| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
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| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
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Note 164.0 Cats and Computers No replies
ESPN::HENDRICKS "Holly" 19 lines 18-NOV-1986 21:46
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Now that winter is upon us, and I am doing a lot of work and noting
at home in the evening, I have noticed a strange phenomenon occurring.
As soon as one of us sits down to work at one of the computers,
one of the cats has inched his or her way up onto the top of the
monitor.
I don't know much about air flow, but it sure seems to me that a
large cat atop the air vents on a large monitor could create havoc.
Does anybody know? Should I make a concerted effort to keep them
off the computers?
Has anyone found an easy way to discourage furry creatures from
trying to soak up the excess hot air? (Barbed wire perhaps.)
In case this sounds like a joke, I am serious, and really do want
to know whether it's a serious problem, and what other people do!
Holly
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| 395.1 | Try this... | KOALA::FAMULARO | Joe, ZK02-2/R94, DTN381-2565 | Wed Nov 19 1986 08:58 | 7 |
Not a good idea to prevent proper ventilation from occuring. Try
this, put an electric blanket on the floor near the computer. When
you turn on the machine turn the blanket on also. The cat may discover
a soft warm blanket is better than hard warm plastic.
My short haired cat loves the electric blanket.
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| 395.2 | You too may have to have it repaired | PULSAR::CHAPMAN | Wed Nov 19 1986 10:08 | 6 | |
Actually one of life's more embarassing moments is when you take
your terminal in for repair and they have to vacuum out the cat
hair that has accumulated through the intake fan. People
that service our terminals have absolutely no sense of humor.
Carel
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| 395.3 | a warming thaught | CHAMP2::EPETERSON | Tue Nov 25 1986 11:22 | 16 | |
While it is ture that a cat can cause problems for computer terminals
due to the fact that they are very effective blockers of air flow,
one could just as easely take advantage of this property. I am
currently trying to teach my troop to act is insulation. I encourage
them to sleep stretched out at the bottom of outside doors in order
to keep cold air out. I am also thinking of buying a few hundred
more cats and letting them stay in the attic. I figure if I got
enough of them to cover the entire attic floor, I would save hundreds
in heating costs. I find that kittens below the age of 6 months
make the best bedwarmers. I think that is because of their high
metabolic rate. It is this metabolic rate, however, that makes
it dificult for them to stay in "kitten quilt" formation for very
long. It has been my experience that cats can warm much more that
just my heart. (enough foolinsness!)
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