Thanks - its the IPAQ 1945 series - integrated bluetooth, nice size, pretty powerful, and fairly cheep off of overstock. For those who are curious, yes, it'll run Linux...:)
For me, there is something very enjoyable about news and information from the past. One of my favorite books is a reprint of a 1903 Sears and Roebuck's catalog (yes, the kind the used in the outhouse). There are devices in there that I never imagined that do not have a place in our modern world. Page after page of guns are freely sold, "nerve tonics" and the like are touted as the wonder drugs of the age. Old newspapers often have ads like this in there, which for me give a reflection of the times, just as much as the stories do. Growing up, we had a copy of a newspaper lamenting the death of Abrahah Lincoln. I am not sure if this was a reprint or not - it sure was brittle enough, and I had to look at it with one of my parents with me, so I suspect it was real. Those of you who have never been exposed to information from the past as noted above might be surprised at the pleasure you can derive from peeking into a past age.
Gee I dunno, I grabbed SP 2 RC1 a few weeks ago, installed it, and it works fine for me. For those who don't know, the major cosmetic changes/additions that I have seen so far is a built in firewall as part of their Windows security suite. It'll check for an antivirus program (but it doesn't see my copy of Norton Corp antivirus for some reason), will inform you about Windows updates, the firewall, and displays prominetely in the taskbar. It will also warn you if you do not have one of the aforementioned running. Pretty good for the average user, as it might put the lack of essential security items in their face a bit more.
Begging your pardon, but White Sands is in New Mexico. I have driven through the base (they have a highway that runs through the middle of it). The terrain is as you would expect - lotsa desert. They also have warm welcoming signs such as "exiting your car in this area is a Federal Crime" One needs little incentive to loiter however, as they have other signs proclaiming the area to be a live fire exercise area.
This was on my way to Roswell, NM, home of the purported UFO crash site. I was living in San Diego and this girl I was seeing somehow got tickets to a place called the "corn ranch" (think that was it) - they looked like concert tickets. Anyway, once a year (this was July 4th weekend), they open up the ranch to interested parties. When I went in 97, a couple had bought the ranch without knowing what occured there (according to the couple, who led the field trip). Once they found out the legend, they opened it up as a tourist trap.
The crash site itself was aganist a small cliff - seems the saucer came down, impacted just at the bottom of the cliff, and bounced - 15 miles according to local legend. The Federales came and investigated and started to shush things up - they apparently drove the 15 miles to its final resting place, grabbed the saucer, and then the veil of mystery begins. How true or not this is is anyone's guess. I offer my own impressions merely because I don't think a lot of people have been there. BTW - Roswell is a largish town, but certainly not a city. Mebbe comparable in size to Winchester, VA for those who have been there. They of course have alien tourist crap as far as the eye can see, and it's fair share of alien nutjobs.
This is familiar to folks who ride on SETPA, the Philadelphia area's mass transit system. Slippery Rail season is what they call it - oddly, there seems to be more of a fuss about it in the fall when the leaves are out than in the winter with the potential for ice.
I've purchased more music off of iTunes in the two months since I got my iPod than I have in the last 5 years. Apple has gotten about $70 dollars so far off of iTunes from my wife and I, which isn't bad considering my less than legit ways in the past...
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Good answer. I supervise a call center, and at times have to remind the techs that there is work to be done (if we are busy and I see/. on their screen). Once they inform me that they are on lunch I tell them to have a nice break and go about my business. In minor defense of the parent boss who tells his guys to stop goofing off, I got 30 guys under me and don;t have all their break and lunches memorized either - hence, their friendly reminder to me that they are human;)
When does Tivo asks this? I ran through setup again two days ago because my cable package had changed and I don't recall seeing it anywhere. I for one wanna have my data sent for the above Farscape reason (the fact that I skip over all the commercials doesn't have to be reported of course...)
The NSA was nice enough to give us their version of linux that they modded, along with source. Always been tempted to make a box out of it, although I am not sure if I want it live on my network;)
Why isn't Grandma configuring her own SCSI drives damnit? All these "back in my days we had to walk uphill both ways barefoot" stories - make Granny show some of that old pioneer spirit!
