Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the problem is, there is so much poverty in New Orleans, and the structural design of the city is still a mess.. it's going to be a very messy and difficult work through. President Bush says that now that the catastrophe has hit, government should swing into action and help people. I say, governments job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, and to be prepared. Its so American, wanting to be the hero and rescue survivors rather than the engineer to prevent the need. The municipal government is inept and had no ability to move people out of the city after it ordered a mandatory evacuation. There is only one road out of the city today. Worse, it is a cess pit of corpses, household and industrial toxins, water snakes, floating balls of red ants, and alligators. There is no organized way to get people out and no way to feed those trapped there. But the media is dwelling on looting. We've been aware of New Orleans inevitable horror for decades, and absolutely nothing sufficient was done about it. The levees, now broken and filling the city, were supposedly designed to protect against a Category Three hurricane, yet Katrina was only a Two when it hit. Its a major port, crucial to the nation. Shouldnt everything have been better and higher? Listening to Haley Barbour, the Governor of Mississippi, and Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans yesterday, I have the feeling that Southern corruption and conservative hatred of taxes has taken a hit. There seems to be no means to find out how many people are dead or missing without counting bodies, even in general terms. This, after an event long predicted. The Gulf Coast just had a long predicted catastrophe for which evidence shows no realistic preparations had been made despite previous hurricanes and floods. But the looters are black, so lets focus on that moral breakdown of American society and not on the hugely corrupt and incompetent governments along the Gulf coast for a half century. Its so American. Dont teach birth control, fight abortion. Dont prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. http://www.darkendeavors.com/commentaries/2005/08-31-2005.asp
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. And where is this place of no earthquakes, tornados, floods, etc or some form of natural disaster? The cost of being unprepared in such a critical area for our nation, is many times what it would have cost to be better prepared. We seem to be so short sited. Pay a dollar later to save a dime now. I'm watching the city of Boulder repaint crosswalks. They are only doing it where it is completely worn off. I see where they paint for 2 feet, leave 10 inches, and paint again for another three feet. The 10 inch section in only half worn out. What is the cost of getting the truck and crew back there to paint that 10 inches next year, verses painting it now?
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Myrna Rademacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to place blame for such a disaster certainly doesn't help the victims of this horrible natural event. But then it's not supposed to. It's supposed to create an awareness of our government spending 400 billion creating a war as a cover for building military bases over there, instead of fixing the broken borders and crumbling infrastructure over here. We can do both, help the current victims and demand better prevention of future victims. Al
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, governments job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it. Al
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
one we should have spent the 400 billion on. jeff.lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good trick - Original Message - From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, government's job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it.
Re: [H] Gas prices
See what foamy has to say: http://www.illwillpress.com/drugs.html a little humor, Al
Re: Foamy's Rants was Re: [H] Gas prices
warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, the ever crazy Foamy's rants! This guy is a comedy genius but should of had Pilz-E in on that one also. LOL Hooked on cream cheese :) Al
Re: [H] Gas prices
Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:35 PM 25/08/2005, FORC5 wrote: not a good reason to make these products legal. same argument for giving kids condoms. a society needs standards to live by So better to keep using an idea that doesn't work can costs a fortune rather than trying something else? Makes no sense to me. And those standards that the society lives by change and evolve with time. Al
[H] Check this out
Check this out: http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html Al
Re: [H] Gas prices
Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too bad the US wouldn't kick the shit out of Saudi Arabia then, and get the price here down to a better level. You say that so nonchalantly, like the lives involved are worthless. I don't understand, Al
Re: [H] Hardware based remote control???
Rob Finger HWG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically I want the screen to show up on one of the laptop screens and control the desktop using the mouse and keyboard on the laptop. The way to go, IMHO: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Al
Re: [H] Hardware based remote control???
Sorry, I missed the headless part. Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Finger HWG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically I want the screen to show up on one of the laptop screens and control the desktop using the mouse and keyboard on the laptop. The way to go, IMHO: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Al There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ Thanks, Hillary! :( For the sake of fairness: I'm not particularly fond of Hillary, but she didn't have any thing to do with it's rating change resulting in it removal from the shelves. The article only offers her reaction to the change. Al Smile... it increases your face value.
