Re: Do you hate your computer?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:30 pm

Japan to phase out Floppy discs!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/japan-digital-minister-declares-war-on-floppy-discs

Or is it Disks? Disks, looks better.

Something something prise the 5¼" out of my cold dead hands

The ~~modern~~ 3.5" old disks (80s) were reliable, the new (90s) ones, less so.

by Fangirl Three Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:54 am

My keyboard was playing up first thing this morning. It would randomly repeat keys even though I'd stopped touching them

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It worked OK when I unplugged and replugged it, but I'm worried it might go wrong again. I'd best go and buy a spare one.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:43 pm

My computer is creeping me out,

Do you hate your computer? - Page 7 Scree608

I don't put birdie tags on anything, so how does, it KNOW :sacred:

by Fangirl Three Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:21 am

I made a 30-mile round trip to Kilmarnock through appalling weather to get that new keyboard, and I've never needed to use it. It's in my storage unit.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:08 am

by Fangirl Three Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:12 am

Oh, it's not a sad story for me, just an annoying one. The new keyboard is ready for action whenever required.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:32 pm

Ooh, they upgraded the Mac mini range, maybe it's time to update my late 2014 one…

Excited

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:50 am

I was backing stuff up onto USB sticks yesterday, and I had to press some old 32 and 16G ones into service. The transfer speed was so slow! Between 50K/s and 500K/s typically. It took all night to back up my miscellaneous directory.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:40 am

Can you not use an external HD/SSD instead?

Memory sticks are notoriously prone to failing. bawl

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:54 am

I have got 3 external HDs, but they're a nuisance to get out, so I only back up to them once a week. I like the sticks as a daily solution.

It's true about failure, one of the ones I tried to use yesterday wouldn't work, or take a reformatting, it had to be scrapped.

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:29 pm

I bought a fast new 128G stick today, which cruises at 3M/s, that's more like it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:12 pm

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:25 am

Yesterday they said I could update my Windows 10 partition to Windows 11!!!eleven!!

Excited

It took it half an hour to tell me that my computer wasn't able to be updated.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:16 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:17 pm

I'm still using Linux Mint. box

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:13 am

I've just hacked it, and installed Windows 11 anyway, smug

Wonder if they was a good idea?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:17 pm

I've fixed my mouse so the scroll wheel now works correctly, how does all that dust get down there?

by Nightjar Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:50 pm

Wall-to-wall commentaries. box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:58 pm

The power cable for my laptop has started to fray at the end where it plugs into the laptop. So, I've had to order another one. Now I have to hope the current cable holds out until it arrives. scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:02 pm

I've got a couple of spare cables from other laptops I've owned but I don't know if it's safe to use them in a machine they weren't originally intended for.

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