i am completely naked now.

[philish]

just dropped my mac off at the genius bar b/c it died on my this afternoon and no amount of cajoling, cursing, promises or stroking would bring it back from the dead.

So I asked the yi if this was a good time to finally invest in a new mac?

34.3,4>19

this is interesting b/c my ex installed new RAM in my laptop as a christmas gift. But what seemed to bring down the 'puter is something via the internet. I do not open even remotely suspicious emails or offers online. And I restrict my downloads to know/safe sites. So.

Realizing mercury retrograde phases aren't ideal windows for investing in computers, I do have work to complete and the thought of being without my favorite friend for even a day has me spinning. Guess I need to redefine friendship.

HELP!!

 

[philish]

The lines:

3.
'Small people use power,
Noble one uses a net.
Constancy: danger.
The ram butts a hedge,
Entangles his horns.'

Entangles, weakens or ruins.

Simply using strength whenever one has it isn’t wise, especially if using it against immovable limits. Just using power is reactive; persisting blindly is dangerous. The ram who doesn't understand about boundaries and limits loses (forfeits) his power in challenging them.

34 zhi Hexagram 54, the Marrying Maiden, who is also in no position to use whatever native strength she has. Using a net is like having no direction to go, a way to be sensitised to the currents already present in things. (See 54’s Image.)

(Experience: 54 might indicate that you're new to this situation where you can't use power, and will have to 'grow into it'.)

This seems to describe me, the 54 maiden who can't use the 'net.

Constancy, good fortune.
Regrets vanish.
The hedge broken through, no entanglement.
Strength in the axles of a great cart.'

The barriers are overcome, the past is left behind, you break through and are not weakened. The strength that makes this possible isn’t in anything very visible or spectacular – not the horses, for instance – but in the axle housings or axle straps.

In a reconstruction of a Shang chariot, the wheels are fixed to a revolving axle. The only thing holding the body of the cart to the axle is four leather straps, within which the axle revolves. They would need to be really strong.

This isn’t an easy escape; it takes a strong connection between what you have and where it’s going – knowledge and purpose, for instance. It all needs to hold together under the surface.

34 zhi Hexagram 11, Great Vigour Flowing. Naturally unstoppable momentum – maybe the greatest danger is of things coming apart.

So perhaps the Apple folk will get it going with a repair? Or that what happened fried my 'puter's innards? I suppose this could be a picture of the damage, couldn't it?

I will keep looking through this the hex search; I know someone has had these lines crop up for computer woes.

 

[rosada]

I would sure consider very carefully investing in a new computer while Mercury AND Mars are retrograde.
As you do mention your sense of disorientation not having a computer perhaps you should first devote a day or two to very consciously affirming your complete and total perfection independent of your "friend."
Then 54. suggests to me that you need to know more about what you need in a computer and what is available. Salesmen may make you some great offers to get your business but you'll lose all your power once you say "I do."
34.4 sounds like a computer that works. May even be the one you have can be fixed after all.
19. The superior man is inexhaustible in his will to teach.
Gosh, is there some electronics school that would be willing to tackle fixing your computer for free if you let the students work on it?

Anyway, bottom line, I think you should investigate what's out there and follow the lead that comes to you. This is not a reading that encourages rushing out and just buying what ever fits with your decor.

Love your thread title!!!
Rosada

 

[tigerintheboat]

Rams and Nets and Power Correctly Applied and Power Supplies

just dropped my mac off at the genius bar b/c it died on my this afternoon and no amount of cajoling, cursing, promises or stroking would bring it back from the dead.

So I asked the yi if this was a good time to finally invest in a new mac?

34.3,4>19

The time to get a new computer is approaching, but it is not now. Line 3 is about how throwing force/money against the problem is not the right approach. "Simply using strength whenever one has it isn’t wise." It is probably a power supply. Just be cool, the computer itself is probably strong, once the power comes back on, it will be like the ram getting out of the brush, and you will have

34 zhi Hexagram 11, Great Vigour Flowing. Naturally unstoppable momentum –

Tiger

 

[meng]

The hedge opens; there's no entanglement.
Power depends on the axle of a big cart.

What is the axle of a computer? Hard drive, would be my guess. Open hedge, no entanglement, I'd take as referring to no software complications.

 

[tigerintheboat]

Moving Parts

What is the axle of a computer? Hard drive, would be my guess. Open hedge, no entanglement, I'd take as referring to no software complications.

A very reasonable idea, since a hard drive is the only moving part...

I am not really a "car guy" but doesn't the axle distributes power in a vehicle to the wheels, which move?....that is why I voted for a power supply.

(Oh, and Philish, is the title of the thread a trick to get guys to read this and help, or is there something more subtle that I am missing.)

Tiger

 

[philish]

Ah, that title... It was actually my first thought as soon as I handed over the laptop: "I'm completely naked now!" And yes, I thought it would likely get someone's attention here. You want someone to read yer stuff? Gotta pitch it right!

Rosada, you are completely and totally right about taking a couple of days to realign my emotional relationship with my computer. And about the dangers of investing with merc/mars both in retrograde. In theory, at the very least I should wait until Jan. 14th when merc goes direct and the eclipses are behind us.

However, I do need a computer for my daily work; it's non-negotiable. And I have a presentation to do ON the 14th. I can make do with emails on this PC, but my daily life is on my Mac. I do have an external hard drive, and most everything else is on there. Whew!

Part of the reason I asked the question is that my laptop is now almost 4 years old, and I think I need to plan for an investment in new equipment within the year.

The hard drive sounds reasonable. It failed at rebooting about six times. I should hear from the Apple store today or tomorrow and update the reading.

If anyone else has experience with this hex and computers, I'd love to hear from you.

Thank you!

 

[rosada]

I wonder if 19's Image referencing the superior man and the inexhaustible will to teach is a positive omen for you having something going by the time you have to make your presentation? Hope so!
-r

 

[tigerintheboat]

MacWorld

In theory, at the very least I should wait until Jan. 14th when merc goes direct and the eclipses are behind us.

MacWorld 2010 starts around February 9th, and goes 5 days. Apple usually introduces new computer models, and then there are usually discounts on the current models in stock. A good time to plan to buy, right after the conference.

Tiger

 

[philish]

An excellent tip, TITB! Thank you!

 

[philish]

Update: The Apple techs think it's the logic board, aka the mother board, that's gone bad, so I consented to let them ship it off for a repair for a flat fee. I'll get a 90 day guarantee against any further problems after it comes back. It should be back within a week.

Hopefully all will go as planned and the ram will break free! In the meantime, I've got to learn what to do when I don't have my computer.

You know, besides pound my head against a brick wall.

 

[sunrise65]

Hi Philish

I completely understand the predicament as a mac peep for last 20 years I have thankfully only be macless once! Working with them in my career has meant I have built up some backups (2 laptops and 2 Desktops) but still my fav is the 12" Powebook that my parents have 'on loan' now

regards
tom

 

[philish]

Good to know someone out there appreciates my pain.

 

[philish]

Update

According to the invoice, the heat pipe was defective and replaced.