Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Keith Henson wrote: But then I will not be able to _buy_ a new one! Why not? You know what kind of processor you have and there are only a few kind of heat sinks. But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the old one? Alberto Monteiro

Inside story

2004-12-27 Thread William T Goodall
Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_inside.asp http://tinyurl.com/4carc I still get email. I just got one in the last couple of days where some guy said, you know, every day for the last X number of months, I've had to reboot my SP1

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:07:04PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the old one? Spending money to help the economy. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Alberto wrote: But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the old one? Do your kids have any pets? You could always rig up the fan to provide ventilation in a small animal enclosure. Or you could build a micro wind tunnel to test airborne nano-tech. -- Doug

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Nick Arnett
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Keith Henson wrote: But then I will not be able to _buy_ a new one! Why not? You know what kind of processor you have and there are only a few kind of heat sinks. But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the old one? The instructions for

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Bryon Daly
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:55:59 +, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith Henson wrote: My CPU cooler is behaving strangely: it sometimes spins, other times doesn't. Which means that I have to chance the damned thing. Problem: is there any way to _remove_ it without breaking

Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3

2004-12-27 Thread Nick Arnett
JDG wrote: O.k., I presume that you believed then and continue to believe now that Baathist Iraq had the capability to mass produce chemical weapons. I also presume that you believed then and continue to believe now that Baathist Iraq had the capability to mass produce anthrax, and possibly other

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 15:07 27-12-04 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Keith Henson wrote: But then I will not be able to _buy_ a new one! Why not? You know what kind of processor you have and there are only a few kind of heat sinks. But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the

Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3

2004-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Nick Arnett wrote: JDG wrote: O.k., I presume that you believed then and continue to believe now that Baathist Iraq had the capability to mass produce chemical weapons. I also presume that you believed then and continue to believe now that Baathist Iraq had the capability to mass produce anthrax,

Re: Digitized Transparent Society.

2004-12-27 Thread maru
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah. a sales corporation only acts as a method. Example. The old geezer down the road drops dead. The son comes in to clean the house out before it's sold. If he lots out the stuff to an estate sale company, the estate sale company is the middleman. If the son sell it

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 10:30 21-12-04 -0800, Damon Agretto wrote: Will it be purple-gray, by any chance? And a love for the 3 Stooges? I take it no one recognized my reference . . . ? Or was it so well-known that no one thought it worthy of comment? -- Ronn! :)

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

2004-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Gautam wrote (quite a while ago): Popularity doesn't have anything to do with it. Except when it does, as you say below. No, I don't. To wit, if you are the C.O. of a ship at sea, someone who supposedly has absolute power, and there are members of your crew that you don't like but whom are

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/27/2004 2:20:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And a love for the 3 Stooges? I take it no one recognized my reference . . . ? Or was it so well-known that no one thought it worthy of comment? -- Ronn! :) I just didn't know what Tytlal

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:21:01 -0600, Ronn Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:30 21-12-04 -0800, Damon Agretto wrote: Will it be purple-gray, by any chance? And a love for the 3 Stooges? I take it no one recognized my reference Not I. I didn't even know what Damon was talking about. A

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Damon Agretto
Not I. I didn't even know what Damon was talking about. A hint...? I thought the reference was to SHort Circut. Thus the 3 Stooges reference (if you recall, Number 5 dressed up 2 of the other 'bots as the 3 stooges and programmed their silver-screen personas into them). Of course maybe I just

Re: Digitized Transparent Society.

2004-12-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/27/2004 2:14:43 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : I could argue that while 'reselling' as a career path is decling, it is merely being democratized and spread out. Thank you. That is all that I am saying. The total number of items being

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Damon wrote: I thought the reference was to SHort Circut. Thus the 3 Stooges reference (if you recall, Number 5 dressed up 2 of the other 'bots as the 3 stooges and programmed their silver-screen personas into them). Of course maybe I just missed the reference and was barking up the wrong tree.

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

2004-12-27 Thread Keith Henson
At 03:07 PM 27/12/04 +, you wrote: Keith Henson wrote: But then I will not be able to _buy_ a new one! Why not? You know what kind of processor you have and there are only a few kind of heat sinks. But what is the point of buying a new one if I don't fknow how to remove the old one?

RE: Earthquake tsunami in Asia

2004-12-27 Thread Keith Henson
At 02:43 PM 26/12/04 -0500, you wrote: Huh? You mean plate tectonics? Google Results 1 - 10 of about 311,000 for plate tectonics This is *the* established underlying geological knowledge base if that is what you were taking about. Actually, I was searching for something like: earthquakes

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Damon Agretto
OK, I remember the 3 stooges part but what's the reference to purple-gray? Maybe that's what color he was? It's been years (perhaps a decade and more!) since I've seen the movie, so I may very well be misremembering. The only 'bot I can think of that's purple was from Neon Genesis Evangelion

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/27/2004 4:42:28 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, I remember the 3 stooges part but what's the reference to purple-gray? As a purple-gray was as a mauve. I thought that was established. ___

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 18:42 27-12-04 -0500, Damon Agretto wrote: OK, I remember the 3 stooges part but what's the reference to purple-gray? Maybe that's what color he was? Nope. From a different source entirely. And in a form the Good Doctor probably appreciated, as it was clearly his favorite type of humor .

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-27 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 18:52 27-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/27/2004 4:42:28 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, I remember the 3 stooges part but what's the reference to purple-gray? As a purple-gray was as a mauve. I thought that was established. But

Re: Acts of War

2004-12-27 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 25, 2004, at 8:21 AM, Dan Minette wrote: Precisely what part of that, Dan, is not conjecture? Or do you believe assumption to be different from conjecture in some fundamental way? Pure conjecture is totally fabricated. Reasonable assumptions, on the other hand, often involve the use of

RE: Earthquake tsunami in Asia

2004-12-27 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 18:37 27-12-04 -0500, Keith Henson wrote: At 02:43 PM 26/12/04 -0500, you wrote: Huh? You mean plate tectonics? Google Results 1 - 10 of about 311,000 for plate tectonics This is *the* established underlying geological knowledge base if that is what you were taking about.