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[Bella]

Might be getting that new smartphone today. ;U;

[Nichi]

Sounds nice :3
You need Angry Birds next. Damn that game is addicting >w>

[Bella]

Takin my new phone out to lunch B-)

[Nichi]

Nice :3

So, I went up to my grandma's office today, with the intention on installing more RAM in her desktop as a surprise, only to find out I was wasting my time; she sent it off to one of the local repair places to get worked on. Everybody is telling her that she needs a new PC badly, but she refuses to listen; still believing that the root of the problem is her "slow internet connection" >_<;;

Meh, whatever. I get to borrow her connection for a while :3
Although, that damn vending machine down the street ate my change, so no Coke for me >_<;

[Bella]

OMFG GUYS today I saw an HP computer BSOD ... IN THE WILD.

It was just sitting in this department store display and it was BSOD'ing.

I wish I had my camera/phone on me so I could have snapped off a pic.

[Nichi]

I once saw that happen at Wal-Mart; their looping promo of the latest VHS releases BSOD'd xD
(The fact I mention VHS should give you an indicator how long ago this was)

So, I learned the following today:
- BeOS hates me and/or 2k-tan the Deaktop. Trying to burn the CD would always lock up my BluRay drive (As far as Windows was concerned, the drive vanished entirely until I rebooted), and even then, the disc just barely worked (It'd get as far as the splash screen before giving up. This in in Virtualbox, BTW; I haven't tried on actual hardware). I might give it's spiritual successor, Haiku, a shot; hopefully it'll work better

- My grandma's desktop was plagued by a ton of viruses. It's better now; actually running semi-decently

- Chocolate cake donuts are amazing *w*

[Krizonar]

The hotel I am staying at has all of its operations done by a Power Mac G4 in the front lobby.

The awesomeness I just witnessed checking in here.

[Chocofreak13]

@kriz: glad you're having fun on your trip. make sure to get a pic of that. xD
@pent: how could you not know about the viruses....?
@bella: and i've seen a video of a mac BSOD in-store on youtube. >:[
*hugs various HP computers*
@svx: the grey shirt was based off the movie Labyrinth. the blonde guy is David Bowie's character.
the red one is Tifa, from FF7. i asked my sister and i'm gonna buy it cause it's cheeeeeap 8D

[Raffaele the Amigan]

- BeOS hates me and/or 2k-tan the Deaktop. Trying to burn the CD would always lock up my BluRay drive (As far as Windows was concerned, the drive vanished entirely until I rebooted), and even then, the disc just barely worked (It'd get as far as the splash screen before giving up. This in in Virtualbox, BTW; I haven't tried on actual hardware). I might give it's spiritual successor, Haiku, a shot; hopefully it'll work better

- My grandma's desktop was plagued by a ton of viruses. It's better now; actually running

Sure beos is too old to recognize new hardware
Trying it on a virtualbox was a fgood smart move, but you must check if emulated hardware has no flaws or beos is of good taste enough to accept it

Sure Haiku is more modern to run on any current hardware configuration, except very very new graphic cards still unsupported.

If thr desktop of your grandma is full of viruses, then don't loose time by de-infecting it. Just format and reinstall.

[Nichi]

@Kari: Well, her desktop is a shitty 10-year-old Celeron-based Compaq that brings shame upon Asagi by carrying the same brand name on the case. Also, my uncle always loads it down with pointless junk, including no-name, barely functional antivirus software, so that was the other half of the problem

@Raffaele: I'm leaning toward the ISOs I obtained of BeOS being corrupt; as it feels like every OS I've downloaded from that site, barring MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2, have been damaged in some way (Especially their Mac section)

So, yesterday I actually tried out Windows 8; setting it up in Virtualbox, as a morbid curiosity. Let's just say, I'm not wasting my money on it when it comes out; it was agonizingly slow (Took forever for Internet Explorer to come up, and even then, it choked on Google; by the time it had realized I had typed anything, I had already booted Windows XP in a different box, brought up Firefox, and looked up "How to disable Metro"), it was a pain in the ass to access the control panel, required me to dig up the password of my antiquated Xbox Live account just to setup a user profile, and the design of the interface somehow makes Windows 3.11 look as flashy as Vista or 7. I'll try to get a comparison pic sometime soom

[Chocofreak13]

@pent: i picked out this colour especially for the occasion, considering windows 8 sounds like a gold-plated turd. (this colour is called "gold".) i wasn't going to waste my cash (or torrent time) on it anyway, but now that we have a review, i can warn others of this tomfoolery! >:\

also, i still reccomend Rising Antivirus. it's the easiest one to use i've ever come across (like the Ronco ad said, "Set it and Forget it!") and is actually quite effective. though i'm wondering what kind of sites your grandma is visiting.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb19JwNhfGo

[Nichi]

For her, it's the fact she lacks common sense with browsing. She opens every e-mail and every attachment; no matter how many times my uncle has tried to tell her to not do that >_<;;

As for the song, it's a bit funny because she does have a Facebook, although she never uses it ^_^;

[Raffaele the Amigan]

For her, it's the fact she lacks common sense with browsing. She opens every e-mail and every attachment; no matter how many times my uncle has tried to tell her to not do that >_<;;

As for the song, it's a bit funny because she does have a Facebook, although she never uses it ^_^;

well it is better to her to buy Apple computer or Linux based one if she has such an attitude towards the internet surfing...

[Nichi]

Eh, I've thought about it, but trying to get her to learn something new is like pulling teeth in space. After my uncle upgraded her PC to Windows 95 ages ago, she sat there for an hour; waiting on Program Manager to come up because she thought it was going to be exactly like 3.11 ^_^;;

So, unless I can find her a Linux distro that looks and feels exactly like Windows XP down to the last detail, there's no switching her to anything else

[Chocofreak13]

someone needs to teach her the proper way to internet. :\

and i'm pretty sure there are linuxes that look the same. barbie linux was one but it was never made. :\