I think it would be great if some national radio show would rerun Orson Wells radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic "war of the worlds" which aired on halloween night in the 30's. For those of you who never heard it, it so panicked the east coast that most of it's residents thought the martians had invaded the world LOL
I only learned morse to get my license, then forgot it. I don't have anything against code, just not my bag of tea. One good thing about it, at least it keeps some of the knobs off the air;)
Or as I always say.... 3 dits, 4 dits, 2 dits, dahh (figure it out);)
I'm lucky. I work for a photocopier dealer, and I can print anything I want on our high speed color laser copier/printer. At 45 CPM, and 600x1200 DPI, it prints photos real fast, and the colors are great!
I'll say it again.......anyone that pays 399 or 499 for a video card........well......a FOOL and his money are soon parted.......the "200" dollar range is where the money is!
You've all seen those ads......"take a discovery flight for $35 and see if you would want to be a pilot" bla bla bla.......
Well, from what I hear, they take you up and let you have the controls. OK, here's what I wanted to do.....get on one, play up the fact that I've run MS flight simulator for years, and these controls look JUST LIKE what is on my computer. After we get up and the instructor gives me the controls (so to speak)......put the plane in a shallow dive, then ask the instructor....."hey, where's the ctrl-alt-del key so I can reboot this thing, it's in a dive and I don't want to crash"
LOL
Typical for the congress, dosen't matter if they are democrats or republican 99% of them are the same. It's gotten to the point, they it's a feudilistic (sp) country. We the "little people" are the surfs.....idiots who can't walk and chew gum, and if it wasn't for the kings telling us what to do, we'd all be walking around bumping into everything. They make rules for everyone to follow EXCEPT them!
Just look at all the idiots up there complaining about SUV's.......They scream that it's causing global warming, but when they go home, it's in a chauffer driven limosene, or flying home in a private jet, to live in a 40 room mansion that has a 20 car garage. Until this country wakes up, throws ALL of them out, and elects people from "flyover" country, and limits their terms to let say 12 years with NO reelection possibility, it will never change. The lobbyist have their claws well dug into these idiots. It's sad, that 99% of them, have tossed their ethics out the windows for the $$$$ instead.
I grew up on shortwave radio from the 60's, 70's
as a kid. I remember the first time I listened to one, got hooked on it, studied and passed my amateur test and got licensed. No, the PC won't cause interference, unless you have it sitting on top of your computer, the receiver is an external box.
I've been hearing the death of sw/ham radio for years. Everyone has been saying ham radio is dying.....well, they said the same thing about CW (morse code), but it's still around. Plus, you think the manufacturers of amateur radio gear are in a money loosing business? Doubt it.....every few months I get a catalog with all the new gear....they build it, people are buying it.
I've had my hotmail account for YEARS. I also have
my regular DSL account, which NO ONE but those on my outlook adress book have. Why do I have hotmail? For online ordering, web site downloads etc. This way, ALL my junk mail goes into the hotmail account. I then use mail washer to filter out what hotmail can't (which is a bunch). I check it when I get home, dump the junk, then before I hit the sack.
What a great service that Microsoft provides for us! Keeping the junk out of our "regular" inboxes, freeing up their servers, and clogging the MS ones;)
THANKS MICROSOFT
Before I got a PDA, I had buddies of mine telling me for a couple years, get one, you need one.
I would just say yeah right, I don't need bla bla bla. Well, then one day about 3 years ago, they dropped the price on the Handspring Visor Deluxe and I said, ok, I'll buy one, and if I don't like it, I'll get rid of it on ebay. About a month after I got it, you would need a gun to pry it out of my hands. Now I have a Dell Axim X5 and I'd rather die than live without it.
What do I use it for? Everything! Keeping track of appointment times, birthdays, jot quick notes, service calls (I'm a field tech), my inventory.
Games? NONE, I use it for business, not as a glorified game boy. I even have a detailed city map in case on a rare occasion that I get a call on a street that I don't remember where it is. And this map you don't have to struggle with to refold:)
Ok, since the state assembly in California cannot figure out how to live within it's means, I will NOT be purchasing anything online from vendors in the state of California. No I am not "anti-american"...... Every year, almost all of the 50 states keep spending more and more and more and more. Even in a DOWN economy, they always want to add MORE programs. Programs require money, that money comes from taxpayers. The taxpayers have had ENOUGH! If consumers want effective tax reform, to reign in the excessive bloat in government, force congress to repeal the FICA with holdings! Force yourself to write that check to the tax man every month. See how much money the government steals from your wallet every month!
