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Not merely damaged, but burned to the waterline and sunk. The Confederates raised and rebuilt her into the ironclad ram CSS Virginia.
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It's them DAAYAM YAHNKEEES that insist on calling the Virginia "Merrimack".
The Battle of Hampton Roads was a two day battle (March 8-9, 1862) that involved multiple Union and Confederate ships. On the first day of battle the Ironclad vessel CSS Virginia steamed out and sank two wooden Union frigates blockading the harbor (USS Cumberland & USS Congress) and forcing the USS Minnesota to run aground. The next day the Ironclad USS Monitor arrived and what ensued was the first battle between ironclad warships. It was also the first use of a turret on a warship in battle. Neither side was able to sink the opposing vessel and both withdrew claiming victory.
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Without the turret, the Monitor would have been technically inferior to the Virginia in terms of firepower. The Virginia had 10 or 12 guns, all in fixed mounts, but the Monitor had only 2, in the turret. Wasn't the Monitor sunk soon after by a storm?
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So, the computers are as dead as the Virginia/Merrimac/Cumberland/Congress/Minnesota?
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quote:Originally posted by Sean: Without the turret, the Monitor would have been technically inferior to the Virginia in terms of firepower. The Virginia had 10 or 12 guns, all in fixed mounts, but the Monitor had only 2, in the turret. Wasn't the Monitor sunk soon after by a storm?
Yes, she was caught in a gale and sunk. The Monitor only had a foot or two of freeboard so she was not a real seagoing vessel, more of a river/coastal boat.
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So my computer needs a new gun turret? Or wait, I have to buy an...ironclad video card...?
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Maybe you should spend valuable resources on upgarding it to the pinnicle of performance as a morale boost, only to lose the war anyway. (yours would be a war against tech-obsolensence).
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Mine would be the war against < 100fps in Dawn of War.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: I feel your pain- my computer is also deceased. Missing System 32 file and the CD drive is not working for a re-install and the fan is not running.
I've never tried a repair place for computers- it seems kinda hit and miss.
I'm in serious Adobe Withdrawl 2.0
You could try to download that missing file off the interwebz and putting it in the system32 folder, I've had to do that a couple times. Just be careful what you download and make sure you check it.
I just got my machine running again after a week of crappiness. Got a virus that wouldn't let me open certain windows. When I got rid of the virus the problem didn't go away, I eventually tracked it down to a corrupt gdi32.dll system file. I was going to download it and try to manually replace the bad file but I couldn't open regedit because it depended on this file to run. Dammit...
So one complete system restore later it started working, but my internet was shot. And after a freak power outage my internet suddenly started working again go figure. Oh well, I'm scraping together some cash for a new machine so I can toss this one off the deck.
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Why would he want a large truck?
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To run over his dead PC?
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One of the first things I look for in warranties is "defenestration." Mostly because I love the word, and partly because I like to keep my options open.
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Daniel Butler
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I've thought about a Mac but really, I prefer Linux, and cloned IBM hardware is cheaper than Mac hardware (although it really doesn't make a difference which you use from The Mighty Portable Linux's point of view).
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