I've done about the same manhandleing. My first few machines I treated like a first date but once I started getting used equipment it was time to get freaky. Here is a little list...
1. Wore wool socks and held a cat while inserting a PCI card. Worked fine
2. Hot swaped video cards until the damn game worked right. I don't recommend this one but nothing broke.
3. Beat the living shit out of a stuck hard drive.
It spun up and worked for a few more months, even if it did look a little odd with all the dents.
4. Placed a hard drive in the freezer overnight to see if that could get the bastard to spin up again - and it did. Worked for years after.
5. Stored used components in a frik'n box under other used components. The only ones that havn't worked are the one's with missing resistors.
6. Once I had a particulary difficult processor intall. The heat sink clip was extremely tight and in a poor location with regard to the power supply (sorry, too lazy to take it out). The screwdriver I was using to push the clip down was just a tad too big. Using all my arm streangh I was un able to get the clip down. Now I was getting pissed off and sweaty and started using my full weight to push down on the screwdriver. I wieght 225 lbs. So, of course the srewdirver sliped and I sent green chips dancing about the inside of the case. I got a smaller screwdriver and had little problem manuvering the clip into place. It POST'd just fine and I still use it to this day as a Halo server.
That being said I have a brother who can break a component by thinking about it too often. One of those poor bastards that have had more then one power supply go "up in flames" (not I smell something kinda of funny "up in flames" but full on oh-sweet-jesus-do-we-have-a-fire-extinguisher-up-i n-flames).
I think I remeber when this smoke pollution bit came out a few years back the complaints were mostly from folks who had lived there for many years. Disney moved in and built and expanded and expanded and expanded. So, folks who lived their entire adult lives in a home and had retired now had to deal with the smokey mouse that moved in next door. I wish I had an article link for ya, but I seem to be google challenged this morning. Maybe if someone reads this they can chime in with a "I remember that" or a "You're on Crack".
I'd like to preface this by saying I really don't like the Disney Corporation. I really have to give them credit though. Developeing the technology to clean up the local air problem (seen
here) caused by their nightly fireworks and then giving away the patents on the technology is amazing. Wow, I am actually impressed.
All we need now if for Microsoft to give back the double click and I can die a happy man.:)
In the town were I grew up local man took advantage of one of my best freind's sister. He also got several of her freinds. He served only 3 years in prison. Equating that kind of horror to recording a movie illegally is insulting to her, the family, and everyone harmed in a similar crime. Clearly, the Senate is being presured into passing brutal laws which seek to scare the public into obedience. Know of any good web based movments against ill concieved laws? I've just started looking and could use the help.
It will certainly be a while before the long term effects of data or power over skin will be available. The lower levels of the epidermis constantly divide and push older dying cells outward to protect the body (info). Many things can cause improper division and lead to cancer. UV radiation everyone should already know about but so can excessive amounts from other radiant energy sources; such as electromagnetic or microwave. I don't believe short term exposure to low levels of energy have any chance of causeing problems in a healthy adult; but years of exposure over the same areas may be another story. There is no way in hell I want devices sending messages or power across my skin until there is significant data to say its safe.
I got gmail invite from a buddy. He sent the message to my yahoo account but I couldnt find it. Turns out it was in my bulk mail (ie spam box) the whole time. I was able to get the message in time to sign up (expires in 3 weeks from delivery time). I really have to wonder about yahoo's intentions here as well.
Hell, now I'm thinking I might just do a fresh install on one of my systems and try for the record. Maybe it could develope into some sort of poorly concieved sport.;)
Largest number I've found is 1335 on a single machine. I'm thinking about changing my service call pricing from hourly to "per spyware item removed".;)
I primarily do onsite repair for home users in my area of the states. I continually run into top end machines that can't even funtion because of the number of spyware items running. Its become the most common service call I get. Kinda crazy but spyware has actually made me a whole lot of cash (I'm not a bastard about it though - I show all the customers how to use adaware at the end of the day). My person largest number found to date is 1335 items (mostly tracking cookies but still - damn!) Whats yours?
Take that NT network backbone and add a few win98 and win3.11 workstations to it to control weapons fire. No on in their right mind would engage that ship - even if they could find it.
"Microsoft Air-traffic Control Software?" Shudder...
