How to fix any computer

posted on May 13th, 2011, 11:14 am

here's a comic by the oatmeal, i like his stuff, this one is clever cos instead of taking a side in the windoze/macfac/linucks war he slaps them all for their shortfalls.

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Source: How to fix any computer - The Oatmeal

[Tyler]

posted on May 13th, 2011, 11:17 am

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Lotta weeping going on... pity the Linux users that can't grow a beard...

posted on May 13th, 2011, 11:28 am

yeah, i think linux draws power from how awesome the user's beard is.

[PlatSilver]

posted on May 13th, 2011, 1:35 pm

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yeah, i think linux draws power from how awesome the user's beard is.

Yeah, I mean look at stallman...

posted on May 13th, 2011, 1:55 pm

Yeah, I mean look at stallman...

that link is badly broken. found the page anyway though and

posted on May 13th, 2011, 2:07 pm

Here's a fixed Stallman link.

[PlatSilver]

posted on May 13th, 2011, 2:31 pm

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that link is badly broken. found the page anyway though and

oh wow it really is... I've been using xml in an assignment, so I've gotten used to quotes being required.

posted on May 13th, 2011, 2:34 pm

Yeah, use the Beard Force! lulz

Anyway, Linux is standard in our CS faculty (where I study). Our usual steps to be taken when you find your linux distro is no longer working: 1) Find a fellow student whose beard is equal or larger than your own. 2) Ask him. 3) Get cryptic response. 4) Ask again. 5) Let him hammer ~20 even more cryptic commands into your bash. 6) Stuff works again - but now everything looks funny. Explanation: "d00d, it's totally the new gtk+! BTW, why don't you try ArchLinux?"

...  :lol:

posted on May 13th, 2011, 2:43 pm

I usally prefer to start with a hammer see if that fixes my problems but really rebooting solves all problems.

posted on May 13th, 2011, 3:08 pm

Russian repairs never worked for me, I just got dented tower.

posted on May 13th, 2011, 10:08 pm

Russian repairs never worked for me, I just got dented tower.

You don't use it ON the case, you use it IN the case. 

posted on May 13th, 2011, 11:32 pm

Na that means he needs bigger hammer

posted on May 14th, 2011, 10:23 am

In Russia, Computers repair YOU.

Resistance is futile... 

posted on May 14th, 2011, 10:35 am

For Windows, if you're smart you only have programs and windows itself on the main drive. You'll have a secondary drive, a partition if you only have one physical drive to store data that isn't recoverable.

Plus every month or so you'll back up to either another PC, DVD, Flashdrive or to a web-server your files you really don't want to loose.

But yes to fix Windows, a re-install is always the best way. I have done like 3-4 in 2011 alone and we are only half way through May.

posted on May 14th, 2011, 11:17 am

i like reinstalling windows a lot too. problem is you have to reinstall nearly every program because they love putting data in the registry.

i think it would be good if microsoft could make programs easier to back up, by allowing users to just copy the installation directory and the program will still work. ie have data that would usually go in the registry get put in a file in the installation's root directory. stuff like file associations could then be read from those files in 1 big search of all installed programs, and the registry restored after a wipe.