I'm in very sad times right now. She kept me company when I was alone, put up with all my abuse and neglect, she made me laugh and cry. Now she finally rests, my poor CPU is dead! Now I'm looking for a new one lol! Agh! and I was looking forward to joining the Bryce challenge. =( Anyway, I still have computers at school I can use. Unfortunately no Bryce. Cherish your moments with Bryce for when it's gone you'll surely miss it.

I'm very sorry to hear this. Perhaps you will be blessed with a macintosh next time! ;P

LOL, actually I feel like anything that I can install Bryce and Poser will do for now =)

I once had to go for 5 whole days without Bryce...it was horrible...still have flashbacks...

Poor Alvin! Man, that sucks. I hope you're back in business soon. I went about 3 days without Bryce once do to computer problems, and it was pure 100% hell. You don't know what you got til it's gone!

My deepest condolences Alvin. Your lovely little CPU blessed us here at Renderosity with many wonderful pictures. At least we have your gallery full of great memories. She did not die in vain.

Now you see, that's why I have backup computers. All 7 of 'em.

Some people are just spoiled! :-P

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"blessed with a Mac" Good one, Madmax! (grins) Aye, Alvinylaya, that's sad news. If it makes you feel any better, my cat dies on Saturday, and to make things worse my 48x burner pooped out on Monday. Entropy... The tendency for all matter and energy to revert to a state of constant uniformity...

Your CPU was a "she"? Mine have all been male, which is a good thing considering the language they occasionally make me use... :-)

Shouldn't that be 'cursed with a mac' ?

Only to the ignorant. haughtily walks away

I was only joking.....we can't all be perfect...:-)

Yeah yeah, I know. I'm done again(I mac)

ewww... :( Sorry to hear that! You know, computers and cars they should simply WORK ALL the time. I hate it when they don't.

I had a website that had really good student discounts on all sorts of electronic stuff, but I can't seem to find it at the moment (I suspect I bookmarked it on my defunct computer...). If I find it again I'll post it. I did manage to find this, they have student discounts on software.

Sorry about the CPU! Sorry, also, to hear about the cat. I lost mine to cancer recently and still miss her muchly. Diane

Lost mine in January, bout a week before my Birthday. Some present.

Shadow, bk, antevark, sorry to hear about your cats! I got three of 'em, and hope they all get to live a long life.

Awww, so sorry too to hear about your cats, All good cats go to heaven! ;-D

Alvin: So if I kill my wife's cat that'd be ok, yes?

alvinalaya, My computer, Hal2, keeps swearing at me, questioning my judgement and keeps trying to lock me out of the house. On top of that it keeps calling me Dave and asking me to play chess. On top of that Hal has absolutely no sense of humor -the last kangaroo joke he told me was way out of date. As an example: "A father a kangaroo and Richard Nixon were on a plane that was anout to crash. there were only two parachutes so Nixon took one saying "I'm too important to die" and jumped out of the plane thus leaving the Father to say to the kangaroo "Take my parachute my son err pet err whatever you are." The kangaroo says back to the father "It's ok father the guy that was 'too important to die' just bailed out with my parachute." So I'm sorry to hear about your computer but look on the bright side - at least you don't have to put up with bad, and I suspect recycled, kangaroo jokes. - TJ

err "...bailed out with my backpack. " not "bailed out with my parachute." - see!!! I told you they were bad!

Sorry to hear of your loss Alvin but don't be sad, your new "mistress"..............sorry computer will be just as special. I lost my little cat last year from a heart attack and I wasn't going to get another until I found this cute little kitten in February. Now she rules my world. 8) Catlin

Bad news. I hope you get a new CPU soon. My comp is a he. It's styling isn't sexy enough to be a she :P

can it be fixed? sorry..been a hardware tech and support person for 17 years, so that's my first thought. If the CPU died, you're probably looking at a new motherboard and new CPU (they cycle through their lives faster than teen pop stars..;) You can have one built most times cheaper than can be bought, and decide what you want in it..which can be handy..hope you're up and running soon..as long as your hard drive's ok..I'm the 'pyromaniac' school of backups, download lots, and 'burn' everything..to CDR..;)

All of my computers have been female. I always thought they liked it when I talked dirty, because they are always doing things that make me do so.

pakled, yeah it's dead. I'm a networking guy, not much experience as an actual technician but I'm pretty sure it's dead, LOL. Yeah, I'm gonna need a new motherboard and with that new memory sticks. I think my hard drive is still OK. =) LOL bikermouse! TheBryster: don't do it LOL! well, if you do, just don't let her know. =) Thanks guys, I'm taking this opportunity to go back to my pencil and paper.

