Ubuntu 11.04 broke my MacBook Pro
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Sun May 8 19:39:55 UTC 2011
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 12:03 -0700, rikona wrote:
> Hello Ric,
>
> Sunday, May 8, 2011, 10:39:41 AM, Ric wrote:
>
> > I toasted a perfectly good 15" Multisync, back when they cost mega
> > bucks. Xvidtune took what I stupidly gave it and gleefully took out
> > the flyback. It just went ZEET! and a puff of smoke issued.
>
> Hmmm... interesting. I also lost a Multisync the same way, even to the
> ZEET + reeeeally bad smell - an even larger one, for mega+ bucks.
>
> > God, I was sick.
>
> Meeeeee too!
>
> I've been cautious since.
I think that the more adventurous the user is, the more adventurous are
the ways he blows stuff up. :) Ric
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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