![]() It doesn’t take much imagination to see compelling story elements in such a framework, and in fact it is easy to see how the utter chaos of such a situation could become too much of a good thing (entertainment-wise, that is). Drivers from moving vehicles, criminals from prison cells, babies from car seats, one moment there the next moment gone. On 14-October at a precise moment in time approximately 2% of the world’s population randomly disappears without a trace. If you haven’t haven’t seen or heard of it, the premise is quite simple. Started watching a new TV show a couple of weeks back called “The Leftovers”. The Hump Day Five is on Red Alert this week, getting all Google-y powerful on music in the cloud, Leftovers, and Ping Pong Mania. I include an earlier photo of the dead Chromebook motherboard for comparison together with Low cost, disposable computing resource and User Interface. It’s diminutive nature represents beauty and the plastic shell in which it was mounted, consisting mostly of screen, keyboard and a couple of speakers, evidence of how cheap these things really are to churn out. The dead Chromebook motherboard itself is worth dwelling on. Just what you would have done in the old hard drive days but slightly different.Īs you can see the ssd now has a nail in it, driven firmly in by my handy Leatherman Multi-tool. Secondly although I didn’t keep much data on the 16GB solid state drive there would have been some files of I know not what provenance and so it seemed to make sense to permanently delete this memory. The dismembering of the Chromebook, I hesitate to call it a computer because that makes me think Microsoft, has been done for two reasons.įirstly out of simple curiosity to see what it looks like inside. It wasn’t a huge loss because these things are so cheap they are almost disposable. The Samsung Chromebook too is dead, on account of the non functioning motherboard. It is with a tinge of no real sadness that I present to you an image of a dead Chromebook motherboard. If you don’t understand you are not on my wavelength □ĭeceased, kaput, no longer of this world – dead Chromebook motherboard PS I just chucked in that comment re “Captain I cannae hold her” for a laugh. I’ll have a think about it and if a conclusion is reached be sure you will be the first to know. It could push me toward the dark side (ie the fruit). Whether it will cure the He’s dead Jim problem I am not sure – I wouldn’t be very happy if the problem persisted on a device I paid that much cash for. I’m not sure the touch screen functionality is an attraction. The Pixel does have some benefits – 12 hours battery life (wtf omg!!!), a better screen resolution and better audio. If my device costs a thousand pounds this principle doesn’t apply. If I lose or break (difficult) my Acer I just buy another, log on and hey presto I am up and running. What I’d really like is a Pixel but that costs over a grand and in my mind shies away from the whole concept of disposability of hardware which I am a fan of. They are very cheap but this is part of the problem. In the meantime I’ve been thinking about upgrading my Chromebook. I’ve just done this and it remains to be seen whether it has an effect. Online advice suggests rebooting my Chromebook more often to get rid of unnecessary background processes. Problem is that references to Jim are becoming more frequent and a pain in the proverbial. It’s a low end job but serves me perfectly apart from this bit about getting my name wrong. Now the thing is I only paid £150 plus VAT for this Chromebook. Indeed my lovely daughter Hannah has the same problem and she has the same model of Chromebook as me. Google reveals that lots of people have the same issue. ![]() ![]() I often find tabs have crashed on my Chromebook with the message “He’s dead Jim”. This He’s dead Jim is getting to be a bit of a nuisance. He’s dead Jim & Captain I cannae hold her
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