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Posted September 19, 2017
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Themken: Remember to hoover your computers, at least all openings but better to do the inside too. Pull the power cable, remove the battery and open up but then you must take care not to damage anything with static electicity or push/scrape delicate components. It will be quieter, run faster if the dust had forced it to slow down due to overheating and use less energy.
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drmike: This is how I discovered what a SFX power supply was. One of my local clients gave me a call about their security system making lots of weird noises. Opened up their out of warranty 1.5U case and found it completely caked with dust. Took a can of compressed air just for the case and another for the power supply. What was weird is that it;s a pretty clean environment with 2 fans blowing air through the case and away from the power supply.

For the webhosting, we blow out the cases once a year. Look for burn marks, bugs, escaped convicts, etc. while doing so. (The datacenter is across the street from one of the county jails.)
I start with the hoover and finish it off with the pressurised air.
Posted September 19, 2017
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Themken: I start with the hoover and finish it off with the pressurised air.
Back in college this was actually one of the topics we discussed during system admin classes. Some folks went with having to blow out of the cases, some folks blow across the cases, some were ok with using a vacuum and some were dead set against it.
Posted September 19, 2017
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Themken: I start with the hoover and finish it off with the pressurised air.
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drmike: Back in college this was actually one of the topics we discussed during system admin classes. Some folks went with having to blow out of the cases, some folks blow across the cases, some were ok with using a vacuum and some were dead set against it.
Well, I listend to those words of doom warning about hoovering and blowing and used pincers to pick the dust out for a couple of years but it is too much work to my taste.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by Themken
Posted September 19, 2017
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HereForTheBeer: I try to give my wife the Tip of the Day, but she only wants the Tip of the Month.
I went to the same place when reading the title.

As far as OP tip goes, save the lemon and say you're French. :)
Posted September 19, 2017
Well, if we're going with gaming tips, how about this:

If you play a lot of older Win95/98 games on disc, always keep the following tools to hand, and try them in this order:

1. Windows Compatibility Wizard
2. The 32-bit stubs for 16-bit InstallShield installers.
3. dgVoodoo, for games that use DirectDraw or older versions and have display issues (including drawing window borders in fullscreen mode)
4. DOSBox (many older Win95 games have alternate DOS modes - some of them, like Tempest 2000, even better than the Windows 95 version).
5. DXWnd, similar to dgVoodoo, but much more powerful (and requires a lot more tweaking and experimentation). To be honest, I've never got a game working with this that didn't work with dgVoodoo, but I used to use it before I found dgVoodoo.
Posted September 19, 2017
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HereForTheBeer: Gaming related: archive your favorite game mod installers along with your game backups. For games with complex mod instructions, include those as well in a text file or somesuch.
Yeah! It can be life related and game related tips! :)
Posted September 19, 2017
*sigh*

i though the topic title was "tit of the day"

i am dissapoint
Posted September 19, 2017
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HereForTheBeer: I try to give my wife the Tip of the Day, but she only wants the Tip of the Month.
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_ChaosFox_: That tends to happen in marriages over time. Before you know it, your wife will only want the Tip of the Year.
It may also be a factor of age. As I've gotten older it's gonna from tri- weekly to try weekly and soon it will be try weakly.
Posted September 19, 2017
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fortune_p_dawg: *sigh*

i though the topic title was "tit of the day"

i am dissapoint
Perhaps you'll find solace in this marvellous specimen.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by _ChaosFox_
Posted September 19, 2017
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fortune_p_dawg: *sigh*

i though the topic title was "tit of the day"

i am dissapoint
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_ChaosFox_: Perhaps you'll find solace in this marvellous specimen.
oh my god, you read my mind! i want to give that sweet little tweeter a squeeze so bad.
Posted September 19, 2017
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fortune_p_dawg: oh my god, you read my mind! i want to give that sweet little tweeter a squeeze so bad.
Well, plenty more blue tits where that came from...
Posted September 19, 2017
Did you know? A very effective way to escape a shark attack is to climb up a tree
Posted September 20, 2017
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joppo: Did you know? A very effective way to escape a shark attack is to climb up a tree
Unless it's a land shark...
Posted September 20, 2017
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joppo: Did you know? A very effective way to escape a shark attack is to climb up a tree
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GR00T: Unless it's a land shark...
Many land sharks need funds. Sick the loan shark on them!
Posted September 20, 2017
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joppo: Did you know? A very effective way to escape a shark attack is to climb up a tree
Nah, I am not so sure about that.

Edit: Better example ;)
Post edited September 20, 2017 by acute71
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