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Old 03-24-07   #121 (permalink)
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It's 1am now, I failed. I actually have papers to write, so I can't shutdown.
****, its 1:15 AM here too, guess I also failed lol..
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I don't get it. So how does this work?
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I don't get it. So how does this work?
Turn your computer off for 24 hours on the 24th
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Sometimes I have to go without computer for a couple of days at work. It's not big deal. If I'm at home paying for the internet, I'm gonna use it.

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haha, ill shut mine down

but i'll be at the library all day!
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eh f that. I'm grounded from going anywhere. So I have nothing to do except be at the gym or online.
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Screw that I'm off tomorrow.

Although I could my laptop off, I'm starting to think how fast the internet will be tomorrow :P
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I couldn't do it either... but maybe there was something about it? My Dell rig (2.8 P4 etc.) crashed while running overnight.
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I have 3 PCs on in my apartment right now and the 5 machines I left at the office are churning away @ 100% load (2 are folding for OCN, and the other 3 are stress testing - all Palermo cores)

So I fail shutdown extra hard XD
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Well my PC is off, im using my work PC lol.

Stupid work.
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