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3451
Living Room / Re: Cleaning Inside the Case
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 02:38 PM »
killed one cpu in one machine and almost certainly killed a stick of ram from cleaning out computer cases with a brush
-nudone (January 31, 2009, 12:51 PM)

It can be a ticklish operation!
3452
Living Room / Re: Drive Dock: Turn bare drives into floppies
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 02:37 PM »
I brought his tower into my room, connected the HD to my mobo (this was done by turning his whole computer upside down... ugh)
-wreckedcarzz (January 31, 2009, 02:12 PM)

This I have to see.. post photos  ;D
3453
Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 02:33 PM »
If you can't avoid spending money, at least spend it wisely.

Unfortunately, our 2000 Altima has reached an 'epic fail.'
-40hz (January 31, 2009, 02:21 PM)
Thanks for the pointer!

Sorry to hear about your car.  I like to buy a decent a car and then keep it for as long as I reasonably can... I'm not keen on change.
At least now is a great time to buy.  Some dealers have inventory stacked to the rafters,  with existing contracts for more.
Of course, you need to feel there'll still be dealers around come time for parts and service.
3454
Living Room / Re: Meme time! Five Things People Don't Know About Me
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 12:09 PM »
  • If you give me a word, I can almost instantly reply with the alphabetized set of letters in the word.
-CWuestefeld (January 31, 2009, 10:18 AM)
antidisestablishmentarianism

(edit: I put the reply into the list  :-[)
3455
Living Room / Re: Meme time! Five Things People Don't Know About Me
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 09:58 AM »
Went to two doctors, they wanted to prescribe viagra. WTF!
-zridling (January 31, 2009, 04:11 AM)
Well, I'm truly sorry to learn about the headaches.

There is, however, item 2) and you do also say "I'll be in bed for 1-3 days at a time".
3456
Living Room / Re: Drive Dock: Turn bare drives into floppies
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 31, 2009, 09:50 AM »
I noticed a comment about some models falling over
-ewemoa (January 29, 2009, 08:48 PM)
Drunk on the catwalk?
3457
Living Room / Re: Cleaning Inside the Case
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 30, 2009, 01:05 PM »
But I would love to have a little, battery-powered vacuum again that is made for inside computer cases. Does anyone know of any that are currently sold?
-J-Mac (January 29, 2009, 11:57 PM)
If you have a spare (or broken) tool for your vacuum, you can cut that down and then improvise a home-made step-down adapter and attach an appropriate length of small-bore flexible plastic tubing to the vacuum pipe.  With that you can get just about anywhere in the case (and clean out your keyboard).  It's easy enough to adjust the amount of air flow from the vacuum cleaner.

3458
Living Room / Re: Cleaning Inside the Case
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 30, 2009, 12:46 PM »
My house is an older model and it tends to create dust spontaneously.
-Edvard (January 30, 2009, 10:15 AM)

 ;D ;D ;D

I have a dog that must be from the same era!

Thanks for the leaf-blower image... boggles the mind!
3459
N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Emergency Release - Dad's Around
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 29, 2009, 06:49 AM »
Bunny died in an unfortunate accident, and was replaced with a random quote script.
-scancode (January 29, 2009, 06:34 AM)

Pity you weren't able to retrieve Bunny's reading glasses from the coffin!

3460
Living Room / Re: Scrotumgate
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 29, 2009, 06:34 AM »
Name dropping I knew his son ... albeit many years ago
-Carol Haynes (January 29, 2009, 04:44 AM)
Small world, and I've taken his Little Liver Pills  ;)
3461
Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 28, 2009, 09:46 PM »
Let me get this clear.  Are you proposing, as an economy measure, to trade in Mrs. Darwin in order to free up more funds for software?

3462
Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for January 28th, 2009 - Codename "New Years Revolutions"
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 28, 2009, 09:43 PM »
Thanks for creating this newsletter!
3463
Living Room / Re: Scrotumgate
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 28, 2009, 09:35 PM »
This thread reminds me of the remark, attributed to Sir Thomas Beecham, addressed to a lady cellist with whose rehearsal performance he was displeased.

