Domain: ebay.com
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Re:Useless, but...My money says at least one will be on eBay before the end of the week...
Your tax $$ at work.
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#6 were "Zaks"
They were called Zaks, by Ohio Art.
Some of the triangle and square pieces were flat, but some had a circular "plug" (I don't recall the actual name of it), which could be used to attack the piece to another plug, a block that had a hole instead of a plug, the back of any square or triangle, or which could hold the more specific cylanders/rods/lights. Some of the blocks even had a connection for LEGO blocks. -
Re:Compaq/HPNot that it'd help the system much, but you could remove the HD and put it in a desktop system with a laptop-to-ide converter board off of ebay or Jameco, something like this. You can then at least dump the data off the drive that way. You might be able to pick up one of those things at CompUSA/BB even.
HTH, -ed
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Re:I still play with my Lego :)
I would still be playing with legos in my mid-20s if they hadn't simplified the sets so much. When I was younger I got hooked on the castle sets (like this one) and the space sets...the fatter the instruction manual, the better. I would make a game by attempting to build the set without the aid of the manual. But then they started replacing walls made of bricks with large single pieces. If I could put a set together within an hour, it just wasn't fun. Plus, half the fun of the sets was being able to use the wide variety of tiny pieces to make your own crazy stuff.
I've been meaning to pick up some mindstorms sets, but I'm happy to see them make an effort to get back to basics. -
Re:Objectivity my arse
Actually, my very existance must be in error!
Better sell your account quick before people realize it's in error--o wait. -
Re:*crosses fingers*
Unfortunately, Minimum requirements for memory is 128M and they recommend 256M.
Maybe it's time to upgrade to a new system... You can buy a laptop on eBay under 300$. -
Re:TiVo is a dying business
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Why named Weed? They use Paypal = avoidDoes anyone know why it's called "Weed"? I mean besides the fact that weed is also a drug and it sounds like a cool name, is there any real reason? I checked the FAQ and About Us and found no explaination. Guess it's just a matter of time before someone comes out with p2p called "Sex".
Their FAQ says they use Paypal, and everyone knows how horrible Paypal is. After reading all the horror stories who's really stupid enough to give Paypal their credit card number anyway? If similar stories were written about a brand of car there would be a massive recall and government investigation, amazing how Paypal still manages to sneak by.
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Re:decentralization of acess is fine by me.
If port density isn't your thing you can go for an Ascend max 6096 (96 modems)... You can grab a 6096 for 3k on ebay.
Wow, in fact you can snag one for $695. Sounds kinda fun, even though I've no idea what I'd do with it! -
Re:Three words that will save Lego...This is a good point. All LEGO needs to do is go on eBay and see which sets are popular. The 8880 Super Car still routinely sells for as much as it when it was new -- even for models missing boxes and that have already been assembled.
There are plenty of other kits that are popular, classic, and would sell. For the life of me, I can't figure out why LEGO wouldn't sell classic sets -- all the hard work is already done. In today's computerized world, is it really that hard to reprint everything and figure out which pieces need to go in the box?
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get started now folks!
The best way to get a job like this would be to get some experience building stuff.
Legos are CHEAP on eBay available in bulk lots or even Complete mindstorms sets
And if not for you, buy them for your kids. Beats letting them rot their brains out watching TV all day.
Just watch out, stepping barefoot on a 2x2 lego in the middle of the night is worse than medieval caltrops. -
get started now folks!
The best way to get a job like this would be to get some experience building stuff.
Legos are CHEAP on eBay available in bulk lots or even Complete mindstorms sets
And if not for you, buy them for your kids. Beats letting them rot their brains out watching TV all day.
Just watch out, stepping barefoot on a 2x2 lego in the middle of the night is worse than medieval caltrops. -
Why Pay for TiVO or wait?
When there are lots of free alternatives out there which use Linux and bring you all the features of your PC such as DVD burners and internet access and RAID arrays of 120GB HDs for plenty of recording. (Damn Discovery Science Channel and History International and...)
I personally feel TiVO is a dead company as it's idea was great but can be offered with nearly as many options and more if you are Code/Script inclined. So look for cheap 400Mhz system to start on and enjoy personalized TV in most countries.
Translation for the Technically Challenged(MBA): Liquidate TIVO from your portfolio.
