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26 Jan 2017

Quote by WellMadeMale
Unless your router normally operates at temperatures over 140F (the max 'operating temp' for WD 3TB Green drives), I wouldn't worry about the drive...especially if you can hear it spinning up upon power on.

I'd be more concerned at this point about the docking station. It might still power up and provide power to the drive, but something's fried the signalling either in the docking station or the drive itself. Maybe your router is passively 'cooled' yet it operates at 170 degrees or some odd number.

Take both devices to a reputable computer repair shop and have them look at it (unless you have something on that drive you'd rather nobody else ever see). Get their trained estimate and make your decision.

And give that external drive some airflow in the future. Those external drives are notorious for getting much warmer than internally mounted drives, who knows...maybe it was operating at or near it's max temp rating for the last two years already.

https://www.cnet.com/products/wd-green-wd30ezrx-hard-drive-3-tb-sata-600-series/specs/

Many internal drives have the benefit of some to a lot of airflow through a chassis to wash over them - providing some cooling. External drives simply sit in the ambient room temp and radiate their heat with no fans blowing even gently across them.

I've also watched dudes attempt to oven heat their drives occasionally (the concept is to slightly melt the solder on the circuit boards to repair a failed connection). I'd not try that nor the freezer technique either.

Many thanks for your time, I appreciate it.

I think I've been misleading with the picture above however; this isn't actually my hard drive, just a picture found over the internet which features the exact same docking station as my own (ie. Inateck). Your technical data concerning the operating temperatures are probably still rather accurate though, considering how similar recent hard drives are from one another.

Another thing is, I really wasn't using (or powering-up) that hard drive all that frequently, I'd say around 4 hours per week at most; it was mainly used for storage/backup. That likely didn't help the situation, since I know that hard drives generate a certain internal air flow when they're spinning; my own hard drive was just sitting there, constantly accumulating heat from my internet router (which is decidedly pretty damn hot and which operates 24/7).

Anyway, I'll try to get my hands on a new docking station before I attempt any desperate measure (they only cost about $30). And yeah, I'd rather try to fix it by myself first, considering the fairly enormous amount of 'sensitive material' that's stored in there. Nothing illegal however (eg. child pornography or similar crap), but nearly 500GB of porn and also probably a few lewd pictures of myself and/or ex-playmates archived in the dark corners of that drive.

Thanks again for the help.

25 Jan 2017

Quote by Magical_felix
Must be the tourists keeping the restaurants open in whatever city it is then.

Yeah, yeah... you likely can't even spot the difference between coke and baby powder, butthead.

24 Jan 2017

Quote by Magical_felix
What tastebudless city was this?

A city that curiously appears on both of these lists: 20 Best Food Cities / The World's 18 Best Food Cities

And science is actually on my side on this one. When asked to identify cola beverages out of 3 samples, participants had a success rate of less than 50%. They couldn't even tell when the exact same cola was offered to them in all 3 samples:

24 Jan 2017

Quote by Magical_felix
Pepsi is sweeter and Coke has more bubbles. Everyone knows that.

There's a rather big amusement park in my city. When I was a teen, Pepsi opened a stand there and challenged people to spot the difference between Pepsi and Coke (offering a full bottle of Pepsi to anyone who'd get the right answer). Most people couldn't tell the difference and the success rate was pretty damn close to a mere 50/50 (ie. a wild guess).

So yeah, I feel like this question indirectly asks people which between the two has (or had) the most successful marketing campaign(s).

24 Jan 2017

Miss Ophelia (shown above) absolutely loves to lie on my Blu-ray player whenever I'm watching a movie. Why? Well because the Blu-ray player vibrates and generates heat when a disk is spinning inside of it. She simply adores her occasional Blu-ray player massage.

She just can't help it, to the point of being annoying actually. She gets all excited whenever I open the disk-tray, and then she purrs and produces plenty of annoying contented sounds during the whole movie.

Oh well, haha...

24 Jan 2017

When I was a young kid, a boy around my age (and his family) owned a German Shepherd, which lived 3 streets away from a park. And the dog was smart enough to take a walk and go to the park all by himself. It was quite hilarious to witness, the dog was allowed to take his daily walk each day at around 4 pm; he was clever enough to cross streets (sitting patiently whenever there were cars) and then he'd play in the park for half an hour before returning home.

Luckily (and surprisingly) nobody in the neighborhood ever complained about it and the dog never had any issues with authorities (ie. the pound).

24 Jan 2017

I wonder how many of you could actually tell the difference if you were blindly offered a sample of each...

20 Jan 2017

My second car actually was a Nissan Sentra too, a 2005 this time...

20 Jan 2017

Nissan Sentra 1995. This takes me back...

20 Jan 2017

As an example, Mr. Bobby (shown above) is astute enough to open my windows. My sliding windows are relatively old and they don't lock all that well anymore, but still, he knows exactly how to press on the handle to open them.

I even tried jamming my windows with pieces of wood a few times; I used a frigging hammer to put said pieces of wood in place, and even myself was having a hard time removing them. Within a day (while I was away), the unruly Mr. Bobby figured out what was blocking the window, inserted his claws into them, fucking removed them, and opened the window as per usual.

