capnq is in trouble, and may need our help

[Puke]

Possum said:
What I really like to do is put on long fuzzy socks, shuffle across the long shag carpeting in my living room, insert my p3n0r in the electric socket, and then grab the motherboard with both hands...

i suddenly feel dirty, knowing that someone else might be doing this at the same time as me. assuming my local socket is clean, im pretty sure diseases cant be transmitted over our electrical backbone, but the thought is still creepy.

[President_Elect_Shang]

Puke said:
...im pretty sure diseases cant be transmitted over our electrical backbone...

I had no idea you sick-o’s were doing this too. Now I have to call my doctor and schedule a full checkup.

[Possum]

ROTFLMAOASTC!

You'll note Fyron still hasn't replied. I....don't think I've ever seen anyone have the last word with him before...

ANYHOW, back to (semi)-serious matters.

capnq has posted again in the PBW forum for our game. Here is what he had to say -

Well, the good news is that the computer is probably salvagable. The bad news is that if I can't fix it myself, the friend who offered to help will be out of town until at least January 2nd.

I'm poking around here at the library for some technical references.

So, as you can see, still no details on just where he put his shillelagh...

[capnq]

I'm baaack! I appreciate everybody's concern.

The short version of the story is, I was just trying to add some RAM and replace a dead CD-ROM drive.

By the time I was finished screwing up, I had to format the hard drive, replace the replacement CD drive, and reinstall Windows.

I didn't actually break any hardware. My biggest mistake turned out to be blindly following the instructions in Windows Help without thinking through the effects of what they suggested doing.

I'm slowly reinstalling stuff as I find I need it. Before the crash, I had about 400M free on the HD; ATM, I've got over 3.25G free.

In the week I was offline, my Inbox accumulated 192 e-mails, of which only 18 were not spam.

It's sooo good to be back!