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Advanced Gravis Gamepad (old style)I know it isn't exactly what you're asking for but Gravis (previously known as Advanced Gravis) use to have a SNES-like gamepad that was unique in that it was symmetrical and with the flick of switch, it could be turned around so the joypad was on the right and the buttons on the left. Better yet, it had a little joystick that could be screwed into the centre of the joypad which made it a lot closer to what you're looking for. The only downside is that it's an older product (circa 1995) so it has a MIDI/game port connector rather than being USB and I don't know of a way to adapt it. Perhaps that's the topic for another Ask Slashdot.
I searched high and low and wasn't able to find a site with any information or a picture of the product but good old eBay came through again. I hate linking to eBay as the links expire so I swiped somebody's photo and put it on my site. You can see it here. I found it by searching for "gravis gamepad" and wading through the results. The best part is they seem to be selling for about $1 (U.S. funds) so it might be worthing buying one just to try it out.
I hope someone finds this useful.
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Inexpensive substitute for EXPENSIVE calculators
I have some friends that have had their calculators stolen countless times. HP is expensive hardware in the hands of often-frugal hackers as the people I know. Many of the mathematics teachers "require" the HP (expensive) calculators just to enter their class. It's tough for some of us students that are poor. Some students pull a fast-one by going to Radio Shack and buying the nice (albeit inexpensive) calculator which *appears* to have the same features as an HP graphing calculator. In a student's experience, they will often be shunned and frowned upon by their teacher for not buying an HP brand graphing calculator. I suppose in a teacher's view, the teacher doesn't want any hassles with incompatible calculators in their HP-only classroom. HP and said teachers are simply monopolizing a product onto students.
The calculator isn't important, it just automates a calculation and gets you away from paper to display the result. Sure, it makes everything faster, but what do you say to someone who simply understands the order of operations to solve an equation without a calculator? Plot the points! The better rebuttal to using graphing calculators would be is to criticize upon the fact that it is best to know howto solve a mathematics equation without a graphics calculator. Say, if you were shipped-off to planet Deimos, thrown in the brig for punching your commanding officer, they take your gun and girly HP graphics calculator, and then monsters from hell invade from the interdimentional portal killing everyone and you are only left with your wits... You will not have a graphics calculator salesman to sell you somthing, so let's learn howto use the computer between our head...and the blood of your commanding officer to plot the points of a graph on the wall. Back to alleged "Teachers", I've witnessed teachers giving ultimatums to students which don't have the "required" calculator. It's tough to not be prejudice towards teachers, they only know a limited number of graphics calculators/brands. And besidse, they're being payed to teach so that makes them less of a teacher and more of a mercenary. The more briliant students (like me, and countless other nerds with their ears puckered-out) need to strive to hack around these HP-fascists. The next best step to not purchasing a HP calculator is...to not purchase an HP calculator: buy an inexpensive PDA, preferably a Vtech Helio (~$30 on eBay, can run Linux with a hack) or a Agenda VR3 / Softfield Tech VR3 (~$70 on eBay, alreadly runs Linux/X11), or a Netpliace I-Opener (~$50 on eBay, can linux with a hack). Run Tiemu on the Linux-based PDA of your choice, it emulats many different HP graphics calculator consoles and operations).
Boycott HP and their union teacher monopolizing overlords! -
Inexpensive substitute for EXPENSIVE calculators
I have some friends that have had their calculators stolen countless times. HP is expensive hardware in the hands of often-frugal hackers as the people I know. Many of the mathematics teachers "require" the HP (expensive) calculators just to enter their class. It's tough for some of us students that are poor. Some students pull a fast-one by going to Radio Shack and buying the nice (albeit inexpensive) calculator which *appears* to have the same features as an HP graphing calculator. In a student's experience, they will often be shunned and frowned upon by their teacher for not buying an HP brand graphing calculator. I suppose in a teacher's view, the teacher doesn't want any hassles with incompatible calculators in their HP-only classroom. HP and said teachers are simply monopolizing a product onto students.
