A culture could be described as a hierarchy, right? If so, I observe an interesting one with my pets, an old beagle, a younger shih tzu and a perfectly black fluffy cat.
The 14 year old beagle is the top dog. The other animals do not challenge her. She will charge them if they come too close or if she's cranky.
The shih tzu submits to the beagle, actually is scared of her. She will calmly wait for food until the beagle is done.
The cat does her own thing. The shih tzu and her sometimes lick each other and sometimes will do greco-roman wrestling. They grew up together. Sometimes the cat will avoid the beagle or sometimes will ignore her outright when she growls and charges at her.
Strangely though, things change. The beagle has sniffed nose to nose with the other animals and sometimes does not mind being near them. Sometimes the beagle will attack, then stop short and do something else. When riding in the car, the dogs will huddle close to one another and not be afraid at all. The interaction between them is unique and predictable, but then sometimes random.
Yes, pigs are very smart. My grandmother told me of a story in which two sows had babies and when food was put out for all the pigs, one of the two sows would go first and eat whilst the second sow watched the piglets. Then they'd switch so the other sow could go eat. I've also heard of other examples of pig smarts as well. I've heard the small pet kind can be tried as good as a dog.
If flight control had known the seriousness of the problem, could the shuttle have disengaged the boosters and glided back down? I've never found out if they can even do that. I know the Saturn5 rocket had some type of small thrusters on the top to do something similar by seperating the crew capsule. (IIRC) I remember when the foam impact was mentioned, I didn't think it was a problem, since I and probably a lot of other people was just thinking soft crushable styrofoam. However, that high density stuff is quite strong and does not yield easily.
I think that the astronauts probably lost conciousness pretty quickly, from the initial shock and instability and lack of air. God rest their souls.
People just love to say the same thing about exploding Pintos when most of them probably don't know the whole story, or have even looked at the car! I've had a few, including one now that's getting a turbo/fuel-injected engine transplant. (see my website)
The gas tank leak after crash story and the lawsuit against Ford is fascinating reading. Yet, you don't hear much about the SN95 Mustang the Crown Vic which still have the same issue of the gas tank in front of the rear bumper.
Anyway, Pintos are cheap and easy to work on. It's a unique car that everyone recognizes, and most still live as race cars now.
The old ones I have still work fine. I have a Quadra 660av with the Applevision display that works like brand new. Built-in speakers and ADB ports on the side in case you want to connect things from there. The only bad Apple monitor is the one for my//gs which works, but is dark and takes a long time to warm up.
Some morons sell the old 'toaster' macs on ebay and manage to get high prices by claiming the signatures on the inside of the case are unique to that particular computer when they are actually part of the case molding.
I have a original 128k, 512 and plus in original boxes with all accessories that would probably command a good price, but for just the CPU and maybe keyb/mouse, the selling price would probably be pretty low. Still neat to play with though and not bad with two floppy drives since your OS can fit on one.
Within the last year, I finally acquired the//c+ which does not need the power supply brick and has a 3.5 drive built in as well as a faster CPU speed. Haven't used it yet, but it finally completes my 8bit Apple collection. The//c+ is hard to find these days.
...But not the only answer. For hyperactive children, I think a big source of the problem is sugar and caffeine. Also remember that kids are natually active as they explore their world and learn.
I know I've suffered from ADD since I was in high skool, and only got treatment for it 16 years later. I take Adderall XR and I find that it helps. However, learning coping strategies/self talk is also important. The medicine can slow down those crazy thoughts, but you still have to do some behaviour modification. Children are not self-aware enough to use self talk to alleviate ADD since they most likely do not even understand what it is.
For a final thought, ADHD is not a disorder. Just different brain wiring.
The selection of cars is fine, but the vehicles should conform better to laws of physics. If you hit someone head on, it should at least permanently disable one or both cars forcing you to jump to another one. When chasing a car down, I'll usually try to use the PIT manuever, but almost never works. Don't tell me VC drivers are that good! When jumping the ramp near the bridge and hitting the opposite side of the bridge wall, it should do more than just bounce the car back. I'd like to see more damaged car details and maybe even have it impair the car's ability as well, such as if you sideswiped or got wrecked on the left side, it would turn or pull to that direction or maybe even have the engine blow up so it coasts to a stop rather than having it explode. Fun game though anyway.
