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I own this thread, so this time I plan on being last!
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davester
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I take my dog running with me most days, and we usually stop at a meadow a couple of miles from home. He almost always grazes there and sometimes throws up a small amount. It's never seemed to bother him. I would worry more about nasty stuff in the dog food than bugs and bug eggs...they are probably good for him.
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davester
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Lafinfil answered your question pretty effectively. It depends on the source of the statistics in question and what they are being used for. Public health statisticians wrestle with how to collect and classify data like this all the time...it's a major part of their job. Your question is so vague and all-encompassing that no facile yes/no answer is possible...that's what you get if you only re
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
I was wrong. I speculated long ago that most would hate being the last post in a thread. That empty unfulfilled feeling that comes from checking back over and over to find no responses, and the thought that your carefully worded missive might have gone unread should be enough to squelch any desire to be in last place. But nooooo...I created a race to the end, or so I thought, until finally The
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davester
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Not me. I'm neither big, nor rich, though I'm working on the second one.
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davester
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The "midlifecrisismobile". Hey, this sure is a fun way to have a crisis!
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davester
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The soviets had "political officers" to accompany their military missions and ensure that everything was being done according to party wishes. The US now seems to have political/religious officers to ensure that those durned scientists don't annoy the ruling party's constituents.
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
shadow Wrote:
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> Excuse me? The company that made ReplayTV is DEAD.
> It has been for years. Its carcass has been passed
> around to whatever bidder thinks it is worth
> anything (first to SONICblue and then to D&M
> Holdings). At worst, this is the same future in
> store for Tivo.
Completely irrelevant ancie
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davester
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Well roger, to figure out what you were talking about, I momentarily unclicked the "User ignored - click to show/hide this message" button to check out FS's post. It made no sense at all. Perhaps I need to become a physicist (or more likely a psychiatrist) to figure out what the heck he was talking about.
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
NewtonMP2100 Wrote:
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> people will start leavin for TIVO in droves. ..
Unlikely. There are a number of aftermarket repair places and the systems are relatively simple to fix...not too many components. Besides, they are vastly better than TiVos in oh so many ways...and they have a cult following who will happily snap up the broken ma
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davester
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No, the company behind ReplayTV is solvent (more so than TiVo) and are staying in the DVR business. But....ReplayTV announced a few weeks ago that they were going to eliminate ReplayTV boxes, and were transitioning to a software product as part of a partnership with hauppage who will produce the hardware to go into media PCs and possibly other boxes. They recently had an insane firesale on all
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davester
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The last time we had a big processor switch (68xxx to PowerPC), there was a massive increase in performance, big enough that my new beige G3 seemed blindingly fast compared to what came before. This time, we have a pretty minor speed increase (and a decrease on non-universal apps) and the reports on power consumption (=battery life) don't seem so great. So, why does this justify all the negativ
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davester
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They want to give the witnesses the opportunity to lie without endangering their careers. They learned from the Bill Clinton affair...even an irrelevant lie can bite you in the ass if you say it after getting sworn in.
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
They learned from the Bill Clinton affair...even an irrelevant lie can bite you in the ass if you say it after getting sworn in.
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
I really don't understand the mentality of people who abuse leased or rented vehicles. They seem to take pleasure in the fact that they are screwing somebody down the line. Antisocial behaviour IMHO.
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davester
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SteveJobs Wrote:
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> My delight is in his choice of words and phrasing
> that no normal person would ever conjure up.
You're joking, right? That type of pompous pontificating is common amongst the congressional buffoons. However, on this forum it would constitute unusual language (with the exception of Heck on Wheel's pompous ut
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davester
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I would guess the delight some exhibit in seeing McCain publicly airing and denigrating a private conversation has roots in racism...putting an "inferior" in his place.
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davester
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'Friendly' Political Ranting
It's highly unlikely that the car needs an oil change given that extremely low mileage. In general, oil analysis data shows that most people change their oil far too often (and don't believe those oil changer shops when they say 3,000 mile intervals...that is absurd). However, if you are under warranty you should do it at the interval listed in the manual (not what the dealer tells you). If yo
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davester
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Fritz Wrote:
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> how's your reading?
>
> For reasons I will not explain it is necessary for
> me to leave an account with a full service broker.
> I have a discount online broker for part of my
> personal fun.
My reading is fine. It's a rhetorical question, and I'm still curious as to what the answer might be.
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davester
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Mike Johnson Wrote:
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> davester, the example images you provided
> illustrate the difference between the two formats,
> but not pan & scan.
Although you are correct that pan and scan can reduce the degradation of the original shot, the scenes I showed and the others at the link I gave are the actual cropped scenes in the
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davester
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We're kicking off at 9 am (my soccer team that is). I had to bail on skiing so I'm playing soccer instead. What are all you folks doing?
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davester
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"Full screen" is also known as "pan and scan" because the image is severely cropped on the sides. Therefore "full screen" is inferior because it removes much of the original imagery in the movie. Check this out to see how bad it is:
"Full" screen:
Widescreen:
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davester
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Why would anyone use a "full service" broker? The extra service they are talking about are the more commissions to themselves that they generate by churning your investments. Every financial advice book or website I have ever read has indicated that you should run away from these salesmen as fast as you can.
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davester
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Valentine's Day has become far too overwrought. It's supposed to be for secret lovers, not everybody in the universe. Fer chrissake, it's more of a Hallmark retailer's "rake in the bucks" day than anything else. Ignore all that ridiculous advertising and get a life.
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davester
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SKYLANE Wrote:
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> does it maintain preferences and
> web page bookmarks (etc.) from one OS to the next?
Yes
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davester
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Is there any real technical reason for "nuke and pave"? It seems horrendously time consuming to me and I've never had a problem with "archive and install". Here are instructions on how to do it:
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davester
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From what I've heard the "archive and install" method is much better than the "upgrade" method. It puts a clean copy of the new system on your disk and saves the old system in an "old system" folder. That's what I did...worked like a charm.
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davester
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Perhaps they should adopt walmart's shorter, snappier motto...."Be Evil".
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davester
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