The calculator isn't important, it just automates a calculation and gets you away from paper to display the result. Sure, it makes everything faster, but what do you say to someone who simply understands the order of operations to solve an equation without a calculator? Plot the points! The better rebuttal to using graphing calculators would be is to criticize upon the fact that it is best to know howto solve a mathematics equation without a graphics calculator. Say, if you were shipped-off to planet Deimos, thrown in the brig for punching your commanding officer, they take your gun and girly HP graphics calculator, and then monsters from hell invade from the interdimentional portal killing everyone and you are only left with your wits... You will not have a graphics calculator salesman to sell you somthing, so let's learn howto use the computer between our head...and the blood of your commanding officer to plot the points of a graph on the wall. Back to alleged "Teachers", I've witnessed teachers giving ultimatums to students which don't have the "required" calculator. It's tough to not be prejudice towards teachers, they only know a limited number of graphics calculators/brands. And besidse, they're being payed to teach so that makes them less of a teacher and more of a mercenary. The more briliant students (like me, and countless other nerds with their ears puckered-out) need to strive to hack around these HP-fascists. The next best step to not purchasing a HP calculator is...to not purchase an HP calculator: buy an inexpensive PDA, preferably a Vtech Helio (~$30 on eBay, can run Linux with a hack) or a Agenda VR3 / Softfield Tech VR3 (~$70 on eBay, alreadly runs Linux/X11), or a Netpliace I-Opener (~$50 on eBay, can linux with a hack). Run Tiemu on the Linux-based PDA of your choice, it emulats many different HP graphics calculator consoles and operations).
Boycott HP and their union teacher monopolizing overlords! -
Inexpensive substitute for EXPENSIVE calculators
I have some friends that have had their calculators stolen countless times. HP is expensive hardware in the hands of often-frugal hackers as the people I know. Many of the mathematics teachers "require" the HP (expensive) calculators just to enter their class. It's tough for some of us students that are poor. Some students pull a fast-one by going to Radio Shack and buying the nice (albeit inexpensive) calculator which *appears* to have the same features as an HP graphing calculator. In a student's experience, they will often be shunned and frowned upon by their teacher for not buying an HP brand graphing calculator. I suppose in a teacher's view, the teacher doesn't want any hassles with incompatible calculators in their HP-only classroom. HP and said teachers are simply monopolizing a product onto students.
The calculator isn't important, it just automates a calculation and gets you away from paper to display the result. Sure, it makes everything faster, but what do you say to someone who simply understands the order of operations to solve an equation without a calculator? Plot the points! The better rebuttal to using graphing calculators would be is to criticize upon the fact that it is best to know howto solve a mathematics equation without a graphics calculator. Say, if you were shipped-off to planet Deimos, thrown in the brig for punching your commanding officer, they take your gun and girly HP graphics calculator, and then monsters from hell invade from the interdimentional portal killing everyone and you are only left with your wits... You will not have a graphics calculator salesman to sell you somthing, so let's learn howto use the computer between our head...and the blood of your commanding officer to plot the points of a graph on the wall. Back to alleged "Teachers", I've witnessed teachers giving ultimatums to students which don't have the "required" calculator. It's tough to not be prejudice towards teachers, they only know a limited number of graphics calculators/brands. And besidse, they're being payed to teach so that makes them less of a teacher and more of a mercenary. The more briliant students (like me, and countless other nerds with their ears puckered-out) need to strive to hack around these HP-fascists. The next best step to not purchasing a HP calculator is...to not purchase an HP calculator: buy an inexpensive PDA, preferably a Vtech Helio (~$30 on eBay, can run Linux with a hack) or a Agenda VR3 / Softfield Tech VR3 (~$70 on eBay, alreadly runs Linux/X11), or a Netpliace I-Opener (~$50 on eBay, can linux with a hack). Run Tiemu on the Linux-based PDA of your choice, it emulats many different HP graphics calculator consoles and operations).
Boycott HP and their union teacher monopolizing overlords! -
Re:Cheap, low power cpu's are great ...
I got one of thesefor $1.25+shipping.
Mine was defaced with orange spray paint (cleaned up easily with acetone).
It has a nice 85W power supply which is ample for a mini-ITX system.
I needed this to install an M6000 motherboard. The front panel connectors need modification too.
It's not ideal, but great for the price. -
Re:PLEASE PUT MOD BOMB REQUESTS HERE
Oh baby! I'm all wet now!
I have one request: Please mod down DAldredge wherever you see him.
