Lancer vs T h e V i r u s...

[Lancer]

I got online this morn, made the silly thread about Britney being pregnat, and then my comp just shut down. Dumped offline, and shut off. So, I started it up again. Came back to Poly, tried to start a new thread, and it happened again. Well. So, I decided to play some Civ. I start the comp, start the game, a few seconds later, the comp shuts down. Just as if I'd gone to the start menu and did it myself. So I run my virus scan. Naught, no virus. I update it, no new updates. Everything ran fine during this process, but then it shut down again. So, I call my ISP and thay suggest that I go to my virus scan site and run it from there. Well, now somethimng new starts. The key that I type is not the letter that gets put up on the screen. Jibberish! Even worse than my normal stuff. So I can't get the virus scan going online, then my comp shuts off. So, I run my recover disks. In the middle of the recover the comp starts making funny noises. I moved the keyboard from it's drawer to get to it and WATER pours from it! A couple of nights back I left the window open and some rain had gotten on my comp desk. I had cleaned it up but not realized that it had run over the desk and dripped on the keyboard.

Brb, gotta go pick up my Pa In Law

[Dis]

rain and computers don't mix

[Docfeelgood]

Damn.thought I was the only one with bad luck on computers.

[Lancer]

"rain and computers don't mix "

NOW you tell me.

"Damn.thought I was the only one with bad luck on computers."

Wait Doc, I'm not finished!

Soi the biggest loss so far was my Civ save games when I used my recover disks...for no reason it turned out. Now, I needed to dry out the keyboard. Well there's an electric baseboard heater behind my comp desk. So I turn it on and climbing under my desk manouver the keyboard so it sits on top and then Dolores and I went out shopping. When we got back I discovered that keyboards must be made of really crappy plastic because some of the keys had deformed in the heat and it was history.

At this point I realized that I was the virus, and I better just stop. I got an old keyboard, reloaded everything and things are ok so far.



How was your day?

[Tuberski]

You are now my hero!

ACK!

[Straybow]

Dude, always back up your Civ games!

[DeathByTheSword]

Dude, always back up your Civ games!

i even have hard copies of my save games...

[Dis]

civ isn't that important.

[DeathByTheSword]

/me slaps dissident around with a big fat smelly trout...

hmz need to install IRC again

[Dis]

now if they were smac games, I could understand.

[DeathByTheSword]

/me apoligazes to dissident and gives him the big fat smelly trout to do with what ever he wants

[Docfeelgood]

Originally posted by Lancer
"rain and computers don't mix "

NOW you tell me.

"Damn.thought I was the only one with bad luck on computers."

Wait Doc, I'm not finished!

Soi the biggest loss so far was my Civ save games when I used my recover disks...for no reason it turned out. Now, I needed to dry out the keyboard. Well there's an electric baseboard heater behind my comp desk. So I turn it on and climbing under my desk manouver the keyboard so it sits on top and then Dolores and I went out shopping. When we got back I discovered that keyboards must be made of really crappy plastic because some of the keys had deformed in the heat and it was history.

At this point I realized that I was the virus, and I better just stop. I got an old keyboard, reloaded everything and things are ok so far.



How was your day?

OMG Lance!

[Provost Harrison]

Well a new keyboard isn't too expensive, and they will generally be fine once they have dried off. Besides the electricity supply to a keyboard is very low so I doubt there could have been anything too nasty (unless you got water in the computer itself).

[Lancer]

Yeah I should back up my saves. But I won't.

"civ isn't that important."

Back ye devil spawn of evil!

Provost, if I hadn't melted the keyboard it might still work. No water in the comp or monitor. It could be much worse...

Like today for instance. The wife is cracking the whip and I just finished mopping the kitchen and have two loads of laundry yet to go. Man, I miss my Philippine maid.

[dudemanjack]

How does that explain the computer shutting off by itself?