To this day, I still haven't found a proper method to lock my windows. When I leave for work, I either have to put Bobby outside or in my laundry room. Otherwise, he'll undeniably open my windows and go outside all by himself. He even invited two of his buddies inside my apartment once, while I was away at work. With his sister Ophelia, that was a total of four cats lounging on my bed.

Haha...

20 Jan 2017

Animals & Quirky Behaviors

We all know, to a certain extent, what to expect when buying a pet: dogs are dogs, cats are cats, parrots are parrots. However, each individual animal that I've encountered through my life displayed some very particular and unusual behaviors of his/her own. Aside from sharing the traits of their species, animals can definitely possess their very unique and exclusive personality.

What are some eccentric/funny/puzzling behaviors that your own animals do?

Please share!

17 Jan 2017

Why settle for a specific color when you can just pick your favorite one on the fly? glasses8

glasses8

17 Jan 2017

Damn straight I do. glasses8

glasses8

16 Jan 2017

16 Jan 2017

Sprite once sent a team of assassins after me but she luckily gave them my neighbor's address. coffee

coffee

16 Jan 2017

Hello to all,

I own a 1Tb hard drive which is mounted into an external deck, exactly like this:

It worked flawlessly for nearly two years, however it hasn't been working at all since I've returned from my Christmas holidays. My internet router was placed directly on top of it and I realized much too late that it was generating a great amount of heat; my hard drive most likely failed because it overheated.

Here's the complete diagnosis:

- The external deck still receives power
- I can actually hear the hard drive spinning normally (ie. no clicking or abnormal sound)
- I've tried plugging the external deck in different USB ports and nothing changed

In other words everything seems to be working normally, but the hard drive isn't detected by my computer when I power-up the external deck; I don't receive any error message either, nothing happens at all.

I've tried looking for solutions over the internet or through my acquaintances, but it hasn't been much productive. The best advice that I've read about is to put my hard drive in the freezer overnight as a desperate measure; apparently this could allow my hard drive to function long enough to save my data.

I thought about joining a hardware forum so that knowledgeable people could look into my issue, but I figured I might as well ask for guidance here first. Can anybody help? Is there a way to repair my hard drive? Could I at least briefly make it work to retrieve my data?

Many thanks!

13 Jan 2017

And here's a scene where you can see how the dialog options work, as well as a short fighting sequence (with the aforementioned button prompts):

13 Jan 2017

This is a game that I've completed during the last Christmas break and thoroughly enjoyed: Batman The Telltale Series.

Everybody knows who Batman is, but what exactly are Telltale games? To be accurate, the Telltale Games developers produce interactive stories a lot more than conventional 'games'; think of their titles as interactive movies that are heavily story-focused. Their magnum opus is by far their Walking Dead series, which they've released 4 seasons of and which received quite a lot of praise.

Their series (or 'seasons') are usually divided into 5 episodes that are downloadable for around $5/each; those are typically made available a few weeks apart and have a completion time of around 1.5 hours. You can also buy the whole season for around $20 once all of the episodes have been released (which takes 7-8 hours to complete). As well, those games are available on pretty much every platform (PC, Xbox, Playstation, Android, etc.).

And what does 'interactive story' precisely imply? Well, to quote Telltale's own disclaimer at the start of the game: "This game series adapts to the choices you make. The story is tailored by how you play.". Mostly, you're the one that's in control of how Wayne/Batman will handle conversations, and there are also many difficult choices that you have to make along the ride (eg. save this or that person). Choose wisely and choose fast, as there's a timer of a few seconds before Batman powerlessly stares at the situation.

As an example, what would you respond when a newly acquainted Catwoman asks why you adamantly chase down criminals?

Will you brutalize crooks to make them talk? Will you confront a corrupt mayor as Bruce Wayne or Batman? Will you refuse Catwoman's advances? The choice is always yours and there are no wrong/right decisions; in fact, the majority of important decisions involve some degree of compromise. To be fair, the final outcomes of the story don't vary all that much depending on your choices (ie. some events will happen no matter what) and as such there's a certain 'illusion of control', but it's still tremendously fun and engaging to shape the flavor of the story however you like. Moreover, most characters react differently to you according to how you've previously interacted with them.

To review the entire story very briefly: damn was I impressed by Telltale's team of writers. Plenty of villains make an appearance in some way or another (eg. the Penguin, Two-Face, Catwoman, The Joker), and many different plots also intertwine; the main villain is a wholly new character created by Telltale however, which I appreciated quite a lot. Despite all this, the narrative is still extremely clear and captivating, and the suspense of what will come next persists through all of the series. You also play equally as Bruce Wayne and Batman, so the interactions and choices are quite varied in nature.

Typical of the Batman universe, each character embodies a distinctive conflict; this isn't a fight between good and evil, it's a journey through a land of many gray areas. Every villain has believable/reasonable motivations (and I've found myself sympathizing with them quite a few times), while the Wayne family themselves are repeatedly presented as opportunistic jerks. The entire series has a palpable 'righting the wrongs' feel to it. Great writing through and through, and Telltale really exploited the whole decision-making aspect remarkably well.

