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On 07/28/2011 01:14 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> walt wrote: |
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>> On 07/27/2011 05:23 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Dale wrote: |
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>>> I hit the wrong button. lol |
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>>> Dale |
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>>> :-) :-) |
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>> Ah, that explains the names 'fireball' and 'smoker'? |
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> Smoker is my first machine. It was smokin for its day. Since this |
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> machine is a LOT faster, I had to come up with something good for it |
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> too. Fireball is it. I guess lightening will be next. Maybe it |
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> will be 10 cores at 8Ghz with 128Gbs of ram or some supped up crap |
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> like that. lol |
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Oops, I got it completely wrong, then. Amongst hardware geeks there is |
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an old (maybe obsolete?) expression "it's time for the smoke-test!" which |
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means: plug it in and turn it on -- and then note carefully where the |
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plume of smoke is coming from :) |
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You're obviously too young to remember those days.... |
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