From: Pd on
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>
> > For fucks sake Rowland, take some personal responsibility.
>
> Seriously; he can't.

I know, it's just the first time I've seen him start blaming other
people for 'forcing' him to act the way he does. Maybe I'm just in an
easily irritated mood this morning.

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Pd
From: Jim on
On 2010-03-26, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> > For fucks sake Rowland, take some personal responsibility.
>>
>> Seriously; he can't.
>
> I know, it's just the first time I've seen him start blaming other
> people for 'forcing' him to act the way he does. Maybe I'm just in an
> easily irritated mood this morning.

I think I must have been in one of those since about Christmas.

And yes, I'll try again.

Jim
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From: TOG on
On 26 Mar, 09:32, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
> On 2010-03-26 09:10:48 +0000, Jim said:
>
> > On 2010-03-26, Geoff Berrow <blthe...(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> PC fans don't change speed.
>
> > They most certainly do. Or, at least, every PC I've used that was made in
> > the last 3 or 4 years can alter fan speeds. I've got a Fujitsu behind me
> > that sounds like a hovercraft at times, then calms down.
>
> They even have settings apart from 0 and max rpm, and I think they're
> generally under the control of most OSes.
>
Out of curiosity, how would one alter the fan speed on a Mac?
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:56:06 -0700 (PDT), "TOG(a)Toil"
<totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>On 26 Mar, 09:32, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
>> On 2010-03-26 09:10:48 +0000, Jim said:
>>
>> > On 2010-03-26, Geoff Berrow <blthe...(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >> PC fans don't change speed.
>>
>> > They most certainly do. Or, at least, every PC I've used that was made in
>> > the last 3 or 4 years can alter fan speeds. I've got a Fujitsu behind me
>> > that sounds like a hovercraft at times, then calms down.
>>
>> They even have settings apart from 0 and max rpm, and I think they're
>> generally under the control of most OSes.
>>
>Out of curiosity, how would one alter the fan speed on a Mac?

I used smcFanControl back when I had a need to do so. Also there's:

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: Woody on
On 26/03/2010 13:56, TOG(a)Toil wrote:
> On 26 Mar, 09:32, Chris Ridd<chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
>> On 2010-03-26 09:10:48 +0000, Jim said:
>>
>>> On 2010-03-26, Geoff Berrow<blthe...(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>> PC fans don't change speed.
>>
>>> They most certainly do. Or, at least, every PC I've used that was made in
>>> the last 3 or 4 years can alter fan speeds. I've got a Fujitsu behind me
>>> that sounds like a hovercraft at times, then calms down.
>>
>> They even have settings apart from 0 and max rpm, and I think they're
>> generally under the control of most OSes.
>>
> Out of curiosity, how would one alter the fan speed on a Mac?

Putting your finger in the fan alters it quite drastically I have found.

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Woody