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Sorry guys. Please correct my links, in order, on the "Something Random Thread in the following order: Image http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/SR-71/Small/EC94-42883-4.jpg Image http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/SR-71/Small/EC95-43203-1.jpg Image...

Mercutio Any chance you can past in the links for the smaller pictures, for the nasa stuff? I have them posted in the moderators forum. Thanks Greg

WOW!! :eekers: THAT WAS REALLY FAST :excl: GS

If this plane can do sustained mach 3.2, for an hour, or more, wonder how fast it can go on a bump, to say, 110,000 feet? The really amazing part of the fuel it uses is the fuel is stable, even with cigars and lit matches, against lighting, but, it carries nearly it's own oxygen source, with...

CT I just posted changes to the links that will solve the bandwidth problem, in the mods forum. I'd edit them myself, if I could. GS

CT I just posted changes to the thinks that will solve the bandwidth problem, in the mods forum. I'd edit them myself, if I could. GS

Funny, M, I just sent you resized pictures.... gs

Your welcome, M. I like this pick as well. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Large/EC97-44165-149.jpg Gives you a perspective on the plane against other planes, and, the 4 wheel vehicle they use to move planes around... BIG G

One of two built, and also superfast, the XB-70. Huge, and three times the speed of sound(over 2,150 mph) http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/XB-70/Large/EC68-2101.jpg gs

Your welcome, M. I like this pick as well. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Large/EC97-44165-149.jpg Gives you a perspective on the plane against other planes, and, the 4 wheel vehicle they use to move planes around... BIG G

This time of year, my computers are nice room heaters, so I can rationalize the electricity, and that I might help save myself from cancer, since my mother had a brain tumor, dad died of cancer, as did my favorite aunt, and uncle. s

By the way, this link http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/SR-71/HTML/EM-0025-05.html is a movie of the plane fueling. I can't get over the size of the engines on the SR-71, dwarfing the engines on the fueling plane, and, the size of the SR-71. The takeoff sequence really gives you an...

Yes, you really get the feeling of how big they are when you compare the BB and the refueling tanker. http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_sr71.htm Skunkworks is a fantastic book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316743003/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/002-6277222-5496028?n=283155...

Funny how different things happen. We have a ref who is nearly 70, and he had a golden retriever. Everytime I talk about Jumpster, he tells the story of why he's still with us. He had a heart attack, fell, and was trying to reach the phon to dial 911. The dog went over, picked up the phone...

After 25 years, a couple of the guys went public. There stories are simply amazing. I've got one of the books in the car. "Blackbird" IIRC. Fantastic pictures, and fantastic stuff. gs

MUCH BETTER!!! THANK YOU!!! GS

Update: Went with a StarTech 6 port USB card for the school computer, 12 dollars, and a Combo for the workstation. I'll pull the Sonnett Trio and use that instead. Newegg had 250 gig Maxtors for 135 dollars, in an external drive enclosure. Hopefully, using USB 2.0, that will give me a...

Well I can't find the Koutech floppy insert, but, I've managed to find the cards I need. One is USB 2, and the other is the combo card I was looking for. At the same time, found a 250 gig Maxtor for 135 bucks at Newegg, in a USB 2.0 housing. Solves the immediate problem, and, in the future I...

Yes, she did well. gs

They are simply amazing, and, still one of, if not the fastest, plane in existence. Not easy to hide, they can go so high, and so fast, they may out run missiles targeted on them from the ground, or, for that matter the air. Closest I could get to riding in one would be the Russians letting...

Thanks. SO just gave me a bunch of Sony DVD+R's, so I'll have to give it a try... gs

Thanks CT. Have to check Costco for the USB drives. Seems I saw a 5 pack, and didn't jump on it, which is usually a mistake. Anybody used StarTech's SATA/USB2.0/Firewire card, or ANY of their products? Can't find any reviews, except the mac side, where they are being hailed as wonderful...

M, No worries. It's just I go through this every year about this time :wink: . I'm going to go with throwing away the floppies, and going with the flash drives. Problem with Startech is no reviews on products, and can't find history on the company... GS

M: I'm really not THAT far off the deepend. We have an extensive video library, since we don't watch TV, or have cable. I've got a 5 drive SCA rack, but, it appears the only way I can get the LSI raid card to see the drives is to set them as "logical drives" in the bios. If the card go's...

