I was out of the lab the past five days as my folks were in town, so nothing really all that exciting to report. This morning I was able to cobble together rack pieces from different vendors that somehow miraculously fit together so we were finally able to rack up the new potential science database replica server in the closet this afternoon. However it was a rather arduous endeavor getting this particularly heavy object to slide perfectly onto these delicate rails. I think I may have herniated myself. Jeff and I almost lost the whole thing when trying to pull it out for a second attempt but luckily Robert (another sys admin here at the lab) was walking past the server closet and lent a hand. Meanwhile, Bob did some work in finding out how to vastly reduce the number of indexes on the result table in the BOINC database, which we'll probably enact tomorrow. That should help general database performance.

- Matt

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I think I may have herniated myself.
- Matt

So watt’s da project you gunna work on first?

MB > Multi Beam?

or

MB > My Back?

:)

I think I may have herniated myself.

Ibuprofen is your friend.

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> something you may want to try out - 'biofreeze' roll on / spray / gel

google it Sir -

Sincerely,

richard

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I think I may have herniated myself.

Ibuprofen is your friend.

Ibuprofen is not going to solve any hernias. You need surgery to repair a hernia, and that surgery will disable you for around six weeks due to the pain afterwards. I know from personal experience with an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernias also seemed to run in my family, so mention that you had one so that the male members know to have that checked out in their next physicals.

I think I may have herniated myself.

Ibuprofen is your friend.

Ibuprofen is not going to solve any hernias. You need surgery to repair a hernia, and that surgery will disable you for around six weeks due to the pain afterwards. I know from personal experience with an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernias also seemed to run in my family, so mention that you had one so that the male members know to have that checked out in their next physicals.

off tOpic 4 a moment . . .

Jesse - in the Pain Dept. - Biofreeze HAS been used by quite a number of Patients recoverin' from said surgery - and it's 'natural' - so there aren't any side effects - as in 'ibuprofin' which gives me nerves a work over as well as causes 'cold sweats' . . . (ps - i don't drink Nor do i do any drugs - prescriptive or otherwise)

baCk On tOpic for Matt's Thread . . .

I think I may have herniated myself.

Ibuprofen is your friend.

Ibuprofen is not going to solve any hernias. You need surgery to repair a hernia, and that surgery will disable you for around six weeks due to the pain afterwards. I know from personal experience with an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernias also seemed to run in my family, so mention that you had one so that the male members know to have that checked out in their next physicals.

I suspect Matt was just pulling our legs (rather than something else being pulled). However, I could be wrong. Nah!

I suspect Matt was just pulling our legs

As was that Misfit character.

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I think I may have herniated myself.

Ibuprofen is your friend.

Ibuprofen is not going to solve any hernias. You need surgery to repair a hernia, and that surgery will disable you for around six weeks due to the pain afterwards. I know from personal experience with an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernias also seemed to run in my family, so mention that you had one so that the male members know to have that checked out in their next physicals.

off tOpic 4 a moment . . .

Jesse - in the Pain Dept. - Biofreeze HAS been used by quite a number of Patients recoverin' from said surgery - and it's 'natural' - so there aren't any side effects - as in 'ibuprofin' which gives me nerves a work over as well as causes 'cold sweats' . . . (ps - i don't drink Nor do i do any drugs - prescriptive or otherwise)

baCk On tOpic for Matt's Thread . . .

Just because something is natural does not mean it is side effect free. Tobacco is natural, and it is a slow killer.

By the way, I am completely unfamilliar with Biofreeze.

Just because something is natural does not mean it is side effect free. Tobacco is natural, and it is a slow killer.

I was thinking of Hemlock, Cobra Venom and Botulinum toxin, which are all natural, and are not slow.

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Just because something is natural does not mean it is side effect free. Tobacco is natural, and it is a slow killer.

I was thinking of Hemlock, Cobra Venom and Botulinum toxin, which are all natural, and are not slow.

I was actually thinking of dart frog slime - again, not exactly slow.

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Just because something is natural does not mean it is side effect free. Tobacco is natural, and it is a slow killer.

I was thinking of Hemlock, Cobra Venom and Botulinum toxin, which are all natural, and are not slow.

I was actually thinking of dart frog slime - again, not exactly slow.

Ned, John...
Key word here is "side effect"... for hemlock, neurotoxin type snake venom, BoTox, (full force) and poison arrow frog venom, the effect most people think of is the main effect, not the side effect...

An example would be ethyl alcohol (as in wine)... the main effect is to get ya drunk... side effects can include cirrosis of the liver, heart disease, etc...

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

Just because something is natural does not mean it is side effect free. Tobacco is natural, and it is a slow killer.

I was thinking of Hemlock, Cobra Venom and Botulinum toxin, which are all natural, and are not slow.

I was actually thinking of dart frog slime - again, not exactly slow.

Ned, John...
Key word here is "side effect"... for hemlock, neurotoxin type snake venom, BoTox, (full force) and poison arrow frog venom, the effect most people think of is the main effect, not the side effect...

An example would be ethyl alcohol (as in wine)... the main effect is to get ya drunk... side effects can include cirrosis of the liver, heart disease, etc...

I wasn't thinking of anything that deep.

Just counter examples to the "organic is good for you" mantra.

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"...An example would be ethyl alcohol (as in wine)... the main effect is to get ya drunk... side effects can include cirrosis of the liver, heart disease, etc..."

Another side effect (in women) is unplanned pregnancy ....

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On odd days doctors say red wine is good for the heart, on even days doctors say it is bad for the liver. Drink it only on odd days.
Tullio

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