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LunarMist, You take your chances with the weather in the Rockies and there has been unseasonable rain and snow this year. On one of my trips the lakes were still frozen in the first week of June. On another trip in the first week of September I encountered a snow storm at Lake Louise. In...

LunarMist, it has been a long time since I contributed to Storage Forum, but your enquiry is something I know about. I drive from Los Angeles to Cranbrook, B. C., just north of the western corner of Montana, once or twice a year. I leave in the morning and arrive at Cranbrook early evening of...

I have been using a Kinesis keyboard for several years. It offers a choice of a Qwerty or Dvorak layout. I used Dvorak for a while when I first purchased the keyboard, but when I was forced to use a Qwerty layout I had a real problem. I could easily adapt to the slightly different stagger of...

I thank all of you for your suggestions. Since I have four free computer bays and little desktop space I am interested in an internal solution to my problem. I did not make this clear in my post. I like best the WinXP provision for shutting down a secondary drive, but since I am still using...

I am about to install a high capacity hard drive strictly for storing True Image backups. I would like to power up the hard drive only when I need it. Do any of you have suggestions how this might be done? Are front panel switches available that can engage a hard drive? I remember reading...

The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion. The selfishness of the women seeking abortion and the biased compassion of those providing the service is overwhelming. In its entirety the article fails to mention the moral rights of the children who are cast aside. Given the choice, all of them would...

Here is an article I received by email. I apologize for its length but It registers for me. I hope it registers for most of the members of this web-site, but I have my doubts. Joe. Two amazing things about the events in New Orleans this past week were 1) why would people in such misery just...

OT to timwhit: How sad! Pasta, with its hundreds of shapes and thousands of sauces and accompaniments, is one of the world's major culinary inventions. It is inconceivable to me that at this point in your life you have never experienced at least one good plate of pasta. Are you familiar with...

timwhit, the only sense I could draw from your entry was that you were facetiously using the plural form of pasta, hence I thought that you needed correction. Now I am confused. What is your connection between english "paste" and pasta? I know that over-cooked pasta can taste like paste...

ddrueding, a very sad story. Other than your table winnings, I hope something positive developed before you left Las Vegas. OT for timwhit: An Italian grammar lesson for you--- la pasta: dough le paste: collection of doughs In the Italian Food Industry--- la pasta, gli spaghetti, i...

"Splash," "Explorer," "Platform," "Dïscfärm," "Computer Generated Baby," "Onomatopoeic," "GIANT," "iGary," "Corvair," and ". NUT" I know that you are only concerned with the physical universe. My preoccupation is with the bigger question: “What contains the universe if the universe is...

"...in a universe of known volume." This statement triggers a little venture into theology. I believe in a God who does not know time. By premise He is unchangeable in His omnipotence. Therefore, His single act of creation is ongoing in our time-limited experience. This known volume, if we...

Thanks Buck and ddrueding for drawing my attention to those sites. The photographs are mind-blowing!. I forwarded the sites to an old friend who is webmaster of the following: http://www.haltoncrimestoppers.com/ip_arcfet.html He has featured the Max Lyon site in his newsletter. Joe.

At 27 years and 7 months at my present address I beat you JTR1962. I like my location, I spend most of my time here and the mortgage is paid off. Joe

CityK, thanks for bringing me up to date on Canada’s economic boomlet. I hope this means that Canada can do a better job in controlling its immigration. I also have plenty of experience with Canada’s health care system because of catastrophic illness in my Canadian family. It is a system...

Tannin, I agree with your post with one exception. Gilbo said: If a man is not religious he either rejects religion or is indifferent to it. Therefore he is a secularist. I think my statement stands. In my church the only statement from the pulpit regarding the election was “Vote your...

It was my intention to stay clear of this thread because it was making me angry, and an angry man is not a lucid man. But the extreme partisanship displayed here and its claim for truth is astounding! I hope that I can retain a level of maturity befitting the quality of journalism I have...

My father was a proprietor/chef for 28 years in a small town in British Columbia. As a kid and teenager I ate well. Through college and post-college I got so hungry for well-prepared food I taught myself to cook by reading several of Julia Child's cookbooks. Now I have moved from French...

jtr1962, if it only took you 2 hours to express yourself as well as you have, you have a career in journalism if you want to seek it. Joe

Of all the praises heaped upon President Reagan in Congress, here is one by Senator Henry Hyde which I find particularly eloquent: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE h3830 June 9, 2004 Mourning The Passing of President Ronald Reagan The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. RADANOVICH). … The Chair recognizes...

PhotoShop, Limited Edition, which comes with some digital cameras is excellent. Joe

Why is the Poll closed?

1. Where do the costs come from? Are they standardized for all participants in the design? 2. Does the designer have to account for deflection in computing stress and strain? 3. What takes precedence, originality or functionality? You can significantly reduce costs by eliminating the...

In his syndicated talk show from KABC, Los Angeles, Larry Elder, "The Sage from South Central", has preempted Bill Cosby for years. In doling so he has received continual invective from the black community. It takes another black man with the stature of Cosby to get the attention of the black...

Just to prove that I am an alien in this forum: www.foxnews.com Joe

To easily activate or deactivate Flash, download and install: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Execute spywareblaster and go to "tools" Go to the "flash killer" tab Check or uncheck "disable and block macromedia flash" as needed. Joe.

