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 Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times 
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So I am running Linux xubuntu on my crappy computer at home in the shop, it has been working fine, I keep getting update notifications from linux, so OK fine go ahead and do the updates, firefox etc....so it updates and I restart and all I get is a black screen, not even a blinking cursor, totally black, great!!! as if I don't have enough to work on...........
I was able to bring windows back up, but even that is not 100% I may just have to pull the hard drive out and get all my files moved to my portable hard drive...sucks!     _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:51 am |
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I feel your pain......I hate computers ....and cars!
 _________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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Might be time to get off another $100 and get a refurb one on Ebay...That has been working for me for the last 15 years....
 _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:29 am |
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Just wait til they won't sell us hard drives anymore and make us use the cloud only for everything.
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I am sure that is coming, Oh and yes it will be for your own "security" !
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:35 am |
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Get a Mac
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:34 am |
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loftus wrote: Get a Mac Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo _________________ A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:13 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I thought about one of these since I am tired of the big bulky computers.....
https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat but I am such a cheap ass... I still have a computer upstairs, and a small laptop/netbook.... I just need a shop computer for looking up manuals, and checking this forum and posting pictures of my build....i will worry about videos when I start flying again.. _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:19 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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Dang I had a computer up and running, then this morning it just beeps and will not boot up....
So I took the hard drive out and put it in the old crappy computer that died last month and reloaded linux on it...seems to be working fine now...but for how long? I will get off some money shortly and get a new one soon since i am running out of spare computers and parts... _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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 Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:01 am Posts: 291 Location: Middle of the Baltic Sea (Denmark) Has thanked: 263 times Been thanked: 328 times
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elwood wrote: Hi Scott - if you put in an extra hard drive - a SSD - then it could be okay. Always depending upon what you want to use it for. I built a badass gamer machine and I love it. Cheers Erik _________________ Paused building - bought a "flying GoldWing" to learn on |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:24 pm Posts: 2747 Location: East Central South Carolina Has thanked: 521 times Been thanked: 2905 times
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Flying Wolverine wrote: Just wait til they won't sell us hard drives anymore and make us use the cloud only for everything. I believe Windows 10 is the precursor to that. Ubuntu used to run great on an old computer I had until they moved some of the functions to the cloud. I gave up on waiting. It sits in the closet now along with the old XP computer that Microsoft slowed down. Bastards. _________________ ===RayNAiken=== |
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| Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:26 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I am sure that when everyone stores their stuff on the cloud, that it will be totally secure....move along, nothing to see here..
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:56 pm |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:24 pm Posts: 2747 Location: East Central South Carolina Has thanked: 521 times Been thanked: 2905 times
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elwood wrote: I am sure that when everyone stores their stuff on the cloud, that it will be totally secure....move along, nothing to see here.. Is that a quote from Eric Snowden? _________________ ===RayNAiken=== |
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| Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:15 pm |
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Scott, you need to find a cheap one that's not very thick so you can roll around on it in comfort.
Norm |
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Site Admin  Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10129 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21874 times Been thanked: 6221 times
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phantom wrote: Scott, you need to find a cheap one that's not very thick so you can roll around on it in comfort. Norm And all the time playing that Rolling Stones song "Hey, you... get offa my cloud"   _________________ I do all of my own stunts..... most of them are even planned! Ok, Ok.... some of them are planned.. If electricity comes from ELECTRONS, then surely morality comes from MORONS?? |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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MadMuz wrote: phantom wrote: Scott, you need to find a cheap one that's not very thick so you can roll around on it in comfort. Norm And all the time playing that Rolling Stones song "Hey, you... get offa my cloud" If you were over in Scotland, would the song be, "Hey McCloud,..... get offa my ewe!"  Good idea Norm, my back is still a little sore from rolling around on those rotax engines... _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:01 am Posts: 291 Location: Middle of the Baltic Sea (Denmark) Has thanked: 263 times Been thanked: 328 times
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But the US Marshal McCloud would answer: "There you go"....
Cheers Erik PS: Oops, I'm showing my age by knowing this... _________________ Paused building - bought a "flying GoldWing" to learn on |
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