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Urwumpe
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Thats still harmless. I located 15 GB of generally undeletable installation information on my PC with a 30 GB system drive after wondering why less than 50% memory used by visible files can make the HDD completely full.
Luckily the tool to fix the problem of such files for Visual Studio also worked on the many other programs that left dozens of installation info files in a hidden system folder for every update instead of properly updating and replacing the old data. Now its only 6GB of such data left... I need a new PC.
jangofett287
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I'm convinced this is happening on a much larger scale with my 1 Tb hard drive. One day I will find the time to prove this one way or the other. Until then, the free space value will continue to slowly tick down until the inevitable doom of this system.
Quick_Nick
Passed the Turing Test
Can you provide some information on this 'tool'? I doubt my system has much of this problem, but I think it would be interesting to look into as I keep having to clean up my hard drive.
RisingFury
OBSP developer
I know. It gets even better, when, for all their smashing, they never really touch each other.
Cosmic Penguin
Geek Penguin in GTO
OK something else entirely....
There's an old Russian saying:
Optimists study English.
Pessimists study Chinese.
Realists study the Kalashnikov rifle gun.
Anyone wanna be a pessimist? I might be able to help... :rofl:
There's an old Russian saying:
Optimists study English.
Pessimists study Chinese.
Realists study the Kalashnikov rifle gun.
Anyone wanna be a pessimist? I might be able to help... :rofl:
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astrosammy
Dash!
And power source equipped trains without wifi...
Both things happened to me on a single day.
Both things happened to me on a single day.
mojoey
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I always said I was a realist...
ProAuroraX
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I think it may be time for me to write another song. Been a long time since I've written one.
EDIT;
I cant think of a song. I've lost my inspiration for writng music
EDIT;X2
I am one helluva shot with a bow and arrow on minecraft. We're playing a pvp map, and I just killed a moving target(My brother) from 300 blocks off with 4 arrows.
EDIT;
I cant think of a song. I've lost my inspiration for writng music
EDIT;X2
I am one helluva shot with a bow and arrow on minecraft. We're playing a pvp map, and I just killed a moving target(My brother) from 300 blocks off with 4 arrows.
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Artlav
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Anyone knows a simple ebook reader for Android?
By simple i mean a program that reads txt files, formatting them according to it's content (i.e. new line=line break, not space, 5 spaces=5 spaces, not one, etc), can keep track of the page each book was last read on, and which book was last, lastly, can have adjustable font size.
Anything above that is optional.
What i was able to find is either barely functional, or a can-all bloatware, which can read, edit, download, buy, spellcheck, translate, read a 100 formats, but can't even put line breaks where they belong.
By simple i mean a program that reads txt files, formatting them according to it's content (i.e. new line=line break, not space, 5 spaces=5 spaces, not one, etc), can keep track of the page each book was last read on, and which book was last, lastly, can have adjustable font size.
Anything above that is optional.
What i was able to find is either barely functional, or a can-all bloatware, which can read, edit, download, buy, spellcheck, translate, read a 100 formats, but can't even put line breaks where they belong.
Quick_Nick
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What specific problems do you have with the Kindle app?
QuickOffice is what usually comes on Android phones. But the pro version is pretty obviously overpriced.
QuickOffice is what usually comes on Android phones. But the pro version is pretty obviously overpriced.
PhantomCruiser
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From the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant...
We entered mode 5 last night. Not a really big event, but the mode restrictions are rapidly accumulating in front of us. The Appendix R requirements I mentioned earlier are putting the brakes on nearly every aspect of our restart. Multitudes of craft (myself included) are standing around waiting for work to clear out ahead of us so that we can proceed. But at this rate I'm almost afraid of being here until Thanksgiving....
This is day 28 of a 30 day outage. And there is no end in sight. My own tenative date for the breaker-pool is the 19th (9 days late). One of the Senior Reactor Operators (SROs) told me that he doesn't think I'm that far off, ptovided things go right from here on (as if...).
As we say here at Watts Bar; "Chaos Creates Cashflow".
We entered mode 5 last night. Not a really big event, but the mode restrictions are rapidly accumulating in front of us. The Appendix R requirements I mentioned earlier are putting the brakes on nearly every aspect of our restart. Multitudes of craft (myself included) are standing around waiting for work to clear out ahead of us so that we can proceed. But at this rate I'm almost afraid of being here until Thanksgiving....
This is day 28 of a 30 day outage. And there is no end in sight. My own tenative date for the breaker-pool is the 19th (9 days late). One of the Senior Reactor Operators (SROs) told me that he doesn't think I'm that far off, ptovided things go right from here on (as if...).
As we say here at Watts Bar; "Chaos Creates Cashflow".
PhantomCruiser
Wanderer
Nah, that'd be Kingston Fossil Plant between Knoxville and Nashville. Watts Bar is down-river right off highway 68 (just outside Spring City).
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow off (and it's a Tuesday to boot).
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow off (and it's a Tuesday to boot).
Izack
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PhantomCruiser
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AH! So... I was right!
I felt lucky today to finally have accomplished some of our tasking. Siemens had been under contract to rework one of our main feed pumps, and today they were in the home stretch (they want to get out of here too it would seem). Anyway, we managed to re-install some of the MFP "jewelry".
"Jewelry" in this context means instrumentation; such as thermocouples, pressure indicators and vibration probes required for proper operation of the feed pump. This particular pump is steam driven (from main steam) and operates at around 5000 RPM. Not a very big turbine, but still a lot of energy to contain. Tomorrow there should be a full shift of oil flushing (1 hour on each oil pump; 1 DC and 2 AC), but with all the work that went on, it'll take at least 3 flush cycles with a pause to clean the strainers between each flush. (darn, gonna miss that /sarcasm)
I'll be back in time to set the speed governor and replace all the speed controls (analog stuff, but still functional and pretty neat). Hopefully we'll get the other MFP back soon.
I felt lucky today to finally have accomplished some of our tasking. Siemens had been under contract to rework one of our main feed pumps, and today they were in the home stretch (they want to get out of here too it would seem). Anyway, we managed to re-install some of the MFP "jewelry".
"Jewelry" in this context means instrumentation; such as thermocouples, pressure indicators and vibration probes required for proper operation of the feed pump. This particular pump is steam driven (from main steam) and operates at around 5000 RPM. Not a very big turbine, but still a lot of energy to contain. Tomorrow there should be a full shift of oil flushing (1 hour on each oil pump; 1 DC and 2 AC), but with all the work that went on, it'll take at least 3 flush cycles with a pause to clean the strainers between each flush. (darn, gonna miss that /sarcasm)
I'll be back in time to set the speed governor and replace all the speed controls (analog stuff, but still functional and pretty neat). Hopefully we'll get the other MFP back soon.
mojoey
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The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
Samuel L. Jackson folks, BAMF of the millennium.
Samuel L. Jackson folks, BAMF of the millennium.
