the reality is the only way to get around this is to move, i hear canada's nice this time of year.....
or,
we could just cut nigeria off from the internet entirely, my isp's mail server would apprectiate that. everybody knows there is no such thing as an "honest nigerian", the whole country is in on the scam. how else do you explain the extremely large number emails i get from nigerians?
and by the way, when are you going to send the money?
he couldn't even get penny arcade's web address right in his letter, what a tool! hey jack its www.penny-arcade.com , dumbass. you are award not points for your response, we are all dumber for having heard it, and may god have mercy on your soul.
wouldn't be an issue if it was a question on open source software, but if you want to pay for microsoft quality you can sit on hold for tech support like normal people do.
1. the dust in your computer is coming from the air in your computer room. the dust in the air of your computer room comes from you, your animals and the outside world. so moving the animals to another room would be a good place to start, and you might want to think about cleaning that room and yourself once in a while (bird owners are always the dirtiest people). and by the way smoking contributes alot to the dust in the air. get your tower off the floor, there is more dust in the air by the floor than there is by the ceiling (dust is heavier than air).
2. air filtration is vital. when is the last time you changed the filter on your furnace\ac? when is the last time you changed the bag on your vacuum cleaner. somebody already mentioned a stand-alone filter for that room and thats another great idea. you could also upgrade the air filtration on your furnace or ac and that would make a huge difference in your air quality of your whole house.
3. again its already been touched on, but your fan setup is also very suspect. more fans will move more air, and that means they are also moving more dust. if you could get by with fewer fans, you would be sucking less dust into the case. i'm not sure you need all the fans that you mentioned. what's the pci slot cooler for? is it actually cooling anything? you could switch to a cooling solution that uses larger heat sinks or heat pipes that would cool just as well with less air movement (fewer fans at lower speeds). or change to a liquid based system for cooling, no need for fans, and its a closed system. fewer and slower fans also means less noise, and your ears will thank you for that. also you do need to move a similar or greater amount of air in than you are out, and the fans pulling the air in are also where you would install fan filters.
4. shut your system down when you don't need it to be on, if its not on, it can't suck any dust in. you could also use sleep mode which should shutdown most of your fans when you aren't actively using the system. this will also lower your electric bill (money good).
"cellphones" what decade r u living in? the 80's called they want their large, cumbersome, analog "cell phones" back. here in the 21st century we call them "wireless phones" in america, and in europe they do call them "mobile phones" which is gramatically correct. not that matters to us americans since we slaughter the enlish language every time we open our mouths. otherwise your right on, most of the great new features on wireless phones are just gimmicks. if u want mobile computing with wireless connectivity stick with a pda, or look into some of the ultraslim laptops coming out of japan.
i knew about fujitsu drives dying years ago. I worked for a small ISP that also OEMed systems, the owner loved to orderd fujitsu drives because they were cheap and he could make a big profit. but he eventually stopped because we were losing more money in delayed systems because of DOA drives, and system returns. anybody who thinks fujitsu drives are a good choice, just hasn't dealt with many hard drives yet.
i use RH 7.3 because it included KDE 3. when i tried limbo (RH 8 beta) it was hard to tell what WM i was using. i gave up on it because it didn't even resemble anything i was used to, and it was very slow. if i wanted to learn a new GUI setup i'd go buy a MAC and learn OS X. the thing i have always like most about RH is that it used standard GNU\Linux apps, but made installing and upgrading them a cinch. if i can't install the next version of RH and easily get into KDE or Gnome's default setups i'll just switch to mandrake or debian, both of which are now just as easy to install or upgrade new packages with.
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the reality is the only way to get around this is to move, i hear canada's nice this time of year.....
or,
we could just cut nigeria off from the internet entirely, my isp's mail server would apprectiate that. everybody knows there is no such thing as an "honest nigerian", the whole country is in on the scam. how else do you explain the extremely large number emails i get from nigerians?
and by the way, when are you going to send the money?
he couldn't even get penny arcade's web address right in his letter, what a tool!
hey jack its www.penny-arcade.com , dumbass. you are award not points for your response, we are all dumber for having heard it, and may god have mercy on your soul.
AMEN TO THAT BRUTHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wouldn't be an issue if it was a question on open source software, but if you want to pay for microsoft quality you can sit on hold for tech support like normal people do.
1. the dust in your computer is coming from the air in your computer room. the dust in the air of your computer room comes from you, your animals and the outside world. so moving the animals to another room would be a good place to start, and you might want to think about cleaning that room and yourself once in a while (bird owners are always the dirtiest people). and by the way smoking contributes alot to the dust in the air. get your tower off the floor, there is more dust in the air by the floor than there is by the ceiling (dust is heavier than air).
2. air filtration is vital. when is the last time you changed the filter on your furnace\ac? when is the last time you changed the bag on your vacuum cleaner. somebody already mentioned a stand-alone filter for that room and thats another great idea. you could also upgrade the air filtration on your furnace or ac and that would make a huge difference in your air quality of your whole house.
3. again its already been touched on, but your fan setup is also very suspect. more fans will move more air, and that means they are also moving more dust. if you could get by with fewer fans, you would be sucking less dust into the case. i'm not sure you need all the fans that you mentioned. what's the pci slot cooler for? is it actually cooling anything? you could switch to a cooling solution that uses larger heat sinks or heat pipes that would cool just as well with less air movement (fewer fans at lower speeds). or change to a liquid based system for cooling, no need for fans, and its a closed system. fewer and slower fans also means less noise, and your ears will thank you for that. also you do need to move a similar or greater amount of air in than you are out, and the fans pulling the air in are also where you would install fan filters.
4. shut your system down when you don't need it to be on, if its not on, it can't suck any dust in. you could also use sleep mode which should shutdown most of your fans when you aren't actively using the system. this will also lower your electric bill (money good).
"cellphones" what decade r u living in? the 80's called they want their large, cumbersome, analog "cell phones" back. here in the 21st century we call them "wireless phones" in america, and in europe they do call them "mobile phones" which is gramatically correct. not that matters to us americans since we slaughter the enlish language every time we open our mouths.
otherwise your right on, most of the great new features on wireless phones are just gimmicks. if u want mobile computing with wireless connectivity stick with a pda, or look into some of the ultraslim laptops coming out of japan.
i knew about fujitsu drives dying years ago. I worked for a small ISP that also OEMed systems, the owner loved to orderd fujitsu drives because they were cheap and he could make a big profit. but he eventually stopped because we were losing more money in delayed systems because of DOA drives, and system returns. anybody who thinks fujitsu drives are a good choice, just hasn't dealt with many hard drives yet.
i use RH 7.3 because it included KDE 3. when i tried limbo (RH 8 beta) it was hard to tell what WM i was using. i gave up on it because it didn't even resemble anything i was used to, and it was very slow. if i wanted to learn a new GUI setup i'd go buy a MAC and learn OS X. the thing i have always like most about RH is that it used standard GNU\Linux apps, but made installing and upgrading them a cinch. if i can't install the next version of RH and easily get into KDE or Gnome's default setups i'll just switch to mandrake or debian, both of which are now just as easy to install or upgrade new packages with.