How to Fix a Computer, Slash's Way
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
Author's Note: This chapter stars Slash and Wendy and how Slash could
break things very easily.
Slash Kamei sat at Jeanette's computer, downloading MP3s from Napster.
He sat back, waiting for the somg to finish downloading. The download
was almost complete when the computer began to beep and a little
message box popped up.
Slash leaned forward, looking at the screen. " Diagnostic error?
Hmmmm...click here to see details... Okay." Slash clicked the details
button. On the screen appeared a computer code consisting of back
slashes, colons, commas, and binary. Slash stared at the computer,
completely perplexed. " How am I supposed to understand this junk?
It's like Martian or something."
He reached for his book, " Computers for Kids." He picked it up and
began to leaf through the pages, looking for a section ob how to read
computer language. Frustrated, he threw the book down.
" That's no help!" he sighed exasperatedly. " Who in their right mind
would actually understand this stuff?!" He thought for a moment, then
it occured to him. " Wendy!" he exclaimed, jumping up. " She's a
computer genius! I'll just log off and give her a call."
Slash went to log off, but found that the mouse was frozen. After
several forceful mouse movements and much cursing, Slash resorted to
the good old fashioned method. He gave the monitor a good hard smack.
The screen went blue with more binary. Sighing, Slash pressed the
restart button on the computer tower and went into the hallway to pick
up the phone.
" Lane residence."
" Hi, can I speak to Wendy?"
" Yes, just a minute." Slash waited while Mr. Lane fetched Wendy.
" Hello?" Wendy had picked up the phone.
" Wendy! Hi!" Slash said. " Could you come over to my house right away?
I need a little electronical assistance. And bring your laptop!"
" Couldn't you ask Crystal?" Wendy asked. " She knows a few things
about computers, like NOT to kick them!"
" How did you know-?"
" Slash, this is the fifth time in the past two weeks you've called
because you crashed your computer. It's kind of obvious. Why don't
you get Crystal to help you? I heard he was coming over today."
" Uh, she's not coming, Wendy," Slash replied. " She's sick, came down
with the stomach flu last night."
" Oh, poor her," Wendy said. " I guess I could come over then. I'll
be right over. Bye." Wendy hung up.
***
A few minutes later, Wendy had arrived and was hooking up her laptop
in Jeanette's room.
" So Crystal got sick, huh?" Wendy said, while hooking up her laptop.
" Yeah," Slash nodded. " Really bad stomach flu."
" What did she eat?" asked Wendy. " Maybe it's food poisoning or
something."
" Oh, she didn't EAT anything," Slash answered. " She got sick from
the water she drank. Of course, that's what happens when you drink
from the toilet."
Wendy dropped the cable she was holding. " What?! Crystal drank from
the toilet?!"
" It's a long story," Slash answered. " One I'd prefer not to tell,
but anyways, you gonna help me fix the computer?"
" Yeah, all hooked up," Wendy said. " So what exactly happened?"
" Well, Crystal was babysitting Jeanette and Brittany-"
" Not that! What happened to your computer?"
" Ohhhhhhhh," Slash nodded. " Well, I was on Napster downloading songs
when a little message thingy came up saying there was a error or
something. I clicked on details and the computer froze.
" Hmmmm," Wendy mused. " Let's try it on my computer."
Wendy logged onto the Internet and typed in Napster's site. Slash
showed Wendy which song he was downloading.
" You were downloading the Pokemon main theme song from the first
movie?" Wendy said. " Slash, you're nuts! That's a kiddy song!"
" Yeah, it is," Slash argued. " Jeanette wanted the song, not me!"
Wendy sighed and began the download. Now all they can do was sit back
and wait for the song to finish or for the error to come up. It was
only a matter of minutes before the laptop beeped and the " Diagnostic
Error" message came up.
" That's it," Slash said, " and then when I clicked details, it froze."
" What did the details say?" asked Wendy.
" I don't know," shrugged Slash. " I don't know how to read computer
language."
