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creat 1236
On Tue, 04 Jan 05 13:04:20 GMT As I see it the cigarette lighter device has...
creat 1237
Definition I don't know about stuff like that but I can certainly see how this idea is going to be necessary...
Data Entry 1238
You just pressed a key, didn't you? How do you learn to use that camcorder, by throwing bones on the floor and...
Data Entry 1239
LCDs don't emit light. They filter it. The LCD display is composed of a liquid that can change polarization and a polarized...
Data Entry 1240
one-ton penny drops on emoticon's head I didn't know that. How in the hell have I managed to miss this bit of knowledge? emoticon does something dangerous and thinks...
Data Entry 1241
Sure, a polarizing filter with the correct orientation (twist it until it's correct;) should filter out the light. It may attenuate the IR signal, but it *should...
Data Entry 1242
The manufacturers weren't. I ended up buying queen flat sheets because they short-sheeted the doubles. The same thing happened...
Data Entry 1243
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 12:00:57 +0000, jmfbahciv I don't like flat sheets. The "issues" with fitted sheets are far worse. Well, I happent to like small scrunchy...
Data Entry 1244
Hillary's political POV is known well enough. She will have to do real actions to be electable. But mayby...
Data Entry 1245
This is contrary to Clinton philosophy. Their approach was to hand over the keys to all secrets to the bad...
Data Entry 1246
You have to have one flat sheet. I have six down pillows. And there's nothing anal about having a nest that is...
Data Entry 1247
Hotel sheets are normally cotton, but washed aggressively. I know several people who have allergic reactions to this. SNAP The more I read...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1248
Hmmm... everything here made of chicken or turkey must be labeled as such, and the real pork sausage greatly outnumbers the fake stuff. There is actually one fake polish sausage around here that is...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1249
REad the ingredients of the frozen suasage packages. I just about dropped my shorts when I did. Pork was the...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1250
I read the labels, and pork is the only meat. The only combo-meat sausage I buy is Hormel links...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1251
Aw, poo. Then it must be regional. It's not only stores. Hood's ingredients were two inches of print. Stores around here have sucked...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1252
The Beef Store my name for a gagawfully expensive grocery store is as close to a local...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1253
These aren't small groceries. One is a conglomerate and the other is the major natural foods chain in the New England. The natural foods was the last store to stock this juice, among...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1254
snip about missing groceries,republicans,tax cuts,being mean to welfare etc I forgot to add; "small" in groceries is...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1255
Of course. Certain body parts should be cleaned first. But this is only when the whole hole is contained within wood. I don't see how predrilling...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1256
The soap approach is good. Its also helpful to drill pilot holes, particularly for long screws or when there is risk of the material splitting. So you'll find its...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1257
Yea, I'm aware of this trick. I need to buy drill bits. Carpentry is a lot like computers...you buy one thing and all of sudden you need 100 other...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1258
butt mbutt. I don't seem to be able to "push" hard enough...I've never understood why. my trusty snowblower-lawnmower guy...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1260
Years ago, I was looking for a big bit, man in hire shop reaches under the counter and produces.... a 1'' bit, 3-8 shank, which...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1261
More power, ar, ar, ar! Ow! I like my toes where they are. I use my hips and thighs (and keep...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1262
come a You laugh. I became poorer yesterday. I now own (on paper, it's not delievered) a VRROOOMMMM, VRRRROOOOOOMMMMM machine. It has a differential; I'd...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1263
A "differential" is a widget that is supposed to deliver power "equally" to two wheels. A "universal" is a widget that allows power to be transferred between two...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1264
you again. Men have to lube up all kinds of things. Sometimes for a short, sharp shot (twisting a nut - WD40), sometimes for a good long screw (like the garage door opener - silicon...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1265
where move the the The Inuit (sp?) have many names for snow, IIRC, something like...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1266
Various indirect means are used to estimate historical CO2 levels, such as gases trapped in glaciers and Antarctic ice, tree growth etc. Yes...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1267
The jury is still out on the full cause and effect loop on increased CO2. Diminishing rain forests may well have a great effect; but non-tropical...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1268
Of late I've been using Gardner-Bender wire-pulling lubricant, because it comes in a big bottle and I hope to...
