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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:43 PM
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Putting a magnet to the monitor screws it up
Wow I like didnt know that.
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arcos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:45 PM
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1. yup, that's why computer speakers are shielded...
Otherwise monitors would get fucked up
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:46 PM
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6. oh is that right, interesting
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:45 PM
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2. Did you find that out the hard way, John?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:45 PM
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4. Yeah
Its not that screwy though.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:45 PM
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3. It does Wonders for TV sets also!
Whoa!..Look at the cool colors...
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 11:46 PM
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5. Yep
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Willy Wonka Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:06 AM
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7. regular magnet or near earth magnet?
Powerful stuff.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:06 AM
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8. just something from a gift my little bro got, so a regular I bet
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:46 AM
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9. If it was only a brief exposure
then the degauss button (or option) on your monitor may get it back to normal. That's the button (or option) that usually looks like an upside down horseshoe with a diagonal line through it.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:49 AM
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10. Its fine now, I put the opposite side of the magnet on it and it fixed it
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 01:00 AM
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12. Nice job.
;)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:58 AM
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11. My son taught me that when he was 4...
Not that he meant to...
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 03:02 AM
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13. That's a Good Way to....
Fuck up one of those "Diebold ATM" machines.
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 03:03 AM
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14. Well.... d'uh!!! And I thought you were all smart n' shit!!








i kid because i care. and i am on a lunatic rage right now.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 03:05 AM
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15. If I didn't fail chemistry, I would have never known that
as I said, its one of the my smartest decisions.
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 03:08 AM
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16. I am just trying to start shit.
I swear, I am going to bed now, so I will shut the fuck up. For now.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 03:08 AM
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17. I should be asleep but I am not, hah the story of my life
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