Sighing, Wendy clicked the details button. She examined the code
carefully. She looked at Slash.
" The file's virused," Wendy concluded. " Didn't you run virus scan?
By downloading the file, you've infected your sister's computer."
" And yours," Slash said. " You do know it's on your laptop."
Wendy froze and looked back at her laptop. Sure enough, it had frozen.
" I can fix it," Slash said, whacking Wendy's laptop. " There, good as
new."
" Slash, you idiot!" Wendy yelled. " How many times must I tell you?!
YOU DON'T HIT COMPUTERS!!! Now look what you've done!"
" What?" Slash asked.
Wendy pointed at the screen. It had gone completely blue and wasn't
responding. Wendy glared at Slash who just shrugged.
" Just reboot it," Slash shrugged, hitting the reset button. " It's
easy as that."
The computer began to restart, but stopped while it was starting
Windows. It had detected a error, but the system wasn't responding.
Wendy was told to insert the system disk.
" Thanks to you, I have to rewrite my entire hardrive." Wendy grumbled.
" Just give it a couple of whacks to get it going," Slash said. Before
Wendy could stop him, Slash hit the laptop again. This time, the screen
went completely black. Wendy frantically pressed the on/off button
again and again, but it wasn't responding.
" Slash," Wendy moaned. " Look what you've done. You completely trashed
my laptop. Now I have to take it in."
" Can't you fix it?" Slash asked. " You ARE a computer genius."
" This far surpasses my capabilities," Wendy grumbled. " From now on,
Slash..."
" Yeah?"
" FIX YOUR OWN COMPUTER!!!"
Wendy picked up her laptop and stormed out of Slash's house. Slash
turned to Jeanette's computer. He tried to turn it on. It wouldn't
respond. He hit it. Nothing. Slash gulped. Jeanette wasn't gonna like
this...
This ends Chapter 2 of the " For Kids" saga. Stay tuned for Chapter
3, this one stars Slash, Crystal, and of course, little Jeanette.
See ya! ^_^
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
Author's Note: This chapter stars Slash and Wendy and how Slash could
break things very easily.
Slash Kamei sat at Jeanette's computer, downloading MP3s from Napster.
He sat back, waiting for the somg to finish downloading. The download
was almost complete when the computer began to beep and a little
message box popped up.
Slash leaned forward, looking at the screen. " Diagnostic error?
Hmmmm...click here to see details... Okay." Slash clicked the details
button. On the screen appeared a computer code consisting of back
slashes, colons, commas, and binary. Slash stared at the computer,
completely perplexed. " How am I supposed to understand this junk?
It's like Martian or something."
He reached for his book, " Computers for Kids." He picked it up and
began to leaf through the pages, looking for a section ob how to read
computer language. Frustrated, he threw the book down.
" That's no help!" he sighed exasperatedly. " Who in their right mind
would actually understand this stuff?!" He thought for a moment, then
it occured to him. " Wendy!" he exclaimed, jumping up. " She's a
computer genius! I'll just log off and give her a call."
Slash went to log off, but found that the mouse was frozen. After
several forceful mouse movements and much cursing, Slash resorted to
the good old fashioned method. He gave the monitor a good hard smack.
The screen went blue with more binary. Sighing, Slash pressed the
restart button on the computer tower and went into the hallway to pick
up the phone.
" Lane residence."
" Hi, can I speak to Wendy?"
" Yes, just a minute." Slash waited while Mr. Lane fetched Wendy.
" Hello?" Wendy had picked up the phone.
" Wendy! Hi!" Slash said. " Could you come over to my house right away?
I need a little electronical assistance. And bring your laptop!"
" Couldn't you ask Crystal?" Wendy asked. " She knows a few things
about computers, like NOT to kick them!"
" How did you know-?"
" Slash, this is the fifth time in the past two weeks you've called
because you crashed your computer. It's kind of obvious. Why don't
you get Crystal to help you? I heard he was coming over today."
