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Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:05 pmby silicone skyline
I have a few of these and I want to pick some brains out there to answer these questions.
Feel free to ask your own, you never know what people out there have in the back of their skulls.
My first question: Why do TVs invariably make a cracking sound at random times. Has anyone else noticed this?
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:16 pmby Cambridge Clarrie
I assume that it has something to do with expansion/contraction caused by heat...
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:19 pmby Q.
silicone skyline wrote:I have a few of these and I want to pick some brains out there to answer these questions.
Feel free to ask your own, you never know what people out there have in the back of their skulls.
My first question: Why do TVs invariably make a cracking sound at random times. Has anyone else noticed this?
I find that our plasma, when on the HD channels, makes crackling sounds whenever a predominantly black screen appears, ie. when credits roll. I have no idea why that would be though.
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:22 pmby silicone skyline
Cambridge Clarrie wrote:I assume that it has something to do with expansion/contraction caused by heat...
Even a TV that has not been turned on for well over four months? I think it's possessed!!
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:01 pmby dedja
silicone skyline wrote:My first question: Why do TVs invariably make a cracking sound at random times. Has anyone else noticed this?
The TV or the cabinet that it's in/on?
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:14 pmby silicone skyline
It's definitely the tv dedj
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:04 pmby Dog_ger
You need a new TV Silicon....
Loose contacts
Cracked circut board...
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:10 pmby Psyber
Dog_ger wrote:You need a new TV Silicon....
Loose contacts
Cracked circut board...
Mice?
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:11 pmby SABRE
silicone skyline wrote:I have a few of these and I want to pick some brains out there to answer these questions.
Feel free to ask your own, you never know what people out there have in the back of their skulls.
My first question: Why do TVs invariably make a cracking sound at random times. Has anyone else noticed this?
I'm surprised you're even asking the question SS.
Isn't it obvious ?
It's all the @#$%^&* ads trying to get out !!!
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:09 pmby Mic
My question that I can't find the answer to on the net, the 'concept' of the workforce changing from labourers doing all the work, to machines doing most of it and people instead being needed to build and maintain the machines. I'm sure there is a name for this, anyone know it?
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:15 pmby JAS
Would have thought perhaps the terms 'automation' might cover what you describe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutomationRegards
JAS
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:16 amby Kahuna
JAS wrote:perhaps the terms 'automation' might cover what you describe...
Regards
JAS
Or Skynet
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:43 amby JK
Try replacing the Flux Capacitor SS
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:44 amby silicone skyline
Is that you Doc?
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:49 amby dedja
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:25 amby Wedgie
Damn you JAS I wanted to answer that one seeing as my official title at work is a Test Automation Engineer!
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:35 pmby FattyLumpkin
Whipper Snipper technique. How do you ensure your line doesnt break, necessitating stopping the bloody thing, disassembling, pulling the thread through the holes, reassembling etc. Always happens that few seconds before I employ the "bump & feed".
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:34 pmby rod_rooster
FattyLumpkin wrote:Whipper Snipper technique. How do you ensure your line doesnt break, necessitating stopping the bloody thing, disassembling, pulling the thread through the holes, reassembling etc. Always happens that few seconds before I employ the "bump & feed".
I gave up on my whipper snipper. Could never get the technique right to avoid this problem. Only have a smallish area of lawn at the front and back and i use garden shears. Doesn't take very long. I also bought an edging attachment for the whipper snipper that is easy to use along the edges bordered with my paving. Can't be used on the other edges where i have metal garden edges though so this is where i use the shears.
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:12 pmby Psyber
FattyLumpkin wrote:Whipper Snipper technique. How do you ensure your line doesnt break, necessitating stopping the bloody thing, disassembling, pulling the thread through the holes, reassembling etc. Always happens that few seconds before I employ the "bump & feed".
I gave up on the string and bought a nylon blade similar to the metal ones to fit the one I had.
Later, I decided I'd rather pay someone else to do that work for me, so I could do others things with my time...
Re: Individual odd questions that need answers
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:14 pmby Dog_ger
Keep line out of the sun, FattyLumpkin
Once the sun has eaten the resilience in the cord, buy new.
