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April 27, 2005
Absurdity
I can't believe I had this phone conversation tonight:
Person B:"Hey, [person A] told me you could help me with my computer."
DR: "Oh, f--- [person A]." (having just told person A earlier that evening that I try to keep my technical skills under wraps lest i get calls begging for DR's virus cleaning service)
Person B:"what?"
DR: "Oh, nothing."
Person B:"Okay. so i took my computer in to the UA's in the science center..."
DR: mumbles occasionally, sips his delicious and frosty-cold beverage, pays half-attention to the usual story of virus scans and bluescreens
Person B:"....so I brought it back home and left it turned off until just now, and it won't turn on and it smells like it's burning!"
DR: [narrowly avoids spewing liquid everywhere] "WHAT?"
Person B:"it smells like it's burning!"
DR: "Okay, hold on, I'm coming over."
And indeed, my olfactory skills confirmed that my poor friend's laptop CPU is burnt to a crisp. Any guesses as to the make of said CPU? (full disclosure: my dad works for Intel)
Although I can't tell for sure since the laptop won't turn on, it does look, er, rather, smell like the hard drive's okay, so my friend's files should be recoverable. And the paper she had due tomorrow was both extended until Friday and got recovered from her sent-mail folder on the Harvard servers. So while it's still a massive pain in the rear, it's not an epic disaster. Which leaves the simple absurdity: her computer caught on fire.
Next time, buy Intel.
Posted by David Richmond at April 27, 2005 12:43 AM EDT
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Posted by: David's Dad at April 27, 2005 7:42 AM