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Billie Jean[^] 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
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Crazy Danes 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: Crazy Danes
Someone had t do it.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
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Quote: There is nothing like a Dane. Nothing in the world. There is nothing you can name that is anything like a Dane. There are no drinks like a Dane.and nothing thinks like a Dane. there are no books like a Dane. And nothing looks like a Dane. And nothing acts like a Dane. Or attracts like a Dane. There ain't a thing that's wrong with any man here that can't be cured by putting him near A girly female womanly feminine Dane.
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Surprisingly good.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: Surprisingly good.
I thought so too.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Don't you take that tone of voice with me, young lady. As long as you live under my ocean, you'll obey my rules!
Which movie?
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Game of Tones?
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Damn you have the perfect signature - CBadger
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Star Wars: Jar Jar's Revenge
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Paris Hilton has a sponge(bob) bath?
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Drowning Miss Daisy?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Australia
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Brad Pitt in a workprint of Disney's new "20000 Leagues Under The Sea"[^] - it seems that production has finally begun? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Ocean dad
that was obvoius 
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Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother gently rubbed cold cream on her face.
"Why are you rubbing cold cream on your face, mom?" he asked.
"To make myself beautiful" said his mother.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny, "Giving up?"
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So, since I didn't have too much pressing stuff to do[^], I decided to fix the desktop PC that gave up the ghost a few weeks ago. I was working along, all of a sudden a snap sound, the machine went dark and wouldn't turn back on. Since I had pressing work to do, I simply moved over to my backup PC and kept working - didn't lose hardly anything thanks to OneDrive and frequent backups. I figured the power supply went - they tend to do that every 5 years or so.
So, today I opened the machine up, pulled the power connector off the motherboard, short pins 15 &16, no power. Yep, power supply is gone. Run to the local repair parts place, plunk down $40 and come home with a new power supply, plug it in, short pins 15 & 16, seems to work OK.
Remove screws and connectors, pull old power supply out of case, put in new one, connect cables. So far I've spent about 30 minutes, not counting the errand I ran while picking up the new supply.
Power on. Nothing.
Check all connections, OK. Pull plug from motherboard, short pins 15 & 16, power comes on, disks spin, etc. Supply seems to be OK. Plug cables back in, nothing. Take lunch break. Back again, check all connections, recheck old supply, take case off other PC and compare. Nothing seems to be wrong, except it doesn't power on. Finally pull the whole box ready to put it in the car to go to the repair place in frustration. Decide to call them to see if they have time to trouble shoot if I bring it in today.
Sure, they say, but first did you check that the power cord is plugged in. Yes, I'm not an idiot - the fan turns and there's power when pins 15 & 16 are shorted, so it has to be plugged in properly.
Did I turn it on? Yes, I used the switch on the back of the power supply. That's how I got the fan to turn on and the disk to spin up. Do you think I'm an idiot?
Did you press the power button on the top of the case as well?
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Well, I only lost about two hours finding out that I am after all, an idiot.
BTW, the power supply works fine and the machine is back in use again.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Take your pick:
ID10T?
PEBKAC?
PICNIC?
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That's why there is a first line if support.
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: Did you press the power button on the top of the case as well?
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The part I am really enjoying is just imagining the story the bloke on the support line is telling his friends about this one call he got from a 'developer' that did not have the smarts to turn on the pc, yet acted like he was the idiot for asking all the basic questions... 
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Fortunately I didn't ask them about the idiot part. That was just what I was thinking while on the phone.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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