Aside from the story, there are also a few predetermined action sequences which prompt you to press a certain button at a specific time (eg. press X to dodge an incoming blow, press Y to throw a batarang, etc.). It mostly keeps you on your toes, but it isn't overly difficult and in many cases you won't fail the scene if you miss a prompt. I could totally see someone who's never played video-games handling it; as I already expressed numerous times, this is an interactive story more than a proper game, and those action sequences probably represent less than 20% of the entire playthrough anyway. And of course, Batman is also tasked to use his phenomenal detective skills on a few occasions to solve crime scenes.

I hope you'll enjoy this game as much as I did myself; this massively puts any Batman movie to shame. Here's a short trailer for those interested:

13 Jan 2017

Quote by kiera
Tom Cruise
Orlando Bloom
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ben Stiller
Adam Sandler

I genuinely did not know that Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler were considered hot by some people. Eh?

Eh?

11 Jan 2017

And why not, a music video of Baroness just for fun:

11 Jan 2017

I remember posting a few of my favorite ones in a similar thread, nearly three years ago: cool album covers

Aside from that, stoner rock bands have quite a few stellar album covers. More particularly and impressively, the singer/guitarist of Baroness (John Dyer Baizley) paints all of his band's covers himself. Each album is named after a color...

Red (2007):

Blue (2009):

Yellow & Green, double album (2012):

Purple (2015):

10 Jan 2017

What you're describing is often referred to as 'pendulum pounding' in the pornographic community; not to be confused with a 'whirling orbit', which is when a guy gyrates his balls against an erect cock; or a 'black hole', which implies a vacuum and a strong pair of balls (figuratively and literally).

Your favorite search engine will likely yield a few interesting results with those terms. Best of luck!

9 Jan 2017

One of our fellow Lushies wrote a complete review about the Mona Wave and Ina Wave: LELO's new MONA Wave and INA Wave

In short, the Wave versions have a slight movement in the shaft to apply additional pressure on the g-spot.

I remember reading mixed reviews about those models however. According to some reviewers, the movement is rather slow and tedious, at least compared to what actual fingers and a strong wrist can generally achieve; and the regular vibrations are apparently significantly weaker than on the standard models, because the power has to be split between two operations (ie. vibrations and movement).

9 Jan 2017

Frankly, whenever I see an alluring ATM machine, I put all my sanitary concerns aside and I'm invariably eager to make a huge deposit.

6 Jan 2017

Oh, and my eyebrow idol is this guy. geek

geek

6 Jan 2017

Quote by Delphi
I'm with honey dipped, -brows are horrible. In a decade, they'll cringe as much as those who had the pencil thin 90s brows do now. I've never really changed up my brows and never cared enough to fill them in with makeup (they're a little light). I tweeze just enough to create an arch, remove stray uni-hair, and just go with it. They look like a lighter version of the girl in the last pic, I think.

What can I say? I'm kind of a minimalist when it comes to being a girly girl.

As a guy, this is exactly what I'd advocate to girls: simply tweeze your eyebrows enough to keep them neat and feminine, and don't attempt anything fancy with them. In my view, eyebrows really aren't apt to be 'attractive'; they're just meant to blend harmoniously with the rest of your facial features. Accordingly, to me the most 'beautiful' eyebrows are simply those that attract the least attention; if I notice your eyebrows at all, chances are there's something you're doing wrong.

I'm obviously not a fan of penciled eyebrows, but neither am I a fan of thick/furry ones like Cara Delevingne has. As Buz expressed, they decidedly create an uncomfortable masculine vibe in a woman's face; for some reason I believe that mostly guys will be sensitive/reactive to that. Women might only perceive thick eyebrows as a mere distinctive feature, but believe me, most of us men really find that kind of overly masculine trait off-putting.

Just for fun, I've slightly photoshopped the last picture in browncoffee's OP. In my opinion, just a modest tweezing job would really improve that woman's appearance for the better. Whereas the 'before' eyebrows are somewhat too noticeable and masculine to my liking, the 'after' eyebrows merge much better with the rest of her face and really make her other gorgeous feminine features shine through:

2 Jan 2017

Stacey McMahon would be a lot of fun too:

2 Jan 2017

If we're including fitness models, then I'd totally invite Christina Halkiopoulos [s]to squat on my cock[/s] for a protein shake:

2 Jan 2017

Quote by MorePleasin
Jeez, NEVER buy your tires from "Crappy Tire"

It's a glorified hardware store, if that. You get better tires (and better car mechanics) from a place that specializes in tires, or auto repairs.

I wonder why you say this when they carry the exact same brands as any other tire store in much similar quantities/varieties; and that's coming from a guy who worked nearly two years in a tire warehouse owned by one of the biggest independent retailers of his city.

But whatever, my point was that Canadian Tire is a staple/exclusive Canadian store that's immensely popular for anything winter-related.

2 Jan 2017

255. Many provinces and territories, such as British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Quebec and Yukon produce over 90% of their electricity from clean/renewable hydroelectricity, while 60% of Canada's total electricity consumption comes from that source. By comparison, only 20-25% of the world's electricity consumption comes from renewable energy.