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I had no idea the distinction you mention existed.
Physically, they're the same object. Search Amazon for blindfold and you get S&M equipment and curiously a "show results for.." category of "Women's Erotic Accessories" at least until you search for sleep mask - then Amazon decides you are less fetish-y. Sleep mask is pretty much just sleeping equipment.
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Keith Barrow wrote: I had no idea the distinction you mention existed.
It's along the lines of: women glisten but men sweat.
Marc
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Women glow and men thunder... apparently!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A sleep mask is for sleeping; a blindfold is for the sort of recreational activities whose existence caught you by surprise.
Other than the latter possibly being harder to dislodge either completely or enough to let a bit of light in around the edges (some of this could be useful even if you only want one to hide from light) there aren't any functional differences.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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As long as you don't let her put a Gimp Mask on you things should be okay.
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Well, I don't need another one of those
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Keith Barrow wrote: What is the difference between a "Sleep Mask" and a "Blindfold" The wearer can remove a sleep mask.
/ravi
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Kidnappings would be a whole less stressful in a sleep mask.
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Just because Salma can't see you doesn't mean she won't know it's you!
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I keep telling you Nagy tranquilliser darts they can be administered from a distane
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Keith Barrow wrote: difference between a "Sleep Mask" and a "Blindfold"
The first is something that you use to help you go to sleep.
The second is what is used before someone else puts you to sleep.
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I don't sue anything, not even if I'm badly insomniac!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: I don't sue anything So you're not a lawyer then?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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PRO TIP: You don't need a blindfold if the person is unconscious.
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It's the difference between using a feather...and the whole chicken.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I'm still trying to combine "whole chicken" and sleep mask
The console is a black place
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Well there's your problem!
You only use the whole chicken with the blindfold!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hi All,
Had a bit of quandary with Parents PC this weekend. It is an old(ish) XP box they got from me, that has been very loyal and is enjoying a hard earned retirement. The issue was the machine when powered on did the memory check displayed the POST screen got to the XP booting Splash and then powered off... pulled the tower out checked the vents for blockage (disturbed a spider colony clearing the fan on the side of the case!) finally got it too boot to safe mode then restarted it and got it too boot to XP cleanly, defragged the hard drive (not needed but..)
Looked it up on Google and found that the behaviour is usually the heat sink on the processor... I have never needed to alter this can the processor, could it be this or has my google fu missed again.
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Unlikely - unless you or someone else, this weekend or in the past, removed the cooler and heat sink and did not re-install properly. I've never seen the thermal bond between the cpu and the heat sink break down.
If this machine is as old as I think it is, I would suspect a failing power supply. It's a cheap fix.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: I've never seen the thermal bond between the cpu and the heat sink break down.
...and there speaks a man who never owned an XBox 360...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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There is one of those in my house, and I hate it . Makes my kids stoopppidd. The only thing worse is watching me try to play it, I just don't have the fingers.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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If it's a store-bought PC, the thermal compound could have been applied incorrectly at the factory, or they used the compound that was on the heat sink from the CPU manufacturer. I ALWAYS use Arctic Silver when installing a new heat sink.
0) Install the CPU in the socket ensure the surface of both the CPU and the heat sink are clean.
1) Place a small dab of compound on the CPU
2) Spread it out so that you have a thin, even coat covering the entire surface of the CPU.
If you ever remove the heat sink, completely clean off the surface of the cpu and the new (or old) heat sink, and repeat the steps described above when re-assembling.
".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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A controlled power off during normal running (including on startup) is usually a failsafe on the processor – if it's overheating, it will shut down to avoid permanent damage. In my experience that's usually because either the fan is broken or its intake has become clogged with fluff (particularly if it's down at floor level with its back to a wall, as many computers are). The spider colony was probably the problem.
The processor heat sink is very tightly coupled to the motherboard and is quite a sturdy physical item, in most cases. It would be hard to damage that connection I'd think.
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I've seen several old boxes die of random power offs shortly after boot that weren't related to power supply or cooling; in two of the three cases it was a the pair of machines that went at about the same time such that I wasn't able to swap parts around to make a working system from the wreckage. My AMD 1400 box was a clear case of capacitor plague, but there was nothing visibly wrong with the Athlon 800/900 boxes, or the pair of amd 939 boxes. Both pairs of boxes also shared similar motherboards (Compaq brand in the former, nVidia NF4 in the latter), so I'm not sure which component to blame for the system's deaths. (In the latter case, the NF4's poor reputation for longevity makes me lean towards it; but with both boxes having worked when I last used them a year or two before finding them dead who knows...) I don't have any reason to believe this was an AMD specific problem; but during the period in question I didn't own any Intel boxes to compare against; although my 6yo LGA1366 systems might give failure datapoints if I don't decide to scrap them both in the near future.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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