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Sheesh, you're right Mark, sorry about that. I followed a link to get there, and didn't see the date; getting blind and inattentive in old age! Is this still happening, though? The main reason this is nesworthy is because MS insists it's not sending any data back other than patches already...

Vets seem to hurt about as much as they help. We had an American Spitz that we got as a puppy. The fella survived a lot of stuff, including a fall from 40 feet (he broke one tooth and one paw; limped around in a cast for a few months). When he was about 10 (growing old gracefully), he had some...

Here. I guess this is really nothing new. Vista will be a great impetus to move to Linux.

My deepest consolences, CityK. It's always hard when it happens. Been there several times. It never, ever, gets easier. I console myself at times like this with the thought that it was better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. Cliche it may be, but there's still a lot of...

Look really closely, and you can see Tannin waving.

Let us know what size PS works, Merc.

Minister: Canada Needs More Immigrants Emphasis mine.

Thanks Tannin.

UMA Socket = :confused:

Gilbo, generally agree with what you said. Digicams have very good depth of field, so longer shots are usually in focus. This being a close-up, focussing mattered more. I would hazard a guess the the pink stalk was the centerpoint, and was too narrow for the camera to focus on, so it shifted the...

I'm not going to be of much help, Buck, CityK is a shining beacon of light compared to me as far as Linux is concerned. Though I have an older spare machine that could run a modern OS reasonably well, for various reasons I end up trying it in VMWare, having compatibility problems, and giving up...

Indeed, a photographer he is, just not a professional one (following occupation as paid job: engaged in an occupation as a paid job rather than as a hobby). I think his passion for nature outstrips his love of money 10000:1.

Gee, that Lake Albacutya seems m-a-s-s-i-v-e! I thought that was a large plain. If something that size has 30 feet of water, even if you can't see nuttin at the top, I suspect there's plenty underground. Nice pics, Tea. Gives me the wanderlust to get out in the open, away from all this...

Bad doggie!

10.0 is out; I'm downloading now (sheesh, 9.3 came out just a few months ago?). The "Eval" does not time out. The list of mirrors is here.

Yup, that's the one, thanks Fushigi. I only watched 2 or 3 edpisodes, then I think it got canceled. I didn't even know its broadcast schedule; just found it by luck on those few rare instances when I happened to veg out in front of the TV and was flipping channels.

This article claims WoW spies on players quite a bit.

What LM quoted looks like a literal translation from Korean :rofl:

I'm not much of a TV watcher either; in the last 10 years, I've averaged a few hours a year. Before that, I used to watch Star Trek: The Next Gen whenever I could. Same with X-Files till they got too paranoid. I used to enjoy Matlock and Columbo once in a while. I got hooked on a show that was...

I'd hazard a guess that you're wrong. Obviously I didn't go through all 1716 reviews, but I'll bet there were a few who dissed the show. But these are drowned out by the overwhelming majority who did give it 5 stars. I've seldom seen this many reviews for a product at Amazon.

This ought to make Tannin happy.

Amazon has "Firefly - The Complete Series (2002)" for $31 shipped. Average Customer Review: 5 full stars Based on 1716 Reviews. Yikes!

I followed a link from digg.com and saw the first 9 minutes (official teaser) of Serenity. Very interesting! I understand why Merc insists some Firefly background is necessary to fully appreciate Serenity.

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Hey Casanova Drueding, back off from my niece! I had to play with the words to irritate Discy! (Where did he get the "holes in knees because of aspirin" idea???)

Sheesh. 81mg a day is inconsequential enough to not be a problem and consequential enough to have some benefit. (I know you're only joking, Dïscfärm, but I had to throw that in there). Besides, those on a regimen take buffered aspirin, so even their stomachs are not full of holes, let alone...

A global warming article a bit different, with a few different angles. We may be in for a hotter time than we realize. L.A. Times. Melting, melting By Mike Davis, author of "City of Quartz," "Dead Cities" and the forthcoming "Monster at the Door: the Global Threat of Avian Influenza" (New...

