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Please provide links to https://xkcd.com/1084/ and https://xkcd.com/1586/ <small>(unsigned by IP 172.68.65.150</small><br />
:Perhaps also [[1760: TV Problems]] and [[1739: Fixing Problems]] and [[806: Tech Support]]? [[User:Quiddity|Quiddity]] ([[User talk:Quiddity|talk]]) 05:17, 12 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I would recommend an exorcism for the laptop. 19:28, 10 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Has Randall been reading Charles Stross's "The Laundry Files"? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.223|162.158.89.223]] 19:57, 10 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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We had a few people like this at my last job. In addition to all their problems they refused to let us give them a new laptop and insisted we keep trying to fix the ghosts in their current laptop [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]] 21:18, 10 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Might this be inspired by the recent revelation that Apple Store employees are not allowed to to use the word "problem": https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/03/claps-and-cheers-apple-stores-carefully-managed-drama [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.96|162.158.106.96]] 22:05, 10 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Closer reference to https://xkcd.com/349/ than 1912 was to 349 --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.59.84|172.68.59.84]] 22:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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It is possible (if rather rare) that there's an error on a computers logic board, that causes it to fry batteries extremely fast<br />
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"(...) and safely dispose of it." - '''Is there''' a truly safe way to dispose of '''this''' laptop? I can't think of one.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.90|162.158.90.90]] 09:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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This laptop can only be destroyed by throwing it into the fires of Mount Doom<br />
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.45|162.158.158.45]] 10:39, 11 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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--Shouldn't that be "...the fires of Mount Dell, from which it was forged?" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]] 16:52, 11 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:Andromeda Galaxy is on collision course with ours. It has black hole in it's center. I think that throwing the laptop there should be safe enough. I mean, maybe it will solve the problem with collision ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 00:42, 12 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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::No, we need to put it in quarantine WITH a black hole and mount Doom/Dell. [[User:Nyx goddess|Nyx goddess]] ([[User talk:Nyx goddess|talk]]) 01:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)</div>Quiddity