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On 15/11/2011 2:12 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In articleFO6dnQwMceLqUl_TnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@earthlink .com, says... One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow, so if someone tells you to "go to lunch" you step right to it, eh? Must be afraid of the tech guy as well as everyone else, coward. Maybe if they didn't deal in Chinese parts, you'd have a better computer. American quality was so bad and expensive, they don't make them any more. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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A nice apple story
On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk But tells us harry can't recover his own PC. First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a 1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that warranter will not do. He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty money for one of these: (and fast) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627 -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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A nice apple story
On 16/11/2011 4:33 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/15/11 8:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk I'm sure with all the imaginary computers at your facilities, you can just hot swap a failed drive out instantaneously, right? Takes about 2 minutes. Just looked them up, due to devaluing currencies of CAD/USD and the flood of the plants in Taiwan (but China is OK) looks like the new crop of drives have more than doubled in price. Last one I bought was a 2TB for $75. Now $269. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
A nice apple story
In article m,
says... On 11/16/2011 11:23 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In , says... On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:48:42 -0500, wrote: In , says... On 11/15/11 8:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;)snerk I'm sure with all the imaginary computers at your facilities, you can just hot swap a failed drive out instantaneously, right? It's about that simple to do so. You can hot swap any SATA drive in any win OS, XP or newer. I was playing with drives the other day and as soon as you plug them in, XP finds them and installs them. I am not sure the RAID BIOS on the controller card would actually rebuild the drive tho since that is usually only accessible on a boot. I think you can mirror in the OS. I just haven't done it. Yep, Harry the computer expert just doesn't know... Maybe you could explain why Harry would need a server. I have no idea why, he only has a few clients! I'd just get a one terabyte hard drive, hook it to a desktop computer, and for $80 when it's full, buy a new one and put the old one on a shelf. |
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On 11/16/11 1:32 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk But tells us harry can't recover his own PC. First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a 1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that warranter will not do. He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty money for one of these: (and fast) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627 D'oh. Every time you post, you demonstrate your stupidity. The drive that failed is in a sealed iMac, not a PC box. You don't just swap out drives in an iMac. And the iMac has a service contract, so there is no need for me to try to take it apart. Oh, the drive that failed was a 1 terabyte drive. My Macbook Pro laptop has a 250 MB drive, which is more than adequate for its purpose. I have four 2TB drives in my server. I can "recover" the iMac from a bad software condition, but that wasn't the case in this case. When I have six months left on the iMac service contract, I'll sell it, just as I did with my previous iMac, and get the latest model. Now, anything more you wish to post out of your ignorance? |
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On 16/11/2011 12:17 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 1:32 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk But tells us harry can't recover his own PC. First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a 1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that warranter will not do. He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty money for one of these: (and fast) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627 D'oh. Every time you post, you demonstrate your stupidity. The drive that failed is in a sealed iMac, not a PC box. You don't just swap out drives in an iMac. And the iMac has a service contract, so there is no need for me to try to take it apart. Oh, the drive that failed was a 1 terabyte drive. My Macbook Pro laptop has a 250 MB drive, which is more than adequate for its purpose. I have four 2TB drives in my server. I can "recover" the iMac from a bad software condition, but that wasn't the case in this case. When I have six months left on the iMac service contract, I'll sell it, just as I did with my previous iMac, and get the latest model. Now, anything more you wish to post out of your ignorance? So Macs are proprietary crap? Stupid loser users never learn. The best way to judge a products quality is to ask but not buy a warranty. Lower is better. But for hard drives, I look at them as consumables and never run any over 5 years old. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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On 11/16/11 2:52 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 16/11/2011 12:17 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 1:32 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk But tells us harry can't recover his own PC. First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a 1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that warranter will not do. He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty money for one of these: (and fast) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627 D'oh. Every time you post, you demonstrate your stupidity. The drive that failed is in a sealed iMac, not a PC box. You don't just swap out drives in an iMac. And the iMac has a service contract, so there is no need for me to try to take it apart. Oh, the drive that failed was a 1 terabyte drive. My Macbook Pro laptop has a 250 MB drive, which is more than adequate for its purpose. I have four 2TB drives in my server. I can "recover" the iMac from a bad software condition, but that wasn't the case in this case. When I have six months left on the iMac service contract, I'll sell it, just as I did with my previous iMac, and get the latest model. Now, anything more you wish to post out of your ignorance? So Macs are proprietary crap? Stupid loser users never learn. The best way to judge a products quality is to ask but not buy a warranty. Lower is better. But for hard drives, I look at them as consumables and never run any over 5 years old. No, dummy, the issue that kept me from replacing the iMac drive was not a proprietary issue. They use standard OEM drives. Haven't you ever seen a a recent model iMac? Perhaps you should look at one and get back to me about replacing the innards. And once again, you demonstrate your ignorance. |
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On Nov 16, 2:01*pm, iBoaterer wrote:
In article f0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47*pm, iBoaterer wrote: In article 073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51*am, iBoaterer wrote: In article 8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39*am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com *wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` *wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally.. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. *;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? |