New, improved Was: Data Entry 1269
etc Oh, "small" is one or two buildings. :-) The natural foods store I'm talking about is within your definition of "small". Well, they are making much more than US$.20-item. I buy...
corn brooms was New, improved Was: Data Entry 1270
Sorry to take so long to respond. Been busy, and the Newsguy server, or possibly xrn, has been acting up and periodically declaring that there aren't any unread articles. Well, it's probably something of a...
corn brooms was New, improved Was: Data Entry 1271
Please note that this product is now SOLD OUT. If you wish, you may leave us your contact...
corn brooms was New, improved Was: Data Entry 1272
That's OK. I know you don't have much time to play here :-)). Yup. Especially around Fennville. I asked Mom...
corn brooms was New, improved Was: Data Entry 1273
Oh, right - we moved from Lincoln, Nebraska, actually. I was thinking you were referring some connection between Indiana and the Dakotas that I wasn't getting. We...
Data Entry 1274
LCD's usually have a backlight; this is the light you actually see. When you look at the electronics it is often pretty easy to find it, and it is...
Data Entry 1275
Under what circumstances do you think Sony made their market share in the US? Google on, but stay away from the pure breastanium stuff. They are useless as cooking utensils. Use the ones with...
creat 1276
Not directly (I'm talking about clbuttic old MacOS here, the new stuff is basicallly unix). If you want to select a group of files you originally had to hand select each...
creat 1277
glen herrmannsfeldt Yes. But, well, my point (if I have one) is that it doesn't matter what J. Random Developer believes. It doesn't even matter what Bill Gates or Steve Jobs...
creat 1278
Roland Hutchinson) writes: It seems to be an article of faith, among many software developers as well as lusers, that rodents are inherently superior for everything. "Are you all thumbs? Then this is the device...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1279
Once upon a time, I was working in HOSS on ANF-10 (It's not just a dog food!). and we were bored. So, we started to hack together a version of adventure that ran in...
KA10, PDP1, museum was Tony Wachs TW stories wanted
Michael Thompson Ron.Marks The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which is the historical artifact spinoff of the Computer Museum in Boston, has the console cabinet of a KA10...
KA10, PDP1, museum was Tony Wachs TW stories wanted
IIRC (and I'll now have to go into the archaeological dig in my basement...) I've got three delta-version listings, and on...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1282
Bill Leary Yes, you are correct. In about 1982 (+-- a year or two), I visited the museum in Marlboro. There were several displays in the lobby, and the rest were on the...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1283
Nope. The man end was Laurie's fiance and now I can't remember her last name. She was the TOPS-10 writer and one of my favorite...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1284
And *this* reminds me of a couple of tape stories from my own misspent youth: We had a product that ran on MVS (in batch mode, with an...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1285
Michael Wojcik ... around 1977 a friend wanted help setting up a service bureau. 370's had been out for a few years and 360's were...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1286
Actually it was easily in reach from the CTY. ;-) Mine was MTXSER. I finally persuaded the powers that be that...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1287
Barb, I'm talking about a time before you even joined DEC. Before there even WAS a KI10. The CTY actually plugged...
Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1288
Interesting. According to the inflation calculator at 1, $20K in 1974 would have been $79146.09 in 2003 dollars. That ain't hay, but I wouldn't call it...
Computers in movies
I wouldn't even grant it that. Some (though not all) of the kung fu choreography was OK, but it's done better in thousands of Hong Kong films. The gun fights are boring...
Real Election Reform
sigh* 1. It wasn't a fiasco. The recount worked as it should. The most secure and...
Amusing acronym
Robert Billing Well I only spent 9 months in the TV industry and that all in 1972...
I told you ... everybody is going to Dalian,China .... 1292
While in Hong Kong over Xmas I saw a business report on Dalian (northeastern China, near Korea) on CCTV, pushing it as the gateway for trade in Russia, the DPRK and South Korea (though...
I told you ... everybody is going to Dalian,China .... 1293
Who you know is everything. I saw that myself, with some influential people being brought into the project for name recognition only. Golf games are a key component of negotiations, and a...