Which reminds that I've got a box laying on its back that needs some competent help. It began it's life as a DEC 386DX2-50, although it's been a decade since there was an original part left. I'm kind of sentimental about it. But I goofed on my last motherboard replacement and took it to my traditional repair shop, now under new ownership. Big mistake.
Any suggestions on who to take it to? I'd like it to become a dual-boot setup with Mepis and WinXP. But the all-Intel board now occupying it has been a disaster. (D946GZIS with a Pentium D duo-core processor). Definitely not ready for Linux, even with the most recent BIOS update. Still throwing BIOS error messages on boot. All compounded by getting stuck with the wrong "new" power supply, which looks suspiciously like my old one with a single SATA power jack substituted. It may wind up being cheaper to finally buy a new bare bones box. But I'd like to keep the thing running if I can. Silly pride thing, I guess. Best regards, Marbux On 10/30/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Agreed... gentrification prolly isn't the right word, anywhoo, but the > gentrification brings along its shadows as well... > > I said pffft in disgust when I saw the video produced to make the work > of the techie appear as voodoo, or at least the assessment of the > scammers. The way the clips were put together, they voiceover that > the person decided the CPU, hard drive, video, etc are bad but only > seem to show the technicians walking around the box, not running any > diagnostics. Hopefully this sort of foolishness will make it easier > for honest folks to make a buck.... but I'm not sure. We always hope > users become more educated, but again I think of cars (most people > just need them to work, some care how they work, and a few totally > tweek them out) as an analogy. > > ben > > > > > On 10/30/07, marbux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 10/30/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > As for incompetence, I cannot count or remember crap but I think they > > > tried like 10 advertised in-home repair services and only 2 id'ed the > > > bad memory. To me that begs a different question: > > > Is the market burdgeoning so much that 8 of 10 are clueless (sorta > > > like cellphone market boom, anyone can sell phones & service plans)... > > > or is the audience/customerbase so fiscally fit and clueless that they > > > usually don't notice? (yea I know users are always clueless blah blah) > > > > In answer to your last question, I think the answer is yes. But I'm > coming > > from a different place. I suspect there is a lot of fraud going on. But > I'd > > like to see news reports that go a bit more in depth. For example, did > any > > of the ones who got it wrong run any diagnostics? I just think the > report > > could have been far more convincing if they hadn't tried to cover it in > a > > very short piece. As far as the evidence went, I think it would have > been > > more persuasive to put a "fools or crooks" slant to the story rather > than > > trying to force "crooks" as the only explanation. Either that or show > the > > proof of dishonesty. > > > This sort of media blitz seems to beg for industry regulation. I've > > > noticed the trend toward excessive legitimization by some of the firms > > > like GeekSquad with their uniforms and almost-police-looking cars, > > > lately -- what think ye? Is our wild west eroding to gentrification? > > > > > > > > Being born in 1946 and raised in the last town at the end of the gravel > road > > before the Great Idaho primitive area, literally five years after the > last > > horse-drawn stage coach run pulled out, I can answer this one. :-) Our > wild > > west is long, long gone. But I'm not sure I'd call our local crime and > > employment statistics a sign of gentrification. At least in Springfield, > > things seem to be heading the other way. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Marbux > > > > > > BUCK "MARBUX" MARTIN > > Director of Legal Affairs > > OpenDocument Foundation > > Contact: > > <http://www.opendocumentfoundation.us/contact.htm > > > Charter member, Two Guys without a Garage, > > <http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html> > > -- Universal Interop Now! > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > -- BUCK "MARBUX" MARTIN Director of Legal Affairs OpenDocument Foundation Contact: <http://www.opendocumentfoundation.us/contact.htm> Charter member, Two Guys without a Garage, <http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html> -- Universal Interop Now!
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