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Title: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: fanpeople on Sun, 17 November 2019, 05:02:18
Has mother****ing saved me twice this week.

1. Aircon stops working, display is giving me mixed signals. I turn it off, I turn it on. I do this for the outside power switch also. No luck. I go online figure out what the flashing lights mean. It tells me the inside system is not communicating with the outside system. I **** bricks, that sounds expensive. I **** more bricks because it is hot AF and I don't want to sleep in the hot AF weather especially if I come off night shift. I then pass one final brick as all the aircon techs love fishing and it is fine ass fishing weather. Well as a last ditch effort I go to the fuse box. I locate that mother****ing switch for the air-con circuit. I actuate that mother****er to open. I leave it for 20 long ass minutes. I grab it and throw that ***** back to closed. I go inside and turn on my aircon. It springs to life and I thank the wind gods for protecting me against the sun gods.

2. I go outside for jogging (I am just about the hit the downward slope of life so it is time get serious about health again after a bit of lazyness). I come back to my big 2k monitor I bought off Gumtree a few years ago is not on. It is on but it is not displaying anything. I fiddle with my diddles. Nothing. I flick some buttons. nothing. I turn it off and on at the switch. Nothing. I pull out the cable and try the cord from the other monitor that goes in a different hole. nothing. I **** bricks. still nothing. I start to get desperate, I ask Satan for a favor. He tells me to **** myself as I did not pay him back for the last one. I have two options. try another device, or unplug this ***** and let it power down like like my brain after a night of drinking. I opt to power down. I plug it back in and boom I am greeted with a purple benq startup. I thank the electron gods for the gift I am now receiving.

So now I have used all my luck points up, Satan wants payment and I still have a third device **** up to come to complete the trifecta.

Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 17 November 2019, 06:37:11
:))

Best avoid using anything expensive until you find something cheap to break.  Maybe a toaster, kettle or ... no, that's about it for cheap tech I can think of.  Hot drinks and toast are just what you need in a heatwave!
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: iri on Sun, 17 November 2019, 06:57:05
fanpeople, you have all these problems because you are a heathen. You need to turn to Christ and everything will start working.
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 17 November 2019, 09:04:04
Australia has too much radiation from all dat uranium mining.. killz electronix.
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: Sup on Sun, 17 November 2019, 10:55:19
Power drain fixes most stuff believe it or not.
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: Sintpinty on Sun, 17 November 2019, 11:57:48
Has mother****ing saved me twice this week.

1. Aircon stops working, display is giving me mixed signals. I turn it off, I turn it on. I do this for the outside power switch also. No luck. I go online figure out what the flashing lights mean. It tells me the inside system is not communicating with the outside system. I **** bricks, that sounds expensive. I **** more bricks because it is hot AF and I don't want to sleep in the hot AF weather especially if I come off night shift. I then pass one final brick as all the aircon techs love fishing and it is fine ass fishing weather. Well as a last ditch effort I go to the fuse box. I locate that mother****ing switch for the air-con circuit. I actuate that mother****er to open. I leave it for 20 long ass minutes. I grab it and throw that ***** back to closed. I go inside and turn on my aircon. It springs to life and I thank the wind gods for protecting me against the sun gods.

2. I go outside for jogging (I am just about the hit the downward slope of life so it is time get serious about health again after a bit of lazyness). I come back to my big 2k monitor I bought off Gumtree a few years ago is not on. It is on but it is not displaying anything. I fiddle with my diddles. Nothing. I flick some buttons. nothing. I turn it off and on at the switch. Nothing. I pull out the cable and try the cord from the other monitor that goes in a different hole. nothing. I **** bricks. still nothing. I start to get desperate, I ask Satan for a favor. He tells me to **** myself as I did not pay him back for the last one. I have two options. try another device, or unplug this ***** and let it power down like like my brain after a night of drinking. I opt to power down. I plug it back in and boom I am greeted with a purple benq startup. I thank the electron gods for the gift I am now receiving.

So now I have used all my luck points up, Satan wants payment and I still have a third device **** up to come to complete the trifecta.

Using an I.T wheel of problems always works :wink:
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: fanpeople on Sun, 17 November 2019, 19:40:29
Well that was quick, the old nail to the tyre trick this morning. Bought the car new, about 8 weeks ago. $200 for a new one not repairable apparently as it is too close to the sidewall. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Lucky I found it whilst the vehicle was parked and not doing 100 down the freeway. But still pretty dirty about having to get a new tyre to replace my 8 week old tyre.

In this case, turning it off and on again has failed me.

At least the trifecta is now complete.


:))

Best avoid using anything expensive until you find something cheap to break.  Maybe a toaster, kettle or ... no, that's about it for cheap tech I can think of.  Hot drinks and toast are just what you need in a heatwave!

Man I wish I had had taken this advice more seriously and not touched my new car for a few days.

fanpeople, you have all these problems because you are a heathen. You need to turn to Christ and everything will start working.

All the jesus bois be sitting round the ready room....

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Australia has too much radiation from all dat uranium mining.. killz electronix.

Been to an old uranium mine, the green/blue taint on the rocks is quite pretty.

