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Very true!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I knew it by the 'infant mortality' rate. If it is going to die, it will die early in its life.
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This is anecdotal evidence, so take it with a grain of salt, but...
My wife lets her computer go to sleep, since she never bothers to change the Microsoft defaults for power saving options (which is what, sleep after 20 minutes?) I hate this, and mine runs 24/7 unless it needs rebooted or shut down for a hardware upgrade.
In the past seven years, I have had one HDD die on me (well, SMART started reporting being out of spare sectors, so I replaced it.) In that same period of time, my wife has had two video cards, two power supplies, and two HDDs die on her. Her computer has also slowly gained more and more frequent BSODs than mine (her's once or twice a week, mine... never?) despite the fact that I install and uninstall far more software than she does (her practically none, me two or three times a month.) The last time I had a BSOD was when I installed some buggy beta drivers, so the cause there was obvious. Her's has slowly gotten worse despite no changes in software or configuration...
So, if you ignore the completely non-scientific-ness of the evidence... Turning a computer off and on (or sleeping) really does seem to have a negative effect on the hardware.
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Well, it certainly does seem to be the case. When I get my new computer (tomorrow ) I think it's going to stay awake...
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I am Brussels.
Isis struck ... again.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
modified 22-Mar-16 16:16pm.
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Remind me not to eat you at Christmas
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"struck"
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Hey, guys!
There's an American, here, telling people how to spell!
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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He didn't correct the OP on spelling, but on word choice.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Jeeze, and they say that Germans haven't got a sense of humour...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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He fixed it. BWA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA!!!!
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Bluddy right, too! Can't have any Tom, Dick, or Johnny Forringer speaking anything less than perfect English!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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English is still a foreign language for me.
I hope you forgive me for this mistake.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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ppolymorphe wrote: English is still a foreign language for me.
Don't worry about it. Half the people here were brought up in English speaking countries and still write like it's a foreign language to them!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Weird Al Yankovic - Word Crimes - YouTube[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Humanity has been struck by inhumanity ... again.
My deepest condolences to the victims and their families.
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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They are so wrong it grieves me as they will never learn
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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How was it? Anyone? No spoilers please. Just checked its RT page & it started with 2 rotten reviews. Its imdb forum page filled with so many emotions. I remember that last time PO'H posted a brief review(-) on Man of steel.
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It doesn't come out here until next week so my complete lack of interest won't be issuing in action to not go and see it for a while yet.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Won't see it until Saturday. I shall let you know what I thought afterwards (according to Mrs Yoda I'm not allowed to shout Awooogaaaa or Hubba Hubba when Gal Gadot is on screen).
This space for rent
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I think I've had enough of super-duper movies. It's time for something new and creative.
Uph. Sorry. What am I saying? "New and creative" from movie-makers?
Fat chance. Even the super-duper flicks were neither of those.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Says the Daily Mail ...
Quote: The latest superhero film sees Gal Gadot, Amy Adams and Ben Affleck bat for different sides
Wait ... what?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Seems like Superman should win every time. Batman is just a frail human. Its been almost 80 years of stopping bullets with his body, and he is still running full speed. Don't think I have ever heard of Batman stopping bullets with his body (unarmored of course).
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Seems to me the whole premise of the film is ridiculous, actually the entire bat thingy franchise seems bloody silly to me. Wait till they mix in the marvel characters, it gets sillier!
Oh wait, bat characters, superman, marvel characters IN SPACE, add then to a star wars film or possibly star trek.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Oh wait, bat characters, superman, marvel characters IN SPACE With pigs. Don't forget the pigs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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