You would think that the RIAA would have figured out what would happen, if they engage in a "cyberwar" from what happened to Madonna. Instead of trying to outsmart a group of computer users (which WON'T happen unless they hire hackers), they should concentrate on the reason most people download MP3's anyway. THE HIGH PRICE OF CD'S!
I remember when CD's hit the stores in the early 80's. The RIAA said that at 20+ dollars each, yes they more expensive than LP's (records), but the technology was new and expensive, and as more and more hit the shelves, the price would come down to the price of LP's. Well, it's been over 20 years, and the prices are still in the 15-20 dollar range, unless you catch them when they first come out and they have a price reduction. As CDRW's became popular in the 90's and the price of blank CD's came down to less than 50 cents each in bulk, people started asking, hey, how come audio CD's are so expensive? It can't be the CD material. As more and more people saw that: A. The artist aren't really making a lot of money on each CD sold, B: The stores where the CD's are bought aren't making any money, C: Companies like Sony, EMI, EPIC(now sony),etc.....are having lavish parties, etc etc......HEY! We are being ripped off! That's what fueled the explosion in file trading (that and peoples desire to get something for nothing).
If the record industry would DO SOMETHING positive about file trading like what Apple is doing, then I think the file trading "problem" would disappear. Just look how many LEGAL songs were downloaded in 18 hours! 275,000! @ 99 cents each!
Now, although I think 99 cents per song might be a little high, considering if a CD had 12 songs@ 99 cents, the cd, jacket etc....it's a step in the right direction.
Come on RIAA, drop the BS, get on the bandwagon and realize your over zealous activities are history. You've had the gravy train for too long!
Yep, sometimes we get a bit carried away, but just like computers, it's a fun hobby. I'm sure most communities like ours have a dedicated group of volunteers that when the weather gets bad, will sacrifice thier cars (do to hail damage) and help the weather service spot tonadic weather. When the weather gets bad, sometimes you lose your AC, and even on a backup supply, time at the computer is limited.
KB0GNK
Exactly! IE crashes because 80+% of the dopes out there use IE. True geeks use a good browser, like Mozilla, Opera, Phoenix, et al. Problem though, just like linux, once enough people start using the alternative browsers, the people who find "bugs" like this, will start looking for ways to comprimise them. But, unlike M$, the open source community will squash them quicker, without waiting for 1000 meetings to determine how to fix it.
Paperless office........I remember this back in the early 80's. It was going to "put me out of business" (I repair office printers, copiers, fax machines etc). Every time the government comes out with some new law or rule (the HIPPA law comes to mind), the amount of paperwork required causes my business to boon! I think more paper (trees) are wasted every time a new law hits the books! As for printers, I look a few months back when I buy a new printer. What I mean, I don't buy the newest on the block. I start looking about 6 months after I've spotted one I like. Then I start checking the websites that offer refill kits or replacement (non OEM) cartridges. If they don't, or can't carry them (due to chips etc), I look for another brand of printer. The fax/laser printer/digital photocopier market is the same way.....the machine profits are marginally small, they make it up on service and supplies. Use to, with the old analog machines, you could find cheaper toner, but the newer ones, they have "patented" the cartridge, by putting notches, or bumps on them that activate a switch when the bottle rotates. Since the bottle design is "patented" and the sharks (lawyers) of the manufacturers will hunt down anyone that produces a generic cartridge, it won't work in the machine (well it will work sort of), it will display "use genuine toner " message nag screen, and the copy quality is automatically cut back.
It amazes me how people "pick" on fox news. I could care less where someone gets their news. I prefer Fox over the ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN, because at least fox will put both sides on to argue their points, and not SLANT the news to the right as much as the left will SLANT the news to their extent. I've been conservative all my life. I believe that if someone does something illegal, they should be PUNISHED, not "forgiven".... When this country finally gets over it's "politically correct" era, we'll be better off. I could care less the color of a persons skin, or where they come from. If you want to come to this country, do a couple of things. ONE: move here LEGALLY, not sneaking in under the boarder etc... TWO: Learn or get an understanding of ENGLISH! We speak english here in America. When I come to your country, I would not expect that everything be printed or spoke in my language, so don't expect it here.
Even if they do, luckly in Missouri, we have a "no call list" law that has TEETH in it. In two years, I've had only ONE telemarketing call, and when I filed a complaint, about 9 months later, I received a letter from the Attorney General of Missouri (form letter) stating the amount they had been fined.
Once in a while, they come up with a law that works:)
Let the internet take care of itself.......I"m sure as we speak, someone who lives in Charles F. Childs area, is tracking down his address, and some forum somewhere will post his address, then as happened to the other spammer, his snail mail box will be filled with every catalog, etc you can imagine!
