AugieK wrote:
 
Jeez, you must sleep or sumpin'.

Someday I might try that. I hear it's nice.

 Beaker wrote: 
One close lightning strike that fried hobbitt's work computer and the telephone on his desk (not to mention the spa pack on our hot tub) AND the "surge protector" was all it took for us to go the UPS route. (And for me to run for the circuit breaker for the hot tub at every approaching electrical storm...)

 islander wrote: 


You, sir, are hard core.

 Beaker wrote: 
Hello Canuckian. 

 oldslabsides wrote: 
Working harder than ever for less reward (got contacted the other day about a possibility to change that, but we'll see), and in general I just don't do much online interaction anymore. 

 oldslabsides wrote:
 
It only takes once. Makes a big believer in backups out of ya.

 AugieK wrote: 
I've been really successful using various flavors of linux on OLD laptops. I always break the screen somehow and have a good unit w/ no display. They make neat projects if you can get them to boot w/ the video out port working - I have 2 or 3 set up that way now (only one actually doing anything). I have 2 Dell laptops that I use frequently - the 'work machine' is a 2 year old Lattitude, and the boat machine is about the same vintage inspiron w/ a nice screen for movies. So my count is something like 4 or 5 laptops that will boot and run something, and 2 or 3 dead ones that I haven't mucked with yet. I also have 3 desktops that will boot (media machine, file store/dns/load balancer/packet inspector, and Mrs. Islander's machine), and enough bits to build at least one more.  I have tons of old crap. My problem is that it's usually just a single component that dies, and then the pieces can be re-cobbled w/ the other spares to make a new frankenputer with reasonable results. The end result is that most of my systems are old, and I never throw anything away because I might need the spare bits for another project. I even save up the old 1,2,9,20... Mb drives and disassemble them for the magnets. 

 ptooey wrote: 
Oh yeah - I forgot about my ancient IBM Thinkpad.  P133 running Windoze 95 for playing a couple of old games on.

2005

Which one?
 

I've got a collection of functional machines that range in age from about 10 years (brick of a Dell laptop) to brand spankin' (Asus eee)...and quite a few in between.

 cookinlover wrote: 

 AugieK wrote: 
Apparently not as busy as yours, or do you just not love us anymore?

 oldslabsides wrote:   I heard this is a good tool for that.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
How's life, my friend?

 triskele wrote: 
I thought it was a Dell - but you know me.

 AugieK wrote: 
duck kicker!

 Beaker wrote: 
I've heard horror stories, but have yet to have one die on me.  Just wonderin'.

My daughter recently resurrected a 9 year old laptop as a linux box (Lazy, it's the one I had when we worked together), I have a 3 year old laptop I bought from my former employer when my job was exported to California, I have an almost exactly 1 year old one that that same company bought me when they re-hired me on contract (still have a crackberry with coverage from them too, though I don't use it except for gps and the occasional international drunk dial ), and I have a 6 month old one from my current job.  The desktop got updated last summer.  I'd have Jrzy tied, except the unix laptop my daughter is playing with is seldom in my house. Then again, she has her own < 1 year old one, which is here whenever she is.

oldslabsides wrote:
i don't have a dell, but ok....and you can start on the back ups while i am at work that day during your stay

 cookinlover wrote: