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  • #166
    Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

    11x17 is probably the most common size I print. Letter and C are next.
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    Originally posted by SanTropez
    May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
    I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
    Originally posted by Kepler
    When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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    • #167
      Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

      Originally posted by joecct View Post
      What's the largest page you can print on? As an accountant, I lived for 11x17 ledger paper.
      we have an HP printer that allows for custom sizes, within the limits of the manual feed. We have glued two 11x17 pages together with a 1" overlap to create 11x33 and printed on that a few times.
      "Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."

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      • #168
        Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

        Since people were just discussing work laptops. My Dell just gave me the blue screen of death this morning, and its been 45 minutes, and it still hasn't recovered.
        Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

        RIP - Kirby

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        • #169
          Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

          Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
          Since people were just discussing work laptops. My Dell just gave me the blue screen of death this morning, and its been 45 minutes, and it still hasn't recovered.
          Pull the plug, remove the battery and wait a few minutes. Then give it power again and see if it restarts. (You're at the Death screen, how much worse could it get?)


          *Not a professional PC tech.
          "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

          "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

          "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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          • #170
            Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

            Had the blue screen of death a couple weeks ago. It turned out to be a single corrupt file. Steve_MN (who does tech for a living) fixed it in about 2 minutes.
            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
            Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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            • #171
              Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

              Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
              Pull the plug, remove the battery and wait a few minutes. Then give it power again and see if it restarts. (You're at the Death screen, how much worse could it get?)


              *Not a professional PC tech.
              Well, the death screen came up, and then from there it said it had recovered to the point it told me it was going to restart. It sat on a "please wait" screen, trying restart for about 45 minutes, or longer. I was writing an email to IT on my phone, and then it finally moved on to the login screen. I logged in, and it seems to be working fine now...I thought it was dead, but it seems to be ok now.
              Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

              RIP - Kirby

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              • #172
                Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
                Well, the death screen came up, and then from there it said it had recovered to the point it told me it was going to restart. It sat on a "please wait" screen, trying restart for about 45 minutes, or longer. I was writing an email to IT on my phone, and then it finally moved on to the login screen. I logged in, and it seems to be working fine now...I thought it was dead, but it seems to be ok now.
                Did anyone else think of the "Bring out your dead!" Monty Python scene?
                Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                • #173
                  Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                  Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
                  Well, the death screen came up, and then from there it said it had recovered to the point it told me it was going to restart. It sat on a "please wait" screen, trying restart for about 45 minutes, or longer. I was writing an email to IT on my phone, and then it finally moved on to the login screen. I logged in, and it seems to be working fine now...I thought it was dead, but it seems to be ok now.
                  For future use: If you're in the start up process and it's going excruciatingly slow, you can force a hard reset of the system by holding in the power button for five seconds and run very little risk of harming the PC. I got this from either a very cavalier PC tech at work, a very disgruntled PC tech at work on the verge of being fired, or a guy who knows his stuff and has asked to be called the Magic Man on multiple occasions.
                  "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                  "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                  "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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                  • #174
                    Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                    For future use: If you're in the start up process and it's going excruciatingly slow, you can force a hard reset of the system by holding in the power button for five seconds and run very little risk of harming the PC. I got this from either a very cavalier PC tech at work, a very disgruntled PC tech at work on the verge of being fired, or a guy who knows his stuff and has asked to be called the Magic Man on multiple occasions.
                    I have been told the same thing.
                    Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                    Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                    • #175
                      Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                      Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                      For future use: If you're in the start up process and it's going excruciatingly slow, you can force a hard reset of the system by holding in the power button for five seconds and run very little risk of harming the PC. I got this from either a very cavalier PC tech at work, a very disgruntled PC tech at work on the verge of being fired, or a guy who knows his stuff and has asked to be called the Magic Man on multiple occasions.
                      I did that. After about 20 minutes of seeing "Please Wait" it restarted, and sat on the same "Please Wait" screen for another 25 minutes before going to the logon screen.
                      Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

                      RIP - Kirby

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                      • #176
                        Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                        Hard resets pose almost zero risk. It's extremely common. All it does is force a shutdown of the system.
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                        As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
College Hockey 6       College Football 0
BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                        Originally posted by SanTropez
                        May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                        Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                        I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                        Originally posted by Kepler
                        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                        • #177
                          Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                          Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                          Hard resets pose almost zero risk. It's extremely common. All it does is force a shutdown of the system.
                          Depending upon what you're doing in your system, it used to run the risk of corrupting files. If they've found a way to avoid that corruption now, then all the better.
                          "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                          "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                          "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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                          • #178
                            Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                            Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                            Depending upon what you're doing in your system, it used to run the risk of corrupting files. If they've found a way to avoid that corruption now, then all the better.
                            I wouldn't hard reset if it I was installing system updates or anything like that. But Windows will fix itself now and has been able to for years. Most of the time your work is autosaved now. In fact, Office products can recall multiple autosave revisions. In my opinion, if you're at the point you're doing a hard reset, you're screwed anyways.
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                            As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
College Hockey 6       College Football 0
BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                            Originally posted by SanTropez
                            May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                            Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                            I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                            Originally posted by Kepler
                            When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                            He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                            • #179
                              Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                              I wouldn't hard reset if it I was installing system updates or anything like that. But Windows will fix itself now and has been able to for years. Most of the time your work is autosaved now. In fact, Office products can recall multiple autosave revisions. In my opinion, if you're at the point you're doing a hard reset, you're screwed anyways.
                              Although they'll still break when trying to run update if you hard-reset.

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                              • #180
                                Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                                Great. THere's a girl at work who's obviously very sick. Yet she still feels the need to come in and get everyone sick. I hate these people so, so much.
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                                As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
College Hockey 6       College Football 0
BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                                Originally posted by SanTropez
                                May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                                Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                                I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                                Originally posted by Kepler
                                When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                                He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

                                Comment

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