Living without the computer
Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On Thursday 4 October 2007 at 6:34 pm
Two weeks ago i dropped my camera during the trip to Newcastle. Now it's sitting on the shelf waiting to be buried.
The day after that, my laptop died. While playing a game called cnc3, the enemy launched a nuclear bomb in my base. The explosion looked something like this:
Then suddenly, a few seconds after the bomb went off, the screen suddenly flashed and weird random gibberish stuff comes up. I was like, "wtf?".
The gibberish stuff was also in windows. Even after restarting, it's still there! In fact, it's in the BIOS loading screen!
The nod nuke blew up my graphics card..
That cost me AU$266.60...
It's funny how I realised how dependent i am to my computer.. I'm so dependent it's pathetic.. I actually hang out downstairs at the computer room of IH more because of this.. :P Found a random side shooter game and it had became my staple for 2 weeks.. lol!
Oh well, the Muslims fast for their Ramadan, I fast by giving up my computer..
Found something else to occupy my time during this period of 'starvation' though. Never in my life I would imagine having to read a novel to pass my time.. it was interesting though, instead of going an anime episode by episode, I was reading chapter by chapter.. There is entertainment other than the computer! (i am such a nerd :P)
Nevertheless, a few days ago Dell decided to do me good by sending the graphics card over. Guess what, the package originated from Bayan Lepas, Penang.. That's the building I can see from my house! That Dell building that were there since I dunno when that I never cared about.. haha!
Anyway, I was excited of course. So i called Dell tech support to get instructions on how to install the graphics card..
It goes roughly something like this:
Me: Hi! I just received a graphics card that i've ordered a few days ago. I need instructions on how to install it.
Dell technician: the part that you need to install is very complicated. We need to send someone to fix it for you.
Me: How much will that cost?
Dell technician: AU$185 (or something like that)
Me: WTF!(silently :P) Can you just send me the instructions for it so that I can do it myself?
Dell technician: No, the installation is VERY complicated. You need an ENGINEER to do it for you.
Me: err.. Ok.. I'll think about it.. bye
I felt really cheated.. I mean why the hell do you need to charge more than 100 bucks just to install something? That's like half the cost of my graphics card.. So I went to Dell support website to take a look. Guess what? I found a manual.. I has step by step guide on how to install the stuff..
Got a friend to help me out and we managed to install it in 1 hour. Does that make me a computer engineer? :P
Oh well.. life goes on back to usual.. :P
Thanks for reading :)
The day after that, my laptop died. While playing a game called cnc3, the enemy launched a nuclear bomb in my base. The explosion looked something like this:
Then suddenly, a few seconds after the bomb went off, the screen suddenly flashed and weird random gibberish stuff comes up. I was like, "wtf?".
The gibberish stuff was also in windows. Even after restarting, it's still there! In fact, it's in the BIOS loading screen!
The nod nuke blew up my graphics card..
That cost me AU$266.60...
It's funny how I realised how dependent i am to my computer.. I'm so dependent it's pathetic.. I actually hang out downstairs at the computer room of IH more because of this.. :P Found a random side shooter game and it had became my staple for 2 weeks.. lol!
Oh well, the Muslims fast for their Ramadan, I fast by giving up my computer..
Found something else to occupy my time during this period of 'starvation' though. Never in my life I would imagine having to read a novel to pass my time.. it was interesting though, instead of going an anime episode by episode, I was reading chapter by chapter.. There is entertainment other than the computer! (i am such a nerd :P)
Nevertheless, a few days ago Dell decided to do me good by sending the graphics card over. Guess what, the package originated from Bayan Lepas, Penang.. That's the building I can see from my house! That Dell building that were there since I dunno when that I never cared about.. haha!
Anyway, I was excited of course. So i called Dell tech support to get instructions on how to install the graphics card..
It goes roughly something like this:
Me: Hi! I just received a graphics card that i've ordered a few days ago. I need instructions on how to install it.
Dell technician: the part that you need to install is very complicated. We need to send someone to fix it for you.
Me: How much will that cost?
Dell technician: AU$185 (or something like that)
Me: WTF!(silently :P) Can you just send me the instructions for it so that I can do it myself?
Dell technician: No, the installation is VERY complicated. You need an ENGINEER to do it for you.
Me: err.. Ok.. I'll think about it.. bye
I felt really cheated.. I mean why the hell do you need to charge more than 100 bucks just to install something? That's like half the cost of my graphics card.. So I went to Dell support website to take a look. Guess what? I found a manual.. I has step by step guide on how to install the stuff..
Got a friend to help me out and we managed to install it in 1 hour. Does that make me a computer engineer? :P
Oh well.. life goes on back to usual.. :P
Thanks for reading :)
shud send some kinda complaint letter to dell support services then!!!..geez. extortion!
haha! but what they do is technically correct. Coz if I stuff up while doing it I might complain to them :P
Man, command and conquer goes way back to the days of our schooling. How's CNC3? I've stopped playing after Generals, seems like the further they go, the worse it gets. Prefer the simple "box" type like Tiberian Dawn and RA1.
Code Red, Execute! =PPPPPPPPPP
haha! yeah, those old days :P What u mean "box" type? CNC3 is quite good actually, although there's some balance issues here and there. U shd try, it's a lot better than generals :P How's life?