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On 04/07/2014 10:42 PM, Stephen wrote:
> As we say.
> We're not being paid to hit it. We're being paid because we know where
> to hit it.
I just remembered. I once saw a mechanic start an Avon jet engine by
hitting the fuel HSSV "High speed shutoff valve" with a spanner at the
right time. So it would open in the right sequence so the engine would
light off.
Priceless! Half a million pounds worth of hardware and it takes a mechie
with a universal key to get it running. Me shouting into a headset.
"Now." And him beside a potential bomb waiting to hit it with a shifting
spanner. Pure bravado.
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Regards
Stephen
I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.
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On 7/4/2014 1:11 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 04/07/2014 07:50 AM, scott wrote:
>> Update: I think the problem only started since the keyboard was plugged
>> into the monitor's internal USB hub (I'd moved it here to tidy up some
>> wires under my desk).
>
> At my old place, I had a little KVM switch on my desk. That used to do
> weird and wonderful things to the (PS/2) keyboard and mouse from time to
> time...
>
>> Maybe it's just Windows telling me I need to restart my machine after 17
>> days?
>
> My home PC doesn't get switched off for weeks on end.
>
> (I just checked POV-Ray, and apparently it's only been running 13 days.
> That's because 2 weeks ago my Internet stopped working, and I wanted to
> see if rebooting the PC would fix it... It didn't.)
Huh. 23 days, 19 hours. Probably since the last time the bloody "windows
update" insisted it had to reboot to finish something. I don't even
sleep the thing. lol
--
Commander Vimes: "You take a bunch of people who don't seem any
different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get
this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
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>> My home PC doesn't get switched off for weeks on end.
>>
>> (I just checked POV-Ray, and apparently it's only been running 13 days.
>> That's because 2 weeks ago my Internet stopped working, and I wanted to
>> see if rebooting the PC would fix it... It didn't.)
>
> Huh. 23 days, 19 hours. Probably since the last time the bloody "windows
> update" insisted it had to reboot to finish something. I don't even
> sleep the thing. lol
I have automatic updates turned off, so that doesn't bother me.
I'm pretty sure I've seen uptime figures into several months. (POV-Ray
is currently working on an animation I started approximately 2 years
ago. I wonder if it'll ever finish... radiosity is so slow!)
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On 7/5/2014 12:36 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> My home PC doesn't get switched off for weeks on end.
>>>
>>> (I just checked POV-Ray, and apparently it's only been running 13 days.
>>> That's because 2 weeks ago my Internet stopped working, and I wanted to
>>> see if rebooting the PC would fix it... It didn't.)
>>
>> Huh. 23 days, 19 hours. Probably since the last time the bloody "windows
>> update" insisted it had to reboot to finish something. I don't even
>> sleep the thing. lol
>
> I have automatic updates turned off, so that doesn't bother me.
>
> I'm pretty sure I've seen uptime figures into several months. (POV-Ray
> is currently working on an animation I started approximately 2 years
> ago. I wonder if it'll ever finish... radiosity is so slow!)
Err.. Ouch! That's scarier than making a real movie would be, and, kind
of nuts imho. lol
--
Commander Vimes: "You take a bunch of people who don't seem any
different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get
this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
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