Helped a friend with his computer tonight. This guy could put together a car with spit and bailing wire. He, in fact, specializes in buying old automobiles and restoring them. Doesn't know really know anything about computers. I have another friend who is basically the exact opposite. My other friend can't work on cars. It suprises me though. The only real difference between the two fields is that one is a lot dirtier and more physical. In the future, they will become more and more inseparable. It was fun helping my friend with his computer though. If he gives it any amount of time, he'll learn pretty quick, I'm sure. Unlike cars, their is no fear of "getting dirty" or "getting something caught in a belt" to worry about. lol.
What really got me about the whole experience was the problem he was having in and of itself. One single pin on the back of the drive became bent. One pin.
This is what the back of the drive looked like:
The three red circles are the damaged pins. The main problem, the bent pin was where the big red circle is. The two smaller circles are pins that got pushed down behind the plug. The main bent pin however, was so bad that it had broken free of it's solder joint behind the plug, and I ended up pulling it out entirely:
The only reason this gets me is because this was a 250 GB hard drive. It's otherwise in fine shape. I'm going to try to get my dad to take a look at, and help me resolder those pins that are messed up as is. However, it just shows how one tiny sliver of metal, not holding up it's responsibility, brought the entire drive to nothingness. As if it did not exist.
Thankfully, it is not entirely impossible to fix these things.
I ended up giving him one of my old hard drives. I'm not sure why I wasn't using it. It was a perfectly good drive, and plenty big enough to be worthwhile to me. Heck, it was bigger than some drives I use currently in some of my machines. I don't know why I wasn't using it. All I know is, when I picked up the random drive that I figured probably was not being used due to some obscure issue with it, it worked perfectly. It was convenient. I'm thinking that God must of had me not use it so that it would be available just now for me to give away. One of my friends at church says that there are "no coincidences", and I agree.
So, on a quick note, my "quote" for tonight is the lyrics to one of the songs by one of the bands I mentioned last night. I think I stated last night that they had no entries on Amazon.com. If so, I was wrong. The entry does have no CD cover art image though, and I don't think the average Christian is going to enjoy their music. I could be wrong though...
Parallel Lines
My albums are in order,
and my room is fairly clean.
all told, I'm doing alright
with my routine.
I know I'm getting better.
So, where is my reward?
If there's a moment of truth,
then what's it for?
What's it for?
We're just parallel lines...
just biding our time.
Nothing lost, and nothing gained.
Every song sounds just the same.
We're just two points on a plane,
and we will never touch again.
No, we're not the criminal
No, we're not to blame.
Too bad that luck left us alone
and left us lame.
What's the point of grieving
if nothing's ever fair?
Why even think about you
if you don't care?
if you don't care?
We're just parallel lines...
just biding our time.
Nothing lost, and nothing gained.
Every song sounds just the same.
We're just two points on a plane,
and we will never touch again.
and love is for the losers
and hope is for the weak
mistakes are all in the past
I won't repeat them.
I'm feeling something better
burning holes in me
but I can't turn around
no I can't turn around
no I can't see
no I can't see you..
We're just parallel lines...
just biding our time.
Nothing lost, and nothing gained.
Every song sounds just the same.
We're just two points on a plane,
and we will never touch again.
- The Funland Band
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