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What am I going to do?! :P

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Well, finally my laptop has decided to get it's own back from its severe over-use and has now died.

Slightly distraught :lol: It means the only time I can use the internet or write code is while I'm at work unless I pay rates for an internet cafe. There's so many things you *can't* do without the internet... fully sucks. Not to mention the fact I'll still be paying the £17 a month connection since I'm on a contract. Grr... damn computers.

/goes off to cry :cry:
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Bite the bullet and get a new one? ... that is if you can't piece one together from spare parts, chewing gum and a paper clip.
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feyd wrote:Bite the bullet and get a new one? ... that is if you can't piece one together from spare parts, chewing gum and a paper clip.
LOL yeah, my laptop DC port and power cable have been held in place with stick tape for the past 3 months. The port is snapped off the board and the solder refuses to bond anymore (we tried to repair it too many times).

I'll have another go at re-soldering it over the next week and see what happens. Can't really afford a new PC at the moment so I guess it's worth a shot :)
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Post by daedalus__ »

your internet is so cheap!!!!!!!

mine is $100/mo

sorry about your laptop btw. i agree with feyd about going macgyver on it.
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Daedalus- wrote:your internet is so cheap!!!!!!!

mine is $100/mo

sorry about your laptop btw. i agree with feyd about going macgyver on it.
HOLY CRAP.

Do you live in a datacenter??? 8O
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HOLY CRAP.

Do you live in a datacenter??? Shocked
My thoughts exactly... mine is 10$/mo
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There was a time when I was paying $90/mo. That was DSL at 1.5mbps up and down with two static IPs. (This was five years ago.)
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Hmm... turn this into an internet connection thread.

According to some sources, my download rate is 90% than all other Optonline customers. About 300kb/s downstream and 20kb/s upstream. Really sucks.
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Daedalus- wrote:your internet is so cheap!!!!!!!

mine is $100/mo

sorry about your laptop btw. i agree with feyd about going macgyver on it.
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Damn hell, that is outrageous! Mine is $17/Mo for AT&T (was SBC) DSL. They have a special right now where it is like $12/mo or something like that. Those dudes are sticking it to you.
d11wtq wrote:Grr... damn computers.
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Any chance that your company has any old ones laying around they can 'indefinitely loan' you?
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Everah wrote:Any chance that your company has any old ones laying around they can 'indefinitely loan' you?
Yeah I've chilled out a bit today... I was bit narked last night cos it's been playing up for so long.

I should be able to pick up some really knackered old hardware from work... if I can't get enough to make an entire system it'll be a start anyway :)
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Post by s.dot »

Sounds like a fun job to piece together a system. =]
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Sounds like a fun job to piece together a system. =]
Not so much fun as adding 'Smilies!' button everywhere... Image
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