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Of laptops and power cords......
#31
RE: Of laptops and power cords......
Most of us are there. I wrote a couple of novels on an old 90's gateway laptop while i was doing overnight security shifts on biological agents. Can't access the text now, bricked...but it's still there....
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#32
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Just remove the damaged connector and solder a new one in it's place, parts from ebay should take 5 minutes tops
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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#33
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My Toshiba Satellite that runs Windows ME still works.

The only reason I retired it is I wore out the keyboard.

My IT buddy was impressed. He had never seen a laptop with the letters worn off the keys and hand "heel prints" worn through the outer layer of coloring on the case......


That was over 15 years ago. My Compac running windows 7 is still running fine.
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#34
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Blank keyboard grandfathering.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#35
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(April 13, 2022 at 4:10 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:
(April 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Not meeeee. I never.

No nay, never......no nay never no more, will I play the wild rover....no never...no more.

Ah, but did you ask the landlady for credit?

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#36
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You know how that bitch is. Wink

For the uniniated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Q8FMexFWM

I will personally never play the wild rover no more. Its just too easy for assholes to point at me. Yeah we're fuckin ballers from way back......, but stop. We're all the devils own. So, there's that. As I think Boru might be able to explain from personal experience.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#37
RE: Of laptops and power cords......
(April 13, 2022 at 5:37 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You know how that bitch is.  Wink

For the uniniated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Q8FMexFWM

I will personally never play the wild rover no more. Its just too easy for assholes to point at me.  Yeah we're fuckin ballers from way back......, but stop.  We're all the devils own.  So, there's that. As I think Boru might be able to explain from personal experience.

Yup, you reach a point in life where drunken brawling with the peelers loses its lustre.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#38
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(April 13, 2022 at 4:19 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Who among us hasn't....?

Not I. I've set plenty of shit on fire, but a kitchen towel never made the list. Yet, of course.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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#39
RE: Of laptops and power cords......
Back to the laptop. 

I ran a quick stress test on the hardware, it came back with the summery "Wattage could not be determined" meaning it was recognizing it was plugged in, but saying the battery may not charge. Then I did a deep hardware advanced stress test, again everything passed but also gave the same message that the "wattage" of the power supply could not be determined. 

So, having never had this problem before today, it still seems to remain an issue of the power cord itself, or damage to the interior jack. And just now checking the life of the battery, it is saying I am down to 71percent.

Well it looks like I am going to be off line once again while I sort this out. The battery isn't charging even though it recognized the power cord being plugged in.
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#40
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