On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:02:40 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 6/8/2017 10:24 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:30:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/8/2017 6:21 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:50:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/8/2017 4:28 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2017 06:57:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Mostly from Andrew when he was his companies IT rep.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking of, has anyone heard from him recently?  I don't recall
>>>>>> seeing any posts from him here recently.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not me. He must have gotten a life. :)
>>>>
>>>> If so, that's good for him. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes. :)
>>
>> We'll just need a new mascot, and someone to bring up Haskell-related
>> topics.
>>
>>
> That rules me out. ;)

LOL



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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Le 04/06/2017 à 14:36, Cousin Ricky a écrit :
> The fan on my computer just became louder, and I thought I detected an
> unpleasant smell during my last render.
> 
> Looks like I won't be doing any renders until I get the fan replaced.

News via Facebook from Cousin Ricky:

Ouch. My computer fan is now fully busted, so no rendering, and the
newsgroup software won't log me in on my phone (most of the time it
wouldn't work on my computer either), so I have no way of communicating
directly with the POV-Ray community.

the suggested tool to fix the fan is unavailable on my island, and
neither of the on-line stores posted will ship here, so it's gonna be a
while before you hear from me.

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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> Le 04/06/2017 à 14:36, Cousin Ricky a écrit :
> > The fan on my computer just became louder, and I thought I detected an
> > unpleasant smell during my last render.

> Ouch. My computer fan is now fully busted, so no rendering, and the
> newsgroup software won't log me in on my phone (most of the time it
> wouldn't work on my computer either), so I have no way of communicating
> directly with the POV-Ray community.

Sounds like the magic smoke is gone that makes the fan work.

I doubt it would be "affordable", but maybe if I got details on the model /
specs of his fan, I could dig up one or 6 of them over here and see how much
shipping is to ... whatever island paradise he's sipping drinks on.

Maybe he can temporarily just sort of duct an exterior fan into the case for
short periods...

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On 6/13/2017 6:16 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> Le 04/06/2017 à 14:36, Cousin Ricky a écrit :
>>> The fan on my computer just became louder, and I thought I detected an
>>> unpleasant smell during my last render.
>
>> Ouch. My computer fan is now fully busted, so no rendering, and the
>> newsgroup software won't log me in on my phone (most of the time it
>> wouldn't work on my computer either), so I have no way of communicating
>> directly with the POV-Ray community.
>
> Sounds like the magic smoke is gone that makes the fan work.
>

It is the American Virgin Islands not Jamaica. ;)

> I doubt it would be "affordable", but maybe if I got details on the model /
> specs of his fan, I could dig up one or 6 of them over here and see how much
> shipping is to ... whatever island paradise he's sipping drinks on.
>
> Maybe he can temporarily just sort of duct an exterior fan into the case for
> short periods...
>

His battery was not charging either. And he seems to have forgotten that 
you can use the Web view on your phone.

But then he is probably feeling as sick as a pig and not thinking straight.

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     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:

> It is the American Virgin Islands not Jamaica. ;)

Somehow, I'm not going to cry for him.

The last island I got to go to was Loon Island.

Not a word.
Not a single word, Frog-Licker.

( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

> His battery was not charging either. And he seems to have forgotten that
> you can use the Web view on your phone.

Hmm.
Batteries are definitely known to go bad.
We have boxes upon boxes of dead laptop batteries that are destined for sale to
someone doing lithium reclamation.
We had a power outage / one leg of the 3-phase power, and when the transformer
got repaired, my work laptop wasn't charging - so it must have fried the
battery.

https://www.myus.com/vir/
looks like it's about $15/lb to ship to there.

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Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:

> News via Facebook from Cousin Ricky:

I unhooked myself from FZuckerberg's creepy site years ago.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39947942
http://jimlynch.com/internet/facebook-users-work-for-zuckerberg-for-free/

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On 6/13/2017 8:16 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>> It is the American Virgin Islands not Jamaica. ;)
>
> Somehow, I'm not going to cry for him.
>
> The last island I got to go to was Loon Island.
>

Well I live on a large Island myself. An archipelago if you want to be 
pedantic. They have problems different from living on continents.


> Not a word.
> Not a single word, Frog-Licker.

I prefer pharmaceuticals or herb.

And in Doric (NE of Scotland dialect) a loon is a young man. As in Fit 
like m' loon/quine? (How are you my young man/girl?)

>
> ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )
>

Ooo! Get you with your ricky ticky Dongers. ;)

>> His battery was not charging either. And he seems to have forgotten that
>> you can use the Web view on your phone.
>
> Hmm.
> Batteries are definitely known to go bad.

They do indeed. But his laptop did not recognise his new power cable as 
being a genuine Dell part. Which smells of a propriety circuit somewhere 
in his machine that is goosed.

> We have boxes upon boxes of dead laptop batteries that are destined for sale to
> someone doing lithium reclamation.
> We had a power outage / one leg of the 3-phase power, and when the transformer
> got repaired, my work laptop wasn't charging - so it must have fried the
> battery.
>

Or the charging circuit.


> https://www.myus.com/vir/
> looks like it's about $15/lb to ship to there.
>
>

But then he would have to strip his laptop and fit it. He did say that 
he was a programmer. With all that implies. ;)

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     Stephen

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On 6/13/2017 8:34 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>
>> News via Facebook from Cousin Ricky:
>
> I unhooked myself from FZuckerberg's creepy site years ago.
>

[Smug face] I never joined in, in the first place. :D

I could never understand why you would want to tell everyone when you 
went to the shops or the toilet. No that is twatter. ;)

OMG There is an actual site called twatter. How rude. :)
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     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:


> And in Doric (NE of Scotland dialect) a loon is a young man. As in Fit
> like m' loon/quine? (How are you my young man/girl?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon

> > ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )
> >
>
> Ooo! Get you with your ricky ticky Dongers. ;)

:O  Stephen!  That sounded _naughty_.
And on the Interwebs, no less.


> They do indeed. But his laptop did not recognise his new power cable as
> being a genuine Dell part. Which smells of a propriety circuit somewhere
> in his machine that is goosed.

Yeah, those suck.


> Or the charging circuit.

Nope.  Popped in a different battery, and it was good as used.

> But then he would have to strip his laptop and fit it. He did say that
> he was a programmer. With all that implies. ;)

Well, yeah.  But maybe he has helpers who could do that part for him.

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On 6/13/2017 9:57 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>
>> And in Doric (NE of Scotland dialect) a loon is a young man. As in Fit
>> like m' loon/quine? (How are you my young man/girl?)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon
>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mzv9d


>>> ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )
>>>
>>
>> Ooo! Get you with your ricky ticky Dongers. ;)
>
> :O  Stephen!  That sounded _naughty_.

:) It does indeed, if you have that sort of mind. :P

> And on the Interwebs, no less.
>

But no more bonny lad (NE England dialect).

>
>> They do indeed. But his laptop did not recognise his new power cable as
>> being a genuine Dell part. Which smells of a propriety circuit somewhere
>> in his machine that is goosed.
>
> Yeah, those suck.
>
>

It does and should be made illegal.
Come the day that I rule the world...

>> Or the charging circuit.
>
> Nope.  Popped in a different battery, and it was good as used.
>

;)

>> But then he would have to strip his laptop and fit it. He did say that
>> he was a programmer. With all that implies. ;)
>
> Well, yeah.  But maybe he has helpers who could do that part for him.
>
>

Even if he had to pay for it. Gasp! :)

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     Stephen

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