yeah-if you sit too long you might get stuck to the seat. Or even worse get a permanent ring around your butt. Although I remember hearing that the great Billy Wilder sometimes got great ideas in the bathroom. Just watch out for that LOST WEEKEND!(great movie)
I agree-highly probable that computer was doomed before the TKO knockout punch.
Hmmmm. Let me check, Bingfeng. Yes! I can do it! I can actually write with my hands!
You may be surprised to know that I really can be quite prolific with a pen and a piece of paper. I filled dozens of little notebooks with notes during The Trip.
But those are just notes. The last time I actually wrote something extensive by hand was back in high school. I think it was a paper on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court for Bernie Wolf’s Honors English class. And I think I got a pretty good grade.
But that was some time ago. I think my family actually still had an Apple IIe back then, which explains why I opted to write it out long hand.
Since then, though, I have become so accustomed to typing my stories with a computer keyboard that I really think if I tried to handwrite a story, it would totally change my writing style. (Hmmmm. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.)
But, even if I were to revert to the pen, I still would have to type it in at some point. I’d rather get it all over with at once. Besides, I’d have trouble reading my handwriting.
So, if my computer woes look like they will continue indefinitely, I will opt for the internet bar, not pen and paper.
And as to your final question: What if you have to live without a computer for one year?
A computer update: My iBook — still dead — is now at Shanghai’s authorized Apple repair shop … the same place I visited yesterday. Looks like I qualify for a new logic board. I should get my iBook back within three to five days. Wonder if that will do the trick.
This still does not help my old broken hard drive, however. I keep thinking of new things that are on it. Things I really don’t want to lose. Frances has already emailed me with a possible way to salvage some files. I might try his suggestion … as soon as I figure out what the hell he is talking about.
On Dec 2, 2004 3:30 AM, JoyMocha said:
My laptop was stolen in the school lab two years ago and I lost almost all the papers and analyses I wrote during two years’ B schools, but even worse, almost all the photos are gone.
On Dec 3, 2004 3:40 PM, bingfeng said:
dan, if you want to buy a new laptop, i suggest you buy a heavy one. why? here is the story:
a friend of mine went to spain and bring his laptop with him. every morning he took his laptop to the school and one day he was robbed by a spanish man, the thief ran and my friend also ran, chasing after the thief.
luckily the thief is fat, but unfortunately my friend is also fat, but luckily the thief took the laptop and it’s heavy. after about 10 minuts running, the thief gave up and throw the laptop.
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yeah-if you sit too long you might get stuck to the seat. Or even worse get a permanent ring around your butt. Although I remember hearing that the great Billy Wilder sometimes got great ideas in the bathroom. Just watch out for that LOST WEEKEND!(great movie)
I agree-highly probable that computer was doomed before the TKO knockout punch.
It died??!! Oh man. Condolences.
Where’s the graveyard going to be? Probably the graveyard for all punched iBooks. It was expensive *sigh8. Technology can be so unfaithful.
dan, you can’t write in a pen, or a ballpen, or a pencil, or a something else? what if you have to live without a computer for one year?
Hmmmm. Let me check, Bingfeng. Yes! I can do it! I can actually write with my hands!
You may be surprised to know that I really can be quite prolific with a pen and a piece of paper. I filled dozens of little notebooks with notes during The Trip.
But those are just notes. The last time I actually wrote something extensive by hand was back in high school. I think it was a paper on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court for Bernie Wolf’s Honors English class. And I think I got a pretty good grade.
But that was some time ago. I think my family actually still had an Apple IIe back then, which explains why I opted to write it out long hand.
Since then, though, I have become so accustomed to typing my stories with a computer keyboard that I really think if I tried to handwrite a story, it would totally change my writing style. (Hmmmm. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.)
But, even if I were to revert to the pen, I still would have to type it in at some point. I’d rather get it all over with at once. Besides, I’d have trouble reading my handwriting.
So, if my computer woes look like they will continue indefinitely, I will opt for the internet bar, not pen and paper.
And as to your final question: What if you have to live without a computer for one year?
I think this website would suffer greatly.
Dan
A computer update: My iBook — still dead — is now at Shanghai’s authorized Apple repair shop … the same place I visited yesterday. Looks like I qualify for a new logic board. I should get my iBook back within three to five days. Wonder if that will do the trick.
This still does not help my old broken hard drive, however. I keep thinking of new things that are on it. Things I really don’t want to lose. Frances has already emailed me with a possible way to salvage some files. I might try his suggestion … as soon as I figure out what the hell he is talking about.
My laptop was stolen in the school lab two years ago and I lost almost all the papers and analyses I wrote during two years’ B schools, but even worse, almost all the photos are gone.
dan, if you want to buy a new laptop, i suggest you buy a heavy one. why? here is the story:
a friend of mine went to spain and bring his laptop with him. every morning he took his laptop to the school and one day he was robbed by a spanish man, the thief ran and my friend also ran, chasing after the thief.
luckily the thief is fat, but unfortunately my friend is also fat, but luckily the thief took the laptop and it’s heavy. after about 10 minuts running, the thief gave up and throw the laptop.
see, better to have a heavy laptop :)
just don’t buy a pc.
On Dec 3, 2004 9:02 PM, frank said:
just don’t buy a pc.
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if you have to buy a pc, buy a heavy one :-)
Bingfeng, you make me laugh.
And that’s not easy.
Have we all learned from this? Back up your music, back up your pictures and most of all back up your work. Don’t ever think it won’t happen to you.
One of these days I might even take my own advice…