If a shop says they can't fix it, it's because they don't want to spend the time and effort to diagnose the problem. Most EFI cars before the mid 1990s used OBD1 which is pretty fairly basic, but pretty easy to work with. I even swapped a turbo EFI motor from a Merkur into a Pinto without too much trouble(www.nothingtodo.org)
The big three all had simple ways to access the trouble codes or you can get a code scanner. From my experience, it's usually sensors or wiring issues that cause problems, and rarely the engine management computer itself. New vehicles use this OBDII which is more advanced, but really out of read for servicing by a layman though. Best bet is to read up on the particular EFI system your car uses and get familiar with how it works so you can understand the operation and figure out the source of the problem.
Sounds like the writer was making assumptions with little facts to back up anything.
Wedding photographers can get expensive, but I think you do get what you pay for, to some extent. I forgot how much my wedding photographer cost, but I think the expense was justified. He took pictures, adjusted light and settings, thought up creative shots for my wife and I, herded everyone together for group shots, and took random pics during the reception, then put it all in an album for us. There's more to it than just press the shutter button.
I doubt that skycaps make as much as the article said unless they work at LAX or something. I do not know if they are paid like restaurant servers in that they might get paid $2 per hour + tips.
The ones I've seen do more than just unload your bags. They usually check your bags, put the tags on them, and then check you in right at the curb so you can walk straight to your gate.
I agree that most CEOs make way too much, while all the time laying off more employees. One funny anecdote I've read lately is to outsource CEOs only which would save plenty.
I live in a new house about 250 feet away from hi power lines and has not affected anything in my house. I cannot hear any noise from the lines either. A far as resale value goes, if there's a housing shortage, proximity to power lines probably wont be an issue. Besides, power lines provide great places to ride off-road vehicles.
Who writes these stories? The writer should have either used quench or squelch, but not try to make up one word out of two. Reminds me of people who get 'flustrated'. You are either frustrated or flustered, but not both.
At one company, they had a box with discarded soda cans in it, and one day I saw the trashman dump them into the regular trash. Also, there was a newspaper story about Durham, NC just dumping the recycled items that they were picking up in special trucks into the landfill with everything else. I'd be willing to bet less recycling happens that what we'd like to think. Until it becomes profitable, I don't think it will happen on a widespread basis. Remember the cost-benefit analysis.
My current PC and most of my other older units have 5.25 floppy drives in them for times when you need to read or write a disk from an even older computer.
I've also got a number of IBM PS/2 Microchannel machines running OS/2 including some 9595 servers maxed out and a PS/2 Ultimedia computer with video capture card and composite camera. For the mac world, Ive got a Centris 660av with matching display up and running on the network. Old macs are fun! I've got much older stuff, but I have a hard time getting a round tuit.
Tech support for the servers is fine. I can tell I get someone in the states and there's no communication problems and the calltakers seem competent. However, for the Optiplex and consumer models, it's outsourced overseas. Calltakers are obviously reading from a script and probably have little or no proficiency in computers. On the Delltalk boards, there's plenty of complaints about piss-poor tech support.
I go camping at NC's outer banks every year and down at the south and more isolated end, it's very dark at the NPS campground. It's nice to look at how bright the night sky can be without streetlights.
It's a bit unnerving for a city dweller to be outside when it's so dark, you cannot see your feet!
Those buggers are so fast they usually get out of the way of a rock and I've never seen one sink either.
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Yes, I have it and when I look back, seems I've suffered from it for a long time. It seems to be TOO much attention at times. To me, I explain it like your 'radar' is picking up thousands of signals and your brain has to sort out the good signals from the bad which takes time and engergy. Most people that know someone with ADHD will notice they will start on a projects and then jump to something else, then something else, like hundreds of nested subroutines. Before you know it, you're supposed to goto the market, and then the next thing you know, you're painting the house! I tend to hyperfocus on things that I like, spending hours with something and getting mad when I get interrupted yet my attention wanders when I'm in a class listening to something boring or the wife is yelling at me.
ADHD is not a defect, its just a different method of doing things. I actually tend to function better when I have a very busy day at work and can multitask better when my brain is at 100% load. I get bored easily. I used to be good at cooking because of so much going at one time. I take adderol which I find helpful although I get sluggish when it wears off. For those of us that get these racing thoughts just spinning around, you just have to tell yourself STOP. Stop all the wild thoughts and force yourself to return to something you may have stopped. Making lists also helps instead of trying to remember it all and use some self talk when you catch yourself doing ADD type behaviour.
