| Date: | December 23, 2005 / year-entry #396 |
| Tags: | other |
| Orig Link: | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20051223-15/?p=32863 |
| Comments: | 22 |
| Summary: | Reader Mark Eichin was curious about the "Days with a pony" web page. Here's what it would look (suitably redacted) if it were still operating: December 23, 2005: Still no pony From: Raymond Chen To: Xxxx Xxxxxx Subject: Laptop order Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:47:19 -0800 I want a pony and a train set... |
Reader Mark Eichin was curious about the "Days with a pony" web page. Here's what it would look (suitably redacted) if it were still operating:
The laptop itself is still operational, assuming you don't need to see anything. The LCD backlight died a few years ago, so you either have to type blind or work in a really bright room. For some reason, the video output also died, so the standard fallback of using it as a very small desktop machine (with external keyboard and monitor) doesn't work. As a result, the machine sits in a drawer unused. [Raymond is currently away; this message was pre-recorded.] |
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An old nec versa V50 is still serving as a linux webserver (just for the fun of it)
Screen is still working FD broke HDD replaced.
Pssst. Wanna run some seti on there for me?
I have a laptop with similar problems. It’s got a fairly big hard drive though, so I use it as a better-than-nothing backup for some files on the network. I use VNC to do whatever maintenence it needs, of which there is very little. Uptime is approaching a year now.
I think you need to specify the brand and model of the pony. Purchasing people can be a little obtuse sometimes if you aren’t specific.
Since you only complain about the pony, I assume you got the train set… How was it? :)
Laurence
Back in the mid-80s at MIPS, there was a yearly tradition in which one of the devs would put in a purchase order requisition for a Ferrari (I forget the model), and management would approve it all the way up to the CFO.
Gosh, you can ask your employer for Cash, what was the 25 pounds for?
http://www.aldertons.com/money.htm
Friday, December 23, 2005 3:38 PM by DavidE
> Back in the mid-80s at MIPS, there was a
> yearly tradition in which one of the devs
> would put in a purchase order requisition
> for a Ferrari (I forget the model),
This one?
http://www.acer.com.tw/products/notebook/fs_4000.htm
I’ll bet they could produce a Pony model too. Mr. Chen might have to use a bit of subtle persuasion: If Acer doesn’t produce a Pony, scrollbars will stop working on Acers ^u^
"Subject: FW: Order Confirmation"
Shouldn’t that be RE: Order Confirmation?
On a totally mundane note, replacing the backlight on an LCD is fairly trivial:
http://inventgeek.com/Projects/shorts/lcdfix.aspx
The process uses the cold cathode tube as a replacement, I’ve seen some monitors which use what appear to be LED lights spaced from top and bottom of the screen. They may be a little more expensive, but I think less dangerous than working with mercury vapor, and LED lighting doesn’t have the same issues with burning out that these tubes seem to.
Smokinn:
The message from "Order Management" appears to be an automated confirmation of his order. Raymond is forwarding that with his pony comment to Xxxx Xxxxxx.
It is now Wednesday, December 28, 2005.
It has been [ 05 ] days since Raymond Chen has posted a new article on his blog ‘The Old New Thing’.
I’m jonesing! I need my fix!
-Wang-Lo.
Raymond’s postbot is on vacation too ;)
Raymond, we miss you :-)
Raymond, are you okay? Should we send someone to check up on your and your automated blog posting application?
I need my morning Old New Thing fix! Where’s Raymond and who gave him 7 days off?
I’m fairly new to reading this blog, having only read it for several months. It is my suggestion to get your fix by reading the archives.
Why you have to click on "Start" to shut down the computer makes perfect sense now that it’s been explained. (See July 2003)
This proves that there is no such person called Raymond Chen. It is actually a machine that has broken down.
But if Raymond and his ‘bot’ are ‘offline’ how are the postings being reviewed for ‘acceptability’ could I slip a swear word in and get it automatically published? mustresist…must resist……
It’s my understanding that Raymond has a separate "moderator-bot". Just because the "post-bot" is offline doesn’t mean the moderator-bot is offline too.
YHBW.
This is a fundamental realisation for non-tehnical me. Bot in UK children’s jargon is a ‘shorthand’ slang for ‘Buttocks’, that Raymond has mulitple ‘bots’ conjures multiple innappropriate images that will probably not be censored due to linguistic/slang peculiarities. None-the-less I’ll ponder on this pink, rounded, UK peculiarity…