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Title: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: lacedwithkerosene on June 11, 2011, 07:59:04 PM If you were intrigued when you saw this:
https://i.imgur.com/ieNK0.png Then you might want to read this: The full story (http://www.bitcoinminingaccidents.com/?p=271) yes, it is surprising that this wasn't a joke after all. The guy seems like a good sport, and offers genuine advice. Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: PabloW on June 11, 2011, 08:02:44 PM Shit, this aint funny at all. I have 3 GPUs very close to my bed, where my head is on. the heat is true, but I always leave my window open because of that, the keep the fans at a normal speed, I dont push them to 100%
But hell, I think im going to buy a dedicated miner to put in another place of the house sooner that I was. Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: Basiley on June 11, 2011, 08:04:43 PM thats why im talk about creating miners union - to maintain working safety standarts, share knowledge, dealing with traders and etc.
and of course, organize evil/wild orgys to celebrate BTC marching around Globe :P Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: bcpokey on June 11, 2011, 08:08:58 PM Moral of the story, don't run a space heater in the middle of a hot summer?
I just hope rare stories like this don't get picked up and reposted all over as some dire warning of the evil dangers of this wicked bitcoin thingy. Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: CentroniX on June 11, 2011, 08:13:32 PM Quote They rushed me to the ER, and at this point I was barely conscious so I don’t remember everything, but they put bags of ice on me and made me drink tons of liquids What, the ER was out of IV's?Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: Skunkworks on June 11, 2011, 08:30:47 PM Quote They rushed me to the ER, and at this point I was barely conscious so I don’t remember everything, but they put bags of ice on me and made me drink tons of liquids What, the ER was out of IV's?That is standard treatment for hyperthermia... Also I seriously thought this guy was trolling when I first saw the story on /g/. Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: Dien5Daze on June 11, 2011, 08:32:02 PM So... can I buy a couple of his 5850s then?
What? Too soon? Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: beeph on June 11, 2011, 08:33:59 PM so the 'source' for this 'true story' is bitcoinmining.com? Is that like a division of CNN?
Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: CentroniX on June 11, 2011, 08:42:34 PM Quote They rushed me to the ER, and at this point I was barely conscious so I don’t remember everything, but they put bags of ice on me and made me drink tons of liquids What, the ER was out of IV's?That is standard treatment for hyperthermia... Also I seriously thought this guy was trolling when I first saw the story on /g/. Hrmm. I'm by no means a medical expert, but my initial thought was they were doing it for hydration. But I guess along the same lines, people with hypothermia are given hot liquids too, to warm from the inside. I don't know, find it hard to believe myself, but I guess anythings possible. I woke up hot last night because I forgot to turn the thermostat down to 74F and it was 78F in the room. But I guess some people can/will sleep through anything! Title: Re: The guy who sustained permanent brain damage tells his story Post by: kiwiasian on June 11, 2011, 08:47:59 PM My three 5850s are in a different room and the ceiling/window fans go all night to keep the room cool.
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