
Oh yes, sorry... redface:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
You missed out a baldy!
Isnt there an meant to be an old somewhere in there as well. whistle:
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That's generally just thought rather than verbalised.
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Banghead
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
ubuntu evil:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
Far be it for me to state the bleeding obvious, but, as he hasn't got it working, the answer to your question is none.
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
ubuntu evil:
Geshundheit whistle:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
Far be it for me to state the bleeding obvious, but, as he hasn't got it working, the answer to your question is none.
lol:
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B@st@rd! evil:
Ginger baldy bastard to you sir! evil:
I wasn't trying to be insulting ..... just giving vent to my feelings at your smugness.
I can't make Linux work evil: evil: sad32:
Why? shrugs:
At the risk of sounding snotty ~ If I knew that it would be working by now ::)
Going to have another go when I feel stronger confused:
Which one are you using?
ubuntu evil:
Try Debian... I like it a lot... whistle:
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Now when I try to print anything in Abode I press the print key and the screen reverts to my home page and nothing prints. I have spoken to Adobe Help Desk at some length
So now I cannot read or create PDFs.
They (the Adobe Unhelpful Desk) say it must be at my end.
So, they've no fixed Abode eh?
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Slap!
Sorry redface:
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I'm going to blame Microsoft's auto-correct redface:
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I have foolishly downloaded a newer versionof IE. It appears to be inferior to the old version! evil:
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That's why I use Mozilla Firefox.
The IE on my machine is so old it's coal powered and sits shivering in a dark corner somewhere. I hate it.
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Oh, the Driberg arrived, thank you. I am four chapters in and finding it rather melancholy. I am still lhunting for the Ackerley.
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It's a pleasure!
I did warn you that it was a bit "slow" and that was when I'd only read half of it.
I think it made me smile once in the whole book but the "Burgess" chapters are quite interesting. I think that it is a special "Library" edition as it has the feel of being quite heavily edited (if one compares it with internet reviews) so perhaps the "racey" bits have been toned down and/or removed.
He doesn't really spill any beans ~ a few seeds perhaps but no beans lol:
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It seems the Ackerley is buried in a box pending work being finished on the dining room. March or April evil:
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I'm not going anywhere ~ are you? confused:
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Not unless I pop my clogs!
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An interesting expression ~ presumably came about because the clog wearing mill workers would pawn ("pop") their footwear when in need of some cash and retrieve them come pay day. rubschin:
Anyway I doubt you'll do that but in case you do I have printed the message and will present it to the solicitor at the "reading". whistle:
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Yes, I wondered where it came from too. Makes sense. I know that I will not make old bones!
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Yes, I wondered where it came from too. Makes sense. I know that I will not make old bones!
Nick ~ I have been saying that for 10 years now but I am still clonking on. I had a heart attack when I was 41 and can remember hearing the doctor in A&E telling the wife, just the other side of the curtain from where I lay in one of their cubicles "You must prepare yourself ~ He is unlikely to reach 42"
I shall be 61 in July and we have had three children since that medical pronouncement.
They do say that a creaking gate never falls off its hinges.
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I have foolishly downloaded a newer versionof IE. It appears to be inferior to the old version! evil:
Nick all I have to say to that is OPERA!
http://www.opera.com/download/ (http://www.opera.com/download/)
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I have foolishly downloaded a newer versionof IE. It appears to be inferior to the old version! evil:
Nick all I have to say to that is OPERA!
http://www.opera.com/download/ (http://www.opera.com/download/)
rubschin:
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Oh, the Driberg arrived,
I know that I will not make old bones!
Is that why you had the Rabbi round?
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I have foolishly downloaded a newer versionof IE. It appears to be inferior to the old version! evil:
Nick all I have to say to that is OPERA!
http://www.opera.com/download/ (http://www.opera.com/download/)
rubschin:
You don't seem convinced Snoops. Given the coice between IE and Opera I go for opera anytime. The only problem I had with it was installing flashplayer for it and that was down to the office firewall.
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I have foolishly downloaded a newer versionof IE. It appears to be inferior to the old version! evil:
Nick all I have to say to that is OPERA!
http://www.opera.com/download/ (http://www.opera.com/download/)
rubschin:
You don't seem convinced Snoops. Given the coice between IE and Opera I go for opera anytime. The only problem I had with it was installing flashplayer for it and that was down to the office firewall.
Not unconvinced ~ just wondering if it is any better than the Firefox/Thunderbird combo that I use.
