On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 08:41:52 Mark Wallace wrote: > I suggest that you start a new thread.
Okay. On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 03:41:11 Chris Knadle wrote: > On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 00:01:44 ew wrote: ... > > I have had some odd behavior in the past, from BIOS's. After having a > > laptop apart for over a week, )waiting on parts) a mysterious BIOS > > password appeared after reassembly. I also had a Toshiba laptop with a > > reported bug. After plugging an iPod the system would freeze. A hard > > power off would result in no boot, requiring the CMOS to be cleared. > > Toshiba had an updated BIOS to fix the issue. I can't imagine working > > on computers without Google "in my pocket". > > Hmm. Out of curiosity, why have you found it necessary to have internet > "in your pocket?" when working on computers? I can understand needing > /internet/ -- sure. Information, disassembly instructions, drivers, Live > CD downloads, etc. But usually when I work on a computer, there's another > computer nearby that has internet. I can understand /wanting/ it in your > pocket for the convenience, but I'm having a difficulty understanding > /needing/ it. > > This probably has something to do with me not being a "smart phone" user, > and frankly not missing it at all. Am I missing something? On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 08:16:14 ew wrote: > > I can't imagine working > > > > > on computers without Google "in my pocket". > > > > Hmm. Out of curiosity, why have you found it necessary to have internet > > "in your pocket?" when working on computers? I can understand needing > > /internet/ -- sure. Information, disassembly instructions, drivers, > > Live CD downloads, etc. But usually when I work on a computer, there's > > another computer nearby that has internet. I can understand /wanting/ > > it in your pocket for the convenience, but I'm having a difficulty > > understanding /needing/ it. > > > > This probably has something to do with me not being a "smart phone" user, > > and frankly not missing it at all. Am I missing something? > > > > -- Chris > > After writing that, I thought it may not go over well. In this case I'm honestly trying to figure out if I'm really missing something. :-P > I do have a smart phone, and have used it on many occasions (when in > the field, or too lazy to get off the chair to gain access to secondary > machine). Well, that's sort of what I expected the answer might have been -- and that's okay -- but I didn't want to assume that's what it was. Part of why I'm asking is that I don't want to be a luddite, at the same time that I don't want to get "hooked on" convenience too much. It isn't simple to gauge where that line is, so I was trying to figure out what I might have been missing in this situation. For instance, I never wanted to have a cell phone at all -- and then one day I was moving between houses and the rental truck broke down right in the parking lot of a gas station. You'd expect that a gas station would have a phone so that I could make a call. Nope. And no pay phones in sight. So that's why I was trying to figure out what I might be missing when it comes to having the internet "in my pocket" when it comes to computer repair, so that I don't have to be "blindsided" to see why I might actually need it. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
