Comments on: My First Computer – Part 2 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/ Pointless Wanderings: Musings of a mind looking to make sense in a Pointless World. Not really, but that sounds Cool! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: King Vishy http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2268 King Vishy Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:04:25 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-2268 " but if I had that kind of presence of mind, I’d be a different person altogether." LOL.. awesome line.. guess am goin to use it often now on! ” but if I had that kind of presence of mind, I’d be a different person altogether.”

LOL.. awesome line.. guess am goin to use it often now on!

]]> By: Aditya Kulkarni http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Aditya Kulkarni Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:05:36 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1951 Yes sir, very much. You can try it yourself actually. Its a lot of fun! Yes sir, very much. You can try it yourself actually. Its a lot of fun!

]]> By: Neil Thakkar http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Neil Thakkar Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:10:05 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1950 hi, i like ur posts. keep it updated. u really experienced this computer burning?? hi, i like ur posts. keep it updated. u really experienced this computer burning??

]]> By: ravindra http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 ravindra Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:03:02 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1941 haha. but why exactly did it burn?? haha. but why exactly did it burn??

]]> By: Aditya Kulkarni http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Aditya Kulkarni Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:04:08 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1882 Those are very acute observations of the Basic Instinct CD. You must have some experience in the area. Anyway, what happened to the CD is a story in itself, but the short of it is that in those days, CD drives came with an "emergency exit" switch. It was a small hole on the front of the drive, and if you put a pin into this, it would eject the drive, without needing any power. That saved me :) Those are very acute observations of the Basic Instinct CD. You must have some experience in the area.

Anyway, what happened to the CD is a story in itself, but the short of it is that in those days, CD drives came with an “emergency exit” switch. It was a small hole on the front of the drive, and if you put a pin into this, it would eject the drive, without needing any power. That saved me :)

]]> By: Rada http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 Rada Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:45:11 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1881 Hilarious! Cannot reallly believe you managed to set fire to your computer...er...managed to make it smoke, as you so delicately put it! Btw, I have also the same quey that maxdavinci has! :-) Hilarious!

Cannot reallly believe you managed to set fire to your computer…er…managed to make it smoke, as you so delicately put it!

Btw, I have also the same quey that maxdavinci has! :-)

]]> By: maxdavinci http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1880 maxdavinci Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:08:48 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1880 hmm now I wonder what happened to the Basic Instinct CD? anyone find it? The computer repair-man maybe? hmm now I wonder what happened to the Basic Instinct CD? anyone find it? The computer repair-man maybe?

]]> By: Nikhil Narayanan http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Nikhil Narayanan Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:11:52 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1879 Fun read.I have had my share of misadventures from Land-line phones to Irons(Box) :) -Nikhil Fun read.I have had my share of misadventures from Land-line phones to Irons(Box) :)

-Nikhil

]]> By: Aditya Kulkarni http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Aditya Kulkarni Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:16:03 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1878 Well, actually, this is a true story. I really did smoke my first computer. It was fun! lolz Well, actually, this is a true story. I really did smoke my first computer. It was fun! lolz

]]> By: Satish Chandra Gupta http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-computer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Satish Chandra Gupta Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:45:28 +0000 http://pointlesseverything.com/blog/?p=232#comment-1877 Good fiction :-) Now don't tell me that, actually, just like auctioning the household tasks, this is also an absolutely true story. Good fiction :-) Now don’t tell me that, actually, just like auctioning the household tasks, this is also an absolutely true story.

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