Anytime, my friend! I'll watch 'em and gladly send them back. I'll be out of the country mid-Nov to mid-Dec, though.

Merc Alert! L.A. Times article: Joss Whedon used every cost-cutting trick he knew — or could invent — to keep production of the sci-fi feature "Serenity" in L.A. I confess to not having read the article. I'll rent the DVD when it's available, just because Merc said it was a good movie.

Does this mean you're now in the audio business as well, Buck?

This may seem an odd solution; why not have the printing press that makes these forms print the number in reverse order or pack them in the cartons in reverse order? It may be a lot easier for them to do than we think.

Ouch, that can hurt! Isn't it illegal to have such loud horns? I was at an Autozone the other day, and there was a guy with a huge Dodge truck that had come in for something. He and I were taking turns talking to the same guy at the store. He apparently knew the store guy and was chatting him...

When we bought my wife's Honda some years back, I walked in with a pre-approved loan at a very competitive rate. After picking the car we wanted, the dealer's finance guy begged me to finance with Honda at 0.5% less, and I refused, saying the hassle was not worth it. He begged so hard and long I...

A relative abroad wanted a hard-to-find grad-level textbook. Amazon didn't have it, but a bookseller (SuperBookDeals.com) at the Amz Marketplace did have new copies available. I ordered one, and it was a positive experience, albeit very slow. The book was new as claimed, but printed prominently...

One factor nobody's mentioned is the personal responsibility of the clergy. Having taken vows of celibacy, if a priest later finds he's attracted to somebody (regardless of gender, and pedophilia doesn't count - that's sickness), then one of two things should happen: either enough self-control...

1.07. Apparently Tannin had a problem too (no idea what browser, he uses them all). He skewered the guy, didn't he? :D

Whatever, the man is worth $18B today.

What I've never understood is why an eye massager or a, er, personal enjoyment device should be USB powered. Why can't it just be battery powered? Wouldn't it be more convenient that way? And the mug-warmer - it makes more sense to just plug it into the mains.

Buck is back!

LM: if you boot Acronis from external media, can you write the image to a) an internal DVD drive b) an external Firwire and/or USB DVD drive If so, does it use packet-writing? Thanks.

From Tim's link: So which higher-power amps use the more powerful versions of the chip?

Tim, if you look at it on Amazon, it says it will be shipped from Target. Some people have apparently bought it there for <$15 on clearance. If you're in a hurry, you could check there.

In keeping with my habit of making posts that are not intended to be controversial, just thought-provoking, but nevertheless end up causing trouble for the webmaster, and sending some members here into a tizzy, here's another one. I had to fight the urge to cut-n-paste the whole thing, but that...

Going off on a tangent a bit: this flash thingie hit home for me, what with the Patriot Act, TSA, RFID, and big-brother and big-business in cahoots. I'm not into conspiracies, but there has been a gradual erosion of privacy over time on one pretext or another. Turn on the sound; that's where the...

Eye Massager. Shrimp, duck, etc. devices. Thumb drive (this one is kinda cute). Spaghetti USB cable.

jtr and i, you're both right. But speaking practically, jtr, what you're suggesting isn't going to happen in a hurry. i's suggestions have a better chance of coming to fruition in the shorter term, IMHO.

Bozo: Ask and you shall receive. There are also some other very pretty clock screensavers there.

Tony: what you said is a given. Absolutely, no doubt about it. But we've been asleep at the wheel when it comes to weaning ourselves off fossil fuels. I think this coal to oil is important simply because it will give us the time to transition to cleaner fuels. If there was nukillear conflict in...

My thoughts exactly! It is possible that he takes the easy way put with his web site but is a good designer/coder with his programming. The Iconize program was recommended, that's why I went there.

I found Foxit Reader for Windows; anybody know if it is any good?