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Re: I wonder who reads it to him? - 17 years ago

mtmind Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really like the quotes from the White House > Spokesman: > > "The president is a history buff" and "The > president is an avid reader." When a White House spokesman has to say things like this, it only reinforces that it is not true. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to reca

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Re: I'd say she's flexible.... - 17 years ago

"Creepy" is NOT the word that I had in mind.

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Re: Killed iPod...any hope? - 17 years ago

New.Dad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > too late now, but you could have done NOTHING and > kept it as an external portable hard drive If only I had the ability to predict the future I could have made a lot of decisions that would have netted me big gains!

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Re: GoLive versus Dreamweaver; how to spend (not much) money? - 17 years ago

Also check out Freeway Express or Freeway Pro...inexpensive and good.

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Killed iPod...any hope? - 17 years ago

I doubt it. I have an old gen 2 iPod. The headphone jack came adrift from the motherboard (a common problem). Other than that it seemed to be working fine. So, I took it apart and carefully (I thought) soldered the jack back to the pads on the motherboard. It was a delicate operation, with the need to solder about 8 small pads. I thought the operation had gone well, but now the patient sh

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Re: Need help with quicken - 17 years ago

I'm guessing that when you added the new account (the 401k), the value was entered in to the account as "cash". You were then supposed to do a bunch of "buy" transactions within that account to buy mutual funds with the cash without transferring any new money into the account. It sounds as though you may have instead transferred the mutual funds into the account in addition

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Re: Any way to restart an interrupted copy operation - 17 years ago

Thans macmagus. That was exactly what I ended up doing.

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Any way to restart an interrupted copy operation - 17 years ago

I'm a couple of hours into copying an entire itunes collection from my beige g3 to my albook. The albook is connected to airport. Unfortunately, the microwave got turned on, thereby scrambling the airport connection and the g3 disappeared from the server list. I reconnected, but the copy operation is still stalled. anyway to get it started again?

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Re: 5 for $10 Anti-Bacterial hand soap @ BathandBodyWorks.com - 1 day Only! - 17 years ago

The jury is still out, but I'd be wary of using any antibacterial products in the home. They have no proven benefits and there is a definite risk that they can kill beneficial bacteria while promoting the breeding of bacteria resistant to antibacterial agents. The only people who say there are no risks are industry apologists like Steven Milloy. IMHO, anything he says is usually likely to be a

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Re: Mom got a iPod Video for Christmas... unfortunatly, she only has an iMac SE - 17 years ago

Apple has always done this. They are always switching standards to go with what seems to be the best path to the future. They don't look back (too much). Just think, if they retained firewire functionality you'd have a bigger and more expensive iPod. Not a good marketing move for them.

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Re: Mom got a iPod Video for Christmas... unfortunatly, she only has an iMac SE - 17 years ago

I don't think the video iPod is compatible with the dock to firewire adapter.

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Re: Decisions, decisions - 17 years ago

Nicely done bangman!

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Re: Tire Chains or Winter Tires? - 17 years ago

It seems to me that in that kind of weather you should have winter tires on all four anyway. They will help out some in snow because of the deeper wider grooves and hydrophilic compound. It's questionable whether they'll help in ice. Just get a cheapo set of extra wheels and put your winter tires on. It won't cost you any more in the long run since you'll have two sets of tires but only use t

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Re: OT: Tire chains - 17 years ago

Chains go on the driving wheels. There is no "considerable difference of opinion" unless you're talking about 4wd. In the 4wd case, it is generally unsafe to put them on the front in any but the most severe conditions because in a braking situation the fronts will grab and the rear will slip, thus spinning the car. Check any car owner's manual, chain site or off-roading site. If y

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Re: Is Christopher Walken For Real? - 17 years ago

Christopher Walken is far less of a joke than this clown:

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Re: Fox News - You watch, we decide - 17 years ago

Wow! The most prominent racist hate site on the internet and we have people here supporting it? You people are either totally uninformed or sick! ..Oh wait, the former ku klux klan leader (Don Black...hoo boy I bet he get's teased about that name) who runs the site describes himself as a "racialist", not a racist. My mistake!

