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GeoB



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:54 pm    Post subject: OT old date on msg OT Reply with quote

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George- Your message came through dated Tuesday, 1/1/02 at 8:19am.- I guess
you haven't turned the computer on in a while.- Mune showed up in the in box

as un-read, and I found it way at the bottom.- Or, something wrong at the
Matronics computer.- current info, wrong date.

In the spirit of the 'utter perversity of inanimate objects', let me answer
this msg. My computer is a number of years old. I have upgraded this and
that till I can't upgrade any more. Like they don't seem to make PC100
high-density chips, so I can't put more memory in it. It is slow. Wife says,
"Why don't you get a new computer, it will be your retirement present". So I
go out and buy a netbook knowing that I will be doing a lot of traveling.

Then my computer just gets worse. I moan and complain, wife says 'buy a desk
top' so I buy one on sale on-line from Costco. Quad core, 6 gigs, 1
terabyte, nice. So I am taking my time setting it up and transferring stuff
when <POOF!> my old computer has a stroke- smoke comes out, CMOS errors, USB
errors, nasty situation. Time-of-day clock shot. USB interface (I have
several) shot. Power supply doubtful. PC won't turn off, then after
unplugging it, it won't turn on without loud incantations. Actually probably
the CMOS.

So my new computer isn't ready, and my old one is limping along with hitches
and starts. Working on it now. If you open one of my msgs and it is just
smoke, you know what happened.

GeoB


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:09 pm    Post subject: OT old date on msg OT Reply with quote

Geo -- I SINCERELY hope you'd backed up your info!

On Jan 1, 2002, at 3:48 AM, George Bearden wrote:

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<gab16(at)sbcglobal.net>

> George- Your message came through dated Tuesday, 1/1/02 at
> 8:19am.- I guess
you haven't turned the computer on in a while.- Mune showed up in
the in box
as un-read, and I found it way at the bottom.- Or, something wrong
at the
Matronics computer.- current info, wrong date.

In the spirit of the 'utter perversity of inanimate objects', let
me answer
this msg. My computer is a number of years old. I have upgraded
this and
that till I can't upgrade any more. Like they don't seem to make PC100
high-density chips, so I can't put more memory in it. It is slow.
Wife says,
"Why don't you get a new computer, it will be your retirement
present". So I
go out and buy a netbook knowing that I will be doing a lot of
traveling.

Then my computer just gets worse. I moan and complain, wife says
'buy a desk
top' so I buy one on sale on-line from Costco. Quad core, 6 gigs, 1
terabyte, nice. So I am taking my time setting it up and
transferring stuff
when <POOF!> my old computer has a stroke- smoke comes out, CMOS
errors, USB
errors, nasty situation. Time-of-day clock shot. USB interface (I have
several) shot. Power supply doubtful. PC won't turn off, then after
unplugging it, it won't turn on without loud incantations. Actually
probably
the CMOS.

So my new computer isn't ready, and my old one is limping along
with hitches
and starts. Working on it now. If you open one of my msgs and it is
just
smoke, you know what happened.

GeoB



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:15 am    Post subject: Re: OT old date on msg OT Reply with quote

do not archive 'cuz this ain't Kolb related

GeoB,

Next time you are in the market for a new computer, consider moving to a Mac. This is not a sales pitch, just letting you know that once you move and get used to the slightly different user interface, you won't be happy with less.

I switched about 6 years ago and have zero regrets. My wife broke the display on her MacBook a couple months ago... she sat on it Sad. I priced a new display for about $200 installed cost. She decided she wanted to go back to Windows with a new computer and bought a Toshiba netbook for less than $400. Now she is cursing Bill Gates again and is going to bite the bullet and get her 4 year old Mac display fixed, and put the netbook on the shelf... as a bookend and reminder of her folly.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:19 am    Post subject: OT old date on msg OT Reply with quote

George,
re Russ Kine warning about backing up.

I collect aviation prints . Mainly WW2 actions with signatures of those
involved. I have done this for more than 20 years. The signatures are
irreplaceable. Douglas Bader, Sailor Malan, Macky Steinhoff, Adolf
Galland,Chuck Yeager.etc plus many others not so famous. I had details of
their medals, what planes they flew, what squadrons they were in. How many
`kills`.The story of the action portrayed...
About 10 years ago someone gave me a `Collectors Program` and I collated all
this info, arranged it in the same order for every picture and transferred
the lot to my comp.

The comp. blew up recently and I lost everything. Although a few files were
rescued none of my aviation Print files made it.

Was I backed up?. Was I *********!

I look at the work require to reconstruct my data and I shudder. A lot of
the info, what I paid for the prints for example just doesn`t exist any
more.

All for the want of a backing up routine. 20 years work down the Swannee
for the want of a bit of common sense.

Pat


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:34 am    Post subject: OT old date on msg OT Reply with quote

Pat,

I've had no first hand experience, but I was told by a pro when I had
problems with my old computer that most of what is on your hard drive
can be retrieved even after a crash and total meltdown. It may cost a
few hundred dollars or pounds (a good way to lose weight, eh?) to get it
done, but it may be worth it. Along the same lines I've read recently
about being cautious with what you do with your used copy machine,
because there are those who buy them solely for the purpose of
extracting lots and lots of info for the purpose of ripping the previous
users off.

Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA

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