[lug] Umm...is this bad?

[D. Stimits]

Deva Samartha wrote:
> 
> Phew! - it's all relative... one of my boxes started chirping, then I
> cleaned out the dust caught in the CPU heatsink, that took care of it, for now.
> 
> Phoenix - been there recently, way too hot for me and if the global warming
> goes on like this, I'll have to move north ;-)

One summer long ago I lived in Phoenix. I had a plastic drafting kit in
my backpack, and went for a bike ride. When I got where I was going, it
had melted inside the backpack.

The real problem I felt though was humidity. The Salt River Project was
there, stuck inside a valley, so humidity was often 90% or so; whereas
places like Tucson were maybe 10% humidity, and Tucson felt nice even at
105 degrees. I wouldn't mind the heat in places that are under 10%
humidity, but bring up humidity, and it can suck really fast...the
problem with computers is they don't have sweat glands (a.k.a.,
evaporative cooling).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> S.
> 
> At 09:52 AM 7/5/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hot? It's nice here! I grew up in Phoenix, it doesn't get hot here =] !
> >
> >Justin
> >
> > > Maybe the 'puter just does not like the hot weather
> > > and wants a break ;-)
> > >
> 
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