You are right. It does not belong in this or any list server. But several
people understood the situation clearly. I personally thought that it was
funny receiving a call from this man, an intelligent attorney with a BA and
a MD in Corporate law and something else.
I do apologize for one item though, and that's the fact that I used the word
gateway. I fax talking to someone while writing this letter and we were
discussing his broken gateway (doorstop). And for some reason while typing
I put gateway instead of computer. I apologize for using the
compacardbell2000 language.
Also, I took a look at the machine today. The processor is DEAD as well as
the video card and MB, but this ram is good. (this is to answer the 35
emails about people commenting not criticizing my letter).
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin J. Maney [mailto:maney@mcs.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998 2:35 PM
To: Gary Smith
Subject: Re: error in operate memory perocess help please
Frankly, I doubt this shaggy dog story belonged in ANY of the lists you
posted it to. Please refrain from pissing in the shared pool in the future!
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Gary Smith wrote:
> Please read the entire page before heckling me!
>
> I have been running 2.0.34-0.6 for quite some time now and I have run into
a
> snag. Recently I added a new 123mb SCSI hot swappable drive and while
> installing it into the case I dropped a screw into the case and in all of
my
> disappointment I accidentally grabbed my coke to take a sip and it spilled
> into my 486dx66. It suddenly started sparking and smoking like there was
no
> tomorrow. I know this must sound weird but the computer won't boot
now....
> Is this a kernel problem or a modem issue.
>
> This little bit of humor was the result of a client of mine trying to fix
> his gateway buy adding a 1.6gb IDE drive to the system while the power was
> on. He thought that plug and play meant that this could be done. But
then
> he dropped a screw into the case and spilled some soda in it while trying
to
> retrieve the screw off of the motherboard while using no magnetic screw
> driver to "scoot" the screw to the side so he could pick it up. He then
> told me that the system sparked and that after the smoke went away, he
> rebooted and the system would not come up. He asked me if it could
possible
> be Windows 95 being corrupted. He also rambled on about it being the
modem
> that was installed a month prior (by his son) that was still in operation
> when the computer died. This man, an attorney, also asked me to replace
the
> parts because they should be under warranty.
>
> His system was:
>
> PII 400MHZ
> 256 RAM
> 11gb IDE Drive
> 8mb Video
> 56k "USR" X2 voice fax modem
> 33.6 Fax modem (installed by his own son)
> 3com 100mb Network Card
> SB 128 sound (maybe it was a 64)
> DVD drive
> Philips CDRW
> 4mm HP tape drive
>
> I asked him why he was installing the drive in the first place. He said
> that he thought he could use the extra space (he currently used 1.5gb of
the
> 11gb).
>
> The moral of the story is simple. No brains, no headache.
>
> Thought that you would appreciate this story.
>
> Gary Smith
>
>
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