llile@SALTONUSA.COM wrote: >Harold, > >My motorized coffee cup holder keeps snapping off. > You're drinking too much coffee - that holder is specified to hold only 8oz of beverage. You can upgrade to our stainless steel holder with integrated heater (better than USB!) for $169.95, a savings of $30 off retail. > Also, when I >accidentally got some peanut butter on a floppy, and stuck it into the >drive, the drive stopped working for some reason. > Most computers hate creamy peanut butter. Try chunky next time, or as a kludge you can try to use a think layer of jelly, sometimes it won't notice. >And can you tell me >what that rolly wheel on top of my mouse is for? I turned the mouse >upside down and tried to roll it around but it didn't work at all - just >moved up and down on the screen. > It's a finger excersizer to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. Make sure to use your right hand ring finger to roll it (even if using left hand for mousing) to prevent this dreaded epidemic. Also remember that carpal tunnel is communicable - never use another person's mouse without vigorous cleaning. Most computer professionals simply carry an extra mouse with them. >Also - where is the "Any" key - I have >been trying to find that sucker since Dos 1.6? > The entire bottom of the keyboard is the any key. You used to have to flip the whole thing over and push on the entire thing, but the latest technology allows you to simply put pressure on the top of the keyboard, practically anywhere, to activate this button. If this doesn't work you'll find that the space bar doubles as the "any" key in a pinch, and you can always resort to flipping the keyboard over if nothing else seems to help. We also find that turning the keyboard over solves quite a few of these types of problems, so you might try that before calling tech support when you are stuck. >And how do I get this >whiteout off my computer screen? > > Putty knife, acetone, and some elbow grease. Be sure to clean the corners well. Older monitors do well with oven cleaner. >Also, what is this "fragging" they talk about with hard drives? Back in >the army, "Fragging" was a term used when soldiers shot their commanding >officers in the back so it would look like they got it from enemy fire. I >tried this with my computer - shot it right through the hard drive, but >now the darn thing won't even boot up. > > Actually fragging orginally referred to using a fragmentation grenade to perform essentially the same operation. When you save a file, it goes off like a grenade inside the hard drive and little bits get stuck all over the magnetic portion of the disk. What you need is a de-fragging tool that, like a patient surgeon, collects all the bits of grenade for a particular file and puts it back together so you can read it again. If you change it you'll have to save it and it'll go all over again. This is why hard drives are hard - if one of these went off in a floppy drive you'd need a real surgeon to get bits of the file back together. Hard drives are surrounded by grenade proof material. Larger drives can survive the blast of larger files or many small files, and consequently are much heavier and more expensive. I hope these tips help! As your questions are of such a high level, we recomend purchasing our support plan for Professionals at 20% on. Just place the discount code "id10t" in the user box of your application. You may also qualify for our PEBKAC single instance support discount, please indicate that you are a PEBKAC user each time you call for support and our support personel will be happy to write that code down on the bill. -Adam >-- Lawrence Lile > > > > > >Harold Hallikainen >Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list >06/17/2004 09:24 AM >Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > cc: > Subject: Re: ] USB powered coffee warmer > > >Well, it was only a matter of time before the USB coffee warmer was >introduced. Computers have had the motorized coffee cup holder for several >years now (you know... you just push the button and the little tray to >hold your coffee cup slides out of the front of the computer...). > >Harold > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.