i knew what thursday meant when you mentioned it.
it's funny how certain people just get in your heart. i never met dave in person (I missed a chance in 2006 by about an hour because of a flight conflict). however, he seemed to exude a sense of peace and love that drew me to him.
during the dark days (at least that's how i refer to the time when our team seemed on the verge of dissolving) i left the team. i decided it really didn't matter if i was part of a team, it was the crunching that mattered. i kept crunching and spent some time with a couple of other teams. then i got the email from dave. it wasn't a "come back" email. it was just a "how are you doing" email. it was like i felt his heart in the email. i came back the next day and the only days i've missed crunching for this team since then was during a short trek with the US Air Force team.
i started loaning money through KIVA because he suggested it (if you don't already belong to this project, we have a MyOnlineTeam group at kiva.org). For a guy i never met, he sure impacted my life.
even when i got the fancy graphic for my sig, i left the tribute to dave on my sig.
I miss him every day and i smile everytime i see his "Good Morning" on RT's posts.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 10/25 - Active Members

Active team members report
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                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     128,525,681         276,885
GeraldRube                        2          0      83,094,394         120,126
judson Somerville MD              3          0      60,820,332         191,421
Coingames                         4          0      59,398,030          85,111
parmesian                         5          0      33,508,448          26,980
NiceMedTexMD                      6          0      30,713,025          37,007
brown chris                       7          0      22,468,249          18,501
xroule                            8          0      21,118,775          57,251
keithhenry                        9          0      19,050,801          13,945
David Autumns                    10          0      16,015,800          55,731
Vuj                              11          0      14,425,766          13,412
finman                           12          0      14,273,895          13,677
Esteban69                        13          0      13,607,158           4,508
Blueprint                        14          0      11,541,866          13,612
Fanie                            15          0      10,486,896           8,731
darth_vader                      16          0       9,152,757          13,681
dkt                              17          0       8,866,802          36,582
PohSoon                          18          0       8,163,179           6,360
frans6nl                         19          0       7,329,013           2,065
lawrencehardin                   20          0       6,133,163          11,942
Daeloan                          21          0       5,421,432          30,393
Tomwp                            22          0       3,748,391           1,882
smcclarigan                      23          0       3,536,803           3,196
jpenning                         24         +1       3,144,315          20,495
Mike OSullivan                   25         -1       3,138,714           2,489
Sunny L. Kae                     26          0       2,954,493           3,351
johng                            27          0       2,710,564             112
Wunderwuzzi                      28          0       2,292,859           1,495
Jockin                           29          0       2,267,041             989
harry_i_c                        30          0       2,159,016               0
Bon Kuhlman                      31          0       2,051,551           2,723
YellowAV                         32          0       1,519,175          13,215
pramodp                          33          0       1,516,097          16,557
elpe                             34          0       1,457,079             760
newtod                           35          0       1,057,562             545
Mechanical                       36          0         940,611           2,736
hne12359                         37          0         679,011           1,083
Jonathon Wright                  38          0         677,071             808
Lanscader                        39          0         621,787           3,018
Hintsala                         40          0         610,833           2,113
cknotty                          41          0         298,563               0
CCH                              42          0         264,871           2,486
Harry de Swart                   43          0         210,786               0
imdioxin                         44          0         123,897               0
sm217144                         45          0          32,203               0
stonechild                       46          0          25,356               0
little mermaid                   47          0           1,973               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 276,885 points
02: judson Somerville MD - 191,421 points
03: GeraldRube - 120,126 points
04: Coingames - 85,111 points
05: xroule - 57,251 points
06: David Autumns - 55,731 points
07: NiceMedTexMD - 37,007 points
08: dkt - 36,582 points
09: Daeloan - 30,393 points
10: parmesian - 26,980 points
11: jpenning - 20,495 points
12: brown chris - 18,501 points
13: pramodp - 16,557 points
14: keithhenry - 13,945 points
15: darth_vader - 13,681 points
16: finman - 13,677 points
17: Blueprint - 13,612 points
18: Vuj - 13,412 points
19: YellowAV - 13,215 points
20: lawrencehardin - 11,942 points

Total points returned today: 1,117,974
Active members returning points today: 40
Average points per member active today: 27,949.35

.......................CONGRATULATIONS David Autumns ON REACHING 16,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!.......................

Congratulations to GeraldRube, David Autumns and Pramodp on new milestones !!! See dKt closing on 10,000,000 and Mechqnical on 1,000,000! Way to go and MOT! Have a great evening. New computer is most of the way complete. Did have some thermal grease drop in CPU receptacle. Ignore, use ETOH to clean out or throw MB out and CPU and start over? Thanks in advance.

Good Morning MOT

Congratulations GeraldRube, David Autumns and pramodp!

I have never dropped thermal paste/grease into a CPU socket. I would be super careful about cleaning it. I don't know what kind of Processor (knowing you, it is not a 486 ) you are going to use but that could get expensive in a hurry.

I did that same search and there is some really bad advice out there. I am no expert but some of that is just garbage. I am not sure what I would do but I would start with a vacuum first, rubbing alcohol, Q tips, a big magnifying glass and compressed air. Only if I were sure that I got it really clean would I bet my processor on it.

Everyone have a great day and Thank You for contributing to the WCG