I can see it now...
Pilot: Air Traffic control (ATC) we've lost our nav con please advise!
ATC: Please remain calm and click on start then control panel. Once in the control panel double-click(TM) on game controler - we need to reconfigure your yolk before we enter admin mode on the nav con system.
Pilot: I don't see a |"start" button.
ATC: Ok sir, I need you to find the windows key on your systems keyboard.
Pilot: Whats a windows key?
ATC: On most models the windows key is found on the lower left section of the keyboard. Occastionally it is found in the upper right section.
Pilot: I still can't find it. I think we're lossing altitude.
ATC: Just look key by key until you find it.
Pilot: I don't think we have time for this.
ATC: Just look sir.
several minutes pass
Pilot: Oh, there it is. Thats funny I was looking at it the whole time (nervous chuckle).
Pilot: Hey, it doesnt do anything!
ATC: What color is it sir?
Pilot: Blue.
ATC: Ok sir, I need you to find a function key of the same color. When pressed at the same time the desired effect will occure.
Pilot: (Static)
ATC: Sir?
Pilot: (static)
ATC: You seem to be off radar - sir are you there?
I hit that roadblock a few years back and it wasnt easy to find a solution. Getting my wife hooked on a game has worked in the past but her attention span is not nearly as expansive as mine. The next attempt at harmony was getting her involved in the same game that I was playing but after pistol whipping her a few time in SOFII it became evident that I may need to sleep in the basement soon.
What finnally worked was this - finding a way to keep her occupied and in the same space as me. I'll be playing what ever game I happend to be into at the time and she will be...
1. Watching tv
2. Using her laptop to search the internet
3. Reading
4. Working on projects for school.
For "us" the key is being near each other while we engage in our individual hobbies. Now dont get me wrong, I still get bitched at incessantly but we're still married.;)
I must say I do like the idea of annoying bugger doing jail time. The down side is where does it all end? Identity theft is a serious crime but does it really require prison time as a punishment? If he ruined live perhaps - but spam?
Thank you for summing up all the faulty ppl, I was prepareing to do the same but found your post while wrighting my list. I'm really glad I didnt read this before I picked up my SL-6000; it may have changed my mind.
Have you seen any SL-6000 or series specific web sources out there? Community/developer's sites would be neat if I could find 'em.
If you open all the doors on your router sure you could make the argument that that it wasnt you. However, in the U.S. if the crime is nasty enough as in the case of child porn or espionage, that will not stop you from haveing all your electronic equipment confiscated (possibly for many months) and landing your ass in a dark hole until you are proven guilt free. In fact, I'd go so far as to argue that in the current state of affairs in the USA it really doesnt pay to go to great lengths to hide your identity. It raises too many questions. How about an example?
You set your router so anyone can use it and some jerk comes along and sends terrorist oriented communications through your wifi connection. The CIA finds out. The next thing you know your naked, on a leash and being photographed like your frig'n Paris Hilton. All your electronics have been taken away. When you get them back they're out of date or broken - sorry. Oh, by the way you going to get butt-probed everytime you go on a flight inside the US because you've made it on to a watch list and its going to take Nancy the file clerk the rest of your natural life to remove you from it. If you choose to open your router/network you are an idiot. And please forward me you local.
I don't think this will affect the situation in the short run. I do think that it is a step in the right direction. Perhaps new laws wont be too far off when its noticed that overall CAN-SPAM doesnt have a significant effect on the amount of SPAM; although it will have an effect on where its sent from.
There was a discussion on this topic a day or two ago. Take a look at this/. forum when you get a chance. Good stuff really. Many ramblings about the possible fallout of this type of info accumulation.
I have a lot of hate for clearchannel but I dont want to rant all day about it here. You can find some observations about the way they do business here. Keep in mind its a very opinionated site, but then again you are reading articles at/. so you must be used to that by now.
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I've done about the same manhandleing. My first few machines I treated like a first date but once I started getting used equipment it was time to get freaky. Here is a little list...
i n-flames).
1. Wore wool socks and held a cat while inserting a PCI card. Worked fine
2. Hot swaped video cards until the damn game worked right. I don't recommend this one but nothing broke.
3. Beat the living shit out of a stuck hard drive. It spun up and worked for a few more months, even if it did look a little odd with all the dents.