" Uh, she's not coming, Wendy," Slash replied. " She's sick, came down
with the stomach flu last night."
" Oh, poor her," Wendy said. " I guess I could come over then. I'll
be right over. Bye." Wendy hung up.
***
A few minutes later, Wendy had arrived and was hooking up her laptop
in Jeanette's room.
" So Crystal got sick, huh?" Wendy said, while hooking up her laptop.
" Yeah," Slash nodded. " Really bad stomach flu."
" What did she eat?" asked Wendy. " Maybe it's food poisoning or
something."
" Oh, she didn't EAT anything," Slash answered. " She got sick from
the water she drank. Of course, that's what happens when you drink
from the toilet."
Wendy dropped the cable she was holding. " What?! Crystal drank from
the toilet?!"
" It's a long story," Slash answered. " One I'd prefer not to tell,
but anyways, you gonna help me fix the computer?"
" Yeah, all hooked up," Wendy said. " So what exactly happened?"
" Well, Crystal was babysitting Jeanette and Brittany-"
" Not that! What happened to your computer?"
" Ohhhhhhhh," Slash nodded. " Well, I was on Napster downloading songs
when a little message thingy came up saying there was a error or
something. I clicked on details and the computer froze.
" Hmmmm," Wendy mused. " Let's try it on my computer."
Wendy logged onto the Internet and typed in Napster's site. Slash
showed Wendy which song he was downloading.
" You were downloading the Pokemon main theme song from the first
movie?" Wendy said. " Slash, you're nuts! That's a kiddy song!"
" Yeah, it is," Slash argued. " Jeanette wanted the song, not me!"
Wendy sighed and began the download. Now all they can do was sit back
and wait for the song to finish or for the error to come up. It was
only a matter of minutes before the laptop beeped and the " Diagnostic
Error" message came up.
" That's it," Slash said, " and then when I clicked details, it froze."
" What did the details say?" asked Wendy.
" I don't know," shrugged Slash. " I don't know how to read computer
language."
Sighing, Wendy clicked the details button. She examined the code
carefully. She looked at Slash.
" The file's virused," Wendy concluded. " Didn't you run virus scan?
By downloading the file, you've infected your sister's computer."
" And yours," Slash said. " You do know it's on your laptop."
Wendy froze and looked back at her laptop. Sure enough, it had frozen.
" I can fix it," Slash said, whacking Wendy's laptop. " There, good as
new."
" Slash, you idiot!" Wendy yelled. " How many times must I tell you?!
YOU DON'T HIT COMPUTERS!!! Now look what you've done!"
" What?" Slash asked.
Wendy pointed at the screen. It had gone completely blue and wasn't
responding. Wendy glared at Slash who just shrugged.
" Just reboot it," Slash shrugged, hitting the reset button. " It's
easy as that."
The computer began to restart, but stopped while it was starting
Windows. It had detected a error, but the system wasn't responding.
Wendy was told to insert the system disk.
" Thanks to you, I have to rewrite my entire hardrive." Wendy grumbled.
" Just give it a couple of whacks to get it going," Slash said. Before
Wendy could stop him, Slash hit the laptop again. This time, the screen
went completely black. Wendy frantically pressed the on/off button
again and again, but it wasn't responding.
" Slash," Wendy moaned. " Look what you've done. You completely trashed
my laptop. Now I have to take it in."
" Can't you fix it?" Slash asked. " You ARE a computer genius."
" This far surpasses my capabilities," Wendy grumbled. " From now on,
Slash..."
" Yeah?"
" FIX YOUR OWN COMPUTER!!!"
Wendy picked up her laptop and stormed out of Slash's house. Slash
turned to Jeanette's computer. He tried to turn it on. It wouldn't
respond. He hit it. Nothing. Slash gulped. Jeanette wasn't gonna like
this...
This ends Chapter 2 of the " For Kids" saga. Stay tuned for Chapter
3, this one stars Slash, Crystal, and of course, little Jeanette.
See ya! ^_^
