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Wednesday, 26 January 2011 14:18![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lea_hazelThis post about boots and their significance on Two Whole Cakes reminded me that I have a pair of pink docs I haven't broken in yet. So I wore them today to drop off my big computer to be fixed, yet again. My feet are a bit sore, but if I don't wear them, they'll never get soft. Exam time, when I'm only out of the apartment for errands and can pop them right off again after a couple of hours, is an ideal time for this. Plus next week it's supposed to rain again.
To recap my computer situation: When I was working in hi-tech and had disposable income, I dropped a wad of cash on a fancy gaming laptop. Last year when I started uni, my mother bought me a wee, tiny student laptop that has basic functions like internet and word processing, and can be carried around easily enough. Just before the school year started I was going to get the big laptop cleaned, since it overheats if I don't, and that's when it broke down.
I brought it to the shop and it turned out the motherboard might be fried. After some hubbub trying to figure out if I had a warranty, I shelled for a new motherboard. I brought it home and started running updates, and a few hours later the problem relapsed. Back to the shop it went. Last week I called to see whether it was fixed, and the guy said he'd called me (although I couldn't find his message) and it had been fixed for a while! I brought it home Sunday after my molecular biology test. That's when the current relapse started.
Right now I have a kitchen table in my living room, but just as soon as I have a real desk (which should be soon), I'm looking into buying a desktop. I'll dip into my savings, I think. I mean, I dropped it at the shop and they're going to do whatever it is they do, but I really think the third time's a charm, and the next breakdown is a when, not an if. I want to play The Sims 3, it's what I bought that fucking machine for.
I am studying statistics, not updating my journal. I totally know how to do an independent sample t-test.
To recap my computer situation: When I was working in hi-tech and had disposable income, I dropped a wad of cash on a fancy gaming laptop. Last year when I started uni, my mother bought me a wee, tiny student laptop that has basic functions like internet and word processing, and can be carried around easily enough. Just before the school year started I was going to get the big laptop cleaned, since it overheats if I don't, and that's when it broke down.
I brought it to the shop and it turned out the motherboard might be fried. After some hubbub trying to figure out if I had a warranty, I shelled for a new motherboard. I brought it home and started running updates, and a few hours later the problem relapsed. Back to the shop it went. Last week I called to see whether it was fixed, and the guy said he'd called me (although I couldn't find his message) and it had been fixed for a while! I brought it home Sunday after my molecular biology test. That's when the current relapse started.
Right now I have a kitchen table in my living room, but just as soon as I have a real desk (which should be soon), I'm looking into buying a desktop. I'll dip into my savings, I think. I mean, I dropped it at the shop and they're going to do whatever it is they do, but I really think the third time's a charm, and the next breakdown is a when, not an if. I want to play The Sims 3, it's what I bought that fucking machine for.
I am studying statistics, not updating my journal. I totally know how to do an independent sample t-test.
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2011-01-30 16:15 (UTC)-Hez
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2011-01-30 17:18 (UTC)