The auction does mention that it's not fully operational. Big fun buying something stuck somewhere for over 5 million pounds (current bid on auction), figuring out what's wrong with it, figuring out where to buy parts for it, then figuring out how to get it out of there. It might be easier to buy a nuke on the black market if you got a hole to dig:^)
This is not another expansion from what I understand - more along the lines of BG and BG2. nwn.bioware.com has a thread on this on the HotU boards and it was noted that the Mods over got mysteriously quiet when this news broke. It was related to the robes issues - aka, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll now not make any comment on this cause we're putting in robes but not announcing it just yet. Bioware said that they are definitely not involved with NWN2 or any new expansions for a while now, but mum is the word from Georg and friends since this story broke. Meebe Bioware is back in the game?
I think this is a fine idea, and should be done to Mexicans and Canadians as well. By the same token every other country on earth should also implement this, and should subject US citizens (along with everyone else) to the same screenings. Any sane country is going to want to know who is coming in and our of their borders. One fairly foolproof way is through this system (at least more foolproof than what we have now). There are dangerous Germans, dangerous Muslims, dangerous white Americans, etc. Like it or not, the world is not a safe place these days, and these measures are here to say. In that case, every country should adopt these types of measures so that the real lunatics, no matter their country of origin, have nowhere to go.
I willing watched a Ford commercial about a 500 HP car they got coming out soon, and the Chevy showcase that they had a couple of months ago. Some of the showcase things are goofy, but I guess they have a large potential audience to vie for, and rotate ads accordingly. Heck, they are about the only commercials I watch now. Occasionally, I will find myself catching a glimpse of an interesting commercial while in 30 second skip and will rewind it to see what the ad was. I'm MadAve's wet dream, someone who will seek out their commercials, but it has to look interesting in the.000045 seconds it takes me to hit the 30 second button again:^)
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Who the fuck cares what is acceptable to you, you Froggie supporter? The French are dogs, fit only for using as sex slaves.
Meebe she's a patron of the arts - a plot twist to be explored further in #3 with the diabolical Ballet Man
I have a feeling that anyone of British heritage is not going to like being lumped in as an "American" Just my two cents (as an American).
Thanks - its the IPAQ 1945 series - integrated bluetooth, nice size, pretty powerful, and fairly cheep off of overstock. For those who are curious, yes, it'll run Linux... :)
Huge bricks? Here are my Pocket PC specs:
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Weight: 4.37oz; 4.46" x 2.75" x
For me, there is something very enjoyable about news and information from the past. One of my favorite books is a reprint of a 1903 Sears and Roebuck's catalog (yes, the kind the used in the outhouse). There are devices in there that I never imagined that do not have a place in our modern world. Page after page of guns are freely sold, "nerve tonics" and the like are touted as the wonder drugs of the age. Old newspapers often have ads like this in there, which for me give a reflection of the times, just as much as the stories do. Growing up, we had a copy of a newspaper lamenting the death of Abrahah Lincoln. I am not sure if this was a reprint or not - it sure was brittle enough, and I had to look at it with one of my parents with me, so I suspect it was real. Those of you who have never been exposed to information from the past as noted above might be surprised at the pleasure you can derive from peeking into a past age.
Gee I dunno, I grabbed SP 2 RC1 a few weeks ago, installed it, and it works fine for me. For those who don't know, the major cosmetic changes/additions that I have seen so far is a built in firewall as part of their Windows security suite. It'll check for an antivirus program (but it doesn't see my copy of Norton Corp antivirus for some reason), will inform you about Windows updates, the firewall, and displays prominetely in the taskbar. It will also warn you if you do not have one of the aforementioned running. Pretty good for the average user, as it might put the lack of essential security items in their face a bit more.
Begging your pardon, but White Sands is in New Mexico. I have driven through the base (they have a highway that runs through the middle of it). The terrain is as you would expect - lotsa desert. They also have warm welcoming signs such as "exiting your car in this area is a Federal Crime" One needs little incentive to loiter however, as they have other signs proclaiming the area to be a live fire exercise area.
This was on my way to Roswell, NM, home of the purported UFO crash site. I was living in San Diego and this girl I was seeing somehow got tickets to a place called the "corn ranch" (think that was it) - they looked like concert tickets. Anyway, once a year (this was July 4th weekend), they open up the ranch to interested parties. When I went in 97, a couple had bought the ranch without knowing what occured there (according to the couple, who led the field trip). Once they found out the legend, they opened it up as a tourist trap.
