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As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:21 amby Polynomial
Heard on the radio this week . . . .
There is a website one can go to to report power failures . . . . .
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
Posted:
Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:00 amby Deputy
[quote]Heard on the radio this week . . . .
There is
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:38 amby Polynomial
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Thats a great idea, but, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE A COMPUTER WITHOUT POWER!?!
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:49 pmby N10387CG
it would work for those few of us that have laptops. but only if you have it charged. otherwise its useless.
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:04 pmby Jared
LOL...I'll be set, as my laptop is always plugged in with the EXTRA LONG battery charging...I can usually go about 12 hours on my laptop...it's an old 333Mhz thinkpad that I wouldn'tdream of running any newer version of Flight sim on, but it works great for school, homework, and the occassional report to the electric company when we lose power :-)
Jared
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:13 pmby Hagar
The recent problems in the US & Canada make you realise just how much we rely on electricity these days. Everyone thought British inventor Trevor Baylis quite mad when he first proposed marketing a clockwork radio.
This was such a success he's now working on clockwork powered computers.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science/science/personalities/text/ukperson/baylis.htm
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:26 amby BFMF
Same reason you need to call the phone company to hook your phoneline up?
Or how about going to an ISP's website to get internet access
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:28 amby Deputy
obviously that's why i posted it under 'jokes'
I was "acting dumb" to get a little higher post count. . . .
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:31 amby airman12
acting dumb
Sorry
Kimberle'Mare'
PS; Get him Joker
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:56 amby Polynomial
I was "acting dumb" to get a little higher post count. . . .
well put it this way, you did a fantastic job!
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:32 amby the_autopilot
[quote]
Thats a great idea, but, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE A COMPUTER WITHOUT POWER!?!
Re: As useful as a chocolate teapot. . . .
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Fri Aug 29, 2003 4:06 amby Polynomial
most of the general population doesnt have any of those . . . .