It's not easy to do to always be aware of one's behaviour, but the effort is worth it and makes things easier. Of course, getting others to understand your ADD is probably even harder to do.
ALL diesel engines have glowplugs to help warm the combustion chamber when the engine is cold. In cold climates, block heaters are used. I've never seen a large diesel truck have problems starting up. It's not like you have to pump the accelerator to get it to start! Special fuel blend is also used in cold areas.
Cold startup of any engine with the lack of oil pressure causes the most wear. Idling a diesel means it's always at operating temperature and you eliminate the thermal cycling which causes wear. Its also means that heat and AC is available and with the cost per hour of idling, I'd say most truckers just leave it running for that reason.
I'd pay a few dollars to test ride it just to see how it stays up and controls itself but I would not do it more than once.
I doubt these things would work in amusement parks. Where would you put it if you want to stop and eat or go on rides? People don't follow road rules either so you'd basically be riding as slow as the walkers weaving in and out.
You can get two 50cc scooters and plus have money left over for the price of one of these SHTs.
I was in hi skool at the time the//e came out. I didnt do very good in computer class due to making signs with print shop pro and playing castle wolfenstein but it started me on a life of computers. I didnt get my own apple until 1987 or so when I bought a//+ with no disk drive for $200 hard earned dollars and eventually got my controller card and disk drive from Jameco. That//+ which I still have had a Videx encoder board that allowed lowercase characters, keyboard macros, and other cool stuff. I also bought the AE 80column card for that computer too and could run Appleworks 1.3! Over the years I now have every apple// model except for the original non autostart ROM ][ and boxes of hardware and programs. It's always fun to play those old games and booting DOS 3.3 in seconds.
CATALOG,D1 , PRINT PEEK (-16336), INT, GR,TEXT,INIT HELLO, control+open apple+delete anyone?
Probably ex-IBMers like myself. I still use it on an old thinkpad and a Dell Optiplex and runs just fine. I've heard stories and rumours of ECS, but I recommend just running Warp 4 with all the fixpak updates. I actually prefer the look and feel of the WPS' industrial look than that stoopid cartoony XP layout. I'm sorry to see it go, but I still wear my OS/2 shirts with pride.
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A culture could be described as a hierarchy, right? If so, I observe an interesting one with my pets, an old beagle, a younger shih tzu and a perfectly black fluffy cat. The 14 year old beagle is the top dog. The other animals do not challenge her. She will charge them if they come too close or if she's cranky. The shih tzu submits to the beagle, actually is scared of her. She will calmly wait for food until the beagle is done. The cat does her own thing. The shih tzu and her sometimes lick each other and sometimes will do greco-roman wrestling. They grew up together. Sometimes the cat will avoid the beagle or sometimes will ignore her outright when she growls and charges at her. Strangely though, things change. The beagle has sniffed nose to nose with the other animals and sometimes does not mind being near them. Sometimes the beagle will attack, then stop short and do something else. When riding in the car, the dogs will huddle close to one another and not be afraid at all. The interaction between them is unique and predictable, but then sometimes random.
Yes, pigs are very smart. My grandmother told me of a story in which two sows had babies and when food was put out for all the pigs, one of the two sows would go first and eat whilst the second sow watched the piglets. Then they'd switch so the other sow could go eat. I've also heard of other examples of pig smarts as well. I've heard the small pet kind can be tried as good as a dog.
If flight control had known the seriousness of the problem, could the shuttle have disengaged the boosters and glided back down? I've never found out if they can even do that. I know the Saturn5 rocket had some type of small thrusters on the top to do something similar by seperating the crew capsule. (IIRC) I remember when the foam impact was mentioned, I didn't think it was a problem, since I and probably a lot of other people was just thinking soft crushable styrofoam. However, that high density stuff is quite strong and does not yield easily. I think that the astronauts probably lost conciousness pretty quickly, from the initial shock and instability and lack of air. God rest their souls.
People just love to say the same thing about exploding Pintos when most of them probably don't know the whole story, or have even looked at the car! I've had a few, including one now that's getting a turbo/fuel-injected engine transplant. (see my website) The gas tank leak after crash story and the lawsuit against Ford is fascinating reading. Yet, you don't hear much about the SN95 Mustang the Crown Vic which still have the same issue of the gas tank in front of the rear bumper. Anyway, Pintos are cheap and easy to work on. It's a unique car that everyone recognizes, and most still live as race cars now.
