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Ben Round de Bloc
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Or is it always in an air-conditioned room? |
Nothing personal, Guy, because I know you don't intend to sound like it, but your comments here seem to be getting more and more condescending as you go along.  |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ben Round de Bloc wrote: |
| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Or is it always in an air-conditioned room? |
Nothing personal, Guy, because I know you don't intend to sound like it, but your comments here seem to be getting more and more condescending as you go along. |
Hmm. Those of you living in coastal or warm areas perhaps don't realize that not all parts of Mexico are the same as where you are. A/C isn't common in DF. Let me rephrase the question.
I used a laptop in Acapulco when I lived there. It was in and out of A/C and that caused damage. Do those of you living in hot parts of the country find similar problems with computer equipment (all types of computer equipment), whether it stays in A/C or not? LS mentioned that some teachers there do bring laptops into class.... and some of you have mentioned, at one time or another, that your facilities have A/C, at least partially.
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| You'd need high-speed internet to do it right. Getting to be pretty standard in DF now....maybe not in the smaller towns yet? |
You're right, I didn't mean to sound condescending with this at all. I figured it was the right answer to delacosta's comment since online video needs a high-speed connection. Since delacosta asked, I asked if high-speed connections aren't that common yet away from large population centers like DF. Tim, I know it's available in Merida, for example, so the question was if it is becoming standard in other places. I was thinking that a conversation about online video availability and application would develop from that. |
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Ben Round de Bloc
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Hmm. Those of you living in coastal or warm areas perhaps don't realize that not all parts of Mexico are the same as where you are. A/C isn't common in DF. Let me rephrase the question. |
A/C isn't common here either, especially not among the common folks, and Merida would definitely be considered a "warm" area. Currently 33� with 67% relatively humidity, and it'll be 36� or 37� when I head for work this afternoon.
Only certain buildings/rooms on the campuses of the state university here have A/C. For example, the computer/language lab for our department has A/C . . . but it is only turned on when teachers take their classes in to use the lab, which is only a few hours per day at most.
As for tech equipment and the climate here, I'm sure the hot, humid climate isn't the best for computers. I think an equal problem is the dust and dirt when computers aren't kept in A/C. Open windows, ceiling fans, a dusty street in front of my house, and a cement company next door = lots of dust and dirt blowing in. One time when my PC died and I took it to the techie to be fixed, he discovered that the problem was a gecko. Poor little thing had gotten inside my computer, touched two wrong wires at the same time, and fried. |
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M@tt
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Location: here and there
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did i say laptops? i meant,
felt boards, people! |
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