You know, he bought an engagement ring set on eBay. How lame is that? Check it out. -
ZyXELBack a long long time ago when porn was huge and modems were slow, a company called ZyXEL made *awesome* modems. I'm sure you could pick one up on ebay for nothing (this one seems to be going for about 2$. IIRC the bit depth was an incredibly poor 4 bits, but what do you want for 2$?
:)Long story short, it came with dos software to run a complete little voicemail system, even a 486 could handle it nicely (as long as it had a 16550a uart). If not, you could still use vgetty or role your own as other people have suggested and you still have a cool voice modem
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Yep
We at the Terrato institute for social sciences actually confirmed this by studying the broken-computer rate sale on Ebay, it appears there has been a 40x increase in the sale of broken computer parts in the last 3 years (mind you, we accounted for the general rise of auctions.) The equipment was mostly network gear and motherboards, which we found particularly strange.
There is definately something strange going on. -
Promoting Bigotry & Wasting time
By helping to establish recognized boundries and promoting that absolute separation (Labels like Haitains instead of just American or HUMAN) you are in fact promoting bigotry and maybe even racism. But this is not about our ignorance as a species, but rather a small group of crybabies who cannot recognize this is a fucking game. Sure, for the most part parents these days are not parents, failed parents, but more accurately they are genetic donors providing very minor supervision to maybe just barely help kids avoid major accidents. Because most people have decided that schools, society, TV, movies, games, and cartoons should instill moral values and lifetime behavioral habits in their children does not mean everybody should suffer. If you are offended by the game for whatever reason, sell the game or don't buy it.
If you think this will "force" or "influcene" kids and/or people to act upon a giant wad of binary to make it a reality then maybe you should try addressing the real problem. Don't try to make the game disappear..it won't stupid, it's been released and copies will be traded, sold, and burned. How much more could be accomplished with a crusade to make parents parent again? How much could be accomplished by removing labels that force distinctions and differences? How about getting somebody mostly honest into a political office that comes from the working class that knows what reality is like living like %98 of how most Americans do? Best yet work on finding a way to help better things so both parents do not have to work to afford to survive in their hovel and just barely make it.
This suit is a waste of time and resources that should be used to put vermin where they belong, not cater to a cadre of narrow sighted whiners. Don't make the game go away, make the problem go away.
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The HackerMobile...
...was an old b/w tv and a Vic-20 with a 300bps modem bungie corded to an old Radio Flyer. We'd pull that out from my room to the one phone in the house. We'd have to dial the number by hand, wait for the carrier, unplug the handset, and plug the wire into the modem.
There were at least 10 people active on that (single-line) BBS running on an Apple ][+. My brother and I would be up until the wee hours of the morning watching text scroll slower than we could read it on that 22 character wide display...
Once, we even had the FBI show up unexpectedly at our door. Mom was pissed. What great memories! -
Re:Wow
Funny, I would have thought those placing OSDN personals would be more interested in either contract dating (ie, $300 for the evening), or perhaps a fictional outsourcing.
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Re:Time to goto Israel and load up!
The interesting sellers of OpenOffice on ebay are these people who make a business of selling OpenOffice totally wrapped up in obscurity so that people who buy it think it's a commercial product.
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hello
You should buy this: aircraft carrier on ebay!
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Re:Kite photo gallery
Someone should go fly a kite off of this aircraft carrier for sale on ebay!
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Time to goto Israel and load up!
Free Open Office??
Im going to Israel and stock up on these puppies and make tons of money selling it on Ebay like these guys. -
you know something...
The problem with something like this becomes an issues of whether or not one believes the guy for one, secondly many will think "Oh well such and such amount of people use it, and I know they'll send something so I won't" which translates to little money being sent. (that's for starters)Now 20,000.00 is a lot of money for a 'server'.
e4500 w/8 400mhz cpu's 1gb ram under $1500.00 (15 hundred)
e3500 w/8 336mhz 4 gigs ram 72gb space... $2200.00
IBM AS/400 9406 820 with 2395 Processor, 1521 Interactive Card isn't even $20k
Sun CobaltRAQ 4i (10 UNITS) RAQ 4i 256MB 40GB NEW HD 7200ROM total? $5,500.00
What is it this guy is supposedly running for $20k certainly piques my curiousity, and I'm not trolling. Hell I'll send him $5.00 and I don't even use his product
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you know something...
