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xilman 2009-05-19 08:46

[QUOTE=retina;174122]So did anyone see the game last night?[/quote]Nope. I hardly ever watch sporting events. How did it go?
[quote]The weather yesterday was quite normal for this time of year.[/quote]Where you are, perhaps, but it's been significantly warmer than usual for the last week or so here in the south of England. Apparently, we should be in for a rather nicer summer than we've had for the last two.
[quote]So will the universe explode tomorrow or in 2012?[/quote]I rather doubt it
[quote]How many GIMPSters does it take to replace a heatsink?[/quote]Zero or one under normal circumstances[quote]Can replacing a heatsink be done "live" without losing cycles by turning the computer off?[/quote]It depends. I've performed live heatsink replacements before now, though not recently. Back in the good old days cpus were much more robust than they tend to be today. I have replaced heatsink fans on a live system, both cpu fans and chipset fans.[quote]Will Mini-Me join me on my holiday to Winnerville?[/quote]I give up. Don't post the answer just yet, though, to give others a chance.[quote]Why did the chicken cross the road?[/QUOTE]Ah, this one I do know: [spoiler]To get to the other side[/spoiler].

Why did the hedgehog cross the road?


Paul

retina 2009-05-19 09:26

[QUOTE=xilman;174148]Nope. I hardly ever watch sporting events. How did it go?[/QUOTE]Well I don't know since I didn't watch it. That is why I asked, silly.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]Where you are, perhaps, but it's been significantly warmer than usual for the last week or so here in the south of England. Apparently, we should be in for a rather nicer summer than we've had for the last two.[/QUOTE]In my evil lair the temperature is controlled to my liking, I don't get out much these days.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]I rather doubt it[/QUOTE]But a friend of my brothers ex-wife's mother told me it would, so it must be true. She wouldn't lie.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]Zero or one under normal circumstances[/QUOTE]But these are not normal times. We got global warming now.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]It depends. I've performed live heatsink replacements before now, though not recently. Back in the good old days cpus were much more robust than they tend to be today. I have replaced heatsink fans on a live system, both cpu fans and chipset fans.[/QUOTE]I once tried it in my laptop, but the case cannot be removed with the power plug or battery connected. So I suppose I should now open it and run it naked 24/7 just in case I need to do some emergency surgery.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]I give up. Don't post the answer just yet, though, to give others a chance.[/QUOTE][spoiler]Haha, no spoiler here. Now you feel stupid for revealing it don't you?![/spoiler][QUOTE=xilman;174148]Ah, this one I do know: [spoiler]To get to the other side[/spoiler].[/QUOTE]You are a smart person.[QUOTE=xilman;174148]Why did the hedgehog cross the road?[/QUOTE]Erm, [spoiler]to see it's flat-mate[/spoiler]?

Uncwilly 2009-05-19 22:10

[QUOTE=cheesehead;173905]Ah, HA! It was on the weekend PBS puzzle program (and I may have barely semi-remembered that when I footnoted #2), and they [COLOR="Magenta"]gave the answer this morning[/COLOR].[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=10metreh;173912]14=[spoiler]32[/spoiler].

[spoiler]They're the numbers[/spoiler][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=daviddy]More to the point, why doesn't the thread starter at least
acknowledge the "solvers". Some of us have got more fun out of the
puzzle than it deserved, even if we were only buying time. [/QUOTE]I would have ack, except that, they didn't solve it, I could have done the same as they if I hadn't been AFT. This has been such a big fest of duff (not to be confused with Festivus), one could hardly find a kernal of corn.

How about them Rockets?

cheesehead 2009-05-20 06:41

Correction:

[quote=cheesehead;173905]It was on the weekend PBS[/quote]NPR (National Public Radio), rather [quote]puzzle program[/quote]

davieddy 2009-05-20 21:43

[quote=davieddy;173796]I phoned my erstwhile bridge partner, computer buff and friend. (ne 1957 (note the absence of a second e)
Chemistry St Catherine's, and generally proud of his
search for omniscience) to make sure he knew what
I was referring to.

I was (secretly pleased) shocked to hear that the name Hardy
meant nothing to him, and neither did Jowett, even though I
reminded him that there is (or at least was) a road called
Jowett Walk just outside Cats.

David[/quote]

OTOH, he may well have been in sarcastic mode.

He referred to quiz machines in pubs as "cash points".
He routinely played them till he won the £10, then went on to
a different pub. He claims to have garnered £3000 (tax free)
in a year this way.

You might well say "Get a Life"

David

retina 2009-05-21 01:37

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;174219]How about them Rockets?[/QUOTE]They seem to be coming along slowly but surely.

[url]http://www.physorg.com/news162052761.html[/url]

Will these be putting men on the moon in 2020?

[size=1][color=#b0b0b0]Oh, wait, you put a capital "R", is that something different?[/color][/size]

Wacky 2009-05-21 12:21

Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncwilly
They got it from the radio.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncwilly
How about them Rockets?

[QUOTE=retina;174373]They seem to be coming along slowly but surely.
Oh, wait, you put a capital "R", is that something different?[/QUOTE]

After 75 years, they're still kicking up a storm.

(But I think their name has two "t"s.)


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