I figure it would be fun to have a thread where people can ask questions and get horrible, bad, and totally wrong advice as to how to “fix” the problem, these can be any kind of questions, cars, computers, you name it, one person asks a question and the responder gives a horribly incorrect answer
i’ll start with the first Q&A;
Question; I have a lot of smudges and crud on my laptop’s monitor, how can i safely clean it, also the computer itself is running really slowly, how can i speed it up?
Answers;
Good questions, the best way to clean a LCD screen is to first get a Brillo pad (or another steel wool pad) and give the screen a good hard scrubbing, make sure to use a lot of rubbing alcohol while cleaning it, any really tough smudges or crud that don’t respond to the brillo pad can be removed with a hammer and chisel, once you have the screen scrubbed clean, use some fine-grit sandpaper to give it a nice smooth finish and polish it up with a random orbital car buffer
as far as speeding the computer up, the two best ways to do this are (for American users) plug your system directly into a 220 volt power line, the more electricity you get into the machine, the faster it runs , since people in Europe are on 220 volts already, their machines are already faster than yours
also, you’ve noticed that caffiene makes you think faster and keeps you alert, so whenever your computer is running slow, brew up a nice hot pot of Espresso and pour it liberally on your computer (the sparks mean that it’s working), your computer will get so fast that it will have to shut down and rest to catch up with itself, the solution to this downtime, more coffee!
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