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  1. mubs

    Full spectrum solar cell?

    Well, Silly, dumb ole me, I've been trying to figure out how you guys don't get the "Quote" title when you quote somebody! If you'll tell me that, I'll tell you how I made the box disapper. Trade? :D
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    Full spectrum solar cell?

    Howell wrote: the method of piping sunlight to the underground area. Unnatual lighting just doesn't cut it for long. Check out Solatube. I've known about them for a while, and always wondered why people that built homes never used these. I too love natural light and will use them if/when I build...
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    Another reason why I don't like Intel.

    Fool: You didn't include the well-worn, old standby: May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch
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    Would you like fries with that order, sir?

    The pastels for currency notes would make it look like Monopoly money! Yuck.
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    Suggest a free zip/unzip proggie for W2k

    CQ, I downloaded it from Nonags, but the link you found will work as well.
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    Find the error in this picture.

    Yes! The company moved, and while I moved all the computing stuff, I had weird feelings and refused to move the phone stuff and paid AT&T to do it. The guy showed up, put it in his truck, moved it, set it up, and the voice-mail PC wouldn't boot. According to him, this was an outdated model and...
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    Suggest a free zip/unzip proggie for W2k

    I spent a lot of time last evening installing and uninstalling several free (including Ultimate Zip) proggies that were recommended here and that got the highest ratings on Nonags and Tucows. They all seem very similar in features, speed and interface (with minor but annoying differences)...
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    Suggest a free zip/unzip proggie for W2k

    Thanks, folks! I'll check these out. :P
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    Find the error in this picture.

    In the mid-late '90s I worked at a small company. We installed a new telephone system with "integrated voice mail" from AT&T. The voice mail part happened to be a PC. I was really crestfallen to see that it was a 486-33 white box PC (with AT&T screen printed on the front); 0.5 GB IDE hard...
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    Suggest a free zip/unzip proggie for W2k

    Thanks. WinAce "standard" is $29. :(
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    Suggest a free zip/unzip proggie for W2k

    I currently use PowerDesk 3.03a which came with Fixit Utilities that I bought ~ 4 years ago. It comes with features I don't want (full windows explorer, viewers, etc.). I'm almost done setting up a new instance of W2k, and am looking for a lean/mean utility that can uncompress, compress and...
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    Find the error in this picture.

    You had me going back in time there, Explorer! In my brudder's office sits a Dell server with a Brooktrout 2-port ISA fax card in a Dell PowerEdge 2300 - a fairly critical part of the whole setup. It's been working flawlessly for almost 5 years. Brooktrout makes universal PCI fax cards now, but...
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    Newbie Transferring Files from Old to New Machine

    If he's running Win98/ME on the P90, use a USB flash drive; they'll have drivers for for those OSes. This would really be the easiest.
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    Anything into Oil?

    Don't mean to hijack this thread, but anyone heard of this guy? He talks about an impending magnetic shift and how the earth's crust will move. Result: midwest will be the U.S.'s new west coast. Yup, and Manhattan, NYC, et. al. will disappear too. There's not much info on the web site (you're...
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    SR new forums

    Blech. Please, leave this one the way it is.
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    I hate all of you Americans - Newegg's specials

    Mark, Please don't get me wrong. I'm not sue-happy either (my significant other's name is something else :D ). I've never sued, even when I had sufficient cause and could clearly win a judgement. Your point about the individual having to go through hell without much benefit, and the liyars...
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    I hate all of you Americans - Newegg's specials

    I can't believe that's legal. Why hasn't anything been done about it???
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    I hate all of you Americans - Newegg's specials

    As blakerwry said, replacement drives should have a warranty that finishes the warranty of the first one you bought. If not, SUE! I'm not a lawyer and don't care for them, but fair's fair, eh? This here below is surely old hat, but bears repeating nonetheless. In the beginning was the plan...
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    Anything into Oil?

    Paid lackeys; PR people; spin doctors. I have never understood these and never will. When all your tarining, skills, knowledge tell you something is bad, how can you take the opposite stance, just for money? I could never do it. Maybe that's one reason I'm not rich. In the monetary sense, that is.
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    I hate all of you Americans - Newegg's specials

    mercutio wrote: Isn't that illegal? How can it not be under warranty? Contact your State AG!
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    I hate all of you Americans - Newegg's specials

    Gee, Merc, I feel your pain. You should actually write a nice letter to WD's CEO, introducing yourself and your credentials (lest he think you're a noobie nut-case), and then cut-n-paste this post of yours into the letter. I mean, that, really. How else will they know/believe what's wrong with...
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    Um... like, hello!

