Hewey, my trusty three year old HP laptop may be nearing the end. His display dimmed way out last night and will not re-light. I've tried everything - reloading the drivers, running diagnostics, rebooting, waving a dead chicken over him and uttering incantations, etc. Nothing has worked.
LCD displays are the Achillies' Heels of laptops. If the display goes, the cost to repair is equal to the cost of a new laptop. Usually about $2000. Right now, I'm at the GCI Seattle offices in Smith Towers. I'm plugged into an external monitor so it's not as if I've lost everything. Just portability. :-).
So, my posting, e-mail, etc. will now be intermittent for the next few days until I return to Anchorburg.
News Flash: Literally, as I was typing "Achillies Heel" Hewey's LCD sprung back to life. whoa....
UPDATE: Ten minutes later, the display dimmed out again. sob....
2:53:15 PM 
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