Stupid, Drunk Fockbag!

Explain HOW a headphone jack would even fit into a usb port? You take a hammer to it or what?

It was the smallish headphone jack size and I was keen to listen to the tunes so I tried to force the focking thing.

Stupid, very stupid!

Noooooooo!!!!!!! The loss of the laptop is punishment enough!!!!!

I'd equate a night with you to be something not dissimilar to the energy exerted by a 350lb sumo with a 110lb, finely boned, petite looking Japanese Geisha; and I'm not the Sumo, my friend, so I know what's coming - Punishment, Big Time! POCs dont apply to you Wings, the acidic puss you ejaculate at volcanic speed eats nuclear waste!

An interesting point and funny that you mention it because I was off the beer that night and drinking Rum, [horrendous hangover on Sunday].

Dark Rum leaves me hammered and I was stuffing around, happy as Larry because I'd talked to this good looking tart at the boozer and I was chatting to her via messenger when the laptop went down.

You're right Tom, it wasn't the fault of that sweet nectar of the Gods we call grog, no, not at all! It was blasphemous of me to suggest so - shocking attitude, I know.

Drag Man!!! Too bad about the puter.....

I've burnt up a few things myself.... It usually my fault, but it still pisses me off none the less......

Last thing I burnt up was a wireless router.... Plugged in the wrong PSU to it & snap crackle pop!!!!!!! [shrug]

Pace Maker...... No, heart is storng as a bull..... 8)

Mine. I rang IBM the next morning for a quote to fix it and I was half-surly given the pounding going on in my head and I'd only racked up a few hours of sleep. 'Nathan' the young, slick, fast talking IBM operator didn't even laugh when I told him that I got drunk and fried the thing. He said: "Oh, you'd be surprised at how often we get that here. Hmmpf, I've done it myself; its no big deal." People with IBMs must love a good time, I thought.

He then went on to quote exhorbitant costs to fly the machine to Sydney to be fixed so I terminated the phone call before I called him and his corporation a pack of over-priced thieves.

Nah, RC. Mate, she was about 3 years out of warranty.

It is a bummer about the hard drive though. Lots of documents and stuff lost. Spewing at that loss, actually.

True, mate. Very true.

I lost my grandmother on Sunday afternoon. She was 89. Poor old thing, she'd kept her mental wellbeing but her body gave out on her. I saw her two weeks ago and she told me that if a person can reflect on their life and note that the scales of life are weighted towards the good side then that life has probably been worth living; she'd had such a life - honest and utilitarian in nature.

There's grieving but little melancholy at her loss given that she had led a full, happy and productive life.

Life goes on, as they say.

I believe that's what we all strive for in this life!!!!!!

We can't? I was kind of hoping for a glorious afterlife for myself in Wingdingium. O well....

Wolfman, mate like I mentioned, Pcs are not my forte. The best I could do was release the battery from the back of the thing.

You're right though, I'll get some dood in the know to have a look at it and see what, if anything, can be salvaged.

In truth, I'd like to buy a new system and get one of those snazzy 7800 GTX cards that everybody - including Toms - is raving about.

RC, are you kidding? I'd unload at least 2 hours of each day with games. I only just got my 6600GT 4 months ago and I got UT2004 Editor's Choice Edition a month ago and I dont know how many hours I've lost on that. Top game that it is.

I've got the luxury of not working for the next month and then I'll be back at Uni next Feb so there's time for gaming even though I'll need nearly a full-time job to pay my tuition so time will be precious for me next year.

I must say though, as fun as gaming is, its hardly productive; but I really enjoy it as a hobby. The older I get though, the less interested I am, particularly with games that are not highly complex or challenging. I really want Civ 4 but the $90 Aus price is ludicrous.

I'm not a tv or news guy so instead of sitting in front of the box or reading sensationalistic newsprint journals I play games. Its tragic really, given that I was once obsessed with politics and thus the Politics Degree I've completed is now next to useless for me because I'm disillusioned with most political processes.

The Unreal Tournament series has been most enjoyable for me over the years. I found UT 2003 to be disappointing but UT2004 has been tons of fun. I could not tally how many hours I burned on the original UT.

Half-life was a classic and I just finished Far Cry which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm now onto Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay and it seems pretty slick. I want Doom 3 next.

I really dig good strategy games and the Civ 3 burned many an hour of mine. I really loved it - for a while, at least. Time is the prob though, what with work and all. I'm a 'slow' gamer, as they say; I really like to get into a game to enjoy it, you know.

Call of Duty (the original) was excellent
HL2 is great but I never did finish it. I think I was getting some at the time.
Doom3 blows. Don't bother. What a lame game.
Painkiller is fun but gets old after about an hour. There's something great about shooting someone with a stake though.
Farcry was cool but I got bored. Is there MP in farcry?
BF2 is awesome. You need to find a good squad though which is kinda rough sometimes.

Finish HL2... It's worth it...

HL2 Best
FarCry next
FEAR next
PainKiller gold next
Doom 3

I din't have Quake 4 yet or SS2, but I'll revise my list after I play them....

I played FEAR for a while. That's pretty good so far.

If you haven't played Max Payne you should do that first. Excellent game.

AOEIII sucked. I gave it a bunch of chances but it was lame.

Rise of Nations is the best game in that league.

Right, HL2 it is then, and maybe some BF2 also, but I'm not sure my rig is really up to it.

I'm very surprised that Quake 4 was released so quietly, no fanfare, no advance demo (as far as I know), and very few reviews about. Strange.

Oh hello. The dead arose [/mornin']

'RobD' and 'sensible conversation' in one post. Something is wrong here....[/bored shiteless]

There seems to be a debate about the Wingding warning sticky that could provide some amusement....[/agreed]

Yep. No puzzles, no riddles. Just flat out slaughter. Fanfuckingtastic.

...*nervous*...

No, not yet? Something to worry me in there is there? I'll go check......

I'm rather pleased with having an incarnation of Wingy's deformed bunny in the topic. A good fall back for dire moments.

*snickers*