just to add on... the kennedy's also owned the merchandise mart up until a few years ago. for those that don't know, the merchandise mart was world's largest commercial space until the pentagon was built. http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/merchandisema rt.htm
"I have already gotten 3 telemarketing calls to the phone number I put on the national list since the list went into effect."
well, you can't sue them, since the list wasn't supposed to be enacted until early October anyway, meaning that even though your name was on the list, it was not yet banned from telemarketing calls.
I am sitting under some flourescent fixtures right now, and they are giving me a headache, since I can see them flickering. I have to put two incandencent lamps next to my work area, just to try and drown out the flickering of the flourescents.
Light bulbs cast a much more even, non-flickering light, so I hope they are never totally replaced by flourescent fixtures.
Syquest drives were "virtually indestructable"? Where do you get this information? I *HAD* a SyQuest drive a few years back, the thing died after roughly a year's usage, and by that time, the company was gone. I now have 3 disks that have stuff on them I cannot get off, save for buying a used drive off of eBay.
yeah, what are you talking about?
i have a 3dfx card in this computer right now, running my second monitor. the stock xp drivers work great. no need for a new graphics card, or even nvidia updated 3dfx drivers.
the one near fermi lab (the store is actually in geneva) is still pretty cool. it has been years since i went to the one in chicago, but i would say the geneva one is about 1/2 the size. still plenty of random objects and such.
no, there actually were problems with the deskstar line. i myself lost my harddrive. i walked up to my computer one day and it was making grinding noises. i knew right away that the harddrive was gone.
i also have 2 other friends who had the same problem. it isn't a memory problem, or from overclocking; none of us are into that.
i think you will find the best parts under your bed, or in a closet somewhere:)
my dual boot, Pentium 75 with a 1 meg video card and 900 MB harddrive, with coax ethernet and a 1x cd rom is all i need. coupled with my 14.4 modem, i have a lean mean surfing machine. who needs quake and realtime streaming video? doom is plenty for me:)
but seriously, i find it fun to just throw pieces together and get some new computers. they may not be the best thing, but for some purposes, they are all you need.
i agree. i have sent off an email describing my disgust with their selling of that product. i urge all of you to do the same.
as for the worldtradecenter.com, all i see are links to redcross things, nothing wrong there.
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just to add on... the kennedy's also owned the merchandise mart up until a few years ago. for those that don't know, the merchandise mart was world's largest commercial space until the pentagon was built. http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/merchandisema rt.htm
"I have already gotten 3 telemarketing calls to the phone number I put on the national list since the list went into effect."
well, you can't sue them, since the list wasn't supposed to be enacted until early October anyway, meaning that even though your name was on the list, it was not yet banned from telemarketing calls.
How about the flickering?
I am sitting under some flourescent fixtures right now, and they are giving me a headache, since I can see them flickering. I have to put two incandencent lamps next to my work area, just to try and drown out the flickering of the flourescents.
Light bulbs cast a much more even, non-flickering light, so I hope they are never totally replaced by flourescent fixtures.
well, all i can think of is all the people out there right now without jobs, who would kill for one right now.
make sure you REALLY want to do a walk out. what if they fire you?
Syquest drives were "virtually indestructable"? Where do you get this information? I *HAD* a SyQuest drive a few years back, the thing died after roughly a year's usage, and by that time, the company was gone. I now have 3 disks that have stuff on them I cannot get off, save for buying a used drive off of eBay.
yeah, what are you talking about? i have a 3dfx card in this computer right now, running my second monitor. the stock xp drivers work great. no need for a new graphics card, or even nvidia updated 3dfx drivers.
i think this should have been modded as funny
the one near fermi lab (the store is actually in geneva) is still pretty cool. it has been years since i went to the one in chicago, but i would say the geneva one is about 1/2 the size. still plenty of random objects and such.
this is not funny. in fact, i read that, and my heart dropped. i wish i had some mod points. get a friggin life.
no, there actually were problems with the deskstar line. i myself lost my harddrive. i walked up to my computer one day and it was making grinding noises. i knew right away that the harddrive was gone.
i also have 2 other friends who had the same problem. it isn't a memory problem, or from overclocking; none of us are into that.
for the heck of it, i one upped it english -> japanese -> english -> japanese -> english = "It recognizes the Babelfish with you" :)
i think you will find the best parts under your bed, or in a closet somewhere :)
my dual boot, Pentium 75 with a 1 meg video card and 900 MB harddrive, with coax ethernet and a 1x cd rom is all i need. coupled with my 14.4 modem, i have a lean mean surfing machine. who needs quake and realtime streaming video? doom is plenty for me :)
but seriously, i find it fun to just throw pieces together and get some new computers. they may not be the best thing, but for some purposes, they are all you need.
and linking the streams to a slashdot story helps the streams stay up how? :)
i agree. i have sent off an email describing my disgust with their selling of that product. i urge all of you to do the same. as for the worldtradecenter.com, all i see are links to redcross things, nothing wrong there.