Quiz and dying motherboards

[icepixie]

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Canadian Slang: 50%

Southern Slang: 50%

Aussie Slang: 25%

British Slang: 25%

Prison Slang: 25%

Victorian Slang: 25%

New England Slang: 0%

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Not really sure why the Canadian percentage is so high, but whatever...

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My logic board seems to be thinking about dying again, even though it just got replaced last summer. At least it waited until I got back to the US. *sigh* The whole thing's going into the shop tomorrow, so I'll be reading for comps and taking a sabbatical from the computer for a bit, probably. (This is probably a good thing, as I really do need to start reading...just needed impetus like this, really.)

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[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Not really sure why the Canadian percentage is so high, but whatever...

McKay has invaded your brain. ;)

Good luck with comps!

[orangetango.livejournal.com]

Mac's suck.

And how do I speak more British slang than you do if you just spent a year in England and I've never been there?

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

My logic board seems to be thinking about dying again, even though it just got replaced last summer.

My iBook is currently out-of-commission for the same reason. I've been using my PC laptop which is falling apart on the outside.

[icepixie]

My particular model of iBook apparently has big trouble with this, so much so that they're replacing them free of charge. Or they did for the first time around, anyway. I don't know if they do it more than once, but I have AppleCare for another few months, at least, so in it goes. I wonder if all the various iBooks are having this problem, if yours is also doing the same thing... (Isn't yours newer than mine? Post-2002?)

Apple, I love you, but it's time to get on the ball with this whole motherboard thing. I mean, really.

[icepixie]

Mac's suck.

*sticks tongue out*

And how do I speak more British slang than you do if you just spent a year in England and I've never been there?

No idea. I picked up a couple words here and there (plus the tendency to say "university" instead of "college"), but none of them were on the quiz.

[icepixie]

McKay has invaded your brain. ;)

Now there's a horrifying thought.

Good luck with comps!

Thanks!

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Mine is a 2003 model and the logic board has gone out two or three times now. And the hard drive doesn't work right, which is fine because I can just take my Firewire drive that I work from to the family eMac whenever this happens.

And Apple will indeed replace the board more than once. I've heard that some people have even gotten a free replacement iBook from Apple when they brought it in more than four times.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Mac's suck.

Insult Apple if you truly must, but at least don't misuse the apostrophe. Grammar abuse is a real problem in this country.

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Now there's a horrifying thought.

Hee. There's also the idea that Canada is slowly invading. Speaking of which, I just found Rachel Luttrel (Teyla) on Forever Knight. According to IMDB, Torri Higginson and David Hewlett were on FK too. May a bizarre crossover invade your brain. ;)

[icepixie]

There's also the idea that Canada is slowly invading.

Nooooo! *g*

Speaking of which, I just found Rachel Luttrel (Teyla) on Forever Knight. According to IMDB, Torri Higginson and David Hewlett were on FK too. May a bizarre crossover invade your brain. ;)

I think I knew about Torri, but not the other two. Amanda Tapping guested in one ep, too. It's some kind of Canadian sci-fi actor incest thing, I swear.

And I'm not writing that crossover, no matter how much the Wraith are like Nick and his cronies. (Isn't there supposed to be some Wraith around who doesn't want to eat human life force? Is that next season, or am I just remembering from a fanfic?)

[fiara.livejournal.com]

Canadians are cool. But hey, I'm home, so gimme a ring. My cell phone service isn't up yet.

[icepixie]

Mine is a 2003 model and the logic board has gone out two or three times now.

Oof. You have my sympathies.

I've heard that some people have even gotten a free replacement iBook from Apple when they brought it in more than four times.

Hmmm. On the one hand: free iBook. On the other: four logic boards. Ick.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

I had been considering jumping to a new Mac after I got a new job, maybe even a *gasp* desktop (no logic board problems there!). But the Intel announcement has stopped me from even considering that for the next year.

As it stands. I'll take in my iBook once I have steady income, just in case they charge me for shipping again.

[icepixie]

Ooooh, a desktop. Although it's kind of fun to have a traveling computer...

Bah on charging for shipping.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just can't seem to part with portables, even if they do seem to fall to pieces pathetically easy (both Mac and PC).

I doubt I'll get a shipping charge this time because I'll go the extra distance to the Apple Store. I've only ever been charged for shipping at MicroCenter, so I think I'll be good. But I don't have the money to spare at the moment if I'm wrong.

In the meantime, my duct-taped PC is adequate.

[icepixie]

Yay Apple Store!

In the meantime, my duct-taped PC is adequate.

And fashionable, too, what with the duct tape and all. Well, fashionable for a PC, anyway. ;)

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

And fashionable, too, what with the duct tape and all. Well, fashionable for a PC, anyway. ;)

I just wish I had some blue tape to keep it together. That would be even better than duct tape.

[icepixie]

Your PC could be Little Blue's big brother!

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

I'd rename it Big Blue if it were an IBM machine. :)

[icepixie]

Hee! You could rename it Shallow Blue. Since it's a laptop and it's small. Er, yes.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Now I have to get blue tape and have a go at it. Probably write "Shallow Blue" in tape on the back or bottom, too.

[icepixie]

Dude, yes!

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

And I'm not writing that crossover, no matter how much the Wraith are like Nick and his cronies. (Isn't there supposed to be some Wraith around who doesn't want to eat human life force? Is that next season, or am I just remembering from a fanfic?)

Hee, c'mon, you know you waaaaaant to. I mean, maybe Steve had a radio show...

[icepixie]

Hee, c'mon, you know you waaaaaant to.

I so don't. Nope. Not me.

I mean, maybe Steve had a radio show...

Bwah! *cackles* And perhaps Marilyn Manson-wraith from the pilot owned a bar...

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Bwah! *cackles* And perhaps Marilyn Manson-wraith from the pilot owned a bar...

Oh, you know she did!

Now who on Atlantis will want to cure Mr. I Don't Wanna Eat the Humans? ;)

[icepixie]

Oh, you know she did!

And I'm sure she wore a lot of black while serving up the blood. *g*

Now who on Atlantis will want to cure Mr. I Don't Wanna Eat the Humans? ;)

Hmmm...Beckett?