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  1. Howell

    How do people meet people?

    #18, "edgewise" is a colloquilism that can be left out and not change the meaning. Pretending requires imagination. It is to make believe. A child might pretend to be a cowboy or astronaut. Like how you pretend to not be Canadian. :D :P
  2. Howell

    How do people meet people?

    It is irrelevant what we mostly taked about. It is natural to talk about what you have in common or have previously discussed. The more you get to know someone the more things there are to talk about, ala SF. There is really only so much you can talk about in an hour. You are focusing too much...
  3. Howell

    Moving (Sucks)

    On the one hand I'm glad to learn that it's not a technical limitation. On the other hand...
  4. Howell

    Do you have to wear shirt at work?

    You're preaching to the choir, brother. I've never seen so many grown men weeping as the day I strolled through the fabrication floor. They won't let me back out there anymore as it kills production for the rest of the day.
  5. Howell

    Do you have to wear shirt at work?

    Sometimes I wear a bow-tie. :D
  6. Howell

    Do you have to wear shirt at work?

    I go to work bare-chested. It impresses the chicks ... and the boilermakers and machinists.
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    Moving (Sucks)

    Steve has a cable modem. ADSL is different from HDSL, IDSL and VHDSL and requires different equipement. You are the first person I know of to suggest that ADSL is artificially bandwidth capped.
  8. Howell

    HTML Email Sucks!

    Both of the multi-(m/b)illion dollar companies I have worked for most recently included the mail servers in the backup rotations. When a suit is filed the companies must stop reusing tapes until the suit reaches resolution. That is all.
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    Moving (Sucks)

    I am 5 blocks from the CO and I get the maximum 1.5. The top rated speed is good for 1500ft or something like that.
  10. Howell

    How do people meet people?

    And yet you spend so much time here. This is a social environment, you know. There is plenty of enough dichotomy in what you have written. The guy I spoke to on the phone is not asocial. You clearly are in the middle of an identity crisis. You need to figure out who you want to be. Be brave.
  11. Howell

    Pradeep gets hitched

    Congrats Pradeep! So it wasn't just the hunting bringing you to NY.
  12. Howell

    Huh? I thought Windows 2000 was designed for networking

    Ahh, so the real solution is to remove the graphical interface. It's the unix way!
  13. Howell

    Suggestions for a new avatar

    Tops Bill, Tops.
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    Huh? I thought Windows 2000 was designed for networking

    In MSs visual nomenclature, they use radio buttons for options that are mutually exclusive. The reason you have the option to deny is because it overrides all other allow permissions without much complication.
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    Huh? I thought Windows 2000 was designed for networking

    A)Do you have a domain? If not, you must create a user on the "server" with the same name and password as is used on the "workstation". You must do this for each user. You then put all the users in a group and give the group the rights to the folders. Having a domain minimises the workload when...
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    Over-Reliance On MS Endangers Business & National Securi

    http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15200245 "Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which Microsoft's program interoperate efficiently only with Internet...
  17. Howell

    All-in-one printer thingies - do they work right yet?

    :) I was going to comment on the fact that I had set up an enterprise fax software solution that would be too expensive. Similar to Rightfax, it's called VSIfax.
  18. Howell

    When RAI5 is not enough

    That's like saying there used to be a distinction between something and something else that's fundamentally different. :)
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    When RAI5 is not enough

    The article talks about their solution being comfortable up to 56 drives and able to take two lost drives with no data loss.
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    When RAI5 is not enough

    How many drives would you put into a RAID5 array before you decided that the probability of more than one drive failing was too great. HP has decided the number is 14. And their solution to this problem is: Advanced Data Guarding
  21. Howell

    Zip files....drawbacks?

    I wonder if winrar is getting confused and trying to compress files that are essentially incompressable. These are jpegs right. I also use NTFS compression on my personal drive. I so low maintenance. I have had zips become corrupted after moving them around. AD, you might be able to get an...
  22. Howell

    Laptop doesn't "see" Power Supply

    It could be heat related. Heat can cause a cracked solder joint to expand and lose contact.
  23. Howell

    Suggestions for a new avatar

    Ouch. Elder ribs are sensitive, eh.
  24. Howell

    Ghost compatibility with Serial ATA or Intel chipsets

    Situation: This document describes what you need to do to get Ghost to work with your Serial ATA drive controller. Solution: Ghost is compatible with the new Serial ATA standard. If you are experiencing problems such as Ghost hanging, locking up, or freezing when loading, the problem lies with...
  25. Howell

