Preserved Topic: to much computer.... (Page 1 of 1)

Okay, Earlier today I was looking at a callus on the bottom of my wrist... I just realized that it is from rubbing my hand back and forth across my desk from moving my friggin MOUSE. WHAT THE HECK?

okay... Now your turn. Beat that with some crazy computer... ah... Thing!

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Izzay

WTF are you talking about?

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thats easy...

I got two bloodshot eyes from the morning after the night before...

read that thread you will understand i win



[This message has been edited by tomeaglescz (edited 05-23-2002).]

Ok, the story to beat all stories...at the time, I was in the Air Force, working as a Computer Technician on a main frame (IBM 3033)...there was this sys op...she had an unbelievable ability to break things. Just her mere prescence would cause the system to go haywire. At first I was very sceptical, but after 'testing' the thing over a period of a half-year, it turned out to be true (very strange...changed my whole perception on such matters). Well, we reported this (with the facts...always need facts when you are dealing with the military, that's why it took a half-year of research), and the military finally 'accepted' it, and moved this sys op to a different career area...and the problems went away...

Izzay, round my parts that's known as the undeniable mark of geekness. Be proud. Be very proud. There are many like us.

[This message has been edited by Dracusis (edited 05-23-2002).]

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We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

I know this is not the right topic but I will write it anyway.
A friend of mine have installed an extra tnt2 graphic-card which he has connected to his old card.
When he plays mp3 the master sound softly mutes it self automatically. ??? WIERD!!!
ps.
His OS is Windows ME maybe it isn't so wierd afterall!

[This message has been edited by OlssonE (edited 05-23-2002).]

Yeah, that's sort of like what I encountered, Ini. However, in this case she just needed to be in the room. We actually tested this - she would look at a piece of equiptment (didn't matter what it was, as long as it was electronic), and it would start to develope problems. The moment she looked away (and the distance to/from the piece of equiptment didn't matter, we tested that as well), the problems ceased.

We later found out that all the elctronic equiptment that she owned (at home) had the same problems..she couldn't watch TV, for example, nor cook something on an electrical stove. Even her hairdryer wouldn't work properly...and that where ever she went, similar problems occured in electronic equiptment around her.

This case changed my perception on 'It can't be the machine that caused the problem, it must be the person using it incorrectly...machines don't just develope problems without a reason', which practically every Comp Tech has.

well this is some freaky XFiles shit
That's funny Ini! You live in Switzerland and can't wear a watch Can you eat chocolate?

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

hm, got a friend like that myself, but he seems to have a less intense version of the problem...
Pc has been running straight for 7 days.
He sit's down in front of it. Doesn't touch anything.
Blue Screen.
His keyboard is freezing from time to time on him.
And no, it's not the PC (third one by now) nor the keyboard
(an old XT one did it, then a ps/2 keyboard, now he's got a USB
keyboard and it still freezes!)
Freaky stuff indeed.
I use him for all my betatests. If it survives, it usually is ok no matter what anyone does to it....

so long,

Tyberius Prime

my father can't wear watches with batteries because he drains the battery within a few days. It's from being an Engineer in the navy, his blood has been magnetised or something along those lines.

dude.... this is freeky stuff!!! Do some people just radiate evil electrons??

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Izzay

Well, the phoenomena is usually explained away as 'bodily electromagnetic disturbance' or some such thing...it is documented...but as extreme as that one girl had, I'm not so sure...I think that she could personally 'affect' things with her mind...it was pretty scary, really. She demonstrated it, time and again. It was the only way to prove it to the military...we even had the stuff on video, but all those were 'confiscated' by some guys sent to 'observe' the girl. Don't actually know what happened to the girl..the official story was, that she got transfered to an admin desk job...

I used to work with this guy, the president of VISI actually. He hated macintoshes, though I insisted I have one, and so did two others. My friend Al could make my (completely stable) machine crash just by walking near it. If for some reason my Mac did crash, I would spin around shouting "Al!" Yes, he would be right there, looking sheepish. It was freaky, it was really way too consistent to be just chance. On the flip side, I have the knack to make cranky Macs work just by stroking them and talking softly, they trust me! :-)

Izzay, you need one of those little soft wrist pads, I have two of them that I rest my forearms on so my arms don't get squeezed by the edge of the desk. I also got this little platform with a round pad that hangs over the egde of the desk for when I use the PC mouse, it really pays to just support your limbs, you keep this up and you'll go carpal on us! It's all about having the right gear...




Your pal, -doc-



[This message has been edited by DocOzone (edited 05-23-2002).]

you mean you are not supposed to say 'YOU #$%^#@ @$#@$%%@$#@$ !@#$!' to it?



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Doc would have "Mac Lovin'" ESP....

hey, is that similar to "gettin' your mac on"?


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I don't think so Al.

My mouse is drenched in and reeks of sweat. Does this count?

No but it certainly is disgusting!

-Jestah
Cell 277

same wrist bump, though it's getting better

a crunchy sounding wrist complete with companion popping elbow

eyestrain

the only thing I've done to remedy any of this is changed all my colors to very neutral greys wherever possible on the machine that runs 1200x16/3200 resolution. I keep the other on 1280x1024 and pretty dark as well. And got a new chair, forgot about the back problems, gettin better since the chair.

I'm seriously thinkin about the gear Doc posted up there, gel pads at least, the edge of the desk creases my wrist, it just ain't right.

Jason

The only clean piece of glass in my house is my monitor. Does that count ?

I`m using an old Army surplus desk, and the slide out writing tray makes a perfect arm rest.

hahaha.... Das pretty Slick Doc!

Nice! err.... you all are starting to scare me now. I dont want carpeltunnel... My dad had that once.... no good no good! Im gonna have to do something now... ( sorry drac )

I used to have a little bar stool I kept my mouse on... but it got confiscated... maybe Cuz i just took it from the kitchen?

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Izzay

first off, eyezaer, thats hilarious

Hey Doc, do you have some info on that keyboard. I really want one of those! Hopping on google....

I used to have my guitar hooked up and laying right next to my computer because I was too lazy to continually bring it up and down the stairs to plug it into my amp and then back into my MIDI - MP3 synthisizer. In fact...wait...it's still here...

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