My madness must have reached a new maximum. For no reason I decided trying to reactivate an old PC. The motherboard, ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe, once had been the basis for my main PC. Bought about 2006 and upgraded over time it ended up with 8GB DDR2 RAM and 4*2TB HDD with a hardware RAID5 controller.
(more…)Author: KleinesSinchen
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Visit to an Apple store
Well not really an Apple store, but a reseller featuring only Apple products. Other than the legal difference (not a shop run by Apple) there is probably nothing really different. For simplicity I’ll just go with “Apple store” from now on.
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In my effort of improving computer security and moving out of my comfort zone I thought it would be nice to learn a bit about the overpriced bitten windfall fruit technology. So I went to the store with a friendly smile and told the guy what was my goal: Improving my computer security and learn about Apple by asking an expert in a shop dedicated to selling Apple products. I’m even ready for getting a Mac Mini if the price is okay. But visiting the Apple shop turned out to be a fiasco: -
Look at the road, you moron, not at your smartphone! [Sinchen Rant]
Really, I’ve enough of people behaving that way! I see it all the time, everywhere: Somebody stares at their smartphone, mesmerized, is not noticing anything around them!
No matter if pedestrians, cyclists or motorists: In all of these groups are lots and lots of members who are unable to do without their phone for just five minutes.
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