On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:40:00 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>> *Clearly* you've done this a great many times before. ;-)
>> 
>> Just one of the tricks of the trade ;)
>
>Any which trade would that be then?
>

Electronic Engineering. I was a maintenance engineer for 26 years.

>> Another one is, we have heat receptors just below the lower lip that can
>> distinguish temperature differences better than our fingertips. Putting
>> components (close to) there can sometimes tell you if one is overheating.
>
>Heh. I've got a laptop which I *think* might have overheated. But can I 
>find a reading for the core temperature?? What do *you* think? :-P
>

Have you tried speedfan? 
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

My laptop is running at 85 deg C

>> In a similar vein, if you are in a building that is on fire (maybe you are
>> trying to rescue your mother's electric drill or you favourite Haskell book) and
>> your earlobes start to tingle. Then it is really time to get out.
>
>Yeah. Because the building on fire would merely be a mild suggestion. :-D

Sometimes there are situations where you put yourself in danger. Real fires are
not like Hollywood fires. :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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