Or should I risk all and plough on with eradicating Windows XP and installing Linux which does, I am told, support Mozilla stuff. rubschin:
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Never really used firefox so I cant comment there. Its an easy system to use and I've found the voice command facility useful for dealing with the office pest though
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This may take some time but I will resolve the problems eventually.
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Not so much a case of vomit out of a keyboard but does anyone know how to get the remains of a DVD out of a DVD writer drive. Angry9:
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OOOooooooooooooooo Nasty noooo:
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Not so much a case of vomit out of a keyboard but does anyone know how to get the remains of a DVD out of a DVD writer drive. Angry9:
Brute force... trust me... ;)
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Well I've managed to shake out about 2/3 of the offending disk. Cant be sure the exact amount because I was never that good at jigsaws, expecially when its almost all one bleedin colour Banghead
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Doesn't the drive have a small hole on the front to release it? If so, insert pin and push to open the drive.
I'm curious about how you've managed to break a DVD within the drive though confused:
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Easy, if you don't insert them correctly.
Ever have one of those 3.5 floppies decide to detach the sliding metal plate? Great fun getting those out of a drive.
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Ever have one of those 3.5 floppies
surrender:
All the time now.
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Blame the medication ~ I do redface:
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Blame the medication ~ I do redface:
What medication?
Oh... right... ;D
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Easy, if you don't insert them correctly.
Ever have one of those 3.5 floppies decide to detach the sliding metal plate? Great fun getting those out of a drive.
Floppies... them were the days...
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
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Not since I started on this medication noooo:
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
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Where is Wenchy when you need her? noooo:
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Same place she is when you don't need her. ;)
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
It was mainly the secretaries who did the handling though.
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
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This is the first PC machine I had to look after at work:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FaVbvDp0.jpg&hash=1316145f91b31044823fa0499fd3ccfbd7ee0df6) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVbvDp0)
Wordplex wordprocessor with two 5.25" floppy drives.
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
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This is the first PC machine I had to look after at work:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FaVbvDp0.jpg&hash=1316145f91b31044823fa0499fd3ccfbd7ee0df6) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVbvDp0)
Wordplex wordprocessor with two 5.25" floppy drives.
Pah!
First thing I looked after was a HP85 with a 5" screen and a tape drive... If you had thousands you could buy a mass storage interface (HP-IB) for it and add a dual 8" drive.
Latyer they introduced the 89201M dual 5¼" floppy drive and shortly after the 9135A which had a 5Mbyte Wincheter and a 5¼" floppy. The Winchester had to be formatted as four 1.2Mbyte drives to emulate four 8" floppies.
How sad that I can remember all that but not what I did yesterday... noooo:
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I worked for IBM in 1977. The word-processor had just been introduced. It involved a golf-ball typewriter........
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
rubschin:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevemiller4lasvegas.com%2FRizzolosPrisonUniform.jpg&hash=4b86cf9a47d790ff9e5c43f8c2ede1f6dcb31d7a)
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Doesn't the drive have a small hole on the front to release it? If so, insert pin and push to open the drive.
I'm curious about how you've managed to break a DVD within the drive though confused:
Put a pin in the hole to release the drive tray and managed to get most of the bits of disk out. As for how it managed to shatter I've no idea. The disk was in perfect condition and was correctly inserted into the drive tray. Was half way through installing a piece of software when there was a bang and a grinding noise from the drive.
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
My parents used to work on them. My Mum was an operator and my Dad was an engineer.
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Was half way through installing a piece of software when there was a bang and a grinding noise from the drive.
Is this an attempt at a Wenchyism?
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Pfft! Mine are far superior to that!
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
My parents used to work on them. My Mum was an operator and my Dad was an engineer.
No dear, it’s not a launderette… ::)
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
My parents used to work on them. My Mum was an operator and my Dad was an engineer.
No dear, it’s not a launderette… ::)
No truly they did!
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Not at Gunnersbury scared2:
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Did you ever handle those 8 inch jobbies?
That was all we had when I started… cloud9:
When I started they looked like this:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F42992000%2Fjpg%2F_42992253_beard_400.jpg&hash=b24e9559e588be6ac1bff7f33ba8aebb756332ee)
They look far too bloody smart to be proper operators. Look like nancy Wallington Grammer School boys.
Snoopy on the left I reckon! point:
Sorry but it is a "stock" picture. In those days I was in uniform and had a short back and sides.
My parents used to work on them. My Mum was an operator and my Dad was an engineer.
No dear, it’s not a launderette… ::)
No truly they did!
If that photograph is anything to go by I'd say they worked for Jim Henson whistle:
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Not at Gunnersbury scared2:
No, locally to me. Although Dad did used to get out and about quite a bit. He used to be loaned out in emergencies.