Until today I gave up in frustration but now have found a solution to my problem. In the meantime I installed Flash with Mozilla and used this browser if I wanted Flash. I refer you to this link in Macromedia’s forum. It describes my problem and a reply by "kenwill" solved the problem. I...

Thank you Blakerwry and Tea for your response. I’ve pursued most of your suggestions with partial success. I first cleared the Registry of all references to Flash in all its versions. I also made sure that “Install On Demand” in “Start|Internet Properties|Advanced” was disabled (unchecked)...

I think the mad scientist “jeh”, who is a heavyweight in 2cpu.com, has an excellent discussion of paging. Consult this summary thread. I think this “sticky” thread is a result of this discussion and possibly this one. Joe

I lost use of Macromedia’s Flash plug-in with W2k-Pro. I get blank windows whenever Flash is utilized and when I attempt to download it from the Macromedia site. This is the only Macromedia application I cannot download. I communicated with Macromedia’s support group and it has provided me...

I use the Siemens S40 operating on 900/1800/1900 mhz, so I can use the phone worldwide. I am on a national plan, so I only use my home phone for local calls and calls to Europe and Canada. I like its USB or IrDA connectivity with my computer, allowing me to synchronize my Address Book in...

Thanks honold for your advice. I will avoid deleting any "uninstall" folder in WINNT. But, before proceeding to install SP4 there is one other possibility I would like to explore. If I were to uninstall, in reverse order, all updates to return to my base Window 2000 program, would...

My WINNT folder (W2k Pro) contains 109 MB of uninstall sub-folders for accumulated updates and Service Packs. Since SP4 contains all prior updates what must I do to install SP4, retaining only it’s uninstall folder and deleting all others? Joe.

Clocker, you left Sangria stains on your post! Joe

It is time to speak heresy! I have had too much cognac, so my inhibitions are down. You guys should never have left SR! Before SR’s wipeout you offered the best PC advice to struggling PC novices that I encountered in any website. I was, and still am, a novice and I devoured your posts and...

Place an order with PC Power & Cooling and have your customer zip down I5 to Carlsbad to pick it up. Their facility is visible from the freeway on the west side. Address: 5995 Avenida Encinas. A good breakfast is available at a restaurant on the east side of the freeway, across from the...

Prof.Wizard, in my opinion you should go with MS Visual C++ because it offers an ordered growth path as you become more competent with the language and its implementation. As your own programming needs expand beyond those you presently foresee it will not limit you. With Visual C++ you can...

All except 2, 9, 20, 21 and 31. The consumer items in this group were not available in British Columbia when I was a child. My home town at this time did not have a MacDonalds Hamburgers. Last September I gave to charity a working, electric, washing machine with wringers. It belonged to my...

I was HURD when I skipped the villain question. After selecting Darth Vader (the only villain I was familiar with other than Manson) I was pegged at Windows 200, SP3. This is exactly right! However, several of the questions did not relate to me. I am of the wrong generation. Maybe the poll...

I have over-looked this thread for some time now, so I find I can add some personal experience. Slo crostic, for the past two years a refined Absinthe called “Absente” has been available in the US market for about $35 dollars. The dealer told me that it is a non-addictive version of Absinthe...

Thanks JKKJ for your link to EMS-Project. I downloaded and installed “Free Surfer”. It appears to be a neat program. I have disabled GIF animations and Flash animations. The first thing I noted is that Tannin’s dancing avatar has stopped dancing. Moving over to SR, that annoying Intel add...

Thank you Clipton. Even though your proof is so neat and after the fact apparent, the result still seems a little magical. Joe.

The more interesting question to me is: why does the arithmetic always give you a number which is a multiple of 9? Joe

Prof.Wizard, although this is OT, here is a lesson on American hamburger. Hamburger has two meanings in the US. At the supermarket it is ground beef and is sold in several prices dependent upon the meat quality and its fat content. At the fast food outlet it is the ubiquitous hamburger that...

I love pizza but rarely eat it. It is a source of GIRD for me and I consider it one of the major contributors to the fattening of USA. In pizza’s birthplace it is made thin, thereby dramatically reducing its carbohydrate content. I have never ordered a single topping pizza because I like...

Handruin, I am using Windows 2000 Professional. The information I posted was extracted from the O'Reilly book "Outlook 2000 In a Nutshell" by Tom Syroid & Bo Leuf. I suspect that XP has removed the program dependency. Joe.

Some of Outlook 2000’s functionality relies on installing Outlook Express. If Outlook is set up in IMO mode (Outlook is both a standalone Personal Information Manager and an e-mail client for Internet-based messaging) then Outlook saves contact information to the Outlook Address Book (OAB)...

I am surprised that Vancouver B.C. gets such a high rating for livability. As stated in an earlier Vancouver post, in an average year Vancouver gets 45 days of fog, 168 days of rain and 80 days without measurable sunshine. Residents have pasty white skin and moss on their backsides. Cost of...

Vancouver, along with Sydney and Rio de Janeiro, is one of the world’s most beautiful harbor cities. For a good impression of its setting, stroll the tide-lapped perimeter of Stanley Park, a microcosm of the wilderness that Vancouver displaced. Drive west along Marine Drive to the University...

Canada's north is not as isolated as it was. There now are close to 30 fine hotels sprinkled across the northern islands. Puruse the following web site to get an introduction to a significant part of Canada's north country: http://www.arctictravel.com/ Joe