4. Placed a hard drive in the freezer overnight to see if that could get the bastard to spin up again - and it did. Worked for years after.
5. Stored used components in a frik'n box under other used components. The only ones that havn't worked are the one's with missing resistors.
6. Once I had a particulary difficult processor intall. The heat sink clip was extremely tight and in a poor location with regard to the power supply (sorry, too lazy to take it out). The screwdriver I was using to push the clip down was just a tad too big. Using all my arm streangh I was un able to get the clip down. Now I was getting pissed off and sweaty and started using my full weight to push down on the screwdriver. I wieght 225 lbs. So, of course the srewdirver sliped and I sent green chips dancing about the inside of the case. I got a smaller screwdriver and had little problem manuvering the clip into place. It POST'd just fine and I still use it to this day as a Halo server.
That being said I have a brother who can break a component by thinking about it too often. One of those poor bastards that have had more then one power supply go "up in flames" (not I smell something kinda of funny "up in flames" but full on oh-sweet-jesus-do-we-have-a-fire-extinguisher-up-
I think I remeber when this smoke pollution bit came out a few years back the complaints were mostly from folks who had lived there for many years. Disney moved in and built and expanded and expanded and expanded. So, folks who lived their entire adult lives in a home and had retired now had to deal with the smokey mouse that moved in next door. I wish I had an article link for ya, but I seem to be google challenged this morning. Maybe if someone reads this they can chime in with a "I remember that" or a "You're on Crack".
I'd like to preface this by saying I really don't like the Disney Corporation. I really have to give them credit though. Developeing the technology to clean up the local air problem (seen here) caused by their nightly fireworks and then giving away the patents on the technology is amazing. Wow, I am actually impressed.
:)
All we need now if for Microsoft to give back the double click and I can die a happy man.
In the town were I grew up local man took advantage of one of my best freind's sister. He also got several of her freinds. He served only 3 years in prison. Equating that kind of horror to recording a movie illegally is insulting to her, the family, and everyone harmed in a similar crime. Clearly, the Senate is being presured into passing brutal laws which seek to scare the public into obedience. Know of any good web based movments against ill concieved laws? I've just started looking and could use the help.
One that I like for watching money trails is here
Orwell got the year wrong...
Body Bus = Skin Cancer?
It will certainly be a while before the long term effects of data or power over skin will be available. The lower levels of the epidermis constantly divide and push older dying cells outward to protect the body (info). Many things can cause improper division and lead to cancer. UV radiation everyone should already know about but so can excessive amounts from other radiant energy sources; such as electromagnetic or microwave. I don't believe short term exposure to low levels of energy have any chance of causeing problems in a healthy adult; but years of exposure over the same areas may be another story. There is no way in hell I want devices sending messages or power across my skin until there is significant data to say its safe.
I got gmail invite from a buddy. He sent the message to my yahoo account but I couldnt find it. Turns out it was in my bulk mail (ie spam box) the whole time. I was able to get the message in time to sign up (expires in 3 weeks from delivery time). I really have to wonder about yahoo's intentions here as well.
Hell, now I'm thinking I might just do a fresh install on one of my systems and try for the record. Maybe it could develope into some sort of poorly concieved sport. ;)
So that begs the question - what online resources are you using? I'm fond of w3schools myself.
Like just using ME isn't bad enough. Poor Bastard.
Largest number I've found is 1335 on a single machine. I'm thinking about changing my service call pricing from hourly to "per spyware item removed". ;)
I primarily do onsite repair for home users in my area of the states. I continually run into top end machines that can't even funtion because of the number of spyware items running. Its become the most common service call I get. Kinda crazy but spyware has actually made me a whole lot of cash (I'm not a bastard about it though - I show all the customers how to use adaware at the end of the day). My person largest number found to date is 1335 items (mostly tracking cookies but still - damn!) Whats yours?
If found guilty, suspects may get anywhere from 6 months to half-life in jail.
Thats barely half-funny
Take that NT network backbone and add a few win98 and win3.11 workstations to it to control weapons fire. No on in their right mind would engage that ship - even if they could find it.
So the crew would look something like...
1 Captin
1 First Mate
50 Enlisted To Man Stations
103 System Admins to keep NT's "blue screen of death" from sinking the ship
"Microsoft Air-traffic Control Software?" Shudder...
