thinclients

I visited my dad in Maine over the weekend and, as is often the case, part of the weekend was devoted to "IT administration," aka attending to PCs and associated gadgetry.

While some of the time involved transferring photos among various devices, a decent chunk was devoted to working on a PC whose operating system had decided to irretrievably corrupt itself somehow, requiring a fresh rebuild. And, yes, it was Windows--Windows XP to be precise--but please don't try to tell me that this sort of thing never happens with your favorite OS of choice.

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