You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... - Page 76

only_human · 2015-11-03, 04:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

This might have happened to a friend I know... do you have any advice - for my friend?

Girls won't think he's strange, will they?

Who the hack are the Bears?

The Chicago Bears. I adapted the line from this scene:
http://youtu.be/u2pu0m9iTo4

kladner · 2015-11-03, 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

This might have happened to a friend I know... do you have any advice - for my friend?

Girls won't think he's strange, will they?

Who the hack are the Bears?

An obscure sports team, on a nondescript planet in the S-K system, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to the planet as 'Uuuuurrrrth'.

storm5510 · 2017-11-07, 04:37

You might be addicted to GIMPS if.....you rely on mfaktc to heat your living room and kitchen in the winter.

kladner · 2017-11-07, 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by storm5510

You might be addicted to GIMPS if.....you rely on mfaktc to heat your living room and kitchen in the winter.

I qualify on the space heater front, though it mostly keeps the space under my desk warm. It was cozier with two 580s and a high wattage AMD CPU in the box.

ixfd64 · 2017-11-08, 17:55

I once used the heat from my laptop to defrost a frozen dinner back in my college days.

kladner · 2017-11-08, 18:43

In pre-digital days at Exxon exploration, my Dad worked with a room full of tube-driven devices. This "Playback Machine" took in wide magnetic tapes from field seismograph operators and burned the traces on wide rolls of paper. He worked graveyard shifts sometimes. He found that one of the large tube power supply units was great for heating up a can of beans.

storm5510 · 2017-11-09, 02:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by kladner

I qualify on the space heater front, though it mostly keeps the space under my desk warm. It was cozier with two 580s and a high wattage AMD CPU in the box.

This works quite well until the outdoor temperature drops into the mid 40's on the F scale. The culprit is a sliding patio door in the back. However, it keeps my furnace from running as much with its 30 amp heating element.

daxmick · 2017-12-03, 19:01

... if you read all the posts to this thread in one sitting.

VBCurtis · 2017-12-03, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by daxmick

... if you read all the posts to this thread in one sitting.

Welcome to the primenerd club, sir.

kladner · 2017-12-03, 23:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by VBCurtis

Welcome to the primenerd club, sir.

Agreed and Seconded. Well said!

ET_ · 2017-12-04, 07:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by kladner

Agreed and Seconded. Well said!

And thirded!

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