[ltp] Is my thinkpad burning?

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:37, Lubos Kolouch wrote:
> On 11/12/05, Macskassy Csaba <bitumen@tuxworld.homelinux.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:27:31 +0100, Michele Campeotto
> > <micampe@micampe.it>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > In fact, it is. Since those are OEM licenses, tied to the hardware
> > > they're first installed, the stickers are made to be impossible to
> > > remove and stick on another machine: if you try to remove them they
> > > will rip apart.
> >
> > Interresting point... Does anyone know how to remove the sticker
> > anyway? Perhaps there is a special method. I use only debian, but
> > since I have bought that system I do not want to throw away my
> > license...
>
> i could do it easy with a sharp knife and a lot of patience :)

You'd find it a _lot_ easier if the label is very cold.
Many gum adhesives stop sticking effectively below about -10 degrees 
Celsius.

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CS