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Re: I miss FUTURECAST!! - 17 years ago

I think it's pretty funny that some people are afraid to click on a link to appleswitcher even though they want to see the futurecasts. What's going to happen?...will Otto's glare turn them all to stone? Yeesh!

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Re: OT: Big Box Mart, this pretty much sums it all up - 17 years ago

SteveJobs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it takes a lot of toys to > add up to ONE foreign car purchase. What is that exactly? Let's see, many Toyotas, Hondas and Mercedes are made in the U.S. Are those foreign cars? What about PT Cruisers (made in Mexico)? What are they?

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Re: Thinking Tivo - any suggestions? - 17 years ago

I am in awe of your command of technical terminology, master mick e. I've heard of the term "dealio", but "thingamadealio" is way beyond anything I could ever understand.

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Re: OT: Do things need to be marked "Off Topic" - 17 years ago

I sincerely doubt that anybody at the other forum ever even used the @!#$@#@! OT filter so there's no point.

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Re: What is the oldest functioning Mac that you own? - 17 years ago

Until last week it was a 6100. I gave it away to someone just starting out in computers who just wanted something for word processing, spreadsheets, quicken, etc, so it's still functioning, just not in my house. My beige G3 still gets tons of use...works like a charm, is fast and stable. The only downside is no multitasking and lack of new software for it.

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Re: Thinking Tivo - any suggestions? - 17 years ago

JEBB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are there any DVRs that you would recommend don't > require a subscription of any variety? I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you buy a ReplayTV with the service bundled, there is no subscription. Do you mean that you want a hard disk recorder that doesn't have any kind of program guide? I don't think anyon

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Re: Thinking Tivo - any suggestions? - 17 years ago

JEBB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does ReplayTV require some monthly subscription > fee? Yes and no. They operate on the razor/razorblades business model. You can buy the box plus lifetime service for about $350 total (which is about what the hardware is really worth), or you can buy the box at an absurdly discounted price (usually around $50) and

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Re: Thinking Tivo - any suggestions? - 17 years ago

How is ReplayTV not mainstream, bfd? It's a package that works perfectly right out of the box and has an intuitive interface, unlike many of the highly buggy cable company boxes that incorporate tuners. I'm not quite sure what you're saying. A ReplayTV will work fine with almost any source. Outside tuners are controlled either by a direct serial connection to the replay, or via an IR blaster.

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Re: Thinking Tivo - any suggestions? - 17 years ago

ReplayTV is it. Forget TiVo. Just STOF (search the old forum)for a lot of ReplayTV info.

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Re: OT: Fog Lights or Driving Lights? - 17 years ago

BW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never found fog lights to be at all useful in > actual fog. Not one single bit. They might > possibly improve your visibility to other traffic > by a foot or two, but you can't see any further or > better. Usually worse, actually, because of the > increased glare. YMMV. In that case, you must not

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Re: POLL: Are You a Walmart or Target Person? - 17 years ago

Neither. I stick with the local shopping districts because they keep the neighborhoods alive that make our town nice to live in. I've never been into a Walmart, and only occasionally venture to a Target store. The box stores are a pox on the landscape. If you want to live in a miserable landscape of giant box stores and subdivisions with no interesting commercial areas, then by all means go t

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Re: OT: Fog Lights or Driving Lights? - 17 years ago

The choice is entirely dependent on where you drive. If you spend a lot of time driving in deserted rural areas or offroad you should either upgrade your headlights or get driving lights. It's pretty likely that upgrading your headlights would give you more bang for the buck than driving lights. Also, driving lights are generally illegal for onroad use. If you live in an area that gets lo

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Re: Pa. judge bans teaching of "Intelligent Design" - 17 years ago

They changed the name to give them the potential for a new supreme court ruling allowing religion to be taught in science class. "The term was again resurrected when in 1987 the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Edwards v. Aguillard, ruled out teaching creationism in schools in the U.S.A.. In drafts of the book Of Pandas and People, the word 'creationism' was subsequently

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Re: "Please send resume with salary requirements" - 17 years ago

Greg the dogsitter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I imagine as much. But then, how to respond to, > "Please send resume with salary requirements to > <some guy>. Those received without salary > requirements will not be considered." That's a tough one. You are trapped in the personnel "screening people out" loop whe

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