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I think it would be great if some national radio show would rerun Orson Wells radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic "war of the worlds" which aired on halloween night in the 30's. For those of you who never heard it, it so panicked the east coast that most of it's residents thought the martians had invaded the world LOL
I only learned morse to get my license, then forgot it. I don't have anything against code, just not my bag of tea. One good thing about it, at least it keeps some of the knobs off the air ;)
Or as I always say.... 3 dits, 4 dits, 2 dits, dahh (figure it out) ;)
I'm lucky. I work for a photocopier dealer, and I can print anything I want on our high speed color laser copier/printer. At 45 CPM, and 600x1200 DPI, it prints photos real fast, and the colors are great!
I'll say it again.......anyone that pays 399 or 499 for a video card........well......a FOOL and his money are soon parted.......the "200" dollar range is where the money is!
You've all seen those ads......"take a discovery flight for $35 and see if you would want to be a pilot" bla bla bla....... Well, from what I hear, they take you up and let you have the controls. OK, here's what I wanted to do.....get on one, play up the fact that I've run MS flight simulator for years, and these controls look JUST LIKE what is on my computer. After we get up and the instructor gives me the controls (so to speak)......put the plane in a shallow dive, then ask the instructor....."hey, where's the ctrl-alt-del key so I can reboot this thing, it's in a dive and I don't want to crash" LOL
Typical for the congress, dosen't matter if they are democrats or republican 99% of them are the same. It's gotten to the point, they it's a feudilistic (sp) country. We the "little people" are the surfs.....idiots who can't walk and chew gum, and if it wasn't for the kings telling us what to do, we'd all be walking around bumping into everything. They make rules for everyone to follow EXCEPT them! Just look at all the idiots up there complaining about SUV's.......They scream that it's causing global warming, but when they go home, it's in a chauffer driven limosene, or flying home in a private jet, to live in a 40 room mansion that has a 20 car garage. Until this country wakes up, throws ALL of them out, and elects people from "flyover" country, and limits their terms to let say 12 years with NO reelection possibility, it will never change. The lobbyist have their claws well dug into these idiots. It's sad, that 99% of them, have tossed their ethics out the windows for the $$$$ instead.
I grew up on shortwave radio from the 60's, 70's as a kid. I remember the first time I listened to one, got hooked on it, studied and passed my amateur test and got licensed. No, the PC won't cause interference, unless you have it sitting on top of your computer, the receiver is an external box. I've been hearing the death of sw/ham radio for years. Everyone has been saying ham radio is dying.....well, they said the same thing about CW (morse code), but it's still around. Plus, you think the manufacturers of amateur radio gear are in a money loosing business? Doubt it.....every few months I get a catalog with all the new gear....they build it, people are buying it.
I've had my hotmail account for YEARS. I also have my regular DSL account, which NO ONE but those on my outlook adress book have. Why do I have hotmail? For online ordering, web site downloads etc. This way, ALL my junk mail goes into the hotmail account. I then use mail washer to filter out what hotmail can't (which is a bunch). I check it when I get home, dump the junk, then before I hit the sack. What a great service that Microsoft provides for us! Keeping the junk out of our "regular" inboxes, freeing up their servers, and clogging the MS ones ;)
THANKS MICROSOFT
Before I got a PDA, I had buddies of mine telling me for a couple years, get one, you need one. I would just say yeah right, I don't need bla bla bla. Well, then one day about 3 years ago, they dropped the price on the Handspring Visor Deluxe and I said, ok, I'll buy one, and if I don't like it, I'll get rid of it on ebay. About a month after I got it, you would need a gun to pry it out of my hands. Now I have a Dell Axim X5 and I'd rather die than live without it. What do I use it for? Everything! Keeping track of appointment times, birthdays, jot quick notes, service calls (I'm a field tech), my inventory. Games? NONE, I use it for business, not as a glorified game boy. I even have a detailed city map in case on a rare occasion that I get a call on a street that I don't remember where it is. And this map you don't have to struggle with to refold :)
Ok, since the state assembly in California cannot figure out how to live within it's means, I will NOT be purchasing anything online from vendors in the state of California.
No I am not "anti-american"......
Every year, almost all of the 50 states keep spending more and more and more and more.
Even in a DOWN economy, they always want to add MORE programs. Programs require money, that money comes from taxpayers. The taxpayers have had ENOUGH! If consumers want effective tax reform, to reign in the excessive bloat in government, force congress to repeal the FICA with holdings!
Force yourself to write that check to the tax man every month. See how much money the government steals from your wallet every month!