What did he say?
“Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands - and all you can do is scratch it”



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Living Room / Re: MS takes evil to new level; ruins birthday cake
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 28, 2009, 03:49 PM »
Wegman’s email system failed to recognize the proprietary HTML tags of Outlook and hence this goof-up.

I don't like to quibble, but those are HBTY tags.

3465
Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 26, 2009, 10:17 PM »
Now to be fair, meat is expensive, but I never understood how come the warmed-over goo they so graciously pre-package for you is pennies by comparison.
-Edvard (January 26, 2009, 07:35 PM)

Nor do you want to understand if you plan on eating it...   ;D
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Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 26, 2009, 06:50 PM »

I'm probably preaching to the choir round here but...

If you're a meat eater, drop it from your diet.
Meat's expensive, vegetables aren't nor are (some) alternative sources of protein.


3467
Living Room / Re: How to make an external HD SHUT UP?!?!
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 25, 2009, 10:40 PM »
Does it have an internal fan?  If so is that still mounted in a vibration-free manner?
3468
General Software Discussion / Re: How would you market Windows 7?
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 24, 2009, 09:12 PM »
Hasta la vista, Vista!
3469
Living Room / Re: Please help me build my new computer, DC!
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 24, 2009, 07:19 PM »
A L is, or is part of, Plantronics nowadays, I think.
$20-$40 is a bit low.  You'll have to look out for a discount deal in one of your local stores, I suspect, otherwise shipping costs will kill you.
You could try your local yard/jumble/boot sales...
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Living Room / Which was your favourite out of the Christmas gifts you received in 2008?
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 24, 2009, 08:01 AM »
Now the dust has settled after the foot-stomping, fun-filled board game bonanza, let's review the situation.

Of the tangible gifts that you received during the gift-giving season which one was your favourite?

Just to stir the pot a little, was there a gift that made you cringe?


sigh
Personally, I had my hopes raised when I noticed my wife buying a nice, working, scale model of a catapult. 
I pictured dogs lying stunned all around the house as my aim improved. 
Alas my dreams were shattered when I discovered that it was for her eight-year-old nephew. 
Apparently it was considered an unsafe toy for the likes of me.

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Living Room / Re: Please help me build my new computer, DC!
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 23, 2009, 03:07 PM »
I feel for you, tomos.  But you left-handed people have the advantage at sports!
-superboyac (January 23, 2009, 10:27 AM)

Well, not every sport.  What about the mouse toss, for example?

3472
Skrommel's Software / Re: Small Measure 404 not found?
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 23, 2009, 03:00 PM »
You are correct, that link also 404's for me.

If you click on the small icon showing a letter 'H', however, that will show you the AutoHotKey code.
With the free AutoHotKey software you can either run that code yourself or compile it.
The AutoHotkey material is available from this link: AutoHotKey Web site

On the other hand, as a stop-gap measure, if you need someone to compile the code and upload the program, leave another message here.

3473
General Software Discussion / Re: Free software - Sony Acid Express 7
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 22, 2009, 06:41 PM »
Sgt. Peppers with only three tracks
-40hz (January 22, 2009, 05:31 PM)

Those three-stripers!

3474
Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 22, 2009, 10:31 AM »
And I promise to do my best to pull all the documentation together and create a PDF user manual by the time I "get" it all.
-J-Mac (January 21, 2009, 01:34 PM)

And you'll be doing most FARR users a service!
In a way, though, I'll miss the great FARR detective game a.k.a. hmmm what was that alias again?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012
« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2009, 08:10 AM »
Also, it’s much more advanced than Vista or Windows 7 “Search programs and files” feature.
-mouser (January 21, 2009, 06:34 AM)

Mouser, why don't you stop dipsy-doodling about with FARR and get on with Windows8?
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