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Jun 04, 09 - 08:15 pm Comment from: El Guapo

@MaximumOverdrive

Huh?

Jun 04, 09 - 08:18 pm Comment from: db

Hmmm.... my Powerbook G4 had Pepsi spilled all over its keyboard. I shut it down immediately, turned it upside down, sponged off everything that poured out from the side of the keyboard, and left it upside down on a stack of phone books for 2 or 3 days with paper towels against the keyboard to dry out and drain it. It rebooted like a charm and has worked well since.

(Well, other than the keys, the track pad button and the latch stick, but I keep meaning to clean those...).

I also once had a remote that I spilled a large amount of soup on. It took some time for the thing to dry out (over a week), but when it finally did, it worked fine again.

Perhaps you really need to just let the liquid dry out properly. I've found most electronics survive well once they're dried out thoroughly.

Oh, and as for the topic... I'm waiting for my next laptop (which will probably be this summer or next fall) to upgrade to iLife 09, but I've been drooling over it for a bit.

Jun 04, 09 - 08:33 pm Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

"... but I've been drooling over it for a bit."

Good grief! Beer, Pepsi, soup and drool. I'll bet you guys don't have to worry about people wanting to borrow your laptops.

Apple Releases Life Support lol

I once went overboard off a RIB with my Nikon D1 round my neck. No, the D1 wasn't ever going to work again, but the photos on the flash disk did. After about 4 weeks on a boiler the card came back from the dead.

Jun 04, 09 - 10:03 pm Comment from: amyhre

Didn't Fat Sweaty Monkey Boy mention being so confident about Vista, he'd run life support on it? I'm just waiting for his lardass to have a coronary and test that bet.

Jun 04, 09 - 10:24 pm Comment from: db

@Mackaday

I hate to one-up you (actually, no, I really want to) , but I've got two stranger flash drive stories than that from my husband, who seems to have the flash drive gods smiling on him:

Story #1: My husband went to gas up, and dropped his flash drive from his pocket while fumbling for his keys. He never saw or heard it fall, it fell on wet pavement, and he drove away. The *next day*, he retraced his steps and found his flash drive, very visibly run over and wet, picked it up and came home. He let it dry, unbent the USB interface, plugged it in, and VOILA! Intact files on a working drive!

If you think *that's* amazing, here's:

Story #2: Husband yet again drops his flash drive into 4 inches of snow while fumbling for his keys with cold and numb hands after clearing the car during a blizzard. He goes back the next day to look in the parking lot, but everything's been cleared off and in a big pile at the corner of the lot. He wasn't sure where he dropped it at the time, but suspected it was in the big snow pile in the parking lot of his place of work.

Three months later, with spring thaw well on its way, he began looking every day for his flash drive in the ever shrinking snow pile. After a few days of hoping and melting, lo and behold, there was his flash drive, exposed and intact, in the middle of the snow.

He brought it home once again, let it dry out, and prayed to the flash drive gods again...

And it worked! Files he thought he'd lost forever (as he'd forgotten to back up the last few) were once again in his possession.

Oh, and before you say anything, he's learned his lesson. He now wears his flash drives on a lanyard around his neck.

Jun 04, 09 - 10:41 pm Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

I have a problem locking my keys in the car.

My wife makes me wear a spare on a lanyard around my neck too.

Lanyards. Must be a woman thing.

Jun 05, 09 - 02:51 am Comment from: Roberto

They will get sucked in like a Black hole Sun

In my eyes, in disposed, In disguise:as no one knows
Hides the face Lies The snake, the sun
In my disgrace Boiling heat, Summer stench
'Neath the black The sky looks dead, Call my name
Through the cream And I'll hear you Scream again

Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain
Black hole sun Won't you come
Stuttering, Cold and damp Steal the warm wind
Tired friend, Times are gone, For honest men
And sometimes, Far too long For snakes
In my shoes A-walking sleepAnd my youth
I pray to keep Heaven send, Hell away No one sings Like you anymore
Black hole sun, Won't you come And wash away the rain
Black hole sun, Won't you come, Won't you come
Hang my head, Drown my fear, Till you all just Disappear.......

Jun 05, 09 - 05:35 am Comment from: Yours Smugly

I hope this "Life Support" isn't for Steve.

Jun 05, 09 - 09:05 am Comment from: db

And the winner for off-topic and most bizarre thread that hasn't mentioned a word of American politics is...

But heck, I haven't laughed this hard in a while! :-D

P.S. I'm not even done with my weird electronic mishaps stories... I could go on for days.

Jun 05, 09 - 09:21 am Comment from: ron

"Lanyards. Must be a woman thing." And boy scouts.

my neighbor had the ceiling of his bedroom collapse on top of him while he was watching porn on the internet on his Mac right after he downloaded the update. He was covered in rubble when the update finished. And yet, he miraculously survived! Would he have survived it unscathed had he not downloaded the Life Support?
How did Apple know when to release the update?

Jun 05, 09 - 09:30 am Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

@ron,

"And boy scouts." What about Girl Scouts?

Jun 05, 09 - 09:38 am Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

@Eric24601,

"... ceiling of his bedroom collapse on top of him while he was watching porn ..."

Sounds like something impacted that ceiling with extreme force. I wonder ...

Sir Bill Gates: I'm guessing it's something of a projectile with an ejaculatory force of an elephant!

Jun 05, 09 - 09:52 am Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

Eric24601,

Yes, and it's a darn good thing he apparently can't get a real woman.