Computer trouble

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Bill Grey <[email hidden]> said

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Hi folks,

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Photoshopped a bit too hard, one assumes? Anyway, I hope he gets it
replaced with something bigger and faster before too long. Hopefully
something fairly trivial like a dead PSU ..

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
8,963 Km walked. 1,746Km PROWs surveyed. 31.7% complete.

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Quoted message said:

Hi folks,

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Is it possible for Paul to ask for funds from the local government for being
/disabled/ ?

--
"Beannachd leibh"

Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

In message <[email hidden]>, GSV Three Minds in a Can
<[email hidden]> writes

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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Bill Grey <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Hi folks,

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Photoshopped a bit too hard, one assumes? Anyway, I hope he gets it
replaced with something bigger and faster before too long. Hopefully
something fairly trivial like a dead PSU ..

I think he's after a "Flying machine" :-)
--
Bill Grey

In message <[email hidden]>, Theo
<[email hidden]> writes

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"Bill Grey" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

Hi folks,

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Is it possible for Paul to ask for funds from the local government for being
/disabled/ ?

Disabled ???....:-)..... Oh yes ISWYM

--
Bill Grey

Bill Grey said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

I thought he had two.

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No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Others will step into the void

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Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

I don't know why not. Hasn't he ever herd of cyber cafes?

--
Phil Cook, last hill: Angletarn Pikes via Beda Fell.
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/May07/martin9.htm

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from Phil Cook <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Quoted message said:

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Quoted message said:

Others will step into the void

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Quoted message said:

I don't know why not. Hasn't he ever herd of cyber cafes?

What I find so surprising about all this is the news that Paul only had
one serviceable computer.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.

Roger said:

The message <[email hidden]>
from Phil Cook <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Quoted message said:

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Quoted message said:

What I find so surprising about all this is the news that Paul only had
one serviceable computer.

I think we can rest assured he has more than one servicable camera
though :-)

I have three computers here. One is an old laptop that is slower than
a snail on magadon and one a Pocket PC. I can use that to get online
in emergencies when my connection is down because it has WiFi and
somebody round here has an usecured network...

--
Phil Cook, last hill: Angletarn Pikes via Beda Fell.
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/May07/martin9.htm

In message <[email hidden]>, Roger
<[email hidden]> writes

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The message <[email hidden]>
from Phil Cook <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Quoted message said:

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Quoted message said:

Others will step into the void

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

Quoted message said:

I don't know why not. Hasn't he ever herd of cyber cafes?

What I find so surprising about all this is the news that Paul only had
one serviceable computer.

He does have another but can't get the anthracite to run it.
--
Bill Grey

In message <[email hidden]>, Phil Cook
<[email hidden]> writes

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Roger said:

The message <[email hidden]>
from Phil Cook <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

>Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Quoted message said:

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Quoted message said:

What I find so surprising about all this is the news that Paul only had
one serviceable computer.

I think we can rest assured he has more than one servicable camera
though :-)

I don't think he has cameras in reserve now, he does have a GPS though
:-)

--
Bill Grey

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Others will step into the void

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Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

I don't know why not. Hasn't he ever heard of cyber cafes?

That means he would need to leave his house.

Judith

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from Phil Cook <[email hidden]> contains these words:

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Quoted message said:

What I find so surprising about all this is the news that Paul only had
one serviceable computer.

Quoted message said:

I think we can rest assured he has more than one servicable camera
though :-)

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I have three computers here. One is an old laptop that is slower than
a snail on magadon and one a Pocket PC. I can use that to get online
in emergencies when my connection is down because it has WiFi and
somebody round here has an usecured network...

I am a bit of a hoarder. Somewhere buried in the junk are a 48K Spectrum
and my first PC neither of which could now access the Internet but PCs 2
and 3 are still live and could be used (at least for dial-up) in an
emergency.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.

Or the library, Internet Surfing is free, in Derbyshire libraries at
least!

On Aug 4, 11:03 am, Phil Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Bill Grey said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

I thought he had two.

Quoted message said:

No GPS or Photography advice for a while.

Others will step into the void

Quoted message said:

Obviously he couldn't tell you himself.

I don't know why not. Hasn't he ever herd of cyber cafes?

