[plug] Pet Hates

[Shayne O'Neill]

My pet hate?

"Can you come around and fix my computer?"

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On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, simon wrote:

> Hi all
>
> thought it would be fun to start a thread about technology based pet hates on
> a sleepy sunday.
>
> One of mine is when people have laptops almost constantly plugged into mains,
> and never remove the battery. The poor thing is being charged for 90% of its
> life. Ofcourse the battery dies really quickly, and the typical response is
> 'oh, but its nickel metal hydroxy lithium doodah magic stuff, it doesnt
> develop a memory'.
>
> :S
>
> The number of laptops Ive seen with dead batteries because of this is
> astounding. REMOVE YOUR DAMN BATTERY WHEN NOT USING OR CHARGING IT! AND DONT
> KEEP TOPPING YOUR BATTERIES UP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I feel better :)
>
> Any more?
>
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> Simon Scott
> simon at plumtek.com
> mob: 0409113359
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