Computer Genius.

[El Presidente]

I was looking through my news feeds this morning and came across an interesting headline in Spanish of beef cattle difficulties in Cuba.  I clicked through to find a pop up, I clicked to close the pop up ......and bam......my laptop goes black. 

Eeek. I have been the victim of a malicious code. I should be smarter than that. 

Then the thoughts start running through my head. 

Why didn't my firewalls pick it up?  We pay enough! I will call our  It guru Kos in a minute. 

I had better call Ben to see how I can link back up to my files and get back online with another computer. 

Di has a laptop here...what is her password?  Sav Blanc 21?

I have a shiteload on today

I had an idea. 

Unscrew the back of the laptop (12 little screws..how hard could it be) and unplug the battery. 

stripped 4 screws. 

Back is now off the laptop.  F"""k me.  I have no hope of untangling that huge battery. 

Screw back of laptop back on. Doesn't fit properly. 2 more screws stripped. 

Press on button again. Nothing. 

Note to self : "Don't punch laptop" 

Time to call Ben.  Decide to make a coffee first to calm down and head toward kitchen. 

Hop up, turn around. I notice the power plug had come away from the wall. 

 

 

[ReelMan]

We all tend to have a facility for one particular subject or other.  Prez, this one is not yours ?

I prefer to leave all tech questions and issues to my 12-year old neighbor.

Years ago, I had a friend who was a call center rep for a well-known computer laptop manufacturer.  One woman, with whom he spent an hour with diagnosing why she had a black screen, finally had worn his patience to the breaking point.  When, in frustration, he said "its plugged in, right?" and she replied that she had wondered what that particular cord was for, he said "do you still have the box that it came in?"

"Yes."

"Good.  Send the computer back to us and we will refund your money, because you are too f**king stupid to own a computer".

Needless to say, he was job-hunting the next day......

[mprach024]

Wow, that Spanish article unplugged your computer.  That is some malicious code!

[Fuzz]

Add another one to the "Do Not Touch" list Rob; now including power tools, gas barbecues and motorcycles.

[LordAnubis]

Hi Ken, welcome to the forum. ?

[cigaraholic]

I’m starting to believe everything Ken says now?

[Ken Gargett]

4 hours ago, cigaraholic said:

I’m starting to believe everything Ken says now?

disappointing that it has taken something like this...

[yossie]

I don't have any stats but I have seen many such failures.

[Fugu]

Oh dear, yess, feeling with you, Rob. Just the other week I was checking a monitoring equipment in a bridge abutment where a particular appliance didn’t function properly. Debating for almost an hour with a colleague on the phone who had parallel remote access to the controlling unit, I had tried everything my end we could possibly think of with the hardware to no avail. Completely puzzled....

Then finally, when he asked in passing about the condition of the difficult access road, we came to realize I was working in the southern abutment while he thought I was in the northern. Gave us a good laugh ? 

[DeskSmkr]

Have to remember this one in the bag of tricks/pranks!  Sneakily unplugging the power cord at an opportune time, in jest.

[La_Tigre]

18 hours ago, El Presidente said:

I was looking through my news feeds this morning and came across an interesting headline in Spanish of beef cattle difficulties in Cuba.  I clicked through to find a pop up, I clicked to close the pop up ......and bam......my laptop goes black. 

Eeek. I have been the victim of a malicious code. I should be smarter than that. 

Then the thoughts start running through my head. 

Why didn't my firewalls pick it up?  We pay enough! I will call our  It guru Kos in a minute. 

I had better call Ben to see how I can link back up to my files and get back online with another computer. 

Di has a laptop here...what is her password?  Sav Blanc 21?

I have a shiteload on today

I had an idea. 

Unscrew the back of the laptop (12 little screws..how hard could it be) and unplug the battery. 

stripped 4 screws. 

Back is now off the laptop.  F"""k me.  I have no hope of untangling that huge battery. 

Screw back of laptop back on. Doesn't fit properly. 2 more screws stripped. 

Press on button again. Nothing. 

Note to self : "Don't punch laptop" 

Time to call Ben.  Decide to make a coffee first to calm down and head toward kitchen. 

Hop up, turn around. I notice the power plug had come away from the wall. 

 

 

All of us that something like this could never ever happen to because we’d never ever tell anyone about it in a million years please raise your hand... ✋