--
Phil Cook, last hill: Angletarn Pikes via Beda Fell.http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/May07/martin9.htm

GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

Bill Grey said

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Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Back online now! :-)

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Photoshopped a bit too hard, one assumes?

I was flight simming at the time actually.

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Hopefully
something fairly trivial like a dead PSU ..

I think something burnt out on the motherboard. I could detect that burning
electrical smell, but couldn't track down exactly where it was. I tried
unplugging a lot of stuff, swapping graphics cards and so on, but it didn't
go away and it started crashing regularly. After two days it completely
refused to boot up.

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Anyway, I hope he gets it
replaced with something bigger and faster before too long.

Yep. I've needed to upgrade to something better for a while, so this simply
forced the issue.

I'm now the proud owner of an AMD X2 5600 with 2GB of RAM and an nVidia
8600GTS graphics card.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pcrange.html?NFO

I've also got up to 2.2 terabytes of hard drive space, depending on how many
drives I plug in (1 SATA, 3 IDE and 3 external).

I bought it with Vista Business installed. I figured this was the ideal time
to upgrade my OS. Unfortunately I've got hardware issues now. There are no
Vista drivers for my modems, one of my external drives won't work with it
and neither will my joystick.

On the plus side, the motherboard has IDE slots so I can plug my old hard
drives into it. So I've reinstalled XP as a second OS and have reconnected
through that for now.

Paul
--
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/weblog/

Bill Grey said:

I think he's after a "Flying machine" :-)

Yep. I tried the FSX demo a couple of days ago and was very impressed. The
water looks amazing, as do all the reflective surfaces. Even with everything
turned up to the max I'm still getting usable frame rates, although I'll
probably turn a few things down a little for better performance.

Can't wait to buy the full version and the latest high res UK photo scenery.

Trying to fly using the numberpad is ridiculously difficult though! :-(

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/weblog/

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders
<[email hidden]> writes

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Bill Grey said:

I think he's after a "Flying machine" :-)

Yep. I tried the FSX demo a couple of days ago and was very impressed. The
water looks amazing, as do all the reflective surfaces. Even with everything
turned up to the max I'm still getting usable frame rates, although I'll
probably turn a few things down a little for better performance.

Can't wait to buy the full version and the latest high res UK photo scenery.

Trying to fly using the numberpad is ridiculously difficult though! :-(

Paul

Well done Paul, I assume you bought that new modem after all!
--
Bill Grey

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> said

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GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

Bill Grey said

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Quoted message said:

Sad news - depends how you look at it - Paul's computer has died :-)

Back online now! :-)

Quoted message said:

Photoshopped a bit too hard, one assumes?

I was flight simming at the time actually.

Quoted message said:

Hopefully
something fairly trivial like a dead PSU ..

I think something burnt out on the motherboard.

Ah, that'll probably be the dying capacitor syndrome then.

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I bought it with Vista Business installed. I figured this was the ideal time
to upgrade my OS.

No No, NEVER buy an M$ operating system before the SP1 release. In the
case of Vista, even that might be a bit soon. 8>.

Ah well, there went the price of a couple of pairs of Goretex wellies
then ..

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
9,423 Km walked. 1,827Km PROWs surveyed. 33.2% complete.

Bill Grey said:

Well done Paul, I assume you bought that new modem after all!

No, not yet. I reinstalled XP on another hard drive to get my existing modem
working again. It seems I'll have to stick with XP for a while to keep
certain hardware working.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/weblog/

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders
<[email hidden]> writes

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Bill Grey said:

Well done Paul, I assume you bought that new modem after all!

No, not yet. I reinstalled XP on another hard drive to get my existing modem
working again. It seems I'll have to stick with XP for a while to keep
certain hardware working.

Paul

Ah well! You have the technology :-)
--
Bill Grey

GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

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I bought it with Vista Business installed. I figured this was the
ideal time to upgrade my OS.

No No, NEVER buy an M$ operating system before the SP1 release. In the
case of Vista, even that might be a bit soon. 8>.

It's been out for a while now though, hasn't it?

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Ah well, there went the price of a couple of pairs of Goretex wellies
then ..

Too late now. Still, it's very nice, even with the hardware
incompatibilities.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/
http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk/weblog/