    Weird slowdown

    Speedy for me right now.
  26. Howell

    Can't delete a file

    Possibly the index service?
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    Suggestions for a new avatar

    I think I would have gone with an eye with a sharp stick in it. Couldn't find a picture though. Hi mubs, let me introduce myself. I'm Mr. Obnoxious.
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    Buying a LCD in the next day and need advice

    I buy my batteries locally, at an electronics supply store. The last battery I purchased was for an APC and cost $15. I think it was a 240 or 420 VA.
  29. Howell

    Getting In Shape

    Like if you were talking about animals in heat.
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    Donuts

    I had to go with the apple fritter just because of the volume. I think KK plain donuts are the best of all the donuts I've had. Although there is a bakery walking distance to work that have very good pasteries. At a previous job I worked at a baking company. Samples were erverywhere and free. I...
  31. Howell

    Getting In Shape

    I have to admit to not realizing the definition of buggered. Not that it was in my daily vocabulary anyway.
  32. Howell

    All-in-one printer thingies - do they work right yet?

    We have ~15 Brother MFC-8500 and 8600 all-in-one devices. We have not had trouble out of any of them and some have been here for more than a year. They have a seperable toner cart. and drum and the machine keeps track of when the drum needs to be replaced (by page counter and you have to...
  33. Howell

    Getting In Shape

    Where's the wolf whistle emoticon? PS. I also wish we had an emoticon that looked like a quarter-note or eighth-note.
  34. Howell

    [NEWS] - ATM to use Windows in 3 years

    What does the error say?
  35. Howell

    Folding@Home

    i, I had considered converting my stuff to rack mount but even though work gave my a 7' enclosed rack I still could not justify the cost. The BTX form factor was just announced, would you buy all new cases? I have determined that the most efficient use of my money is to invest in... crap I...
  36. Howell

    Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?

    I know. Think outside the block. :lol:
  37. Howell

    How do people meet people?

    Merc, you have a lovely list of reasons not to visit. The good news is the list is moot. Nobody who cares about you cares if you spend the evening in the bathroom. I mean no body cares in a good way. By making the offer Fushigi is accepting that you might accidently burn the house down. And, if...
  38. Howell

    I am not smart enough to call Australia

    Well, you sure don't sound like you described yourself even mid-day. PS. It took me a couple tries before my cell phone VM message did not have a voice crack in it. :)
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    I am not smart enough to call Australia

    Well, since the cat is out: about six or seven months ago Buck was harrassing Tannin about not selling to the US. I thought it would be pretty funny to discuise my voice and try to place an order and then have it sent to TN. Unfortunately, though I tried calling literally multiple times every...
  40. Howell

    Seagate Warranty Information

    Why would Tannin care? He's not gonna buy anything else anyway.
  41. Howell

    Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?

    Although, understandably, the same "magic" that gets the same power out of both systems is likely make the waveform look magical. I see your point. Square-waves...fast fourier transforms...EE AHHHHH *runs and curles up in a ball after reliving repressed memories.
  42. Howell

    Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?

    Assume it's the same. I know there will be a certain margin of error. I'm just looking for a ballpark.
  43. Howell

    What to do now?

    we => he
  44. Howell

    What to do now?

    I had a high school friend join the Marines after graduating from UVA specificly so we could lead people. ie, to be a leader.
  45. Howell

    Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?

    With both being non-turbo? Assume weight and everything else is the same. You think the torque and power curves would be roughly the same shape but with the higher displacement engine curve shifted toward the lower RPMs?
  46. Howell

    Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?

    What would be the power-feel difference between a 2.0L and 2.5L non-turbo engine with the same amount of horsepower and torque(eg. mid-60s for both)?
  47. Howell

    Norton System Works Pro 2001 and W2K SP4

    http://news.com.com/2100-1046-1015096.html?tag=nl PS, If folks won't install security patches, why would they install virus updates.
  48. Howell

    What to do now?

    If you hire on with the university, you should get reduced cost for classes. Maybe 9 hours free a semester.
  49. Howell

    How do people meet people?

    Merc, is there even a small amount of comfort or relief you would feel if you were "confined"? What does being institutionalized mean to you? Describe being institutionalized/what its like being institutionalized (since you haven't been, imagine)?
  50. Howell

    Any problem reading this?

    Although I can read it fine, there were a couple of wrods I had to read twice.
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