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  1. Humm... on Software for Managing Your Bibliography? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well I could mention that the Mac is great for thesis, but I'll not go there.

    I've been there and done that, writing a thesis that is, but that was in the dark ages(1992-1997). I just used the footnote feature of Word 5.1. Kept each chapter as a separate document, with multiple copies for backup. Even kept a floppy buried in the back yard in a sealed container in case the house burned down.

    Back in the day there were not nearly so many online journals etc. as there are today. So, keeping PDFs of articles was not an issue. You just kept photocopies, and referred back to them.

    A possible workaround is to keep your journal articles organized in a folder. That way they'd be easily found.

    What format are your articles in?

  2. Re:Uh....this isn't new news on Bigger Brains Make Smarter People Study Says · · Score: 1

    So you're doubting my analysis?

  3. Re:Einstein on Bigger Brains Make Smarter People Study Says · · Score: 1

    The frog replies, "I'm the French Navel Ambassador."

  4. Re:Pixar also on the list on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 1

    Or is it 2 of 10.

    Oh no! He's a Borg!

  5. Re:Story way more interesting that dry Wiki articl on Apple The Current Fastest Growing Brand · · Score: 1

    Never apologies to Voltaire. He was a dolt.

  6. Re:You insensitive clod! on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    Nope, Bill Clinton is from Arkansas.

  7. Re:In other news... on Cassette Tapes On The Wane · · Score: 1

    It may be obscure to you young whipper-snappers, but us old dawgs have no problem catching the reference.

    Chevy Chase thanks you for remembering.

  8. Re:Can't resist Trojan Horse joke... on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 1

    Well it seems that finding a pervious post to be funny is somehow off-topic, or overrated.

    I find this to be a curious state of affairs. Most likely the work of secular fundamentalists.

  9. Re:Can't resist Trojan Horse joke... on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 1

    K = Keister

  10. NanoJazz? on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 1

    And now for the very tasty folates of Dr. Miles Davis...

  11. Re:Huh? on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 1

    Are we heading in to a discussion of subject-object dichotomy?

    Just wondering, while I'm wandering.

  12. Re:Can't resist Trojan Horse joke... on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ROTFLMKO!!!!!!!!

    Someone, heck several someones mark the above post Waaaaaaaaay up! Mark it hysterically funny!

    Two funny Bones waaay waaay up!

  13. Doh! on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    That should have been only time not old time.

  14. Re:OMG on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    "Of course he was wrong, if only because Apple's enormous brand value was worth more than the stock indicated."

    No joke!

    The ol' Spockster made out like a bandit for his parents by investing in Apple in 1997, and 2000 by investing their $$$ in Apple when the stock went below $14.00 per share. A hundred k$ invested in December of 1997 yield 1.1 M$ in the Spring of 2000. HE HE HE...

    It was the old times that I or my parents ever did the stock market thing.

    Why did I invest in Apple at that time?

    Because it was the logical thing to do.

  15. Re:Dvorak is very good on Advocating Dvorak · · Score: 1

    "Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it."*

    *See also: Circular Reasoning, Begging The Question, Petitio Principii, and Circulus In Probando

  16. Re:Not that Dvorak either! on Advocating Dvorak · · Score: 1

    Nope. The Moon is not full. It's First Quarter in about 9 and a half hours.

  17. Re:Steve Jobs' experience was unique.. on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is college as expensive as it is? i.e. too expensive.

    Is the widespread belief that a prestigious university = better education = $$$$ valid? If not then...

    Why is it that so many people think that going to an Ivy League, or other prestigious university is the only route to success?

    Are there less expensive alternitives to prestige universities that offer a good to great education?

    STB
    A.A. (Mathematics)
    McLennan Community College
    Waco, Texas
    Class of 1986

    A.A. (Engineering)
    Tyler Junior College
    Tyler, Texas
    Class of 1987

    B.Sc. (Physics/Mathematics)
    Stephen F. Austin State University
    Nacogdoches, Texas
    Class of 1990

    M.Sc. in Physics, Thesis Observational Astronomy
    Stephen F. Austin State University
    Nacogdoches, Texas
    1997

  18. Re:Minor nit on Homebrew Air Conditioning for Under $25 · · Score: 1

    MMMMMM... Fiber!

  19. Subject: British Literature on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked? · · Score: 1

    Specific Subject: The Death by Drowning of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    It has long been reported that: "On July 8, 1822, less than a month before his 30th birthday, Shelley drowned in a sudden storm while sailing back from Pisa and Livorno to Lerici in his schooner, the Don Juan." --Wikipedia

    The Wikipedia quoted above is accurate. The Drowning of Shelley is one of the facts that I remember from British Litt..

    While it's true that Shelly died from asphyxiation, it is not true that he drown as reported above. The whole story of his drowning was PR cover for the true cause of his death by asphyxiation.

    The real cause of Shelly's asphyxiation is that he choked to death. Specifically he choked on his own poetry.

  20. Re:star trek on Cold Fusion in a Breadbox Instead of a Bottle · · Score: 1

    I Sir am the inventor of Mr. Fusion.

    I feel it necessary to clear up some confusion.

    Mr. Fusion does not and has never used beer cans, banana peels etc. for fuel.

    It operates exclusively on a mixture of cold cream, and corn margarine.

    Pons, and Fleischmann strike again!

  21. Re:Why this preoccupation with 'bias'? on Mac Install-Base Shown to Be 16% · · Score: 1

    Only if you live in the Bay Area or Fire Island.

  22. The ultimate Leatherman has been discontinued on The Ultimate Leatherman? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Mini-Tool is the ultimate Leatherman:

    http://www.leatherman.com/products/tools/retired-t ools/mini-tool/default.asp

    Very compact when completely closed, yet you get a full sized pair of needlenose pliers when open. The size of the needlenose is perfect for most electronic applications.

    I've been raiding various local independent tackle stores, bait houses, and gun shops and buying all that the have in stock.

    So far I've got a dozen pair of Mini-Tools.

    Now when you combine the Mini-Tool with a VICTORINOX WorkChamp you've got a lot of 'firepower' in just a couple of tools. I don't leave home without them.

  23. Re:No Doubt About It on The Ultimate Leatherman? · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, No...

    You misunderstand.

    It's Letterman, not Leatherman.

    Your Welcome
    STB

  24. Re:frank drake on 60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets · · Score: 1

    "...see Jarred Dimond's "Germs, Guns and Steel"

    Read it. Enjoyed it. Found it to be excellent.

  25. Re:More polls on 60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I can't even tell the difference between a Christian and a Satanist from just looking at them"

    The difference...

    Tattoos and body piercing.