You would think that the RIAA would have figured out what would happen, if they engage in a "cyberwar" from what happened to Madonna. Instead of trying to outsmart a group of computer users (which WON'T happen unless they hire hackers), they should concentrate on the reason most people download MP3's anyway. THE HIGH PRICE OF CD'S! I remember when CD's hit the stores in the early 80's. The RIAA said that at 20+ dollars each, yes they more expensive than LP's (records), but the technology was new and expensive, and as more and more hit the shelves, the price would come down to the price of LP's. Well, it's been over 20 years, and the prices are still in the 15-20 dollar range, unless you catch them when they first come out and they have a price reduction. As CDRW's became popular in the 90's and the price of blank CD's came down to less than 50 cents each in bulk, people started asking, hey, how come audio CD's are so expensive? It can't be the CD material. As more and more people saw that: A. The artist aren't really making a lot of money on each CD sold, B: The stores where the CD's are bought aren't making any money, C: Companies like Sony, EMI, EPIC(now sony),etc.....are having lavish parties, etc etc......HEY! We are being ripped off! That's what fueled the explosion in file trading (that and peoples desire to get something for nothing). If the record industry would DO SOMETHING positive about file trading like what Apple is doing, then I think the file trading "problem" would disappear. Just look how many LEGAL songs were downloaded in 18 hours! 275,000! @ 99 cents each! Now, although I think 99 cents per song might be a little high, considering if a CD had 12 songs@ 99 cents, the cd, jacket etc....it's a step in the right direction. Come on RIAA, drop the BS, get on the bandwagon and realize your over zealous activities are history. You've had the gravy train for too long!
Yep, sometimes we get a bit carried away, but just like computers, it's a fun hobby. I'm sure most communities like ours have a dedicated group of volunteers that when the weather gets bad, will sacrifice thier cars (do to hail damage) and help the weather service spot tonadic weather. When the weather gets bad, sometimes you lose your AC, and even on a backup supply, time at the computer is limited. KB0GNK
Exactly! IE crashes because 80+% of the dopes out there use IE. True geeks use a good browser, like Mozilla, Opera, Phoenix, et al.
Problem though, just like linux, once enough people start using the alternative browsers, the people who find "bugs" like this, will start looking for ways to comprimise them. But, unlike M$, the open source community will squash them quicker, without waiting for 1000 meetings to determine how to fix it.
Paperless office........I remember this back in the early 80's. It was going to "put me out of business" (I repair office printers, copiers, fax machines etc). Every time the government comes out with some new law or rule (the HIPPA law comes to mind), the amount of paperwork required causes my business to boon! I think more paper (trees) are wasted every time a new law hits the books!
As for printers, I look a few months back when I buy a new printer. What I mean, I don't buy the newest on the block. I start looking about 6 months after I've spotted one I like. Then I start checking the websites that offer refill kits or replacement (non OEM) cartridges. If they don't, or can't carry them (due to chips etc), I look for another brand of printer.
The fax/laser printer/digital photocopier market is the same way.....the machine profits are marginally small, they make it up on service and supplies. Use to, with the old analog machines, you could find cheaper toner, but the newer ones, they have "patented" the cartridge, by putting notches, or bumps on them that activate a switch when the bottle rotates. Since the bottle design is "patented" and the sharks (lawyers) of the manufacturers will hunt down anyone that produces a generic cartridge, it won't work in the machine (well it will work sort of), it will display "use genuine toner " message nag screen, and the copy quality is automatically cut back.
Nope, you can keep all your phone/laser combonations for a future palm......NOW, when they add a can opener, I'm rushing out to invest LOL.....
It amazes me how people "pick" on fox news.
I could care less where someone gets their news.
I prefer Fox over the ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN, because at least fox will put both sides on to argue their points, and not SLANT the news to the right as much as the left will SLANT the news to their extent.
I've been conservative all my life. I believe that if someone does something illegal, they should be PUNISHED, not "forgiven"....
When this country finally gets over it's "politically correct" era, we'll be better off.
I could care less the color of a persons skin, or where they come from. If you want to come to this country, do a couple of things. ONE: move here LEGALLY, not sneaking in under the boarder etc...
TWO: Learn or get an understanding of ENGLISH!
We speak english here in America. When I come to your country, I would not expect that everything be printed or spoke in my language, so don't expect it here.
Even if they do, luckly in Missouri, we have a "no call list" law that has TEETH in it. In two years, I've had only ONE telemarketing call, and when I filed a complaint, about 9 months later, I received a letter from the Attorney General of Missouri (form letter) stating the amount they had been fined. Once in a while, they come up with a law that works :)
Let the internet take care of itself.......I"m sure as we speak, someone who lives in Charles F. Childs area, is tracking down his address, and some forum somewhere will post his address, then as happened to the other spammer, his snail mail box will be filled with every catalog, etc you can imagine!