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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: they do it with loose dresses
I would be really surprised if those dresses did not have hoop skirt cages underneath.
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Looks like remote-controlled Roomba's 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Can't be - there is no trail of dog poop being ground into the stage... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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hmmm[^]
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I think the day I will create a piece of software executes that smoothly I will quit...
I saw them as a child in Hungary and do not remember to be marveled by their performance, but today I would say to that kid - You are an idiot!!!
They are amazing, and even understanding the 'secret' - as one danced half-professionally - I can not say other ways...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: as one danced half-professionally
Hi Peter, I am delighted to know I am not the only one here !
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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My laptop will sometimes stop charging, and starts again after a while. I have noticed that this happens when the unit gets hot. After some research, I found that it contains an overheat prevention system for the battery, which is likely being triggered by the heat from the other parts (this model has a design flaw related to that).
Go figure. This has annoyed me for a few weeks now.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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best keep an eye on it and where you place it for charging.
Not a laptop but the charger for an old (admittedly cheapo) electric drill used to do this on/off. One day went to retrieve it from the charger only to find a puddle of evil smelling hot goo - luckily no fire/smoke. (Cleaned it up with some old rubber gloves, binned the lot and bought a Bosch.)
So point is, like anything the overheat trigger can fail - consider that it is working at high temps.
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The overheat protection system is in most modern batteries, and is there for good reason - as Galaxy Note 7 users found!
If your lappie is triggering that due to other components heating up, you might want to consider one of those cooler pads: 5 of the best laptop coolers 2016 | TechRadar[^]
Gotta be cheaper than a new desk!
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My laptop won't fit on those, it is way too big. There is a special one for it, I just need to order it, and I don't have the money for that right now.
The house is also currently around 55-60 degrees (Fahrenheit), so it takes a while for the system to heat up.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I just heard a very sharp "pop" -- I'm thinking a capacitor blew, but nothing seems to be failing.
Not much powered up -- two PCS and a laptop all working normally. My best guess is the power strip.
Any other ideas?
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Anurism? Hope not! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Hadn't considered that. It could be all in my head. 
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F.A.S.T[^]:
Facial drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulties
Time to call emergency services!
Symptoms of a stroke. Mrs. Wife has had two  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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might be a bit of dust (or less likely but happens: an insect) that moved over the main power connections. (5/12v wouldn't be enough at the current avail.)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Any other ideas?
Did you ever bother to check if a capacitor in your brain "popped". I always look there first, when this happens to me. 
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Interesting. I had completely forgotten this had happened to me months ago. Loud pop, no idea where it came from...and still today, between then and now, I don't have any hardware that died.
Now you've just made me even more curious...
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Sniper?
Fuse?
Loose plug?
Any noticeable smell? When caps blow the "analogue smell" is usually pretty distinctive.
If a cap has gone in your PC, back the sucker up before you turn it off: stressed electronics fail most often when turned on and the blown cap may do serious damage when you cold start it next.
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No noticable smell, but my sniffer has been offline most of the week.
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Be very careful here. All electronic devices are powered by smoke. If the smoke escapes, the device dies.
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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Yeah, that's why I looked and sniffed for any sign of it.
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Fart?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Nah, my wife wasn't up yet. 
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It's a lazy Saturday and I have nothing better to do than check CP occasionally and figure out what personal/work project I want to tinker with. For now, I've chosen a custom sql backup/archive utility that I intend to put on a new server which got me wondering...
Why on earth would I spend time creating my own version of a utility when there are probably thousands or free ones readily available?...I mean, after all, this is probably just for private or company use.
There are many reasons why I choose to do this but it mostly comes down to customization and control. I'm sure if I sampled enough downloads from the interwebs, I might find something I could live with, but let's face it...some of those free download sites have gotten sketchy! 
Other examples of home-rolled utility apps I use just about every day:
0: password keeper
1: mp3 catalog for synching across devices
2: ftp (lot's of these out there but they mostly suck)
3: sql upsize/downsize/copy/ftp
4: sql restore (can start from a right-click on a .bak file, very convenient)
So, the question is...are you mostly satisfied with using someone else's tools/utilities in your day to day activities, or have you had occasion to 'build your own'?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I built my own backup/restore utilities, for both SQL databases and files. I never liked the ones I found online, paid or free, and it really didn’t take long to write my own. And I can customise them as I want. (For instance, when backing up my own work / dev folders, I’m not interested in copying sample video files only there to work with and check functionality.)
And, yeah, my own password store – that’s part of a larger personal “organiser” program I wrote and use extensively to keep track of all sorts of things… a kind of CRM with extras.
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