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  1. Re:250 Million years, give or take by hazee · · Score: 1 · on New Evidence About 'The Great Dying' 250 Million Years Ago

    Hmm, you've got me thinking now. I think I tried it many years ago, and that it gave the expected result. There are a couple of sites that detail this: here and here (with QT movie). But your point about the oxygen not just magically disappearing is a good one. Other sites claim that the experiment is actually a hoax, and that the rise in water level is not due to the oxygen being used up, but because the air inside the jar is heated by the candle, and then contracts when the candle goes out, drawing the water in. So I guess my example was a poor one - the candle *is* effectively filling the jar with phlogiston (or CO2) as you and the gp suggested. This site has a discussion of the experiment, and shows an experiment with steel wool that does a better job of showing the proportion of oxygen in air.

  2. A Tale of Two Telcos by Old+Man+Kensey · · Score: 2 · on Homebrew S/ADSL
    Here in Charlottesville, VA, our biggest ISP was using this method. It actually may be illegal to do that here, as Virginia is one of the states that grants "de jure" recognition of monopoly status to, for example, Virginia Power and various ILECs. They (the utilities) have to go through a bunch of red tape to change prices and such, and they have to do it in accordance with the "tariffs" for a service, which detail what product you're providing, what it's for and what prices you can charge.

    As the above poster pointed out, DSL emits imperial buttloads (bigger than your puny metric buttload!) of RF. Our ILEC is Sprint; after CStone had about a half-dozen of these "DSL" installs, Sprint figured it out and told them it was a service outside the tariff specs, it was causing noise on other lines in the same sheath, and they wouldn't be doing any more dry-pair installs for CStone as a result. There was a bunch of other maeuvering but I can't go into detail as it was specified that it was all "off the record" during the conversations I had.

    My personal opinion is yes, it causes quality problems, but Sprint came down hard on it not because of the quality (which they manifestly don't care about, judging by my experiences with them) but because they realized they were missing out (they had several months yet until their own DSL service was launched).

    CStone was recently bought by a regional CLEC/ISP/cableco, so theoretically they might get to slap their brand on CFW-provided DSL at some point. CFW's been doing DSL here since March of last year and (apart from various incompetence with actually getting an install tech out!) I love it to death. 768K for $70.00/mo. (384K for $50) -- my friends in Northern Virginia hate me :-)

    Summary: Don't abuse it or you'll lose it.

  3. Re:FreeDOS ... CLI by foofboy · · Score: 2 · on Interview: FreeDOS Leader Jim Hall Answers

    From a great tip site

    With this option on, you can type the beginning of a directory or filename, and tab your way through all files starting with those characters.
    Ex: typing cd pro {TAB} will get you to C:\Program Files (if that's the first directory starting with a "P" on your drive). typing cd pro {TAB}{TAB} would get you to C:\Providers (or the next "P" directory in alphabetical order).

    Turn File Name Completion on using the Registry:


    HKEY_Current_User\..\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar=0x9

  4. HELP OUT GO HERE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on NASA Faces Major Budget Cuts

    www.cfw.com/~bradr/nasacuts

  5. want To Help??? Go Here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on NASA Faces Major Budget Cuts
    I set up this page to educae the public... help out and spread the word. Got Ideas for me?? Let me know!

    www.cfw.com/~bradr/nasacuts

  6. Want To Help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on NASA Faces Major Budget Cuts
    I have set up a site to help educate the public about this. I need help with it. It needs an online petition possibly and maybe some other stuff. I would really appreciate the help cause I think this needs to get out on the street.

    The address is here www.cfw.com/~bradr/nasacuts

    Tell me what you think.. tell me I am an idiot.. I dont care but let people know this is not what you want.... If your american.. this is YOUR country...