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john <jdm@××××××××××××.uk> [11-07-10 12:08]: |
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> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200 |
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> meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> [11-07-10 08:12]: |
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> > > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> > > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: |
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> > > >>> |
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> > > >>>Help. |
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> > > >>> |
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> > > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing |
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> > > >>>havoc |
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> > > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! |
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> > > >>> |
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> > > >>>rm -r thunderbugs |
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> > > >> |
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> > > >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume |
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> > > >>you're not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your |
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> > > >>monitor. That |
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> > > >>what exactly are you talking about? |
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> > > > |
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> > > >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I |
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> > > >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard |
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> > > >about yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could |
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> > > >find in the |
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> > > >portage tree. |
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> > > > |
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> > > >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot |
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> > > >here lately. :/ |
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> > > |
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> > > Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P Sometimes very |
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> > > small insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk |
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> > > on the TFT panel. They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a |
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> > > bunch of dead pixels. It's virtually impossible to get them out |
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> > > again. |
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> > > |
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> > > This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits |
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> > > on it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies. No |
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> > > insects can get in that way. |
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> > There are sealed ones, too. |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > mcc |
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> Yes , |
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> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot |
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> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time. |
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> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350 |
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> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device. |
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> -- |
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> -------------- |
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> John D Maunder |
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> jdm@××××××××××××.uk |
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Only a shot in the very very dark: |
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May be it is possible to open the case of the TFT and move a piece of |
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paper between "glas" (most kinda transparent plastic) front and tft |
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and this way to push all those litte beasts out of the way...???? |
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Be warned! Exclusively theorectical thoughts! |
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;) |
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Best regards, |
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mcc |
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