The problem with something like this becomes an issues of whether or not one believes the guy for one, secondly many will think "Oh well such and such amount of people use it, and I know they'll send something so I won't" which translates to little money being sent. (that's for starters)Now 20,000.00 is a lot of money for a 'server'.
e4500 w/8 400mhz cpu's 1gb ram under $1500.00 (15 hundred)
e3500 w/8 336mhz 4 gigs ram 72gb space... $2200.00
IBM AS/400 9406 820 with 2395 Processor, 1521 Interactive Card isn't even $20k
Sun CobaltRAQ 4i (10 UNITS) RAQ 4i 256MB 40GB NEW HD 7200ROM total? $5,500.00
What is it this guy is supposedly running for $20k certainly piques my curiousity, and I'm not trolling. Hell I'll send him $5.00 and I don't even use his product
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you know something...
The problem with something like this becomes an issues of whether or not one believes the guy for one, secondly many will think "Oh well such and such amount of people use it, and I know they'll send something so I won't" which translates to little money being sent. (that's for starters)Now 20,000.00 is a lot of money for a 'server'.
e4500 w/8 400mhz cpu's 1gb ram under $1500.00 (15 hundred)
e3500 w/8 336mhz 4 gigs ram 72gb space... $2200.00
IBM AS/400 9406 820 with 2395 Processor, 1521 Interactive Card isn't even $20k
Sun CobaltRAQ 4i (10 UNITS) RAQ 4i 256MB 40GB NEW HD 7200ROM total? $5,500.00
What is it this guy is supposedly running for $20k certainly piques my curiousity, and I'm not trolling. Hell I'll send him $5.00 and I don't even use his product
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you know something...
The problem with something like this becomes an issues of whether or not one believes the guy for one, secondly many will think "Oh well such and such amount of people use it, and I know they'll send something so I won't" which translates to little money being sent. (that's for starters)Now 20,000.00 is a lot of money for a 'server'.
e4500 w/8 400mhz cpu's 1gb ram under $1500.00 (15 hundred)
e3500 w/8 336mhz 4 gigs ram 72gb space... $2200.00
IBM AS/400 9406 820 with 2395 Processor, 1521 Interactive Card isn't even $20k
Sun CobaltRAQ 4i (10 UNITS) RAQ 4i 256MB 40GB NEW HD 7200ROM total? $5,500.00
What is it this guy is supposedly running for $20k certainly piques my curiousity, and I'm not trolling. Hell I'll send him $5.00 and I don't even use his product
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Re:scabs
picture terrorists selling things with anthrax in them on sites such as ebay
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The first GITS game...
Just in case you missed it, there was a version of Ghost In The Shell for Playstation (PSX). It's a good game and worth checking out. For some reason, it didn't get much attention so you'll have to check your local used video game store or pay the premium to get a copy on eBay.
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Re:Best Gift Ever!
Just out of curiosity, what determines how you get mod points?
Psst. You can get anything you want on eBay
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Here are some ideas
Get yourself an IBM Thinkpad X30 from the authorizes IBM Ebay store. These are heavily discounted (overstock) NEW laptops with a full warranty.I recommend these for several reasons:
Very durable, small -- won't take up that much space in your cabin
12" screen, more than adequate for general purpose computing, plus the smaller backlight mean considerable power savings in the long run.
Get yourself a couple of deep cycle marine batteries. 1 to use, the other being charged.
Do you want to build your own windmill? Looks like fun project.
P.S. I don't know how remote your cabin is, but if you get yourself a Proxim/Orinoco WiFi card (these have external antenna jacks) and build/buy from a ebay a hi gain 2.4 Ghz yagi antenna, you might be able to hit someone's WiFi AP. It's worth a shot/ fun to try.
If you do by any chance get WiFI with this setup, update your journal and let us. It would be cool to know how you accomplished it.
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Re:Kaypro 10
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Re:$2200.00 for a digital picture frame?
Or you could go to Ebay and only pay $76.00 (as of me writing this) for this laptop.
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Re:If you want to know more about Mars
If you do not want to limit yourself to just a measely little red planet hoever, you might want to pick up this book, often considered the definitive work on the universe.
