Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The Lament of the Laptop

I happened to ask Ra about whether his laptop had a single core processor and whether the Centrino Core 2 Duo was a 64-bit processor. This is what happened. At least, the interesting part.

[17:40] Ra: This laptop is ok.
[17:40] Ra: Serves the purpose.
[17:40] Ra: I'll get one when this gives up and dies.
[17:42] Me: when the processor's ghost exits through the cooling vents...
[17:42] Ra: Yes then.
[17:43] Me: ...and its tormented cries rent the fabric of your display into a complicated networks of tears...
[17:43] Ra: Haha.
[17:43] Me: ...when the keys become so weary that they no longer produce a click, not even the cheap sound that compaq is famous for...
[17:44] Me: ...when your battery will leak critical life blood lithium ions...
[17:44] Me: ...and when there is no nirvana playing in the backfground to make the whole thing ironic as hell...
[17:45] Ra: Ah, my suicidal laptop.
[17:45] Me: ...simply because the magnets in the speakers have long demagnetized to scrap iron.
[17:45] Me: I am sounding bleak aren't I?
[17:45] Ra: You are sounding rather funny.



P.S : I just wanted to rub in the fact that I was getting a new laptop. Fully loaded. Well, almost.

30 comments:

silverine said...

That was like a Rapidex course in laptop engineering for me!! Thanks!

My poor Sysadmin!! He just gave me a fully loaded Viao! Thats the second in a year.

Safari Al said...

Gosh!!! It was that terrible eh? the conversation, I mean. I can give some really nice tips and tricks to squeeze performance out of your laptop once I get mine to do fancy stuff.

But then again, you use windows right???
:P. The damn piece of code is highly over-rated and well...simply...lousy. Use linux!

My cousing (who got the said Dell for me in question) has a Vaio. Apparently it doesnt have speakers.

silverine said...

Not its not bad...but I will be spewing this jargon to make him get me a new one :D

Safari Al said...

Hmmm... I am being used.

Sigh...I feel like a windows Cd.

silverine said...

lol!!

p.s Windows rulez!!! :p

Safari Al said...

Windows sucks.

Check out you-tube for videos of something called compiz.

I am going to install linux and then compiz. Anytime you feel like dropping your jaw down by a mile, let me know, I will be more than happy to demonstrate the power of linux to you.


:)

Darkness and deep said...

Himesh sound better than u.. this for not remininding me to come for the trek :P

Safari Al said...

pack man. you are always going off to car-treats or birthday treats. looks like non - N** junta are not good enough for you!

Logik said...

One more evangelist... whate..
Showing the power of Linux through Compiz... You rock macchan...

Try amarok next..

Logik said...

Oh. I forgot to mention.. Brilliant post..Processor's ghost through the vents.. LOL

my previous comment was a comment on your semi-stupid comments..

Safari Al said...

Buzz off man. I have been amarok on linux for as long as i remember. Some cupf-psycho(read ECE student) doesn't have to tell me.


Is this all a result of having become an engineer at long last??? eh???

Logik said...

@safari-subbu : try amarok was a joke dude..
evangelist to new user: "use linux. why.?. Its got amarok... WoW"..

and bingo for the engg bit... u coudnt be more right...

silverine said...

@Safari Al: I think it is completely stupid and not semi stupid to be grabbing any and every straw to show off ones itsy bitsy technical knowledge in front of non techie people :)) Just saying!

Logik said...

aha...non-techie... well put macchan...

@itsy-bitsy : maybe , maybe not...

Safari Al said...

I wasnt trying to show off. I was justtrying to be nice to funny-mallu-blogger-woman. I should get a toblerone, nay, two toblerones for that.

Someone else it trying to show-off knowledge. Like i keep saying, I am just a nice guy!!!

Logik said...
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Logik said...

@subbu: my apologies... dint quite get ur intentions right...You're quite the tech-support guy... Carry on..

Nice guy.. you wish...

Mrinalini said...

Er. Congrats.

silverine said...

@safari Al: I was talking about the someone wonly! No Toblerone for you for allowing showing off by show offs to your commenters!! :p

Safari Al said...

@silverine: I didn't quite get that. But, atleast 5-star?

@mins: you still remember to use a computer??? :)

Macadamia The Nut said...

*..and its tormented cries rent the fabric of your display into a complicated networks of tears...*

Lol! You've a way with words!

Safari Al said...

@nut: Thanks. Most people would think that is geeky. Including my boss.

Well...you drive me 'nuts'.

*note to self: improve punning ability"

Macadamia The Nut said...

We-elll!
Is it time to sing "Happy b'day to yoo.. blablahblah"
Or am I early? :D

ANYway,... Happy B'day dude! Go have a drink on me :D

Safari Al said...

No...not my birthday. Not yet atleast.

Why would you think so?

Or is this like an joke? Or like the way they say FO in 'friends'?

Macadamia The Nut said...

My blond moment :D

When you said "Twenty seven in less than 24 hours." I presumed you meant you were turning 27.

Lol!

Safari Al said...

I meant 27 comments on your blog in less than 24 hours.

And I thought you was drink!

Macadamia The Nut said...

Figured after your last comment :D
Sigh! Every Duh has its day.

Safari Al said...

It's ok ya.


*grin*

Macadamia The Nut said...

You've been tagged!

*grins*

Indus Creep said...

me so jeelous of u man ujjading + comment count both