The old ones I have still work fine. I have a Quadra 660av with the Applevision display that works like brand new. Built-in speakers and ADB ports on the side in case you want to connect things from there. The only bad Apple monitor is the one for my //gs which works, but is dark and takes a long time to warm up.
Some morons sell the old 'toaster' macs on ebay and manage to get high prices by claiming the signatures on the inside of the case are unique to that particular computer when they are actually part of the case molding. I have a original 128k, 512 and plus in original boxes with all accessories that would probably command a good price, but for just the CPU and maybe keyb/mouse, the selling price would probably be pretty low. Still neat to play with though and not bad with two floppy drives since your OS can fit on one.
Within the last year, I finally acquired the //c+ which does not need the power supply brick and has a 3.5 drive built in as well as a faster CPU speed. Haven't used it yet, but it finally completes my 8bit Apple collection. The //c+ is hard to find these days.
...But not the only answer. For hyperactive children, I think a big source of the problem is sugar and caffeine. Also remember that kids are natually active as they explore their world and learn. I know I've suffered from ADD since I was in high skool, and only got treatment for it 16 years later. I take Adderall XR and I find that it helps. However, learning coping strategies/self talk is also important. The medicine can slow down those crazy thoughts, but you still have to do some behaviour modification. Children are not self-aware enough to use self talk to alleviate ADD since they most likely do not even understand what it is. For a final thought, ADHD is not a disorder. Just different brain wiring.
The selection of cars is fine, but the vehicles should conform better to laws of physics. If you hit someone head on, it should at least permanently disable one or both cars forcing you to jump to another one. When chasing a car down, I'll usually try to use the PIT manuever, but almost never works. Don't tell me VC drivers are that good! When jumping the ramp near the bridge and hitting the opposite side of the bridge wall, it should do more than just bounce the car back. I'd like to see more damaged car details and maybe even have it impair the car's ability as well, such as if you sideswiped or got wrecked on the left side, it would turn or pull to that direction or maybe even have the engine blow up so it coasts to a stop rather than having it explode. Fun game though anyway.
If a shop says they can't fix it, it's because they don't want to spend the time and effort to diagnose the problem. Most EFI cars before the mid 1990s used OBD1 which is pretty fairly basic, but pretty easy to work with. I even swapped a turbo EFI motor from a Merkur into a Pinto without too much trouble(www.nothingtodo.org) The big three all had simple ways to access the trouble codes or you can get a code scanner. From my experience, it's usually sensors or wiring issues that cause problems, and rarely the engine management computer itself. New vehicles use this OBDII which is more advanced, but really out of read for servicing by a layman though. Best bet is to read up on the particular EFI system your car uses and get familiar with how it works so you can understand the operation and figure out the source of the problem.
Sounds like the writer was making assumptions with little facts to back up anything. Wedding photographers can get expensive, but I think you do get what you pay for, to some extent. I forgot how much my wedding photographer cost, but I think the expense was justified. He took pictures, adjusted light and settings, thought up creative shots for my wife and I, herded everyone together for group shots, and took random pics during the reception, then put it all in an album for us. There's more to it than just press the shutter button. I doubt that skycaps make as much as the article said unless they work at LAX or something. I do not know if they are paid like restaurant servers in that they might get paid $2 per hour + tips. The ones I've seen do more than just unload your bags. They usually check your bags, put the tags on them, and then check you in right at the curb so you can walk straight to your gate. I agree that most CEOs make way too much, while all the time laying off more employees. One funny anecdote I've read lately is to outsource CEOs only which would save plenty.
I live in a new house about 250 feet away from hi power lines and has not affected anything in my house. I cannot hear any noise from the lines either. A far as resale value goes, if there's a housing shortage, proximity to power lines probably wont be an issue. Besides, power lines provide great places to ride off-road vehicles.
Who writes these stories? The writer should have either used quench or squelch, but not try to make up one word out of two. Reminds me of people who get 'flustrated'. You are either frustrated or flustered, but not both.
At one company, they had a box with discarded soda cans in it, and one day I saw the trashman dump them into the regular trash. Also, there was a newspaper story about Durham, NC just dumping the recycled items that they were picking up in special trucks into the landfill with everything else. I'd be willing to bet less recycling happens that what we'd like to think. Until it becomes profitable, I don't think it will happen on a widespread basis. Remember the cost-benefit analysis.
