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Happy belated birthday, Dan. For you and only you, so you can have a little perspective on the whole "being mad at your pda" thing, my computer died -- solely to commemorate your birthday, I am sure. Those little clicky sounds (that my computer professional brother-in-law says are death throws of something really really important, like the hard drive, I think) couldn't possibly have anything to do with it.
eG -- I am not a total idiot: I did back up My Documents after the 3rd Blue Screen of Death for the day shut my computer down and the 12 or 15 attempts it took to reboot sort of hinted that maybe this was a tad more serious than your usual Hiccup. However, I may need a copy of your last e-mail to me. Before I could do anything to back up all the e-mails from you, the 4th Blue Screen of Death kind of hinted at the fact that my computer would never boot again, not even with the help of a recovery disk. Sigh.
So, if no one hears from me for a few days, you can safely assume that I am not "mad at you" or "ignoring you" or anything remotely antisocial. No, I am doing Fun Things like frantically searching for my warranty, notifying a few zillion friends and e-mail lists that I can't respond to the last X dozens of e-mails in my inbox (since my Outlook inbox has ceased to exist -- thank goodness for webmail-- I am not totally through dealing, although my "closets" have been thoroughly "cleaned" <chuckle>), etc, and further forms of How To Party Down by the Light of The Blue Screen of Death.
I guess if I were more succinct I could sum up those 3 paragraphs with something eloquent like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eG -- I am not a total idiot: I did back up My Documents after the 3rd Blue Screen of Death for the day shut my computer down and the 12 or 15 attempts it took to reboot sort of hinted that maybe this was a tad more serious than your usual Hiccup. However, I may need a copy of your last e-mail to me. Before I could do anything to back up all the e-mails from you, the 4th Blue Screen of Death kind of hinted at the fact that my computer would never boot again, not even with the help of a recovery disk. Sigh.
So, if no one hears from me for a few days, you can safely assume that I am not "mad at you" or "ignoring you" or anything remotely antisocial. No, I am doing Fun Things like frantically searching for my warranty, notifying a few zillion friends and e-mail lists that I can't respond to the last X dozens of e-mails in my inbox (since my Outlook inbox has ceased to exist -- thank goodness for webmail-- I am not totally through dealing, although my "closets" have been thoroughly "cleaned" <chuckle>), etc, and further forms of How To Party Down by the Light of The Blue Screen of Death.
I guess if I were more succinct I could sum up those 3 paragraphs with something eloquent like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!