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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
Why would he need glue? I'm sure he had some Duct Tape.
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
That's the least of his problems: first he has to get his orbits right to retrieve the satellites.
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
I'm sure Laptops from 2002 were way too big to fit in a microwave.
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
Rob Grainger wrote:
gluing an even older Toshiba satellite to the bottom?
sure if you want to spend a few hours in the emergency department with firefighters and nurses falling around laughing at your predicament...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Rob Grainger wrote:
gluing an even older Toshiba satellite to the bottom?
sure if you want to spend a few hours in the emergency department with firefighters and nurses falling around laughing at your predicament...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
Well, I guess it's better than cementing your head in a microwave[^] for a YouTube "prank".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
:doh:
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Well, I guess it's better than cementing your head in a microwave[^] for a YouTube "prank".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Encountered on r/compsci (since deleted) > Do you guys think I could fix my old Toshiba satellite from 2002 by gluing an even older Toshiba > satellite to the bottom? > > Obviously I’d heat up the motherboards beforehand in a microwave to help the glue fuse the circuits. > > Thoughts?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
So long as the microwave is from the 2002 era, everything should be fine.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