Dr. Adams may well be most remembered for this work detailing not only travel through the universe in the heart of gold, but also covers travel through time also. There are lessons within this excellent tome that could even help you fly without the assistance of any mechanical devices. This is a must have book especially if you have ever pondered the secret of life, the universe, and everything. -
Cell phone batteries
1 word: eBay
I bought an extended life battery for my cell phone for about $10 and couldn't be happier. The same battery retails at Ratshack for around $50. There seems to be an oversupply of cell phone batteries on eBay, because the prices are really low. -
Re:It's big and white and fast
Retail? Phffft. You could pay about a quarter of that price on eBay. (Yes, I know it's used. Presuming it's clean do you really think that matters much?)
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Re:Price of a Redneck Christmas?GAAA! Now I have that infernal song in my head! At any rate, here ya' go...
Twelve-pack of Bud
$12.89Eleven Wrastling tickets
$1540Ten o' Copenhagen
$175 ($15.50 per pack)Nine years probation
$5000 - Lawyer fees, court costs, and bail. I am assuming this was not a felony...Eight table dancers
$160 ($20 per dancer) - From your local strip club (don't forget to tip)Seven packs of Redman
$29.75 ($4.45 per pack)Six cans of Spam
$15Five flannel shirts
$39.75 ($7.95 each)Four big mud tires
$550Three shotgun shells
$3.13 (actually, this is for 250 rounds)Two hunting dogs
$600 ($300 each for the Beagles) ... And some parts to a Mustang GT.
$24.99Total = $8,150.51 (plus tax) or $36,900.57 the tradtional way
A bit cheaper than the more formal 12 days, but not exactly in the average redneck foodstamp range. I suppose the beer, chew, mustang parts could all have come from the same robbery (using the shotgun shells) and led to the probation.
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Re:Price of a Redneck Christmas?GAAA! Now I have that infernal song in my head! At any rate, here ya' go...
Twelve-pack of Bud
$12.89Eleven Wrastling tickets
$1540Ten o' Copenhagen
$175 ($15.50 per pack)Nine years probation
$5000 - Lawyer fees, court costs, and bail. I am assuming this was not a felony...Eight table dancers
$160 ($20 per dancer) - From your local strip club (don't forget to tip)Seven packs of Redman
$29.75 ($4.45 per pack)Six cans of Spam
$15Five flannel shirts
$39.75 ($7.95 each)Four big mud tires
$550Three shotgun shells
$3.13 (actually, this is for 250 rounds)Two hunting dogs
$600 ($300 each for the Beagles) ... And some parts to a Mustang GT.
$24.99Total = $8,150.51 (plus tax) or $36,900.57 the tradtional way
A bit cheaper than the more formal 12 days, but not exactly in the average redneck foodstamp range. I suppose the beer, chew, mustang parts could all have come from the same robbery (using the shotgun shells) and led to the probation.
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Re:Price of a Redneck Christmas?GAAA! Now I have that infernal song in my head! At any rate, here ya' go...
Twelve-pack of Bud
$12.89Eleven Wrastling tickets
$1540Ten o' Copenhagen
$175 ($15.50 per pack)Nine years probation
$5000 - Lawyer fees, court costs, and bail. I am assuming this was not a felony...Eight table dancers
$160 ($20 per dancer) - From your local strip club (don't forget to tip)Seven packs of Redman
$29.75 ($4.45 per pack)Six cans of Spam
$15Five flannel shirts
$39.75 ($7.95 each)Four big mud tires
$550Three shotgun shells
$3.13 (actually, this is for 250 rounds)Two hunting dogs
$600 ($300 each for the Beagles) ... And some parts to a Mustang GT.
$24.99Total = $8,150.51 (plus tax) or $36,900.57 the tradtional way
A bit cheaper than the more formal 12 days, but not exactly in the average redneck foodstamp range. I suppose the beer, chew, mustang parts could all have come from the same robbery (using the shotgun shells) and led to the probation.
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Re:Price of a Redneck Christmas?GAAA! Now I have that infernal song in my head! At any rate, here ya' go...
Twelve-pack of Bud
$12.89Eleven Wrastling tickets
$1540Ten o' Copenhagen
$175 ($15.50 per pack)Nine years probation
$5000 - Lawyer fees, court costs, and bail. I am assuming this was not a felony...Eight table dancers
$160 ($20 per dancer) - From your local strip club (don't forget to tip)Seven packs of Redman
$29.75 ($4.45 per pack)Six cans of Spam
$15Five flannel shirts
$39.75 ($7.95 each)Four big mud tires
$550Three shotgun shells
$3.13 (actually, this is for 250 rounds)Two hunting dogs
$600 ($300 each for the Beagles) ... And some parts to a Mustang GT.