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On 11/16/11 3:25 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? Lil iLoogy is a piece of work. He threatens both of us with "beatings" for years so both of us offer him a chance and what does he do? He pees down his pants leg. He thinks I'll have him arrested after he takes his first swing and I knock him out cold. What would be the fun in that? All I'd do is take lots of photos. But, of course, to have that chance, he has to present proper ID before he shows up and he has to show up at a prearranged time, both conditions part of my original offer. Which he hasn't the balls to accept. Yep...he ****es down his pants leg...and continues to call us "cowards." He must have attended the iSnotty school of stupidity. |
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On Nov 16, 4:56*pm, iBoaterer wrote:
In article 357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01*pm, iBoaterer wrote: In article f0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47*pm, iBoaterer wrote: In article 073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51*am, iBoaterer wrote: In article 8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says.... On Nov 16, 9:39*am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com *wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` *wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. *;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you & your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk & no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made & proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/11 5:04 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles. Uh, *you* and several of the other ignorant righties here are not the guys I'd go to for explanations of what posters say or mean. I gave iLoogy the opportunity to fulfill one of his fantasies. I did it within the framework of reasonable conditions. I told him I wasn't interested in negotiating. He wussied out, just as I suspected he would. He's the same sort of short little loudmouthed **** you are. |
A nice apple story
On Nov 16, 6:04*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/11 7:17 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 16, 6:04 pm, wrote: You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. Yeah, but you knew that would be out of range of his court-ordered ankle bracelet GPS locator. It's been demonstrated to anyone here with a brain that little iLoogy *is* the coward. |
A nice apple story
North Star wrote:
I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB |
A nice apple story
On 16/11/2011 12:59 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 2:52 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 12:17 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 1:32 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I wish those were available with PC's;) snerk But tells us harry can't recover his own PC. First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a 1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that warranter will not do. He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty money for one of these: (and fast) http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627 D'oh. Every time you post, you demonstrate your stupidity. The drive that failed is in a sealed iMac, not a PC box. You don't just swap out drives in an iMac. And the iMac has a service contract, so there is no need for me to try to take it apart. Oh, the drive that failed was a 1 terabyte drive. My Macbook Pro laptop has a 250 MB drive, which is more than adequate for its purpose. I have four 2TB drives in my server. I can "recover" the iMac from a bad software condition, but that wasn't the case in this case. When I have six months left on the iMac service contract, I'll sell it, just as I did with my previous iMac, and get the latest model. Now, anything more you wish to post out of your ignorance? So Macs are proprietary crap? Stupid loser users never learn. The best way to judge a products quality is to ask but not buy a warranty. Lower is better. But for hard drives, I look at them as consumables and never run any over 5 years old. No, dummy, the issue that kept me from replacing the iMac drive was not a proprietary issue. They use standard OEM drives. Haven't you ever seen a a recent model iMac? Perhaps you should look at one and get back to me about replacing the innards. And once again, you demonstrate your ignorance. I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote:
North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... |
A nice apple story
On Nov 16, 10:12*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Hey... y'all were talking so tough, I just had to see what y'all got. Can't be much since your sweetie chickened out... cluck, cluck, cluck! |
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On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 16/11/2011 12:59 PM, X ` Man wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. I can make the same purchases. So what? And I have no need for running multiple OS's at the same time. I can also run VM Ware and run multiple OS's at the same time. Yawn. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. |
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On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. |
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On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. |
A nice apple story
On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. |
A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error |
A nice apple story
On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? |
A nice apple story
On Nov 17, 7:10*am, Drifter wrote:
On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward.. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. |
A nice apple story
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A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? His point is that he isn't stuck with a proprietary, overpriced nintendo... |
A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, Drifter wrote:
On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. Such an obvious setup. As soon as he makes plans by email as harry requires, shows up and shows his id, he is gonna' be arrested and we all know it... |
A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:10 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. And yet, you have been cowering from me for years! LOL! |
A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:10 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward.. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. Apparently Harry isn't man enough to accomplish the task on his own. What part of Harry's quote do you not understand? Harry said the following: "It will be my pleasure to *have* the **** beat out of you. No guns, no knives, no clubs. And that will be the end of your posting here, for which I will receive a public service award." -- 1-20-13 The end of an error |
A nice apple story
On Nov 17, 9:44*am, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 7:10 am, *wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. *Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. And yet, you have been cowering from me for years! LOL!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Say what? You are an amusing little man! |
A nice apple story
On 11/17/2011 8:53 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 9:44 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 7:10 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. And yet, you have been cowering from me for years! LOL!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Say what? You are an amusing little man! Yup, you said you were coming down here with your drunk son over a year ago, and harry has hidden from more of us than even you... |
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