WHAT is QT alternative? s

So far, can't find a combo card that has external SATA. Startech makes one with 4 USB 2.0, 2 furwire, and, 2 SATA internal ports, for about 80 bucks. https://www.firewiredirect.com/store/product.php?productid=232&cat=53&page=1 Appears to be an external box, with removeable drives, but, it...

This is supposed to be a heap backup, for large video files... http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg38_firewireidehotswapdrive1394b.htm Looks good, but, it's expensive, and can't use sata drives. http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg47_hot-swapdrivessystems.htm Looks very cool, but...

I just figure it's a typo, and move on. I'm looking, AGAIN, at a removeable media drive for backups, in either SATA, Firewire, or USB. It's driving my NUTS. Firewire I have, and barely use, on all three of the computers where this backup issue is a concern. Two of the three are running short...

I just spent a couple hours trying to figure out why Quicktime won't play HD stuff on my SO's Athlon 3000+. It will, it just takes so long, it's insufferable, downloading from Apple's website. Strike one. Apple seems to take great joy in not enabling ways to resize windows, and, the way they...

Well, after spending about 4 hours playing with trailers, Slowtime, and sucktunes, I really hope they get it right when they go x86. I must say, that with all the software I've used, x86, other then stuff that just doesn't work, Applecrap is the WORST I've ever used. It fails to do what it's...

DD: The part that sucks is they have your driving record on Panasonic wireless laptops, in the cars. With NO tickets since 1991 in Hawaii, thanks to radar detectors, and, my slowest car on the road, 1988 Tercel EZ, I get out of being tailed, and almost ticketed. I REALLY want to buy a Porsche...

HNY!

Target is our version of WM. Happy New Year :excl: :wink: :mrgrn:

Thanks Merc: The wings are very thin. I like the SR-71 a lot more, but, that wierd plane, made able to fly by computer adjustments, in the millions per second, is pretty amazing... gs

I guess I'm sort of in the same boat. Not a great year. HAS to get better... s

720 runs at 80% processor, and fine. Even disabling one monitor, the 700XL and the 3000+, with 2 gigs of ram, just don't have the processor stuff to get it done. GS

Well, I've learned to hate Quicktime 7, not hard for me to do with anything Apple, at this point. I'm downloading Kong HD trailer, and playing it on this machine: XP sp2 Athlon 3000+ Gigabyte Nvidia 3 chipset motherboard, 2 gigs of ram Scsi Cheetah 15.3 boot, with LSI card Quicktime 7 700XL...

What good are the ferrets, or ferrites, or any combination thereof? gs

Powerleap refunded the money, just didnt' bother to tell me they had. After I enquired, they gave me a date the transfer was made by email. s

Well, I'm going to give the Prima Z1 a try, and hope I get one that doesn't fall apart, in the first couple months. Also great source for DVD's, ordered the Taiyo Uden's and some of the Yellow Prodisk to see if they work. Let you know, when it arrives. GS

20 over the speed limit gives the arresting officer the option to throw you in jail, IIRC, in The People's Republik of Kalifornia. s

Where in Nero 6 can you find the 'bitsetting" option? Thanks GS

Well, you got me thinking, and I ordered the new version. Also, went searching and found a service pack 6 for WordPerfect 8.0. It works, backsup, which it wasn't doing before, even though the settings were correct to make it back up. So far, seems better. I think I'm going to buy one of those...

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Well, it's that time of year. SO decided to redo resume, stored, of couse :evil: , on a floppy. I back her documents folder up every month, but, if it's not in the folder, it doesn't get backed up. Never fails: deadline, either school, work, or job apps,and the floppy fails, unreadable, and...

I've watched Firefly, and Serenity. Good stuff, and addicting. Went to see King Kong last night, and it was very sad. Wish they'd make a version where the gorilla wins, and they sail into the sunset, and live happily ever after, killing natives, or something. :wink: :wink: I thought they...

When I started to get an idea of her jumping ability was playing with fake mice. She loves it. She gets behind a door, or a box, and crouches. I throw the mouse, pretty hard, to very hard, and she jumps high enough to hit it with a paw, knock it down, and get ready for the next one. The...

IE XP Router and Penicillin Firewall GS

Thanks for the links. The P 650 is at school, running two 19 inch monitors. I'll update the card when I go back, or maybe sometime this week. Thanks again Greg

Ditto. gs