We had a truck with a 3-speed column shift that stuck in third gear often. Pull some stuff under the hood, and it unjammed.
We have a truck that the gas pedal jams down, so if you let off the brakes, it gets up to 45MPH without touching the pedal. Stick your foot under the pedal and pull up, though, and it's fine.
Keyboard and pointing device? You're looking at a Toshiba Libretto - VERY small, and the power of a Pentium laptop. There are very old tablet PCs that run 95 with Pen Extensions 2.0, and can actually run XP Tablet (someone hacked one into it).
Unfortunately, they're very rare, as one of the bigger retailers appears to have gone out.
I realized as soon as I pressed Submit that I forgot about filesystem type.
Also, I reread the message, and realized that she's already in/etc/fstab. It's just/etc/fstab isn't spelled that way, it's "spelled" in speech, and he doesn't want to force it (mount, providing his own locations for zipper and entryway - that's illegal, of course).
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a/.er SAYING he's going to try a geek girl, but I've heard of it actually happening...
If I do buy an IBM laptop (and it will be an R series, which DOES have this chip), the day my warranty expires, I will open the laptop, rip out the "Trust" chip, and mail the chip to IBM.
Well, the only reason this laptop runs Windows is because I need Microsoft Publisher. I know it supposedly runs under Wine, but I've never gotten it to, and I don't feel like paying for XOver Office. I'll admit, there's some pirated software (other than Publisher) on here, too - MS VPC, which except for not having a Linux version, will be cracked as soon as I get a crack. I'm probably going to put a serial in WinZip so it doesn't nag me. There are others, too. I wouldn't have pirated anything (except VMWare) had I had Linux. FWIW, I AM trying to use FOSS rather than pirated commercial on this computer, though. OpenOffice.org instead of MS Office, for one.
Avast for me (it seems to work better than AVG), and I used SPF for a while. I might try KPF, but I won't use ZoneAlarm again, that's for sure. SPF isn't TOO bad, but it REALLY didn't like having two versions of Opera, and SP2 didn't like it too much. I'm running WF right now, but I don't trust it much.
Both times I've been there, Raptor had a long line (not NEARLY as long as TTD, but it was long), and I don't like the chestbar mechanism (get in a shaky area of the track, and if you don't have your head CLAMPED against the headrest, you get banged around on it).
I'll second Streets and Trips. It's VERY nice if you use Windows (which that, and the fact that my Linux box is REALLY old, are the reasons it's not on there). Microsoft has a few gems in there...
MapPoint might be better, especially considering the statistical information it's got. Streets & Trips is basically a home version of MapPoint. The only problem is the pricing on MapPoint isn't that great. MapPoint is, unfortunately, not available in an academic version (MS academic versions are rarely above $100, which is nice if someone like me wants VS.net 2003 Pro, which is $100, but the unlucky guy who ISN'T a student has to pay $549 for "Special Edition" (which adds Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000) or $1075 if he or she doesn't want the extras (backwards MS pricing, I know, but at least VS.n2K3PSE is technically a sale price).)
Buy your tickets beforehand - much cheaper that way
Ride the less popular rides - especially woodens - more fun than something like TTD, IMO, and less lines
Don't eat at the amusement park, or (if you're going to Cedar Point) get your meal from the Market on grounds. Last time I ate there, it was about $10, and it was all you can eat.
Yeah, but I would have been arrested after Top Thrill, and then Mean Streak (three or four times), and then Gemini (three or four times - at least I didn't reach over to the other coaster, like many did - very fast way to win a Darwin award, considering the coasters actually DO arrive at slightly different times, that vary), and then Magnum (five or six times).
I'm going to guess that it wouldn't be TOO hard to modify Top Thrill. What I'd REALLY like to see is TTD hooked into Millenium Force, but that ain't happenin'.
Top Thrill is SMOOTH. Too smooth. Mantis thrashes. Mean Streak thrashes, but it thrashes because it's wooden, and that's a good kind of thrashing.
I do agree that Top Thrill is pretty boring once you hit the hill, but the launch is awesome. Call me back when they manage to do a turn after the hill, and put it on the Millenium Force track.
I give a year. Lower Top Thrill Dragster's launch area, and up the speed. Put a hump in, or even run some track over to, oh, Millenium Force, and Cedar Point has it nailed. I think they can mod TTD when they're replacing the rubber bands that hold it together, and are always breaking...
I've actually been on Top Thrill, but not Millenium Force (lines too long on MF for my group...)