My current PC and most of my other older units have 5.25 floppy drives in them for times when you need to read or write a disk from an even older computer. I've also got a number of IBM PS/2 Microchannel machines running OS/2 including some 9595 servers maxed out and a PS/2 Ultimedia computer with video capture card and composite camera. For the mac world, Ive got a Centris 660av with matching display up and running on the network. Old macs are fun! I've got much older stuff, but I have a hard time getting a round tuit.
Tech support for the servers is fine. I can tell I get someone in the states and there's no communication problems and the calltakers seem competent.
However, for the Optiplex and consumer models, it's outsourced overseas. Calltakers are obviously reading from a script and probably have little or no proficiency in computers. On the Delltalk boards, there's plenty of complaints about piss-poor tech support.
The floridation of water is a communist plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids! oh, well it has not hurt me all these years.
I go camping at NC's outer banks every year and down at the south and more isolated end, it's very dark at the NPS campground. It's nice to look at how bright the night sky can be without streetlights. It's a bit unnerving for a city dweller to be outside when it's so dark, you cannot see your feet!
Those buggers are so fast they usually get out of the way of a rock and I've never seen one sink either.
Yes, I have it and when I look back, seems I've suffered from it for a long time. It seems to be TOO much attention at times. To me, I explain it like your 'radar' is picking up thousands of signals and your brain has to sort out the good signals from the bad which takes time and engergy. Most people that know someone with ADHD will notice they will start on a projects and then jump to something else, then something else, like hundreds of nested subroutines. Before you know it, you're supposed to goto the market, and then the next thing you know, you're painting the house! I tend to hyperfocus on things that I like, spending hours with something and getting mad when I get interrupted yet my attention wanders when I'm in a class listening to something boring or the wife is yelling at me. ADHD is not a defect, its just a different method of doing things. I actually tend to function better when I have a very busy day at work and can multitask better when my brain is at 100% load. I get bored easily. I used to be good at cooking because of so much going at one time. I take adderol which I find helpful although I get sluggish when it wears off. For those of us that get these racing thoughts just spinning around, you just have to tell yourself STOP. Stop all the wild thoughts and force yourself to return to something you may have stopped. Making lists also helps instead of trying to remember it all and use some self talk when you catch yourself doing ADD type behaviour. It's not easy to do to always be aware of one's behaviour, but the effort is worth it and makes things easier. Of course, getting others to understand your ADD is probably even harder to do.
ALL diesel engines have glowplugs to help warm the combustion chamber when the engine is cold. In cold climates, block heaters are used. I've never seen a large diesel truck have problems starting up. It's not like you have to pump the accelerator to get it to start! Special fuel blend is also used in cold areas.
Cold startup of any engine with the lack of oil pressure causes the most wear. Idling a diesel means it's always at operating temperature and you eliminate the thermal cycling which causes wear. Its also means that heat and AC is available and with the cost per hour of idling, I'd say most truckers just leave it running for that reason.
I'd pay a few dollars to test ride it just to see how it stays up and controls itself but I would not do it more than once. I doubt these things would work in amusement parks. Where would you put it if you want to stop and eat or go on rides? People don't follow road rules either so you'd basically be riding as slow as the walkers weaving in and out. You can get two 50cc scooters and plus have money left over for the price of one of these SHTs.
I was in hi skool at the time the //e came out. I didnt do very good in computer class due to making signs with print shop pro and playing castle wolfenstein but it started me on a life of computers. I didnt get my own apple until 1987 or so when I bought a //+ with no disk drive for $200 hard earned dollars and eventually got my controller card and disk drive from Jameco. That //+ which I still have had a Videx encoder board that allowed lowercase characters, keyboard macros, and other cool stuff. I also bought the AE 80column card for that computer too and could run Appleworks 1.3! Over the years I now have every apple // model except for the original non autostart ROM ][ and boxes of hardware and programs. It's always fun to play those old games and booting DOS 3.3 in seconds.
CATALOG,D1 , PRINT PEEK (-16336), INT, GR,TEXT,INIT HELLO, control+open apple+delete anyone?
Probably ex-IBMers like myself. I still use it on an old thinkpad and a Dell Optiplex and runs just fine. I've heard stories and rumours of ECS, but I recommend just running Warp 4 with all the fixpak updates. I actually prefer the look and feel of the WPS' industrial look than that stoopid cartoony XP layout. I'm sorry to see it go, but I still wear my OS/2 shirts with pride.
Could not see the list but is the HERO 1 listed? I've got one complete with all the options, but he doesn't work right now© What about the Yul Brynner robot from Westworld?