I can see it now...
Pilot: Air Traffic control (ATC) we've lost our nav con please advise!
ATC: Please remain calm and click on start then control panel. Once in the control panel double-click(TM) on game controler - we need to reconfigure your yolk before we enter admin mode on the nav con system.
Pilot: I don't see a |"start" button.
ATC: Ok sir, I need you to find the windows key on your systems keyboard.
Pilot: Whats a windows key?
ATC: On most models the windows key is found on the lower left section of the keyboard. Occastionally it is found in the upper right section.
Pilot: I still can't find it. I think we're lossing altitude.
ATC: Just look key by key until you find it.
Pilot: I don't think we have time for this.
ATC: Just look sir.
several minutes pass
Pilot: Oh, there it is. Thats funny I was looking at it the whole time (nervous chuckle).
Pilot: Hey, it doesnt do anything!
ATC: What color is it sir?
Pilot: Blue.
ATC: Ok sir, I need you to find a function key of the same color. When pressed at the same time the desired effect will occure.
Pilot: (Static)
ATC: Sir?
Pilot: (static)
ATC: You seem to be off radar - sir are you there?
I hit that roadblock a few years back and it wasnt easy to find a solution. Getting my wife hooked on a game has worked in the past but her attention span is not nearly as expansive as mine. The next attempt at harmony was getting her involved in the same game that I was playing but after pistol whipping her a few time in SOFII it became evident that I may need to sleep in the basement soon.
;)
What finnally worked was this - finding a way to keep her occupied and in the same space as me. I'll be playing what ever game I happend to be into at the time and she will be...
1. Watching tv
2. Using her laptop to search the internet
3. Reading
4. Working on projects for school.
For "us" the key is being near each other while we engage in our individual hobbies. Now dont get me wrong, I still get bitched at incessantly but we're still married.
I must say I do like the idea of annoying bugger doing jail time. The down side is where does it all end? Identity theft is a serious crime but does it really require prison time as a punishment? If he ruined live perhaps - but spam?
Thank you for summing up all the faulty ppl, I was prepareing to do the same but found your post while wrighting my list. I'm really glad I didnt read this before I picked up my SL-6000; it may have changed my mind. Have you seen any SL-6000 or series specific web sources out there? Community/developer's sites would be neat if I could find 'em.
If you open all the doors on your router sure you could make the argument that that it wasnt you. However, in the U.S. if the crime is nasty enough as in the case of child porn or espionage, that will not stop you from haveing all your electronic equipment confiscated (possibly for many months) and landing your ass in a dark hole until you are proven guilt free. In fact, I'd go so far as to argue that in the current state of affairs in the USA it really doesnt pay to go to great lengths to hide your identity. It raises too many questions. How about an example?
You set your router so anyone can use it and some jerk comes along and sends terrorist oriented communications through your wifi connection. The CIA finds out. The next thing you know your naked, on a leash and being photographed like your frig'n Paris Hilton. All your electronics have been taken away. When you get them back they're out of date or broken - sorry. Oh, by the way you going to get butt-probed everytime you go on a flight inside the US because you've made it on to a watch list and its going to take Nancy the file clerk the rest of your natural life to remove you from it. If you choose to open your router/network you are an idiot. And please forward me you local.
I don't think this will affect the situation in the short run. I do think that it is a step in the right direction. Perhaps new laws wont be too far off when its noticed that overall CAN-SPAM doesnt have a significant effect on the amount of SPAM; although it will have an effect on where its sent from.
There was a discussion on this topic a day or two ago. Take a look at this /. forum when you get a chance. Good stuff really. Many ramblings about the possible fallout of this type of info accumulation.
I want my healt monitor to say things like...
yellow elf needs food badly
green warrior is about to die!
That way I always know when to eat and passers by can get a chuckle before I expire.
I have a lot of hate for clearchannel but I dont want to rant all day about it here. You can find some observations about the way they do business here. Keep in mind its a very opinionated site, but then again you are reading articles at /. so you must be used to that by now.
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'I've seen things like this before. Demons occupy a house and appear in electrical goods.'- -- Gabriele Amorth Exorcist
Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance. - "Ghostbusters"