Which wooden coaster? They've got a few there, you know... Gemini (the dueling coasters) and Mean Streak are the two I've been on. Blue Streak (MS's predecessor) is quite famous, but I haven't tried it. Mean Streak is NICE. Much more exhilarating than Top Thrill (BTW, that's 17 seconds. Just ask any Ohio resident or coaster nut.) It's got an area where everyone puts their hands up, and there's a beam that they put in to make you think that you're going to lose your hands on it;-)
1c (penny), 5c (nickel), 10c (dime), 25c (quarter), 50c, $1 (golden dollar). In bills we have $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and (IIRC) $1,000. I'm not counting the $2, because it hasn't been in production for a while.
Now, I think the penny is still around so that something can be some multiple of 1, instead of 5 cents. $x.99 is a VERY popular price over here, and it wouldn't be possible with cash without the lowly penny.
They're trying to get rid of the dollar bill, but the Sacawagea dollar (aka golden dollar) hasn't really taken root. You see them every now and then, but they're not common (neither is the 50 cent piece).
Umm... the key for ignition IS the same as the key for unlocking on most cars...
BTW, we once had a Ford Escort (we're in the US - they're shit over here) that had a "spare key" in the manual pouch. It's a plastic key that's quite obviously a master key. Yes, anyone with a Ford vehicle made in that time period is vulnerable...
I've seen (and played with) an MA V (and the XyberKids, which is an MA V with an 800x600 touchscreen). It's not the device in question, but they make wearable computers. The MA V base unit straps onto your side (the ones I played with, it was in the bag that goes on your side, and one was in a docking station). You can get a wrist-mount keyboard (the one I played with the most had a 40 key model), and they use one of the $10 presentation trackballs. I was using it with a 1" SVGA HMD.
FWIW, I played with it at the Minnesota State Fair at an IBM exhibit (which included something on Blue Gene - just think how many CPUs you could get in an ATX-sized case). Yes, I live in Ohio. Yes, I had a good reason to be there (I was an exhibitor in the livestock show).
No working copies? MSWLogo is a bit old, but it works nicely on Win32 and Wine (you need to get the files out of the installer (that version of InstallShield crashes on Wine), which I did, but I forget where I stuffed the ZIP). There is a slightly older Win16 version, and there's good old fashioned GPLed source (Borland C++, so Kylix is the obvious choice to compile on Linux).
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We had a truck with a 3-speed column shift that stuck in third gear often. Pull some stuff under the hood, and it unjammed.
We have a truck that the gas pedal jams down, so if you let off the brakes, it gets up to 45MPH without touching the pedal. Stick your foot under the pedal and pull up, though, and it's fine.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6580187845.html
;-)
Why, yes it can, with the help of Bluetooth devices
Keyboard and pointing device? You're looking at a Toshiba Libretto - VERY small, and the power of a Pentium laptop. There are very old tablet PCs that run 95 with Pen Extensions 2.0, and can actually run XP Tablet (someone hacked one into it).
Unfortunately, they're very rare, as one of the bigger retailers appears to have gone out.
DDR2-533 runs at 133MHz and a lower voltage than the 200MHz DDR400.
The DDR2 uses LESS power (the chipset might use more).
Taxes in this country wouldn't be so high if our money weren't dumped into unneccessary things *cough*personal wars*cough*.
I realized as soon as I pressed Submit that I forgot about filesystem type.
/etc/fstab. It's just /etc/fstab isn't spelled that way, it's "spelled" in speech, and he doesn't want to force it (mount, providing his own locations for zipper and entryway - that's illegal, of course).
/.er SAYING he's going to try a geek girl, but I've heard of it actually happening...
Also, I reread the message, and realized that she's already in
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a
Ahh... I forgot the filesystem type. What shall we name it? cumfs?
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Also, why don't you try for yourself at http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.htm
Wait a sec... I thought you could just mount if you provided the device (/dev/girl) and the target (/mount/girl)...
If I do buy an IBM laptop (and it will be an R series, which DOES have this chip), the day my warranty expires, I will open the laptop, rip out the "Trust" chip, and mail the chip to IBM.
Well, the only reason this laptop runs Windows is because I need Microsoft Publisher. I know it supposedly runs under Wine, but I've never gotten it to, and I don't feel like paying for XOver Office. I'll admit, there's some pirated software (other than Publisher) on here, too - MS VPC, which except for not having a Linux version, will be cracked as soon as I get a crack. I'm probably going to put a serial in WinZip so it doesn't nag me. There are others, too. I wouldn't have pirated anything (except VMWare) had I had Linux. FWIW, I AM trying to use FOSS rather than pirated commercial on this computer, though. OpenOffice.org instead of MS Office, for one.
Avast for me (it seems to work better than AVG), and I used SPF for a while. I might try KPF, but I won't use ZoneAlarm again, that's for sure. SPF isn't TOO bad, but it REALLY didn't like having two versions of Opera, and SP2 didn't like it too much. I'm running WF right now, but I don't trust it much.