    If there's nothing much happening in the industry, there's not much to talk about, is there? Enjoy your pipe and slippers, tannin. And have a dwink as well.
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    Opteron pics

    Aren't the procs being made with the .13 micron process? And they're still pretty small!
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    Zpeech Impediment?

    Guess you're pretty close to the action, Mark (that Intel guy held without charge and refused bail).
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    Zpeech Impediment?

    No. Just an affectation. Chalk it down to her age.
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    Budget upgrade challenge

    And, before you reply, Fushigi, please, just quickly list your m/b, ram brand/model nos. as well. I know they're in this thread somewhere, but please?
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    Opteron pics

    Here. None of the hi-rez image links work; the low-rez ones I checked do. Seems small, like the original Pentium. IIRC, the Pentium Pro was twice as large.
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    Burt Rutan and space flight

    Fascinating! Private enterprise at its best.
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    Not your Father's Cadillac

    Merc was right. Time for a car forum.
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    [NEWS] - Canterwood stumbles at the gate.

    Pradeep, if it's ok to tell, why do you need such high-end storage capabilities at home? Lots of video cap?
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    Not your Father's Cadillac

    Yeah. Soon they'll link it to your underwear size, how much hair you have on your head, how big your nose is, and how much dental work you have done in a year and how much toilet paper you buy weekly. Don't misunderstand me; my sarcasm is directed at the insurance industry. They'll do anything...
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    Poking fun at the grate leader

    Never mind.
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    Poking fun at the grate leader

    Now, now, honold, what makes you think I get offended at every action the Govt./any corp takes???? We are generalzing a leetle bit too much now, aren't we? More than quantity, I think the type offence matters more. Mowing down bystanders and hauling somebody's ass away for no reason certainly...
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    Poking fun at the grate leader

    SD, I seem to consistently offend you. Perhaps I should suffix all my posts with disclaimers, warnings, and other such fine-print legalese? :-?
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    Anyone else get these errors on the boards?

    Nope. IE5.5 current with all the putty and paint.
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    [NEWS] - Canterwood stumbles at the gate.

    The Inquirer thinks that the screwup is because the new processor will be priced less than the current 3.06 GHz P4. Read about it here.
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    Poking fun at the grate leader

    Found thru The Inquirer: here
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    [NEWS] - Canterwood stumbles at the gate.

    You're right on, Tea. Couldn't have said it better meself.
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    Not your Father's Cadillac

    Along with power and handling, gimme refinement. Or it's all a waste. I've always been fond of touring cars; sustained high-speed driving.
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    Mandatory reading!

    You're right on the mark there, Coug. This particular article was very well written, I thought, and quite graphically demonstrated that the excesses go on despite all the B.S. about reform. SD: Almost all major sites (Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0, etc.) have a pop or two. While...
  41. mubs

    Anybody know Perl?

    Gee, Merc, you have this sneaky sense of humor that has me cracked up most of the time!
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    Three email questions

    Thank you, kind sirs.
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    [NEWS] - Canterwood stumbles at the gate.

    Back off, guys! Coug is perfectly understandable all the time. Take two aspirin and come back here in the morning.
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    Mandatory reading!

    CEO PAY: Have They No Shame? Read all the way through. It'll make you cry and laugh at the same time!
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    Three email questions

    1) Am using Netscrape 4.7x now; will be moving to Moz soon. Have heaps of mail in the in and out boxes with attachments. I need to hang on to the the emails themselves, but wish to strip attachments from mail 2 or more years older. Can do? 2) If I forward mail from my Yoohoo account to my...
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    Um... like, hello!

    Anything to make you grin, honold, old chap.
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    Um... like, hello!

    I love you is just 3 words as well.
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    Australia to get SUV's

    A wabbit widing a bicycle! Schweet!
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    Forums sluggish

    Between Merc's crack and the drinkz otherz keep having, I seem to be the only zober one.
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    Text Wrap Problem in Mozilla

    As always, Buck is the perfect gentleman.
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