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What am I going to do?! :P

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:18 pm
by Chris Corbyn
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:

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:23 pm
by feyd
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.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:26 pm
by Chris Corbyn
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 :)

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:51 pm
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.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:01 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
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

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:21 pm
by Weirdan
HOLY CRAP.

Do you live in a datacenter??? Shocked
My thoughts exactly... mine is 10$/mo

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:25 pm
by feyd
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.)

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:32 pm
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.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:54 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:55 am
by Chris Corbyn
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 :)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:22 am
by s.dot
Sounds like a fun job to piece together a system. =]

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:03 am
by Weirdan
Sounds like a fun job to piece together a system. =]
Not so much fun as adding 'Smilies!' button everywhere... Image