Both times I've been there, Raptor had a long line (not NEARLY as long as TTD, but it was long), and I don't like the chestbar mechanism (get in a shaky area of the track, and if you don't have your head CLAMPED against the headrest, you get banged around on it).
I'm lucky in that coasters don't make me sick at all. It's being spun around that does that to me...
I'll second Streets and Trips. It's VERY nice if you use Windows (which that, and the fact that my Linux box is REALLY old, are the reasons it's not on there). Microsoft has a few gems in there...
MapPoint might be better, especially considering the statistical information it's got. Streets & Trips is basically a home version of MapPoint. The only problem is the pricing on MapPoint isn't that great. MapPoint is, unfortunately, not available in an academic version (MS academic versions are rarely above $100, which is nice if someone like me wants VS.net 2003 Pro, which is $100, but the unlucky guy who ISN'T a student has to pay $549 for "Special Edition" (which adds Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000) or $1075 if he or she doesn't want the extras (backwards MS pricing, I know, but at least VS.n2K3PSE is technically a sale price).)
Yeah, but I would have been arrested after Top Thrill, and then Mean Streak (three or four times), and then Gemini (three or four times - at least I didn't reach over to the other coaster, like many did - very fast way to win a Darwin award, considering the coasters actually DO arrive at slightly different times, that vary), and then Magnum (five or six times).
;-)
It's not exactly enforced
I'm going to guess that it wouldn't be TOO hard to modify Top Thrill. What I'd REALLY like to see is TTD hooked into Millenium Force, but that ain't happenin'.
Top Thrill is SMOOTH. Too smooth. Mantis thrashes. Mean Streak thrashes, but it thrashes because it's wooden, and that's a good kind of thrashing.
I do agree that Top Thrill is pretty boring once you hit the hill, but the launch is awesome. Call me back when they manage to do a turn after the hill, and put it on the Millenium Force track.
I give a year. Lower Top Thrill Dragster's launch area, and up the speed. Put a hump in, or even run some track over to, oh, Millenium Force, and Cedar Point has it nailed. I think they can mod TTD when they're replacing the rubber bands that hold it together, and are always breaking...
I've actually been on Top Thrill, but not Millenium Force (lines too long on MF for my group...)
;-)
Which wooden coaster? They've got a few there, you know... Gemini (the dueling coasters) and Mean Streak are the two I've been on. Blue Streak (MS's predecessor) is quite famous, but I haven't tried it. Mean Streak is NICE. Much more exhilarating than Top Thrill (BTW, that's 17 seconds. Just ask any Ohio resident or coaster nut.) It's got an area where everyone puts their hands up, and there's a beam that they put in to make you think that you're going to lose your hands on it
I'm in the US, and here's how it breaks down:
1c (penny), 5c (nickel), 10c (dime), 25c (quarter), 50c, $1 (golden dollar). In bills we have $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and (IIRC) $1,000. I'm not counting the $2, because it hasn't been in production for a while.
Now, I think the penny is still around so that something can be some multiple of 1, instead of 5 cents. $x.99 is a VERY popular price over here, and it wouldn't be possible with cash without the lowly penny.
They're trying to get rid of the dollar bill, but the Sacawagea dollar (aka golden dollar) hasn't really taken root. You see them every now and then, but they're not common (neither is the 50 cent piece).
Umm... the key for ignition IS the same as the key for unlocking on most cars...
BTW, we once had a Ford Escort (we're in the US - they're shit over here) that had a "spare key" in the manual pouch. It's a plastic key that's quite obviously a master key. Yes, anyone with a Ford vehicle made in that time period is vulnerable...
When I get them, they usually say you don't hold the school responsible, you don't hold the drivers (read: half of the teachers) responsible.
I've seen (and played with) an MA V (and the XyberKids, which is an MA V with an 800x600 touchscreen). It's not the device in question, but they make wearable computers. The MA V base unit straps onto your side (the ones I played with, it was in the bag that goes on your side, and one was in a docking station). You can get a wrist-mount keyboard (the one I played with the most had a 40 key model), and they use one of the $10 presentation trackballs. I was using it with a 1" SVGA HMD.
FWIW, I played with it at the Minnesota State Fair at an IBM exhibit (which included something on Blue Gene - just think how many CPUs you could get in an ATX-sized case). Yes, I live in Ohio. Yes, I had a good reason to be there (I was an exhibitor in the livestock show).
No working copies? MSWLogo is a bit old, but it works nicely on Win32 and Wine (you need to get the files out of the installer (that version of InstallShield crashes on Wine), which I did, but I forget where I stuffed the ZIP). There is a slightly older Win16 version, and there's good old fashioned GPLed source (Borland C++, so Kylix is the obvious choice to compile on Linux).