Well, That Was A First

[Onideus Mad Hatter]

I thought my primary system was perma-****ed. I had to do a hard
power off the other day because this one ATI proggie crashed and then
locked up to the point where Windows couldn't even shut it down. So
then when I turned it back on, when it got to the point where it
SHOULD have started booting up off the drive...it jumped directly into
the BIOS setup...and then if you saved and exited or just
exited...it'd just reset and do the same thing.

So I took the whole stupid bastard apart, cleaned everything, reseated
everything, cursed at the sum'bitch, called upon the powers of Satan
and invoked the wrath of Walter Brimely, tried more BIOS
configurations that I even care to try and remember at this point and
nada, nothin.

So at that point I was pretty much convinced that the BIOS was history
and at best I might be able to reflash it and at worst I'd wind up
having to buy a new $300 ****in dollar dual Xeon board. So, finally
as a last resort before I tried that I unplugged the damn thing and
pulled out the CMOS battery and then let it sit for a day and then
BOOM, magically it works again.

*shrugs*

So I dunno what could have caused it. I'm guessing somehow the BIOS
got flashed from the OS...other than the effects of maybe a virus...I
dunno...like I said, this was a first in over 15 years of experience
working on computers. Of course it's pretty rare for me to actually
turn off or reset my systems, in fact yesterday was the first time I
had reset/turned off my machine in like...8 months...so maybe it's a
problem that's more common if you turn off and on your systems more
often.

--

Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net
http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog


Hatter Quotes
-------------
"You're only one of the best if you're striving to become one of the
best."

"I didn't make reality, Sunshine, I just verbally bitch slapped you
with it."

"I'm not a professional, I'm an artist."

"Your Usenet blinders are my best friend."

"Usenet Filters - Learn to shut yourself the **** up!"

"Drugs killed Jesus you know...oh wait, no, that was the Jews, my
bad."

"There are clingy things in the grass...burrs 'n such...mmmm..."

"The more I learn the more I'm killing my idols."

"Is it wrong to incur and then use the hate ridden, vengeful stupidity
of complete strangers in random Usenet froups to further my art?"

"Freedom is only a concept, like race it's merely a social construct
that doesn't really exist outside of your ability to convince others
of its relevancy."

"Next time slow up a lil, then maybe you won't jump the gun and start
creamin yer panties before it's time to pop the champagne proper."

"Reality is directly proportionate to how creative you are."

"People are pretty ****ing high on themselves if they think that
they're just born with a soul. *snicker*...yeah, like they're just
givin em out for free."

"Quible, quible said the Hare. Quite a lot of quibling...everywhere.
So the Hare took a long stare and decided at best, to leave the rest,
to their merry little mess."

"There's a difference between 'bad' and 'so earth shatteringly
horrible it makes the angels scream in terror as they violently rip
their heads off, their blood spraying into the faces of a thousand
sweet innocent horrified children, who will forever have the terrible
images burned into their tiny little minds'."

"How sad that you're such a poor judge of style that you can't even
properly gauge the artistic worth of your own efforts."

"Those who record history are those who control history."

"I am the living embodiment of hell itself in all its tormentive rage,
endless suffering, unfathomable pain and unending horror...but you
don't get sent to me...I come for you."

"Ideally in a fight I'd want a BGM-109A with a W80 250 kiloton
tactical thermonuclear fusion based war head."

"Tell me, would you describe yourself more as a process or a
function?"

"Apparently this group has got the market cornered on stupid.
Intelligence is down 137 points across the board and the forecast
indicates an increase in Webtv users."

"Is my .sig delimiter broken? Really? You're sure? Awww,
gee...that's too bad...for YOU!" `, )

 

[unity_]

other than your name


"I thought my primary system was perma-****ed."


is the gheyest shit I have ever heard, you are calling me a newb when
your primary system is a windows box, HA. Oh , let me guess you have
shells all around the world you use putty and ssh into them, or you
cygwin or vmware as an emulartor, ontop of your windows box, or you are
just trying out the new windows vista, rofl lmao omg mathew somtimes
you are even to ghey for me,

rainbows for life

 

[PerfectReign]

other than your name


"I thought my primary system was perma-****ed."


is the gheyest shit I have ever heard,

Actually it was pretty damn funny, even for Matt.

you are calling me a newb when
your primary system is a windows box, HA.

Let's see, what does unity_ use for an OS?

X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)


Oh, I see IE 7 on Windows XP. Hmmm... pot calling kettle black?

