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2nd-April-2007, 14:59
Jetsetlemming

I suggest mikey burn his computer with lighter fluid to drive out teh demons. :O It worked on my old computer!
2nd-April-2007, 15:01
Mikey_

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Originally Posted by Melody

I've resolved to swap over to Linux about six or seven different times. :P Usually I install it, and conclude after about three or four hours that it's just not worth the effort. I'm too used to Windows now... I know that Linux would be good if I put the time into learning it. But feeling like a computer idiot all over again for a few weeks somehow doesn't seem worth it.

I had sort of the same situation learning to use the Dvorak keyboard. x_X It was actually painful to type for the first few weeks...

I actually wouldn't mind taking the time to learn how to manage Linux. If only it would install. All I get is strange errors after the Linux kernel loads up. I did manage to get Knoppix live cd to boot up, but it was slow as hell. :( After trying different versions and discs of Ubuntu, Knoppix, and openSUSE, I gave up. :shrug: I never knew how freakin' hard it is to even install Linux.
2nd-April-2007, 15:02
Mikey_

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Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming

I suggest mikey burn his computer with lighter fluid to drive out teh demons. :O It worked on my old computer!

I'm thinking of just buying a new PC. This one is pretty basic. 512MB of ram, nVidia GeForce 5200 FX, 2.9Ghz CPU, etc. Runs things just fine. But I've never had this much trouble with a PC since Windows ME. O_O
2nd-April-2007, 15:02
Elin

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Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming

I suggest mikey burn his computer with lighter fluid to drive out teh demons. :O It worked on my old computer!

This is indeed sage advice. :nod: Alternatively, thou canst douse thy processor in blessed waters. If it catcheth fire as a result, be not worried; 'tis just the evil being burned away. :wacko:
2nd-April-2007, 15:04
Elin

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Originally Posted by Mikey

I actually wouldn't mind taking the time to learn how to manage Linux. If only it would install. All I get is strange errors after the Linux kernel loads up. I did manage to get Knoppix live cd to boot up, but it was slow as hell. :( After trying different versions and discs of Ubuntu, Knoppix, and openSUSE, I gave up. :shrug: I never knew how freakin' hard it is to even install Linux.

Ack, that's weird. x_X I didn't really have any problems... And it ran perfectly stable for the duration that I had it installed...
2nd-April-2007, 15:06
Fer!

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Originally Posted by Melody

Once with our old computer, Windows died the same day I installed it. But that was the crapfest known as ERROR WINDOWS HAS PERFORMED AN ILLEGAL OPERATION. YOUR FILES ARE GONE, BUT HERE IS A BLUE SCREEN FOR YOU TO ENJOY INSTEAD. Aka Windows 98.

XP is usually stable-ish, though, viruses notwithstanding. o.O

:rofl:

Yeah, I don't get why many people hate XP, it works perfectly with me. I only have reformatted it like...three times in two years for critical errors.

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I suggest mikey burn his computer with lighter fluid to drive out teh demons. :O It worked on my old computer!

I second this, kinda like Jimi Hendrix guitar. :P
2nd-April-2007, 15:06
Mikey_

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Originally Posted by Melody

Ack, that's weird. x_X I didn't really have any problems... And it ran perfectly stable for the duration that I had it installed...

LUCKY.
2nd-April-2007, 15:07
Fer!

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Originally Posted by Melody

This is indeed sage advice. :nod: Alternatively, thou canst douse thy processor in blessed waters. If it catcheth fire as a result, be not worried; 'tis just the evil being burned away. :wacko:

I can picture a medieval priest saying that.

With a USB flash as a necklace and all. :lol
2nd-April-2007, 15:13
Elin

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Originally Posted by Fer!

:rofl:

Yeah, I don't get why many people hate XP, it works perfectly with me. I only have reformatted it like...three times in two years for critical errors.

I actually run 2K rather than XP, but yeah, I agree. I used it for the longest time via my brother's computer and, besides the time he picked up a nasty virus, I don't recall anything ever going seriously wrong. Of course there were little errors here and there, but it is still Windows after all. :P
2nd-April-2007, 15:14
Elin

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Originally Posted by Fer!

I can picture a medieval priest saying that.

With a USB flash as a necklace and all. :lol

Hee hee. ^_^ Sounds like the basis for a bad internet joke... :P

How are things anyway, Fer?
2nd-April-2007, 15:15
Elin

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Originally Posted by Mikey

LUCKY.

Hey, who are you calling lucky? It was skill. I installed Linux really, really well. :wacko:

...

Okay, maybe not.
2nd-April-2007, 15:16
Mikey_

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Originally Posted by Melody

Hey, who are you calling lucky? It was skill. I installed Linux really, really well. :wacko:

Really? :) Well, maybe you can explain why I get an I/O error when trying to install Ubuntu.

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Originally Posted by Melody

...

Take that back!

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Originally Posted by Melody

Okay, maybe not.

DAMNIT!
2nd-April-2007, 15:20
Elin

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Take that back!

I read this and thought, "Okay, I'm going to be really unfunny and write what I wrote backwards. To take it back! It'll be awful and cringe-worthy. Okay, so let's think about this, what's '...' backwards? Oh. Right."

Either I need sleep, or I'm completely dense. Or both. ^_^
2nd-April-2007, 15:21
Fer!

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Originally Posted by Melody

Hee hee. ^_^ Sounds like the basis for a bad internet joke... :P

How are things anyway, Fer?

I wish I had decent photoshopping skills. :P

Eh, well...I'm easter vacation, school is going sweet and almost everything on my life is kinda...slow and boring, you know, the kind of slow and boring that you are happy with. ^_^

I should be searching for a job though. :lol

What about you Ed?
2nd-April-2007, 15:24
Elin

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Originally Posted by Fer!

I wish I had decent photoshopping skills. :P

Eh, well...I'm easter vacation, school is going sweet and almost everything on my life is kinda...slow and boring, you know, the kind of slow and boring that you are happy with. ^_^

I should be searching for a job though. :lol

What about you Ed?

That's good to hear. ^_^ What sort of job would you like? Within reason, of course. :P

And things are fine, really. Got exams coming up soon, though. x_X First week back after the holidays, maybe. I came second place in a writing contest here, though, which was nice. ^_^ Although I have to go to a reading of the winning works next month, which is a little bit daunting...