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My (desktop) CPU temp is 80-85c, case temp is 29-31c

That seems like heat isn't making its way out of the cpu efficiently, should I get my cpu heatsink/fan re-thermal pasted/re-seated? or is it fine? (Intel i5, not overclocked)

Quote from: Kadzar on April 05, 2014, 07:32:42 pm

Well I do remember him being short, but I didn't think he was short enough to qualify as a midget. Isn't he something like 4'11" or whatever?

I'm 5'0".

Book 'em Danno.

Quote from: Lightningfalcon on April 04, 2014, 10:38:47 pm

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Quote from: Lagslayer on April 04, 2014, 09:20:11 pm

Today, my computer has taken up the habit of not loading the desktop. It gets to where the desktop should be, but it's just a solid black background, no icons, and no start menu. Another unrelated window pops up like it normally does, but the desktop itself is just not there. I can ctrl+alt+del and restart, then everything comes back. After some searching, I still haven't the slightest idea why this is happening. It's becoming concerning. I really can't afford a new computer. Anyone else had a similar problem? I'm running windows 7.

Certainly a software issue, so a new computer is absolutely unnecessary.

Your last resort would be a reformat, which isn't the end of the world.

explorer.exe is not loading on startup, perhaps?

EVERY single time I compete in a cyber defense competition I somehow manage to kill explore.exe on startup.  I can't tell you how to fix it permanently, but to get it working go to task manager, click on show all processes, and then start explore.exe from there.   

You could put a .bat file in the Startup folder that says "start explorer.exe". I'm 90% sure that would work.

I believe Explorer is what runs items in the startup folder, catch-22

Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on April 04, 2014, 06:36:59 pm

Some of them literally try to re-write the reality of the situation. Being fat is not a good thing. Being fat is a health problem that should be fixed. There's no such thing as being healthy and being fat. Every professional will tell you this, and they aren't out on a "crusade" to "oppress" your "people". I've both lost and gained large amounts of weight a few times, and I can tell you with personal certainty as well that there is nothing good about the fat side of that equation.

Overweight people float easier, from what I remember. That's a plus, right?

That reminds me of one of my favorite movies 'Man Bites Dog'

You may not be aware that a corpse under water swells up with air, see?
So it tends to float to the surface. You have to load it with ballast so it sinks.
You weight it down with stones and other heavy stuff. There's a ballast ratio for corpses...
Three times body weight for an average adult like this victim.
But for children and midgets it's different. Kids are lighter. So it's four times body weight.
Midgets are heavier, so you double the weight. Midgets have denser bones so you double the weight.
For old people, multiply by five. Old bones are porous.

He wasn't just forced out of his job, there were also the usual nutjobs in any mob threatening his life/family/etc.

The Internet Hate Machine doesn't have a throttle.

I'd like to remind everyone to be cool to each other, as this is a hot topic.

Personally, I think it's a bad thing that he was forced to resign over this.

It's fair to try to convince someone of your views; it's not fair to punish them by making them lose their job because you disagree with them.

And this was an outright punitive attack, not an attempt to change anyone's opinion.

I've often wondered how it would be if the '9/11' attacks happened on '4/1'...

Just the initial news coverage confusion would have been ... insane.