Oh , let me guess you have
shells all around the world you use putty and ssh into them, or you
cygwin or vmware as an emulartor, ontop of your windows box, or you are
just trying out the new windows vista, rofl lmao

Guess what, dude(ette)? Most of the world uses Windows. It is a fact. I
have a Win2K system at home. I use XP at work. Matt has his reasons.

 

[ThePsyko]

On 28 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called alt.2600 and heard
PerfectReign cry out in

Actually it was pretty damn funny, even for Matt.


Let's see, what does unity_ use for an OS?

X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1;
.NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)


Oh, I see IE 7 on Windows XP. Hmmm... pot calling kettle black?



Guess what, dude(ette)? Most of the world uses Windows. It is a fact.
I have a Win2K system at home. I use XP at work. Matt has his reasons.

Hah!! j00 are teh sux0r becuse yuo use teh XP!!11!


I never understood that whole "Windows is teh sux0r and j00 are teh ghey
because yuo don't use teh linux boxen!" attitude from people who use that
arguement to somehow "one up" somebody..

Most people I know use both to some degree.

 

[PerfectReign]

On 28 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called alt.2600 and heard
PerfectReign cry out in

Hah!! j00 are teh sux0r becuse yuo use teh XP!!11!

Yes, I know...

/me hangs head in shame.

But at least I have dual 24" monitors!!

I never understood that whole "Windows is teh sux0r and j00 are teh ghey
because yuo don't use teh linux boxen!" attitude from people who use that
arguement to somehow "one up" somebody..

Most people I know use both to some degree.

Well, you know, us Linux peeps are elitist...



....oh, wait...those are the Mac peeps.

 

[FrozenNorth]

PerfectReign tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

Yes, I know...

/me hangs head in shame.

But at least I have dual 24" monitors!!


Well, you know, us Linux peeps are elitist...

Ain't the the truth.
;-)

...oh, wait...those are the Mac peeps.

Yeah, they suX0r, as long as my wife isn't reading this.

 

[Rod Speed]

I thought my primary system was perma-****ed. I had to do a hard
power off the other day because this one ATI proggie crashed and then
locked up to the point where Windows couldn't even shut it down. So
then when I turned it back on, when it got to the point where it
SHOULD have started booting up off the drive...it jumped directly into
the BIOS setup...and then if you saved and exited or just
exited...it'd just reset and do the same thing.

So I took the whole stupid bastard apart, cleaned everything, reseated
everything, cursed at the sum'bitch, called upon the powers of Satan
and invoked the wrath of Walter Brimely, tried more BIOS
configurations that I even care to try and remember at this point and
nada, nothin.

So at that point I was pretty much convinced that the BIOS was history
and at best I might be able to reflash it and at worst I'd wind up
having to buy a new $300 ****in dollar dual Xeon board. So, finally
as a last resort before I tried that I unplugged the damn thing and
pulled out the CMOS battery and then let it sit for a day and then
BOOM, magically it works again.

*shrugs*

So I dunno what could have caused it.

Most likely that ATI prog stomped on the cmos contents.

I'm guessing somehow the BIOS got flashed from the OS...

Nope, otherwise you wouldnt have been able to get into the
bios and clearing the cmos wouldnt have fixed the problem.

other than the effects of maybe a virus...I dunno...like I said, this
was a first in over 15 years of experience working on computers.

All that indicates is that the cmos doesnt get stomped on that often.

Of course it's pretty rare for me to actually turn off or reset my
systems, in fact yesterday was the first time I had reset/turned
off my machine in like...8 months...so maybe it's a problem that's
more common if you turn off and on your systems more often.

Nope, you need something to stomp on the cmos contents.

 

[Mowe Z. Slowley]

I thought my primary system was perma-****ed.

You are a ****ing piece of shit Mathew.

 

[Rev Turd Fredericks]

PerfectReign tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

Ain't the the truth.
;-)
Yeah, they suX0r, as long as my wife isn't reading this.

Hey! I used to have that attitude too, but then I bought one just to see
what all the fuss was about, and found it to be pretty awesome. Once you
go mac, you can't go back. I still have 2 windows boxes (laptops) and a
now broken linux box, but my mac is my main machine.

 

[Mowe Z. Slowley]

Nope, you need something to stomp on the cmos contents.

His battery was malfunctioning.
Or someone gave him what he deserves.

bright boy.

