Red Barn wrote (May 05, 1997):
Hmmm... before, the power wasn't on, so you clicked the power button a few times, and now it crashes when it's off and works when it's on?
breadbox wrote (May 05, 1997):
That last sentence is the key. There is hardly any information here at all, so for that paltry amount to be sufficient can only mean one thing.
You turned the computer off. By doing so, in every circumstance (ie, a sequence of key strokes or other user actions) where it would have crashed before (every time), it is stable now. And in any circumstance where it would have been stable (never), it crashes.
breadbox wrote (May 05, 1997):
That last sentence is the key. There is hardly any information here at all, so for that paltry amount to be sufficient can only mean one thing.
You turned the computer off. By doing so, in every circumstance (ie, a sequence of key strokes or other user actions) where it would have crashed before (every time), it is stable now. And in any circumstance where it would have been stable (never), it crashes.
breadbox wrote (May 05, 1997):
>> common to every instance of my computer crashing, and with a few clicks, >> I fixed the problem. Now in any circumstance where my computer would >> have crashed before, it is stable, and in any circumstance where it >> would have been stable, it crashes. Seeing as discovering the nature of > > Hmmm... before, the power wasn't on, so you clicked the power button a > few times, and now it crashes when it's off and works when it's on?Hubert! Hubert! Hubert!
breadbox
should've gone and dug up those damn feathers myself
two-star wrote (May 06, 1997):
No, I did not turn the computer off and on. By clicks I refered to mouse clicks. This is, in fact, a real problem, and it is kinda annoying, though easily "fixable." To clarify, whenever I am in a circumstnce where the computer crashes easily, I can apply the fix and it works, even if it was crashing only because I had applied the fix earlier. This post contains a clue or two.
/dev/joe wrote (May 09, 1997):
> Curiously, although Malenkai's treasure archive entry for the Falafel > Fallen Off treasure (treasure 145) accurately copies the message I wrote > in which I buried it, it omits a crucial piece of information, without > which it may not be possible to find the treasure.Your computer crashes at a certain time, due to some system task that is started (and fails to work correctly, uses all your memory, etc.) at that time, or a virus that activates at certain times, or some similar thing, and you "fixed" it by futzing with the computer's clock so that it doesn't go through that time.