Posted 11.04.2009 at 5:38 pm
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CPU Overloaded, Process Postponed
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We've come along way since the age when every office's communications nerve center depended on its switchboard operators tucked discreetly inside a windowless room somewhere. Or have we?.
I love the juxtaposition of new and old tech here. If you've had a slow computing day like I have, this might explain your conundrum.
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one word. Oompa-Loompa
lulz
What is this article about exactly?
Oompa-Loompas in your computer.
I see the problem here. It's an old gateway, and the power to the harddrive is uplugged.
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you are the best comment maker here
This is an old 586 computer already. I look to the motherboard and cooler and to the case and it seems a 586.
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@youth4ever: Absolutely not! This computer is much older! It is one of those first computers that would take up and entire room's space. Do you see how big it is? Even an operator fits inside! Okay, she might be a midget, but still...
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