 

[Mowe Z. Slowley]

Hey! I used to have that attitude too, but then I bought one just to see
what all the fuss was about, and found it to be pretty awesome. Once you
go mac, you can't go back. I still have 2 windows boxes (laptops) and a
now broken linux box, but my mac is my main machine.

I had that attitude once.
It was a Commodore Amiga.

and she _was_ beautiful.

Then I learned the hard way that being best isn't just about being the
best. You have to own the world too.

So I went to the next best thing, which was being happy with what I had.
(by that time I was into Linux)




Turns out that being happy is easier to keep up
than being better than everyone else.

And it's more satisfying too.

<ahem>

 

[FrozenNorth]

Rev Turd Fredericks tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

Hey! I used to have that attitude too, but then I bought one just to see
what all the fuss was about, and found it to be pretty awesome. Once you
go mac, you can't go back. I still have 2 windows boxes (laptops) and a
now broken linux box, but my mac is my main machine.

I am comfortable on all three (Win/Lin/OSX), although I can't see Vista
anywhere in my future, at least at home.

--
Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You won't find a lawyer who can change a light bulb. Now, if
you're looking for a lawyer to screw a light bulb...

Froz...

 

[PerfectReign]

Rev Turd Fredericks tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

I am comfortable on all three (Win/Lin/OSX), although I can't see Vista
anywhere in my future, at least at home.

I'm pretty comfortable with all three, too. I am less used to the OSX, but
it still isn't too difficult. It retains enough MacOS stuff to help me
through.

I'm reading the NG right now on my lappie running SUSE 10.1 and switching
over to my expee desktop to test my new system.

Hmmm...suppose I stop procrastinating now.

 

[Noozer]

a turn signal is a statement, not a request

Wrong

 

[FrozenNorth]

Noozer tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

Wrong

Do you drive in Toronto?

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A confident Ontario driver
avoids using them.

2. Under no circumstance should you maintain a safe distance between you and
the car in front of you, because the space will be filled in by somebody
else, putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

3. The faster you drive through a red light, the less of a chance you have
of getting hit.

4. Warning! Never come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it
and it could result in you being rear-ended.

5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork, with
no insurance, the other operator has little to lose.

6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your
ABS kicks in, giving a vigorous foot massage as the brake pedal violently
pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to strengthen your
leg muscles.

7. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to
prepare other drivers entering the highway.

8. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a suggestion and not
enforceable in Ontario during rush hour.

9. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move
over doesn't mean that an Ontario driver flashing his high beams behind you
doesn't think he can go faster in your spot. Also true for right lane.

10. Always brake and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone
changing a tire. This is seen as a sign of respect for the victim.

11. Learn to swerve abruptly without signaling. Ontario is the home of
high-speed slalom-driving along the 401. This is thanks to the Department
of Public Works, which puts potholes in key locations to test
drivers' reflexes and keep them alert.

12. It is tradition in Ontario to honk your horn at cars in front of you
that do not move three milliseconds after the light turns green.

13. To avoid injury in the event of a collision or rollover, it is important
to exit your vehicle through the windshield right away. Wearing your seat
belt will only impede your hi-velocity escape from danger.

14. Remember that the goal of every Ontario driver is to get ahead of the
pack by whatever means necessary.

15. In Ontario, 'flipping the bird' is considered a polite salute. This
gesture should always be returned.


Thank You,

The Ontario Registry of Motor Vehicles
--
Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You won't find a lawyer who can change a light bulb. Now, if
you're looking for a lawyer to screw a light bulb...

Froz...

 

[unity_]

i could care less, in any case, I dont care if you use webtv, dos, a
win32 platform, mac, or a unix oriented OS, I was just giving my man
whore a hard time, since he likes to give me the same .

i love you

 

[PerfectReign]

Wrong

You obviously don't live in California!

 

[ThePsyko]

On 28 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called alt.2600 and heard PerfectReign
cry out in

You obviously don't live in California!

I bet he stops at stop signs too!

 

[FrozenNorth]

unity_ tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

<snip crap>

How do I get Hatter's fanboi off my leg? This is twice now.

--
Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You won't find a lawyer who can change a light bulb. Now, if
you're looking for a lawyer to screw a light bulb...

Froz...

 

[ThePsyko]

On 28 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called alt.2600 and heard FrozenNorth
cry out in

unity_ tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

<snip crap>

How do I get Hatter's fanboi off my leg? This is twice now.

ewww.. you've been slimed!