05-24-2009, 08:01 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hong Kong
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Weird tech crap that you put up with
So... I have this DVD-ROM drive in my PC. For the last year and a half, the thing refuses to open UNLESS there's a dvd in the drive.
I cannot stand having a dvd in there unless I have to (as it increases the time to open things like My Computer, etc.). So in order to use my DVD-ROM, i have to slide a paper-clip in the manual-open hole which opens the drive enough so I can stick a butter knife into the slot and jam the thing open. It's silly, I should replace it but I use the thing so little I just don't care.
Am I the only one who puts up with weird tech crap like this?
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05-24-2009, 11:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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I do the same thing. More out of laziness than anything.
My XBOX 360 DVD controller some how got on the same frequency as my HP Laptop so when I try to turn on my 360 by the controller it will either turn on or off my laptop. Also pressing play will open up Media player, etc.
I am sure it is an easy fix but, meh!
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Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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05-25-2009, 10:20 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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My last "primary" home computer- I put in a CPU that was faster than the heat sink/fan could keep up with. So randomly I would hear the fan start to wine, and I would know that I only had about 2 minutes to close down some applications or it would power off. I had a new heat sink ready to put in for about a year before I finally did. (And then I actually used it to build a new PC.)
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05-26-2009, 01:32 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hong Kong
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Originally Posted by ken0042
My last "primary" home computer- I put in a CPU that was faster than the heat sink/fan could keep up with. So randomly I would hear the fan start to wine, and I would know that I only had about 2 minutes to close down some applications or it would power off. I had a new heat sink ready to put in for about a year before I finally did. (And then I actually used it to build a new PC.)
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haha wow. I couldn't have put up with that... But I once had heat problems too, and my answer was to leave my PC open and point a giant standing fan at the open side of the case all day long. Worked fine, but I always worried what would happen if somehow someone spilled something near the fan...
I put up with that for about 6 months, then bought an aluminum case.. never had heat problems since.
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05-26-2009, 06:59 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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I find myself putting up with people who can't CLAN THEIR FREAKIN' KEYBOARDS!!!!1111ONEEELEVENET11!1TWELVE
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05-26-2009, 07:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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How do you "CLAN" a keyboard?
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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05-27-2009, 08:36 AM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Originally Posted by HOOT
How do you "CLAN" a keyboard?
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It is a french acronym for CLEAN LE ATROSHIS NABLACHE (french for Keyboard)
Is that alright, Professor?
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05-27-2009, 09:23 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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My plasma TV
Its an older model Samsung Tantus. It only has R/W and Component input. Its a pain in the a$$ but I am to lazy to buy a new one and mount it on my wall.
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05-27-2009, 09:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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The integrated audio on my computer is strange.
If I use the analogue outputs I can get up to 7.1 output (I have a 5.1 setup). But if I want to use the digital out I can only get stereo. I'm guessing this is some sort of DRM issue, but it is annoying since I'm not playing any DRM content.
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05-27-2009, 02:43 PM
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Had an idea!
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The guy who came up with the idea of DRM should be taken out back and shot.
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05-28-2009, 10:00 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Fantasy Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern
I find myself putting up with people who can't CLAN THEIR FREAKIN' KEYBOARDS!!!!1111ONEEELEVENET11!1TWELVE
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I never clean my keyboard. Drives my husband nuts because there's always crumbs and various crap crunching around in there. Gross... but sort of funny because it really doesn't bother me at all.
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05-28-2009, 10:14 AM
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something else haha
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Did you know you can clean your keyboard in the dishwasher and it wont affect anything?
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05-28-2009, 11:07 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Whenever I start up Vista the sideboard (I think that's what it's called) starts reporting that my two cores are using 50 to 100% capacity. Core Temp reports the same thing so I exit the sideboard and everything's okay. A minor annoyance but I'd like to know what's going on.
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05-28-2009, 11:13 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by Swayze11
Did you know you can clean your keyboard in the dishwasher and it wont affect anything?
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It totally screws up you "GROUP BY" clauses, unless you are partitioning in an analytic function.
* very bad DB speak
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-28-2009, 11:19 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peanut
I never clean my keyboard. Drives my husband nuts because there's always crumbs and various crap crunching around in there. Gross... but sort of funny because it really doesn't bother me at all. |
mmmmm, board chow.
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05-28-2009, 11:33 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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Similar to Soul, my DVD drive stopped working after I put a second drive in. I hardly ever needed to burn anything so it didn't bother me and if I did, I just used the laptop instead. I kept meaning to look at it but was just too lazy to turn it off and crack the cover. A couple of weeks ago, after waiting a good 18 months, I finally got to it and found the ribbon cable on the drive was loose.
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05-28-2009, 11:35 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Every single customer I deal with.
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05-28-2009, 11:40 AM
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Pants Tent
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My iPod touch refuses to let windows access its photos. I plug it in via USB and it syncs with iTines great but the Windows dialogue box that let's me access screenshots off it does not appear.
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05-28-2009, 12:17 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peanut
I never clean my keyboard. Drives my husband nuts because there's always crumbs and various crap crunching around in there. Gross... but sort of funny because it really doesn't bother me at all. |
Just shake it out onto a salad for a nutrient boost and added flavor.
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05-28-2009, 12:19 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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For some reason, my Macbook and my Vista box aren't on speaking terms. Can't share files between the two.
So I just transfer files either on a USB flash drive or via a shared hard drive connected to my router. It's stupid, but I'd rather chew thumbtacks then trouble shoot my network.
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