[Texascavers] Fwd: 15th ICS – New sponsor and other news

2009-07-12 Thread Mixon Bill
Forwarded by Mixon: Begin forwarded message: From: ICS 2009 eList secret...@ics2009.us List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: July 11, 2009 10:42:41 PM CDT To: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu Subject: 15th ICS – New sponsor and other news Dear Friends, The 15th International Congress of

[Texascavers] Fwd: 15th ICS - RV Parking and Sponsorship correction

2009-07-12 Thread Mixon Bill
Begin forwarded message: From: ICS 2009 eList secret...@ics2009.us List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: July 12, 2009 12:22:53 PM CDT To: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu Subject: 15th ICS - RV Parking and Sponsorship correction Dear Friends, Some of you are driving to the 15th

[Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Mixon Bill
Wi-Fi? Cell-phone access? Haven't you people ever heard of vacations? -- Mixon One can live down anything except a good reputation. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save:

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Lyndon Tiu
Wi-Fi? Cell-phone access? Haven't you people ever heard of vacations? -- For most of us volunteers, the week long ICS is not a vacation and having cell phone and internet access is important in coordinating our efforts. -- Lyndon Tiu

[Texascavers] surveyor

2009-07-12 Thread vivbone
I got the survey contest course for ICS layed out this weekend. I brought a Leica, Total-Station professional land surveying instrument with the intention of running a precision survey of the course. But I discovered that there are a couple of technical details involved in getting it set

Re: [Texascavers] WiFi

2009-07-12 Thread dirtdoc
Wi-Fi? Cell-phone access? Haven't you people ever heard of vacations?   -- Mixon Good point, Bill. Perhaps if you wrapped aluminum foil all around The Longest Cave  it would providse a place of sanctuary -- Dirt Doc

Re: [Texascavers] WiFi

2009-07-12 Thread Gill Edigar
Well, when you can get 2 bars from MovieStar sitting at the table in the Brinco field house the concept of vacation solitude sorta becomes nebulous--especially if there's a phone junky to hand. --Ediger On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:22 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Wi-Fi? Cell-phone access?

[Texascavers] The Photo Cube Project

2009-07-12 Thread Ernest Garza
The photo box will be at ICS. It will be unattended, but will have instructions on how to take the best photos, tripod provided. Anyone can take photos of someone else, and later, if I get enough photos sent to me, I will collect and send them out via a photo program like Picasa. Shoot them

[Texascavers] ICS Stuffing Party Reminder, San Antonio, July 14-15

2009-07-12 Thread ellie :)
Texas Cavers near and far, Come one come all for some pre-ICS stuffing party fun! July 14th 15th, 2009 (Tue Wed evening) We will be doing assembly line style stuffing of 1,000+ convention satchels that have all of the guidebooks and convention swag for the ICS registrants. Come stay one day

[Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Denise P
The website says 1273 people are registered to date. Did I hear the figure 2000 people being thrown around? -Denise _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you.

FW: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Denise P
While early registration has been closed since last month, the number of registrants has been climbing as we've finalized some registrations that needed extra effort to process. This morning I received the final count for early registration: 1,287. Our initial total registration estimate was

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Lyndon Tiu
The website says 1273 people are registered to date. Did I hear the figure 2000 people being thrown around? Go to the TSA website: http://www.cavetexas.org/index.html Go to the members area, go to the Texas Caver Online section (the electronic version of the Texas Caver) and look for the:

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Gill Edigar
Ya got your 3-digit temps and your WNS playing havoc wif your registrators. --Ediger On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Denise P pepabe...@hotmail.com wrote: The website says 1273 people are registered to date. Did I hear the figure 2000 people being thrown around? -Denise

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Lyndon Tiu
Gill Edigar wrote: Ya got your 3-digit temps and your WNS playing havoc wif your registrators. Plus the many Texas cavers who are volunteering (cave trip leaders/van drivers/Aggies) but are not registering. They count too. -- Lyndon Tiu

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Gill Edigar
They should be registering--and paying. No free ride here, boy howdy. --Ediger On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca wrote: Gill Edigar wrote: Ya got your 3-digit temps and your WNS playing havoc wif your registrators. Plus the many Texas cavers who are

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Lyndon Tiu
They should be registering--and paying. No free ride here, boy howdy. I don't think anyone is getting a free ride, they are helping the ICS but are NOT getting any of the benefits of a paid ICS registration (parties, free beer, banquets, etc.). We should be glad they are giving some of

Re: [Texascavers] ICS

2009-07-12 Thread Don Cooper
Yeah, well maybe we should, but we're not. Perhaps I could have volunteered through the whole thing and not registered, but not with my head held high. Not when so many others HAVE paid essentially to work for free. -WaV On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca wrote:

[ot_caving] computer question

2009-07-12 Thread Nico Escamilla
All About a week ago I opened up my computer cabinet to blow some of the dirt that makes its way in, I put it back together and now everytime I start it the fan that pulls air out of the cpu starts spinning like crazy making a buzzing noise... checked on BIOS and supposedly the inside temperature

Re: [ot_caving] computer question

2009-07-12 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Nico, all modern processors have the temp sensor inside the cpu, and another in the mobo... I would check to make sure the heatsink is seated properly and that the cpu paste is not dried between the cpu and heatsink. 91 is too hot for most processors, as i'm sure you are aware :) On Sun, Jul

Re: [ot_caving] computer question

2009-07-12 Thread Nico Escamilla
Thanks Charles I do recall seeing the paste dry.. should I just peel it off and put new one on? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.orgwrote: Nico, all modern processors have the temp sensor inside the cpu, and another in the mobo... I would check to make sure

Re: [ot_caving] computer question

2009-07-12 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I would, clean it good with alcohol or something that won't corrode copper or aluminum and a soft rag or a worn out sock :) Will you be attending ICS?Hopefully we'll get to meet up. Charles On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Nico Escamillapitboun...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Charles I do