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limpid

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  1. Your laptop life is probably measurable in days if you didn't clean it. Get the photos backed up immediately while you can. That burning smell is BAD NEWS. Why do people keep precious things on crappy computers without backups?
  2. The last machine I rinsed was a Dell XPS m1730 which got covered in pepsi max. I haven't checked the thread, but this indicates a ram failure. It would be a good idea to reseat the ram (take it out, gently clean the contacts and re-install).
  3. Combine that with this. XBMC on a tiny portable device for under $100.
  4. This is what I do when I spill something on a laptop: [*:0e759b1f2c]Remove the battery [*:0e759b1f2c]Rinse the non screen section under the tap [*:0e759b1f2c]Leave it to dry [*:0e759b1f2c]Leave it to dry some more [*:0e759b1f2c]Continue leaving it to dry Obviously if it's water you've spilt, you can skip the "rinse" bit. After that, the CMOS battery is usually dead, but it's saved the laptops I've done it on, three so far. It feels so wrong holding it under the tap, but you've got to rinse out the sugary stuff as it's conductive. Warning, do this at your own risk. I'm not taking any responsibility if it doesn't work for you.
  5. I am techy and have never run my main phone with a custom ROM. I don't know where you heard you'd need to do that.
  6. Aren't both names correct? IME the emblem of the club is usually referred to as the club's crest. A copy of an emblem which can be attached to clothing is called a badge.
  7. Settings->Security->Lock screen options->shortcuts (tap the word shortcuts)
  8. You spent £660 quid on software you don't know how to use? A small amount of the money might have been better spent on a Gimp training course.
  9. I'm using Go launcher EX and swype
  10. I use rsync to manage music on my device.
  11. Not that the guarantee makes the slightest difference to your rights.
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  13. The only Google Experience device I own still has Honeycomb. I wish I was as certain as you that Google will continue to prioritise their experience devices, but my own experience doesn't bear that out.
  14. O2 broadband is merely one of God's voices on earth, it is not God itself. One day there'll be a holy war as there can only be one voice of God on earth. Otherwise how could people be told what God wants?
  15. Giffgaff use o2's network, so no coverage differences.
  16. It was a joke! based around turning round...oh never mind. God didn't give America the internet so you could use it for jokes. Heathen.
  17. For me I like the freedom of buying a phone when I like. Unlocked, unbranded phones sell for more second hand. Sometimes I'll take a hit, but the point is it's for me to decide, not a network to dictate.
  18. I "believed" in it before Blandy. Matter has mass and the standard model says it's because of a field generated by the particle predicted by Higgs. The standard model has proven time and again what a good fit it is for the universe.
  19. It's a pretty huge assumption that you'll like and enjoy your handset for exactly 24 months. What if you like it for 6 months or 50 months?
  20. Or you can use giffgaff and stop the madness of contracts.
  21. Thanks. Personally I'd still not give any information to someone posting anonymously (you still don't say who "we" are), but that's just me.
  22. They didn't/don't. Scientists call it the Higgs Boson. Leon Lederman wanted to call it the "Goddamn Particle" in his book title, but the publishers insisted on the stupid term everyone bandies about.
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