Your Worst Computing Nightmare

[Don_G]

A "Hello Kitty" USB Hub that responds to your keyboard by talking to and singing you through the input: http://www.dreamkitty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=K-FB109141

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. actually

windows XP is my worst computing nightmare, tho that hello kitty usb hub is a close second

[DarkPhenyx]

2. My Mom finding...

...my porn. Now that it has actually happened to me I don't have any more computer based nightmares.

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That "Hello Kitty" thingy might give me a new one though. :scared:

Did you knoww there is a whole fetish about men who like women who wear "Hello Kitty" underware? The weirdness never stops.

[Shadder]

3. That's easy

Waking up to find that my XP box has been replaced by (shudder) a Mac.

[chenGOD]

17. Sounds like a dream come true.

Xp-full of security holes that get matched months after the exploits are out in the wild.

Mac-some security holes that get patched within days.

[testing123]

4. Selling my computer

Only to find out that the notebook that I was promised by Dell was on backorder because I didn't know how much the shipping was going to cost and I couldn't get in touch with their customer service dept. to find out.

It was a total loss for Dell because they could have made some money off of me but they wouldn't respond to my questions or acknowledge that I wanted to pay them.

[No2W2004]

5. Waking up to find

that Bill Gates has purchased the commercial rights to "1" and "0".

[name not needed]

6. I own a Dell Running on XP

I shall never buy anything from Dell or Microsoft ever again, with the exception of Halo 2.

[RC]

7. Have you tried

XP running a Dell? I have one at work and it works fine.

[Don_G]

8. Have You Tried

The "I Hate Dell" web-site?

It's made up from their "outsourced" employees in the US who happen to have a lot of experience.

Link: http://www.ihatedell.net/

[Deja Q]

9. Mine is watching corporate america devalue the industry.

:-(

[Don_G]

10. Would A "Hello Kitty" Interactive USB Hub Do It?

Or haven't they sunk low enough?

[Deja Q]

13. That might make me SMILE...

:-)

[TrogL]

11. geez, don't get me started

I actually have computer nightmares almost every night.

• failed backups
  
• blowing more than one drive in a RAID
  
• fires
  
• brownouts toasting every power supply in sight
  
• server theft
  
• UNIX virus infestations
  
• caught naked in the server room (OK, that's just plain strange)
  

[Don_G]

12. I Have Similar Dreams

Except for Linux, RAID and the last one "interactive" with my fiancee.

[testing123]

14. Do you have any suggestions on

What I should do about paying Dell for the shipping of the notebook computer.

I wish that they would acknowledge that I paid them.

Maybe a Hello Kitty will be something that I can add on later to look like a dork.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

15. Windows 2.0 was my worst nightmare

3.1 ran a close second.

[GingerSnaps]

16. Was that the first edition?

I had the first edition and it was hell.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. sort of. there was a 1.O, but I am not sure it was widely

distrubuted

[ProdigalJunkMail]

18. oh yeah...NKVD crap

on a friend's machine. I built it for him about a year back...got it all loaded up and patched and virus protected and firewalled...and all he uses it for is to look for porn...a couple of days ago he calls me up saying he has been 'hacked' and it turns out this NKVD crap is all over the place on his system...what a pain in the ass. Good thing he had some beer at the house...

theProdigal