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Draheid

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger1218: From the Dell Knowledgebase:
How do I maintain and clean the LCD screen on my Dell™ portable computer or flat panel monitor?

Discussion
A common cause for marks on a portable LCD is oil and dirt deposited on the keys of the keyboard that can get pressed against the LCD when carried in a carrying case or when pressure is applied to the lid.

Cleaning
There are many cleaning solutions sold specifically as LCD cleaners. You can use these to clean LCD screens on Dell notebooks or Dell flat panel monitors. If you do not use one of these products designated specifically as an LCD cleanser, use isopropyl alcohol (IPA), which you can find in the grocery store, or water (preferably filtered).

NOTICE:
Do not use any of the following chemicals or any solutions that contain them: acetone, ethyl alcohol, toluene, ethyl acid, ammonia, or methyl chloride. If you have a different chemical or solution and are not sure whether it is suitable, do not use it. Using any of the chemicals in the previous list may cause permanent damage to the LCD. Some commercial window cleaners contain ammonia and are therefore unacceptable.

To clean the LCD display, use a soft, clean cloth (such as a lens cloth used to clean eyeglasses). Moisten the cloth with the cleaner, and then stroke the cloth across the display in one direction, moving from the top of the display to the bottom.
Link to Article at Dell
Hope that helps.

Fanny

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can I get electrocuted if I'm playing on the computer during a lightning & thundersto

Jed245

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well yes you can get electrocuted while playing on the computer during a lightning /thunder storm. If your free hand is playing with the electrical socket :o)

Chances are there will be a surge in power, which, will likely destroy your modem or power supply to the pc tower.


However I do wonder if my face really will stick that way?

Whoami

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 12:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<wondering if poor Fanny got electrocuted in the middle of her post>

Mware

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jed, since we all know that everything we see in the movies really happened exactly that way, I would refer you to the movie "One Crazy Summer" starring John Cusack and Demi Moore, along with the inimitable Curtis Armstrong, for your answer.

Twinkie

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Fanny, get a top of the line surge protector for your PC and all other things electronic. We have them all over the house.

Reader234

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 06:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
{but whatever you do, dont talk on the phone, or take showers during severe Thunderstorms... or play golf... or... well you get the fried picture!!)

Ginger1218

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 10:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
no showers either? I didn't know that.

Fanny

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 10:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, everyone. If a lightning strike can come through your phone lines and fry you if you're on the phone, then can it get you through the computer if you're on a dialup connection? I mean, a phone line is a phone line, right? I have surge protectors but the thought of being fried through my fingers on a keyboard is rather umm interesting.

Marysafan

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Fanny...we took a lightening strike last summer that came in through our phone line. It took out the answering maching and the modem to the computer. I had the computer unplugged...but it never occurred to me to disconnect the phone line...lesson learned.

Ladytex

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If y'all buy a good surge protector, check to see if it has phone line protection, too. Alot of the good ones do ...

Ginger1218

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 04:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Draheid, you are wonderful. :)

Kaili

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I would like to know why it is that when you have a subscription to a magazine, they still shove about 5 of those subscribe forms in the magazine. I suppose it's so you can order gift subscriptions or something, but those things always bug me when they go flying everywhere.

Bigd

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am here waiting for an explantion on the "showering during a thunderstorm" thing?????

Lumbele

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Me, too Bigd. Never heard of that one before either.

Jmm

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This information is from the NOAH website:

Summary of Lightning Safety Tips for Inside the Home

1. Avoid contact with corded phones
2. Avoid contact with electrical equipment or cords. If you plan to unplug any electronic equipment, do so well before the storm arrives.
3. Avoid contact with plumbing. Do not wash your hands, do not take a shower, do not wash dishes, and do not do laundry.
4. Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches.
5. Do not lie on concrete floors and do not lean against concrete walls.

The reason for the no water usage is the pipes conduct electricity.


Lightening Safety

Wargod

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jmm, you forgot for us So Cal people never stand outside to watch a lightening storm.

Ok, I've got a weird question. Caleb's had his turtle, Harry (red ear slider, water turtle) for a little over a year. Very shy little guy who will hop off his sunning rock to dive in the water if you get too close to him. Dakota got her turtle, Johnny (side neck,) a couple weeks ago. He's very friendly, and if you walk up to the tank, he'll stretch his head out for you to "pet" him, and loves to be picked up and play with you on the floor for the few minutes a day he gets to run around. Both of them are about a year and a half old.

I had read that sometimes if turtles haven't been together before, that they may pester each other, so we had a second tank ready and waiting, but thought we'd see how they got along. For the first two week, they barely went near each other. They didn't pester each other, just kinda ignored the other one and were happy little campers.

We have a rock set up under the heat lamp so that they can get up there and sun like there suppossed to, and theres plenty of room for both of them. Anyways, yesterday, as I was walking by the tank, I saw that Harry was sitting on top of Johnny on the rock. They sat like that for three hours! Not pestering, just sunning. Cracked me up, but it strikes me as odd that they've gone two weeks without going near each other and then all of a sudden they're buddy buddy.

Is this normal? I know that unlike dogs or cats, turtles don't need other turtles for companionship and they don't get lonely, or at least, thats what I've read. I'm wondering if even though theres plenty of room for both on the rock, they might need seperate rocks, or seperate heat lamps? I'm worried that they aren't getting enough sunning, which I know is important to keep away fungi and to keep them healthy.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Umm...are you sure it's a Harry and a Johnny? Not maybe Harriet and Johnny or Harry and Jenny? Actually, I don't have an answer for you, but that was my first thought.

Wargod

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 01:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had had the same thought, but really they aren't doing anything. Just..sitting. One sitting on the other ones shell. Can they mate through a shell? Great, now I have to go find mating habits of turtles!

When we got both, we had them double check to make sure both were boys because I knew we didn't want to deal with babies.

LOL, and I just looked and they're doing it again, except Johnny's now on top, and yesterday it was the other way around!

<runs off to check website on how turtles mate>

Wargod

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, breeding takes place in fall, and with mature turtles which neither Harry or Johnny is. Also double checked on how to tell sex, and both hit most of the points to be boys. Kaili, you had me worried for a minute, lol.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heehee- maybe they just decided they like each other :) I suppose they could get used to each other and maybe it's just a turtle thing? A wild guess- maybe in a turtle's mind if two are together they look bigger and are less likely to be attacked (in their habitats). It could be some survival kind of thing.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 06:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wargod, I have seen turtles do that on logs in the sun in the wild.

Whoami

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Too bad my sis is on her honeymoon. She's a turtle expert. Otherwise I'd ask her. Of course, she probably still wouldn't check her e-mail for another month!

So, here's my DQ. Does a sunburn make a person's feet swell? My legs see sun very rarely, and are usually lilly white. My feet probably saw sun over the weekend for the first time in ten years.

Anyway, got a pretty good sunburn. To the extent that one ankle developed a couple of blisters last night. Both feet are now like fat pudgy little sausages!

I've been taking Advil, which helped the initial pain. Would the Advil help, or enhance the swelling? Also applying Aloe based gel on all sun affected areas.

Jmm

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, Yes sunburn could make your feet swell like you describe and Advil is an anti-inflammatory so it should help. Are you sure it is just sunburn and you didn't get a bite of some sort?

Whoami

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, since both feet are sunburned, and both are pudgy, I would hope it's just sunburn and not a bite. I don't see any areas that look like a bite anyway. Thanks for the info!