Power drain fixes most stuff believe it or not.

2/3 problems is not a bad hit rate.


Using an I.T wheel of problems always works :wink:

if by wheel you mean dart board....

Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: Sintpinty on Sun, 17 November 2019, 19:52:24
Well that was quick, the old nail to the tyre trick this morning. Bought the car new, about 8 weeks ago. $200 for a new one not repairable apparently as it is too close to the sidewall. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Lucky I found it whilst the vehicle was parked and not doing 100 down the freeway. But still pretty dirty about having to get a new tyre to replace my 8 week old tyre.

In this case, turning it off and on again has failed me.

At least the trifecta is now complete.


:))

Best avoid using anything expensive until you find something cheap to break.  Maybe a toaster, kettle or ... no, that's about it for cheap tech I can think of.  Hot drinks and toast are just what you need in a heatwave!

Man I wish I had had taken this advice more seriously and not touched my new car for a few days.

fanpeople, you have all these problems because you are a heathen. You need to turn to Christ and everything will start working.

All the jesus bois be sitting round the ready room....

[attachimg=1]

Australia has too much radiation from all dat uranium mining.. killz electronix.

Been to an old uranium mine, the green/blue taint on the rocks is quite pretty.

Power drain fixes most stuff believe it or not.

2/3 problems is not a bad hit rate.


Using an I.T wheel of problems always works :wink:

if by wheel you mean dart board....

Yes i do
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: Sintpinty on Sun, 17 November 2019, 19:53:11
Has mother****ing saved me twice this week.

1. Aircon stops working, display is giving me mixed signals. I turn it off, I turn it on. I do this for the outside power switch also. No luck. I go online figure out what the flashing lights mean. It tells me the inside system is not communicating with the outside system. I **** bricks, that sounds expensive. I **** more bricks because it is hot AF and I don't want to sleep in the hot AF weather especially if I come off night shift. I then pass one final brick as all the aircon techs love fishing and it is fine ass fishing weather. Well as a last ditch effort I go to the fuse box. I locate that mother****ing switch for the air-con circuit. I actuate that mother****er to open. I leave it for 20 long ass minutes. I grab it and throw that ***** back to closed. I go inside and turn on my aircon. It springs to life and I thank the wind gods for protecting me against the sun gods.

2. I go outside for jogging (I am just about the hit the downward slope of life so it is time get serious about health again after a bit of lazyness). I come back to my big 2k monitor I bought off Gumtree a few years ago is not on. It is on but it is not displaying anything. I fiddle with my diddles. Nothing. I flick some buttons. nothing. I turn it off and on at the switch. Nothing. I pull out the cable and try the cord from the other monitor that goes in a different hole. nothing. I **** bricks. still nothing. I start to get desperate, I ask Satan for a favor. He tells me to **** myself as I did not pay him back for the last one. I have two options. try another device, or unplug this ***** and let it power down like like my brain after a night of drinking. I opt to power down. I plug it back in and boom I am greeted with a purple benq startup. I thank the electron gods for the gift I am now receiving.

So now I have used all my luck points up, Satan wants payment and I still have a third device **** up to come to complete the trifecta.

tech-illiterate people just assume that if you're good with computers, you know how to solve their problems.

No deborah, i won't fix your printer from 1997
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: iri on Mon, 18 November 2019, 03:47:41
Well that was quick, the old nail to the tyre trick this morning. Bought the car new, about 8 weeks ago. $200 for a new one not repairable apparently as it is too close to the sidewall. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Lucky I found it whilst the vehicle was parked and not doing 100 down the freeway. But still pretty dirty about having to get a new tyre to replace my 8 week old tyre.
I had to do the same a couple months ago, with a ContiPremiumContact 6 :'(
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 18 November 2019, 04:58:29
I had to do the same a couple months ago, with a ContiPremiumContact 6 :'(

RIP perfectly good tyres  :'(
Title: Re: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Post by: Sintpinty on Tue, 19 November 2019, 07:59:29
Well that was quick, the old nail to the tyre trick this morning. Bought the car new, about 8 weeks ago. $200 for a new one not repairable apparently as it is too close to the sidewall. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Lucky I found it whilst the vehicle was parked and not doing 100 down the freeway. But still pretty dirty about having to get a new tyre to replace my 8 week old tyre.

In this case, turning it off and on again has failed me.

At least the trifecta is now complete.


:))

Best avoid using anything expensive until you find something cheap to break.  Maybe a toaster, kettle or ... no, that's about it for cheap tech I can think of.  Hot drinks and toast are just what you need in a heatwave!

Man I wish I had had taken this advice more seriously and not touched my new car for a few days.

fanpeople, you have all these problems because you are a heathen. You need to turn to Christ and everything will start working.

All the jesus bois be sitting round the ready room....

[attachimg=1]

Australia has too much radiation from all dat uranium mining.. killz electronix.

Been to an old uranium mine, the green/blue taint on the rocks is quite pretty.

Power drain fixes most stuff believe it or not.

2/3 problems is not a bad hit rate.


Using an I.T wheel of problems always works :wink:

if by wheel you mean dart board....

F