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So there we go. Fortunately, I placed money on myself, so I'm a bigtime winner. Jon - you owe me :)
A couple of snippets from around the Intranerd...
Why are women like buses...
- Because they are never on time, are very top-heavy, and inclined to fall over in strong winds.
- When you try to get anywhere with them, and you end up going around in circles.
- �1 doesn't get you very far.
- They are in constant need of maintenance and only show up when its convenient for them.
- Most of them you enter through the front, although the ones where you get in the rear are the most popular.
- Despite men trying to drive them they have a mind of their own, and they break down if you do.
- They are unpredictable, often making you pull out unexpectedly, which can cause frustration.
- Big ones aren't so pleasing to the eye but offer a much more comfortable ride.
- The one that everyone else is on is better than yours.
- Despite all this, people still like to get inside them twice a day and ride them, either sitting or standing up..
Seasonal Game of the Day
Fantastic Optical Illusion of the Day
Find the Linux distro for you
I am 8 bit - Art based on 8bit computer game characters
Thats enough for today. You will be pleased to know that I fixed my mates computer (that I had built) that was randomly rebooting. The fan on the HSF had caught burned out and died - consequently, the Athlon XP 1500+ had turned into molten lava. Not the best thing to happen!
A new NForce3 mobo and a Sempron 2400 (with AMD supplied HSF) sorted the situation. Recovered the XP installation and problem sorted. I rock (but slowly)!
The mobo still works, so I now have a Duron 1800 to make an upgraded machine for Shell from her current PII machine. Huzzah!
I also managed to fuck up my Amiga A4000T. It was reporting errors on the system partition, so I attempted my usual process - format the partition.
The great thing abotu AmigaOS/Workbench, is that you can format the system partition while the system is running. You backup the drive, format it and restore the backup and the machine wont bat an eyelid. Tell me another OS you can do that on?
Unfortunately, I moved/dragged an error requestor during the format and it guru'd. And my floppy drive had died so I couldnt get it working again, until my great mate Andy (Motorman) lent me his A4000T fdd so I could bring it to life.
Moral of this story - REPLACE THE BLOODY HARD DISK THAT IS OBVIOUSLY FAILING.
Oh, and GET A WORKING FLOPPY DRIVE - I have now ordered 2 from Germany, 1 for the machine and 1 to be put into safe storage somewhere.
Anyway, my mate Andy/Motorman (mentioned above) has some pictures of the A4000T on his website. Check them out - here, here and here.
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