Sorry to hear such bad news alvinlaya I know I would be lost with out my pc. I use it for sooo much, mainly communication with the rest of the family/world. It is my "escape" from my kids. With the luck I am having with appliances lately it is only a matter of time before I am "lost". In the last 3 mos I have lost my car, my refridgerator, my washer and dryer(twice), my blender,my cd player,2 weedeaters, a lawn mower and a hedgetrimmer. I am beginning to wonder if I am living under some kind of negative cloud I can't see. Does anyone know any spells or something to get rid of the cloud before it claims my PC?? LOL

Sprinkle salt all around your home Colette, especially at doorways and windows, wilst saying "Let no evil enter here". Also place a clove of garlic over doorways and windows. If you do all that you should keep most all bad things away from you..................it's white magic. 8) Catlin PS it really does work.

Catlin, sadly to say I am at a point in my life where I will try this....nothing else seems to be working. Thanks!:)

All I can say Colette is that it worked for me and no evil did enter my home until I hoovered the entrance, which removed the salt. Then bad things happened again. But I carried out the procedure again and all has been well since. I can't explain it, it's just so. 8) Catlin

Hanging cloves of garlic over windows and doors only attracts frenchmen...yuck!

hehehe......................8D

Hi, Catlin!

Hi, Bryster.....................are you French? 8D

Catlin, I used to be very skeptical about "real magic", then I had a "white witch" as a roommate. She was a very kind and even-tempered person, but you wouldn't want to cross her! The Neighbor next door had heated words with her about who owned what parking space and she warned him that she was "a spell-casting, cauldron-stirring witch".

The man made the mistake of ridiculing witches. That night a big storm came through and lightning hit the tree he parked his 4x under. You guessed it, a massive branch from the tree smashed his rig and the next morning his usually docile and faithful mutt bit him on the face and he had to have several stiches. The man came over and apologized!

Danamo..wow another great roomate story! Bryster : And what is wrong with the french? :P

Really Bryster, such statements are racist. Here in the states everyone is pretty much a mix of all kinds of nationalities. I'm part English as well as French. Now I did marry a frenchman but that still doesn't taint my view of other possibly french men, just men in general :p Sorry just had to add that. Dan, you have got a lot of cool stories! Collette, I hope your run of bad luck changes for the best. Maybe it would help to use the salt. One of my kitties got hit by a car a few weeks ago, my mother saw someone picking her up in a towel and putting her in their car. They drove off with her before my mother got to the road. She was our accident prone cat. I doubt she survived but it would be nice to believe that she did and that she is safe in a loving home. Angela

WHAT? IKAW RIN? as in totoo talaga yung sinabi mung patay na ang comp mu? ahahahaha? parang comp ko rin! and yes patay na patay pa rin yung computer ko... and like you, ang mother board korin and problema, yung bios kase parang ayaw mag cooperate... nakaka inis! siguro bibili na lang ako nag bago.. bagong mother board at saka processor lang kasi mas mahal ang complete... aty sa ngayon well study muna ang 3dmax sa office comp kasi wlalng bryce dito LOL! sorry guys i had to talk in vernacular (tagalog language to be exact) the native language of mina and alvin's coz sumtimes it feels good that you have a fellow bryce member that has the same nationality as you do (for us alvin and me its Filipino) and since you can see no names above... that only means that its clear that the message was more on my sentiments than likely to be be bad mouthing DRACULAZ... (kidding) Dang alvin... Just dont tell me rochers computer and ICM plus double crash will die too! please dont! well hope to see you soon alvin! as for me well still dead computer too and still no bryce for a record of 1 MONTH NOW! wow! eyecon/eric

I only meant that having loads of frenchmen sniffing garlic on my doorstep is not my idea of a fun time......sacre' bleu!

LOL Bryster, what about lots of French Women?? at your doorstep? :p

As long as they don't smell of garlic I don't think that'd be a problem....

No Catlin, I'm a Geordie....

I can't see Bryster complaining about that Ang..........8) As for the salt thing I don't know if it's real magic or if it's just a case of if you believe you change your own luck. Either way it's worth a try. In fact you should try it too Amgela it may help you get that new computer sooner and maybe it'll help you meet a nice Frenchman. 8) Catlin

A Geordie, that explains everything.................aren't all Geordies mad as hatters, they are part Scottish me thinks. 8D Catlin

The banter in the forum is always so much fun. Bryster: What exactly is a Geordie? I have never even heard of that? Ange, you are so right about different nationalities..LOL I am definitly a mutt. My mother is Czechoslovakian and my father is french canadian. Then when you look at my kids: add german and I am not quite sure what their paternal grandfathers ancestry is but we traced his family back to 16th century England....see just mutts all of us!

Oh, Ang I am sorry about your kitty, I am sure it is okay and living in a very nice home. It is nice to know some people still care enough to take the time to stop and check let alone take it to the vets.

Geordies are one of the many groups of people in England with their own dialect. Located in Newcastle or New hampshire or something like that, I think. Personally I can't understand a word they're saying, it's so thick.

I think the word is "pungent", Just Kidding Bryster! :-D