Computer repairman.
My computer is getting on its days. For no reason it will heat up and think way too hard. Just opening the google stresses the little guy out. But for as much of whir and whoosh as my macbook can whip up it still works. And having an old computer is free, that's something that you just can't put a price on.
I was riling up the dog, feeling both guilty and elated because I promised my roommate I'd stop riling up the dog -- even though I love it. Constant riling had started wearing away the dog's training, and he was sliding toward becoming 70 pounds of fuzzy, unbridled public embarrassment. On the couch, wrestling with the dog, someone -- I won't say who -- knocked my laptop from the table I had delicately balanced it on the edge of.
Fuck.
I picked up my computer and opened it -- it froze. I turned it on -- only a white screen and lots of whirring. I assumed this could by related to it falling on the floor, and that likely this was a bad thing. Thinking quickly over everything I ever knew about computers I turned it on and off again six times and punched it twice. I turned it back on -- white screen.
Time to ask the internet, I thought. I googled my problem, "White screen of death," came up several times. I was hosed. Then there were some suggestions. Apparently holding down random combinations of keys while booting a computer up somehow communicates to it on a deeper level. Like saying, "OK -- I know you were acting broken, but now for real turn on because I don't want to go to the Apple store and spend over $1000 because I don't know what I'm doing."
On combination involved mashing 4-6 keys. The computer restarted 5 times. I let go of the keys, and it turned off. I turned it on again.
White screen -- of doom.
I shook it once, and slammed it gently on the table. The internet also suggested holding "C" while restarting the computer, presumably because "c" is for computer.
I held c, held my breath and restarted -- fixed.
The whole scenario makes complete sense. The computer broke because I knocked it off a table, and all I had to do was punch it, turn it off and on 20 times and hold "c" while turning it on.
Computer genius.
My computer is getting on its days. For no reason it will heat up and think way too hard. Just opening the google stresses the little guy out. But for as much of whir and whoosh as my macbook can whip up it still works. And having an old computer is free, that's something that you just can't put a price on.
I was riling up the dog, feeling both guilty and elated because I promised my roommate I'd stop riling up the dog -- even though I love it. Constant riling had started wearing away the dog's training, and he was sliding toward becoming 70 pounds of fuzzy, unbridled public embarrassment. On the couch, wrestling with the dog, someone -- I won't say who -- knocked my laptop from the table I had delicately balanced it on the edge of.
Fuck.
I picked up my computer and opened it -- it froze. I turned it on -- only a white screen and lots of whirring. I assumed this could by related to it falling on the floor, and that likely this was a bad thing. Thinking quickly over everything I ever knew about computers I turned it on and off again six times and punched it twice. I turned it back on -- white screen.
Time to ask the internet, I thought. I googled my problem, "White screen of death," came up several times. I was hosed. Then there were some suggestions. Apparently holding down random combinations of keys while booting a computer up somehow communicates to it on a deeper level. Like saying, "OK -- I know you were acting broken, but now for real turn on because I don't want to go to the Apple store and spend over $1000 because I don't know what I'm doing."
On combination involved mashing 4-6 keys. The computer restarted 5 times. I let go of the keys, and it turned off. I turned it on again.
White screen -- of doom.
I shook it once, and slammed it gently on the table. The internet also suggested holding "C" while restarting the computer, presumably because "c" is for computer.
I held c, held my breath and restarted -- fixed.
The whole scenario makes complete sense. The computer broke because I knocked it off a table, and all I had to do was punch it, turn it off and on 20 times and hold "c" while turning it on.
Computer genius.
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