I was seated in my computer chair. I reached out my hand and pressed the ‘on’ button. After a moment the computer turned itself on.
I was seated in my computer chair. I reached out my hand and pressed the ‘on’ button. After a moment the computer turned itself on.
Dang it! Wish I found your blog earlier. When I pressed the button that has like a line that appears to go through the top of an incomplete circle, my computer turned itself on too. Wondered what that button was for. Oh the frustrations, why couldn’t the button just had the word ON. Maybe if I had been sitting in a computer chair instead of using the lawn chair from outside, it wouldn’t have taken me so long. Anyway, I’m going to wait till I get a computer chair before I attempt to find the off button.
With all due respect, I need to correct your inaccuracy. You pressed the on button, then your computer – prompted by this action – was activated. You, therefor, turned it on. It did not turn itself on, as you state in your post.
I only bring this to your attention as, after wading through to the end of your post, to find your mistake was utterly disappointing. I think, after this, my first reading of your blog, that I may ahve lost all respect I ever had for you.
Please pay more attention to details in future.
Okay, so I just realised I wrecked that comment by mis-spelling “have” in the second last sentence. So sue me.
No way the computer turned itself on. The on button does just this- it turns the computer on for you. I thought you would very interested in this clarification.
Ah the old computational device, how we love it so. I can only hypothesize that the small delay experienced in turning it on is due to the electrical components inside the machine requiring some time to be filled with an electrical current. After that has occurred then we are able to use the device, but only after all the installed software has loaded itself into the computer’s memory chips. The details of this procedure may be documented on the internet somewhere, although it does depend on the software installed.
My computer freezes, which is strange because my room is warm.
do you know how to turn off the computer again? haha
Only a moment? Not Windows XP then.
Mine does that too. Hurray!
I keep confusing the circle and line thingy with the little blue (when it’s on) radio tower light thingy. Unfortunately when I push the little blue thingy, nothing seems to happen. I assume that’s not the off button?
@rev.phil
When I push the little blue thingy, my fillings start playing Beethoven.
If I push the outy-looking thingy next to it, will I get Bach?
Mine doesn’t do that.
What happened to the “press the any key to continue” in your posting?
@Brand New Day:
Don’t think it occurred to you, but you misspelled “therefore” too. Go back to elementary school. It’s laughable how you think you’ve got all the rights to criticize another person’s English when yours is in fact pathetically far from perfect.
But my main point is, you made an unnecessarily big deal out of a minor error in a post that was supposed to be funny. Oh you must be terribly fun at parties. Sure, what you pointed out was a legit mistake by the author all right. But write a line or two on that and move on already. Proceeding to say that you’ve lost all respect you ever had for him over something as trivial as this is absurd and plain histrionic. Relax, stranger! Did he murder a baby or throw his own mother into volcanic lava? Geez. Chill, for Pete’s sake. We all make small mistakes. (So do you, evidently. Just thought I should remind you.) Point it out if you wish, but don’t overdo it, because it’s disgusting.
That pathetically self-righteous tone of your comment annoyed me to no end, so… with all due respect, here I am, making a huge deal out of YOUR “ahve” and “therefor”, just to give you a taste of your own medicine.
So sue me.
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an extremely long comment but
after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyhow, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
Woah…. STOP!
This is WAAAAAAY too interesting! A computer that turns itself on? I’m actually tired listening to you. Next time, something duller, please, like this:
I was tired. I got into my bed and laid down. Momentarily, I fell asleep.
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for awhile I couldn’t find my power button but then it was found.
acctually the on button turns it off too…. twit
Man this is the best blog ever!! If I hadn’t found it sooner I don’t know what I should done oh wait I should have been completely fine
But how do you turn it off?
what did you turn on your computer for? hacking into some archives? you’ll find your demise