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From the Computer Errors challenge. See all 409 entries (closed)

( Plomien is Polish for flame, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:52, archived)

Love it
Having spent most of Monday recovering from all of those problems!
( Trellyclaus is returning to fuhldom, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:53, archived)

I managed to lose my final year dissertation
when my hard drive actually physically caught fire and Im had no backups.

I have no idea how it happened, since that just really shouldn't. I assume a combination of dusty buildup and a short causing a spark or something. Mistifying.
( Mockingbird in a pear tree, wearing a sparkly bikini, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:54, archived)

Crivens!
Poor birdie :-(
( Trellyclaus is returning to fuhldom, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:55, archived)

I hve blown up my pc befre as well
they make pretty sparks and a loverly blue smoke when they go poof.
pain in the arse trying to get the lost data back though
( Plomien is Polish for flame, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:56, archived)

on a similar note
never buy a cheap CPU heat sink if you live in a very warm house.

The 'ping' as the cheap metal of the clip gives way is interesting, and gives you a fraction of a second to appreciate the horror before the "pop" and the burning smell of your processor fucking itself royally.
( Mockingbird in a pear tree, wearing a sparkly bikini, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:59, archived)

This only enter Auteur Theory essay
instead of dissertation (only a-level)

Although it was as long as a dissertation. And my harddrive didn't catch fire, it just fucked itself.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:56, archived)

auteur theory is fucking bollocks

( mictoboy, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:00, archived)

Oh I don't know
I think it depends on the person in question.

By fucking bollocks, what do you mean?
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:02, archived)

I can see how that might be problematic

( monkdagola is going to rapekiss you, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:04, archived)

i mean that it's shite to think that what you see on screen is solely the director's vision
everything about filmmaking is compromise with others, and the editor has just as much control over the final film as the director, often moreso
( mictoboy, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:07, archived)

Well, that's true.
Depends on the size of production though, I guess. For instance- all the films I made at college were self edited.

EDIT- yes I realise they're not proper films, before you start on that one.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:13, archived)

i would never say that student films weren't 'proper'
a film is a film, no matter what the budget

and lets face it, a huge budget is no guarentee of quality or entertainement *cough*pearl harbour*cough*
( mictoboy, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:22, archived)

harbour necklace
( Mockingbird in a pear tree, wearing a sparkly bikini, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:27, archived)

All of my ones were just bad Eisenstein ripoffs anyway.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:28, archived)

Fucking Bollocks
in many ways the sheer tautology of this common vernacular expression most adequately conveys its intended semantic content; the recursive irony inherent in the phrase - that to describe bollocks as fucking is redundant as bollocks are basically for fucking, and that bollocks that are not used for fucking are in fact redundant - most accurately imparts the sense of utter uselessness the communicator wishes to attach to a concept when modifying it with these words.
( Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:11, archived)

oh god
no
( mictoboy, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:14, archived)

Redundant?
First you look into each other's eyes,
hold each other's hands,
taste each other's mouths,
then you make someone who lives in places
where they look out of windows
into other people's windows.

One of two poems I've ever written that I will admit to. ©™mark somerville
(Smoked Oysters Yes, magick helmet! And I will give you a sample!, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 11:38, archived)

Blimeh
*speechless*
( Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 11:53, archived)

So true...
So very very true.
( Little Sonic James Doom-er Boy Pa-rup-pa-pum-pummm, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:55, archived)

I like the one where you pull it back from the brink of your pc exploding
click save

and then it crashes
( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:57, archived)

that's like
some sort of extreeeeeme sport! life on the edge!
(badchili zubzubzubzubzub, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:59, archived)

Save more often.
Sorry.
( Smithlick is often seen at the bottom of threads, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 9:58, archived)

haha!
that reminds of the one someone posted ages ago
with the paper clip saying 'it looks like you're writing a letter',
'would you like me to;'
'bollocks to up for you
or
just fuck off and leave you alone'
( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:00, archived)

this is sarcasm, right?
I find it hard to tell
( Mockingbird in a pear tree, wearing a sparkly bikini, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:08, archived)

pffft.
That paper clip needs a right good mangling
( monkdagola is going to rapekiss you, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 10:03, archived)