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I was looking for a clinical thermometer, and of course everything sold out at that time.
The pharmacist told me to get corn kernels and put three of them into the 'back'. If it becomes popcorn after 10 minutes, then it is critical .... 
Looks like I become relaxed with time 
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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If you know you're dying, eat a bag of popcorn.
It'll make an interesting cremation at least.
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It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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[Another one of my rants; it had been a while...]
Who ever thought making Macbooks out of aluminum must've chosen that based on the principle of form over function. Oh, wait, this is an Apple product - that is how things are chosen over there.
I have an old Macbook Pro laptop I've purchased second-hand years ago (I would never buy an Apple product brand new, but that's a discussion for another day). It's been sitting near the bottom of a small pile of laptops for a few months now, and I guess over that time period the weight of the laptops sitting on it has warped the lid enough that it had been pressing against the buttons below the trackpad. The system is now behaving as if the buttons were being constantly held down. When closed, it's obvious there's no clearance whatsoever between the lid and the buttons.
The MacBook itself had been sitting on top of another even older laptop, some cheap-ass Gateway made out of mostly plastic, and the weight has not bothered that one at all as far as I can tell.
Googling for "aluminum warped MacBook lid" shows that clearly, that's a thing.
I try not to get my deeply-set Apple prejudice get the best of me, but things like that keep cropping up. "Think Different" indeed. There's gotta be a good reason so few manufacturers build laptops out of aluminum.
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Yet more shite brought to you by vertical integration.
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In this case, horizontal integration.
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Uh, horizontal integration refers to something else entirely. 
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My home theater server is an 18-inch aluminum cube case. It holds a crapload of drives, and even has room for two power supplies.
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I realize it's not a laptop, but hey - it's aluminum.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Compare the thickness of this laptop's lid with your case.
I don't entirely blame the material. I blame whoever chose that material and made it so thin.
[Edit]
My next door neighbor owns a bodyshop. He curses today's cars, made out of aluminum so thin it's easy to put a dent in a fender when trying to fix it.
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Yeah, most laptops are not what I would call "ruggedized" in any way...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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My CaseLabs SMA8 is all aluminum. It's a gigantic case that weighs considerably less than my older machines. It also doubles as a liquor cabinet for function over form.
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It's a "book", don't lay it flat, stand it on edge.
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Ha.
Then they need to move the power connector to the front, or back.
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Nope, nothing to do with aluminium.
Use your prejudice instead.
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See my reply to JSOP. The problem is picking aluminum and making it so thin.
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Then imagine picking plastic and make it just as thin.
I'd still use my prejudice. 
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: I'd still use my prejudice.
Right. Prejudice against those obsessed with thinness. They have been accused of that too.
Glad to see we're in agreement.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Then imagine picking plastic and make it just as thin.
But laptop makers don't use it that thin, do they?
I have an oldish Dell with an aluminium lid and a plastic base (which makes sense to me, because plastic doesn't conduct so much heat into your lap), but the thickness of the aluminium's obviously been tested to be non-bendy (it hardly moves if I press it).
Dandy's must be a victim of the "waif wars", where marketing morons assumed that people really cared about their laptop being three microns thinner than the one being used by the tasteless idiots who paid half the price for the three-micron thicker one.
The other thing is that when plastic bends, it flexes back.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have a Dell Latitude as well. It's an all metal construction, some kind of Magnesium, which is slightly thicker than paper but really sturdy. (Doesn't get hot)
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Isn't it odd that Australians are proud of inventing the Pavlova – they normally boo meringue?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Isn't it odd that you keep coming back with these thoughts?
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That post? Charlotte it was just a Russe.
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This one seemed like a bit of a throw-away. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt you.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Strayans invented Pavlova?
thought the only thing they invented was weird crap like pigs on a washing line, beer in tens and fesh and cheps, even non existent countries including their own. (Pretty sad when you can't even pronounce the name of your own country - in fact some Aussies can't even pronounce their own names - "Hi, I'm Grittle Klean." (Gretel Kileen)
Being descendants of English criminals not surprising their claims of things they 'invented' and famous people are nearly all stolen.
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1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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