$24.99Total = $8,150.51 (plus tax) or $36,900.57 the tradtional way
A bit cheaper than the more formal 12 days, but not exactly in the average redneck foodstamp range. I suppose the beer, chew, mustang parts could all have come from the same robbery (using the shotgun shells) and led to the probation.
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Re:always-on appliance with an IP address
Another alternative is an APC Masterswitch; it allows you to control multiple devices via web or telnet. It also works with an APC UPS to allow you to control how your systems behave when the power goes out (i.e. shut down non-essential boxen immediately to preserve battery power for the essential ones).
You can pick up one on eBay for a few hundred dollars, which works out to less than $50 per switched device.
I picked up a Masterswitch Plus (basically a switch with a serial port that can signal a computer to do an orderly shutdown) for about $300 on eBay about 6 months ago, and use it to control several computers and my network hardware. -
Short on details, long on possibilities
The 'Space Robot' (SR), with an in-built 'RUDAC' communication signal processor, will be used to capture damaged satellites and space debris from crashing to Earth, CSRDC-CSRL and ISRDO Director Dr M Sreedhar Dayal told UNI.
Putting aside the poor translation, it's clear that the article's writer doesn't have much of a scientific background. Unless you're talking about a mass comparable to the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory or perhaps the Hubble, there's not much need to prevent debris from "crashing into the earth". 100,000 feet of atmosphere does a fine job by itself, and puts on a great light show to boot.
The obvious benefit of this space scoop is to clear NEO of the sort of debris that occasionally causes the ISS and the Shuttle to take evasive maneuvers from time to time.
But I know what I'd be interested in, if I were a developing nation with orbital capability. The space around Earth is turning into the next big salvage yard, especially if the costs of this mission are comparable to a high-profile terrestrial salvage operation. What better way to find out what other nations have been doing in the space above your country, than to grab a few samples of their equipment?
It's even better than a earthbound salvage operation, because there's no weathering beyond radiation and collisions with other pieces of debris. A defunct spy satellite would be in as good a condition now as it was the day it entered orbit, especially in terms of reverse-engineering. The chips may have a few bits shorted out, but the circuit boards, wiring harnesses, optics, propulsion systems, and so on could hold a trove of information.
And there's one thing I'm dying to do -- buy space knicknacks. NASA and the Russians could probably fund a significant space program by simply selling off that ton or so of "trash" brought back by each shuttle mission or burnt up in the used Progress craft. If India can bring back space nuts, old thruster bells, and the like, they could make a killing on eBay! -
Canon Wordtank
I never have owned such a devices, but I'm a native English speaker and spent 4 years in Japan.
Of the handful of E-Japanese/English dictionaries that I've seen friends using and/or in stores, the Canon Wordtank seemed to rise above the rest in my rusty recollection.
Fanatic's site:
http://www.wordtankcentral.com/
Ebay - Canon Wordtank
Ganbatte ne!! -
Re:Bubbling frustration
"The end app that will be used without piping off to other apps, without having to support connections to 15 other things, whatever. Just what the user needs right then and there."
I'm sorry, but this is not a feature, it's a flaw. What user X "needs right then and there" is probably not what user Y "needs right then and there". If you design your API's and software to meet X's needs, and ignore Y's, or more appropriately, force user Y to accept that he should be like user X, how is this "end-user focused" in Y's eyes? It's ok to say for X, here's your app, but to then tell Y to shut-up and take it is unacceptable.
Fundamentally the UNIX models of "layers" and "pipes & filters" are far more powerful. At the end, you can provide a GUI for X, a GUI for Y, you can batch process all of the data, who cares. Fundamentally, your GUI is a thin wrapper of existing, well tested functionality, not a reinvent the wheel, "guess what this does" exercise in futility. -
Real usefull suggestion
I am dismayed by the lack of usable suggestions. Here is some more practical.
1. Purchase a very large fan
2. Get a 12v to 120v inverter
3. Purchase one of these turbines
4. Install the turbine on the rack and wire up the inverter to your gear
5. Plug in the fan and enjoy your creativity (Great cooling performance is a bonus)
Think outside the box? I believe that the is no box!
SD