"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/25/2014 at 21:24 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/25/2014 at 21:24 • Filed to: None | 1
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How to mess up an MS-DOS computer...
Blondude
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:27 |
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Deleting EVERYTHING. . .
Nibbles
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:30 |
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That command, typed at a very young age, is what started my downward spiral into IT work.
Brian Silvestro
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:37 |
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That looks extremely important.
AthomSfere
> Nibbles
02/25/2014 at 21:41 |
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I am glad I am not the only one. Mine was a Windows 95 machine though. I tried to make space by doing the following:
Search —> *.exe* (because those were big files)
Delete every single one I didn't recognize.
Spent the next week fixing it. From then on, I was the family "computer guy" and now I work in the lovely work of IT, since lawyer, architecture and Pilot didn't pan out (my three dream jobs since I was about 5 to 18)
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Nibby
> Nibbles
02/25/2014 at 21:41 |
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Ahahaha!
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Nibby
> Brian Silvestro
02/25/2014 at 21:41 |
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No big deal, really. Just ALL YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM FILES
Bad Idea Hat
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:41 |
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:44 |
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This is where you pray to God you have a floppy somewhere you did a format a /s on
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Brian Silvestro
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:47 |
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YOU DON'T NEED THESE ANYMORE
MUAHAHAHA
deekster_caddy
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 21:59 |
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oh snap. you'll have to get out the floppies.
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deekster_caddy
> Nibbles
02/25/2014 at 22:00 |
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I was 10 when I formatted all of my dad's floppy disks on a demo computer he was taking to a customer. Yup, now I'm in IT too.
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Nibbles
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 22:13 |
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Seriously. I was 8 or so, and my dad made me fix the mistake
Grindintosecond
> AthomSfere
02/25/2014 at 22:28 |
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You're not missing anything in the pilot part. Airline board member perhaps you're missing out on...
Aaron Brown
> Nibby
02/25/2014 at 22:31 |
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yo
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AthomSfere
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 22:33 |
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Flying and traveling, sounds perfect still.
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Grindintosecond
> AthomSfere
02/25/2014 at 22:35 |
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Well....missing the kids 4-5 days a week gets old fast for me.
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AthomSfere
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 22:48 |
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I can understand that! I already work odd hours sometimes, and even being "here" but catching up on sleep or errands is bad enough.
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Bad Idea Hat
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 23:27 |
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Regional or major? My cousin flies for a regional, and that's the part that kills. Also, the paycheck when he started.
Still, I still have the occasional thought of doing some pilots license work with an eye towards getting an ATP because flight.
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Grindintosecond
> Bad Idea Hat
02/25/2014 at 23:31 |
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They call it regional, despite the fact my regional makes enough money they have to call it a National airline and I do flights over 4 hours that sometimes span two timezones and over a border...the only thing still regional about it is the paycheck.
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Bad Idea Hat
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 23:34 |
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I think I know why you fly for then.
The whole industry seems like it's a nightmare. That's what really turns me off to doing anything more than a PPL.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Nibby
02/26/2014 at 11:36 |
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So many bad memories of boot disks and screwing with config.sys to get different programs to work. And the nightmare of XMS v. EMS memory.
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Nibby
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
02/26/2014 at 11:39 |
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AUTOEXEC.BAT
LH C:\WINDOWS\net start
set pctcp=C:\IEXPLORE\pctcp.shv
set ieppp=C:\IEXPLORE
path=C:\IEXPLORE;C:\WORD
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
LH C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
LH C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
LH C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
LH C:\CTCM\CTCU /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;%PATH%
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\CDROM
PATH C:\NC;%PATH%
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /S /D:12345678 /L
LH MOUSE
CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /Q /TESTMEM:OFF /NUMHANDLES=128
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=60
DEVICEHIGH=\CDROM\CDROM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=G
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Nibby
02/26/2014 at 11:44 |
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I'm blaming you for any nightmares I have tonight.