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I run a FTP server out of my house that doubles as my desktop. It is about a 4 year old P4 2.4 GHZ. So when the processor fan started making noise I went looking for a new one.... 4 years in computer parts is like 20 in car parts and 80 in human years....... it is pretty high in dog years too. Needless to say I could not easily find a replacement. Easily is a relative term here in Japan, where nothing is easy. Yes I could have found one.... I just didn't feel like ordering it on line from Kazakhstan or hunting through junk piles in Akihabara. The 3 places that I go for parts didn't have one so I started looking at other options. Jason a fellow former Marine, who I met recently offered me a processor fan that he had extra and it looked as if it would fit. After a night of no sleep due to work and that fan grinding away I got home early enough to take my PC apart and see if it would fit. Unfortunately it was no good. Just a couple of millimeters to long on one side. This was the alternative. I cut the fan that I had on my system out with some with some wire clippers. After that I removed the new fan from the new heat-sink and checked to see if it would fit over my old heat sink that was firmly mounted on the motherboard.

From the Sun Managers List Subject: PLEASE HELP ME! hello mr., i have some problem,i can't install linux (red hat 9) into Sunfire V100 Server.why i can't install it... can you help me... thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------- sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers

So you say its your BIRTHDAY?! Its my BIRTHDAY TOO! Last week January 25th was my 35th Birthday. How did I celebrate it. By having a quick Thai dinner with one of my friends....... followed by all night of working on a 7 year old Solaris Server. The night was not a complete loss....At about 430 I finished, made my way to Roppongi, and Proceeded to party up the remainder of the night till about 0730. When I went to work signed in and slept on the couch till it everyone else arrived. Get up then work for a bit and go home. Not how I want to spend my next or any further birthdays but not the worst one by any means. Even if I did turn 35. But this time of year allot of my friends have birthdays too. I have been meaning to send mail to each of them individually/call but instead I thought I would just shout out to them here (come on at least I didn't use your ages); Jan 19 Al and John Jan 20 Mitsuko Jan 21 Atsuko Jan 25 ME & Yoko! To everyone who acknowledged my birthday like Patrick and Jason for calling, Mary h Yoko, Atsuko for sending me mails, Shinobu and Nittin for taking me to lunch and of course Bawdo for saying Happy Birthday to me on the Tlug IRC! Thanks! E

I took Eric with me to the driving range with me the other day. Eric is so much like me and my side of the family ... in 5 minutes he knew what to do.... but you couldn't tell him anything..... he KNEW what he was doing.... Check it out. Dad I know you will love these.