The phrase "a dead computer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a computer that is no longer functioning or operational.
Example: "After the power surge, I discovered that I had a dead computer that wouldn't turn on at all."
Alternatives: "non-functional computer" or "inoperative computer".
On Wednesday, the stakes will be even higher when the two Americans on board conduct a spacewalk to replace a dead computer.
But then again, you will also have a dead computer scene.
(Note: You cannot reboot a dead computer, so I don't know if it's possible to reboot a dead movie franchise).
We recently came across the Squiggle Bot from Randy Sarafan, a community manager at Instructables and author of the book 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer, who we think has posted a better (and much more vibrant) version of this same idea.
You'll be incredibly grateful when you're stuck in Phnom Penh with a dead computer needing to book the next leg of your trip.
This is one reason why the US series has been so popular, and why there is a Walking Dead computer game, a post-episode microanalysis called Talking Dead, dozens of live blogging sites and, my personal favourite, a site called Interrogating the Ideology with a Chainsaw, which explores the philosophical lessons of the series.
With Turkish internet providers ordered to send Twitter traffic to a dead end, computer users found they could change the Domain Name Settings (DNS), which form the internet's address book, to get back on the right track.
"I've hired guys from lots of dead computer companies," he says.
You can now detach the dead computer.
Find and open the dead computer's hard drive on your Mac's desktop.
The good news is that the dead computer is still physically intact and will probably work fine if you reinstall your operating system.
