You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... - Page 72

ET_ · 2012-11-01, 16:39

...you postpone the readying of your luggage to check whether there are any last-minute reservations to add...

Luigi

aketilander · 2012-11-02, 10:34

Erased my own comment!

chappy · 2012-12-07, 15:55

New laptops at work...old laptops won't be salvaged till after the first of the year...

chappy · 2013-01-11, 20:48

...you use the exhaust of your laptop to keep your lunch warm...

kladner · 2013-01-11, 21:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by chappy

...you use the exhaust of your laptop to keep your lunch warm...

My dad worked for Humble Oil (later Exxon) in the exploration department. At first he was a field seismograph operator in multiple locations. When the company switched to contract exploration crews he was moved to the Houston office where he was one of the operators of the "Playback Machine." This was a very large collection of tube powered devices, all analog, which read strips of magnetic tape from the field and then burned the geophone traces to broad rolls of special paper.

At some times he was on an evening or night shift, therefore missing dinner at home. He then would heat things like canned beans on one of the tube power supplies.

ixfd64 · 2013-01-11, 21:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by chappy

...you use the exhaust of your laptop to keep your lunch warm...

I used it to thaw frozen meals when I was in college. It wasn't very effective.

chappy · 2013-01-11, 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by kladner

At some times he was on an evening or night shift, therefore missing dinner at home. He then would heat things like canned beans on one of the tube power supplies.

that's more or less me at the moment, but I picked up some sesame chicken from the local rice-house on my way in. I'm only running 2 of the 4 cores so I call that a simmer. If I add two more LL's about 10 minutes before lunch it will be heated through.

bcp19 · 2013-01-16, 19:04

...you open/close your windows in the winter to keep your room cool enough (but not too cold) so your GPUs don't overheat.

kracker · 2013-01-16, 19:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcp19

...you open/close your windows in the winter to keep your room cool enough (but not too cold) so your GPUs don't overheat.

I thought everyone did that!

davar55 · 2013-01-16, 19:33

... you keep forgetting that 11 is prime because it's not Mersenne.

bcp19 · 2013-02-22, 18:13

...you buy a more fuel efficient car so you can better afford your electricity bill. (Mine now gets 49mpg)

2012-11-01, 16:39	#782
ET_ Banned "Luigi" Aug 2002 Team Italia 3²·5·107 Posts	You just might be addicted to GIMPS if... ...you postpone the readying of your luggage to check whether there are any last-minute reservations to add... Luigi

2012-11-02, 10:34	#783
aketilander "Åke Tilander" Apr 2011 Sandviken, Sweden 2×283 Posts	Erased my own comment! Last fiddled with by aketilander on 2012-11-02 at 10:36 Reason: Silly and childish joke!

2012-12-07, 15:55	#784
chappy "Jeff" Feb 2012 St. Louis, Missouri, USA 13·89 Posts	New laptops at work...old laptops won't be salvaged till after the first of the year... Attached Thumbnails

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