The crash site itself was aganist a small cliff - seems the saucer came down, impacted just at the bottom of the cliff, and bounced - 15 miles according to local legend. The Federales came and investigated and started to shush things up - they apparently drove the 15 miles to its final resting place, grabbed the saucer, and then the veil of mystery begins. How true or not this is is anyone's guess. I offer my own impressions merely because I don't think a lot of people have been there. BTW - Roswell is a largish town, but certainly not a city. Mebbe comparable in size to Winchester, VA for those who have been there. They of course have alien tourist crap as far as the eye can see, and it's fair share of alien nutjobs.
I think this affects SEPTA too ;)
This is familiar to folks who ride on SETPA, the Philadelphia area's mass transit system. Slippery Rail season is what they call it - oddly, there seems to be more of a fuss about it in the fall when the leaves are out than in the winter with the potential for ice.
I've purchased more music off of iTunes in the two months since I got my iPod than I have in the last 5 years. Apple has gotten about $70 dollars so far off of iTunes from my wife and I, which isn't bad considering my less than legit ways in the past...
Ack, sorry, didn't realize this was posted three hours before my followup...*looks sheepish*
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AFP - Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who broke new ground with their Internet search engine, are about to test their strategy on Wall Street.
Google to Go Public in $2.7 Bln Offering Reuters
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Google plans to go public
Gulf Daily News - 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON: Google Inc, the world's No 1 Web search provider, filed with US regulators yesterday to become a publicly listed company and sell as much as $2.7 billion in stock in a widely expected initial public offering.
Google to float for $2.7 billion I.T. Vibe
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Good answer. I supervise a call center, and at times have to remind the techs that there is work to be done (if we are busy and I see /. on their screen). Once they inform me that they are on lunch I tell them to have a nice break and go about my business. In minor defense of the parent boss who tells his guys to stop goofing off, I got 30 guys under me and don;t have all their break and lunches memorized either - hence, their friendly reminder to me that they are human ;)
When does Tivo asks this? I ran through setup again two days ago because my cable package had changed and I don't recall seeing it anywhere. I for one wanna have my data sent for the above Farscape reason (the fact that I skip over all the commercials doesn't have to be reported of course...)
The NSA was nice enough to give us their version of linux that they modded, along with source. Always been tempted to make a box out of it, although I am not sure if I want it live on my network ;)
Why isn't Grandma configuring her own SCSI drives damnit? All these "back in my days we had to walk uphill both ways barefoot" stories - make Granny show some of that old pioneer spirit!
The auction does mention that it's not fully operational. Big fun buying something stuck somewhere for over 5 million pounds (current bid on auction), figuring out what's wrong with it, figuring out where to buy parts for it, then figuring out how to get it out of there. It might be easier to buy a nuke on the black market if you got a hole to dig :^)
This is not another expansion from what I understand - more along the lines of BG and BG2. nwn.bioware.com has a thread on this on the HotU boards and it was noted that the Mods over got mysteriously quiet when this news broke. It was related to the robes issues - aka, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll never have robes in NWN, we'll now not make any comment on this cause we're putting in robes but not announcing it just yet. Bioware said that they are definitely not involved with NWN2 or any new expansions for a while now, but mum is the word from Georg and friends since this story broke. Meebe Bioware is back in the game?
I think this is a fine idea, and should be done to Mexicans and Canadians as well. By the same token every other country on earth should also implement this, and should subject US citizens (along with everyone else) to the same screenings. Any sane country is going to want to know who is coming in and our of their borders. One fairly foolproof way is through this system (at least more foolproof than what we have now). There are dangerous Germans, dangerous Muslims, dangerous white Americans, etc. Like it or not, the world is not a safe place these days, and these measures are here to say. In that case, every country should adopt these types of measures so that the real lunatics, no matter their country of origin, have nowhere to go.
Enserric the Longsword would be a nice choice too with his -6 Con draining to give you that uber edge.
What does the US Constitution have to do with British gambling laws?
That is my favorite song - how did you know?
I willing watched a Ford commercial about a 500 HP car they got coming out soon, and the Chevy showcase that they had a couple of months ago. Some of the showcase things are goofy, but I guess they have a large potential audience to vie for, and rotate ads accordingly. Heck, they are about the only commercials I watch now. Occasionally, I will find myself catching a glimpse of an interesting commercial while in 30 second skip and will rewind it to see what the ad was. I'm MadAve's wet dream, someone who will seek out their commercials, but it has to look interesting in the .000045 seconds it takes me to hit the 30 second button again :^)
Wouldn't it have been easier to nuke your dinner first, THEN figure out setting the time? :)