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Carol H Tucker
Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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Guess you all have noticed that 2016 is a leap year, neh? And I also guess that you have noticed that today is that extra day that gets tacked on There is quite a debate about how to legally count the birthday of a person born on February 29th. Uncle Harry was born on leap day and I think he usually celebrated it on the 28th, certainly no one actually counted his age only every four years! So today is the 29th day of the second month, the 60th day of 2016 and:
· Bachelor's Day -- In 1288 Scotland established this day as one when a woman could propose marriage to a man. In the event that he refused the proposal he was required to pay a fine.
· International Underlings Day
· Leap Year Day
· National Surf and Turf Day
· Rare Diseases Day
So my friend and I have a joke going about TVs and PCs. She goes through TVs about one every four years or so; I have had the same TV for well nigh 30 years. I got through PCs every three years or so, she has had the same PC for almost ten years. Of course, our habits greatly differ – she watches far more TV than I do throughout the day and night, whereas TV is now and then for me. She uses the computer primarily for information, records and email while I play online for hours each day, and am in some graphics-intensive programs such as Second Life and Diablo III. And both her TV and my PC are acting up these days….
I have had this Alienware x51 since January 2013. Because I anteed up for the warranty, Dell has replaced memory, replaced the mother board, spent a couple of hours on the phone going through tests and doing software adjustments for me, and just yesterday, replaced the hard drive. Now I have to go through a “re-installer” to get WIN10 loaded as the OS – I don’t mess with bios if I can help it so the bulk of yesterday was spent with my nose in a book rather than toodling about online. But you know, I just don’t know why my PCs wear out! Is it because I leave them on each night, so they run for about 12 hours every day and sometimes from Friday night to Monday morning without a break? I thought turning them off and on was more harmful than leaving them run?
The warranty runs out at the end of 2016, let's see how long the PC lasts past that.....
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