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. I hadn't heard that. I could be wrong about her involvement Al
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. After some further searching: That's not good enough, according to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, one of several politicians who have placed a priority on creating more stringent legislation to reduce the sale of violent and sexually charged games to minors. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506071/20050721/index.jhtml?headlines=true
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hayes Elkins wrote: One of the few times I agree with the rest of the world when I join them in laughing at the spectacularly stupid double standard of America's shunning of nudity in mainstream media and unabashed acceptance of wanton violence. Rest of the world? I think only Europe is more nonchalant about nudity. Gary VanderMolen I think Hayes was talking about the rest of the world laughing at our double standard. BTW: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/22/news_6129609.html Al
Re: [H] more keyboard fun
Jim Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ergodex.com/content.php?id=14 For gaming but Here is an interesting key layout: http://www.sakamura-lab.org/TRON/proj95/GIFDATA/BTRON-2.gif A whole keyboard in 7 keys: http://www.infogrip.com/product_view.asp?RecordNumber=12sbcolor=%23FF9966option=keyboardsubcategory=CatTxt=optiontxt=Keyboard or http://tinyurl.com/bryyk One hand for the kboard and one for the mouse or graphics tablet infogrip makes a bunch of input devices. Al
[H] Cool Idea
Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
Re: [H] Cool Idea
Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn. Sign me up. Me too. But their mouse idea sucks rubber ducks. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/mus/ Al
Re: [H] My latest mod
Tony Antoniou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which begs the question ... why? You mean like climbing Mt Everest? Because it's there? What do people use Commodores for these days? The same things they always use them for. :) And more. There's more to computing than the MHz race. :) http://www.swrapexpo.org/ http://www.dtvhacking.info/ http://nostalgia.c64.org/ http://www.btinternet.com/~commodorescene/vga.html http://www.dspaudio.com/~jaymz/ http://cmdrkey.com/cbm/genie/LoResGraphicsListing.html http://www.64hdd.com/index_en.html http://sta.c64.org/ http://www.skillreactor.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?c64 http://home.ica.net/~leifb/commodore/index.htm http://compsolutions.ath.cx/jody/softprojects.html http://tinyurl.com/bxl66 http://project64.c64.org/index.htm http://restored.whwan.com/index.php http://www.r64.c64.org/ http://c64.webgrimm.de/ http://www.vicekb.de.vu/ http://www.cbmmanuals1.de/ http://www.hvsc.c64.org/Downloads/ http://www.smash-designs.de/c64demo.html http://www.q-link.cc/c64utilb.shtml http://www.zimmers.net/geos/ http://www.paradroid.net/ http://wings.webhop.org/ http://www.c64.sk/ http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/ http://www.commodorehistory.co.uk/ http://www.funkscientist.com/ http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/index.php http://members.tripod.com/~rvbelzen/ http://www.armory.com/%7Espectre/cwi/c64view/ http://www.eskimo.com/~areed/ http://www.hitmen-console.org/ http://starbase.globalpc.net/~vanessa/c128tower/ http://sport-moeller.de/c64/hard01.html http://www.devili.iki.fi/ http://rittwage.com/c64pp/ http://www.c64.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/commodore/ http://singularcrew.hu/ide64warez/index2.php?menu=newz http://www.nishtek.com/cbits/shop.html A small sample of Commodore links out there. Al
Re: [H] My latest mod
Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a market for used Commodore C64 systems? I've had one sitting in my closet for the past 17 years. http://tinyurl.com/bxl66 Al
Re: [H] Old 50 pin SCSI CDROM
So name your price? Al FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a week ago I would of jumped, but it is in use. But I will ponder it At 03:46 PM 6/29/2005, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :-} slotloader too How 'bout $50 for it? Al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) -- Pity the poor corpuscle, for he labors in vein. There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Re: [H] Old 50 pin SCSI CDROM
So how 'bout $80?
Al
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ponder, ponder :{)
really want to keep it.
have a ide dvd pioneer slot in main box. these are really rare.
fp
At 07:32 AM 6/30/2005, Al Poked the stick with:
So name your price?
Al
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a week ago I would of jumped, but it is in use.
But I will ponder it
At 03:46 PM 6/29/2005, Al Poked the stick with:
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:-}
slotloader too
How 'bout $50 for it?
Al
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Tallyho ! ]:8)
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Pity the poor corpuscle, for he labors in vein.
There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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Tallyho ! ]:8)
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Bill Gates says Don't trust
M$.
There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
[H] Old 50 pin SCSI CDROM
Does anyone have an older 50 pin SCSI CDROM they want to sell so I can hook to my Commodore 128? Love to find an old Pioneer slot loader... Please contact me direct if so. Thanks in advance, Al
Re: [H] Old 50 pin SCSI CDROM
Tease :) FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :-} slotloader too At 02:56 PM 6/29/2005, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: funny, I had one in the pile and a shop box without a rom so I put it and my 2940uw back in service. fp What a slotloader? Sell it to me Fred, please? Throw another rom in that box. They'll be telling the story of your generosity for generations. :) At least I will. Al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) -- Tax the rich who can afford it, and help the poor who need it. - W.J.B. Clinton From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. - K. Marx ...any questions? There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Re: [H] Old 50 pin SCSI CDROM
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :-} slotloader too How 'bout $50 for it? Al
Re: [H] [OT] Early Friday off-topic
Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in fact I think it's important that we continue to allow these ingrate fire artisans (at the very least the ones in the US) the right to burn the flag as it is an essential freedom (and not because my constitution tells me so, it's simply because expressing yourself, however unpopular, should always be protected from tyranny, intimidation, and physical violence). meanwhile our can't agree on any real issues congress is right passing a bill to make it illegal to desecrate the flag. That and pickin' on SpongeBob Squarepants. Al There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Re: [H] CANNON kitty
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more wasted time :{)
http://www.snorkel.rtfm.com.au/~intrinsic/redsquare.htm
Re: [H] ATI site
Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody else having trouble getting into the ATI Drivers and Software page? http://www.ati.com/ Comes right up, here. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894task=knowledgefolderID=27 Al - al_anger Truly dangerous with a screwdriver. http://home.comcast.net/~al_anger/
[H] bigpantsmouse
http://www.bigpantsmouse.com/home.html Al
Re: [H] New MS rule
Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's all true, but the fact remains that people who have legally purchased the software are being penalized for being human. I have no problem with the proof of purchase or the $15, Penalty being the proof and the $15. but the time frame is insane. If I fax in the PoP and call with a Visa number, I should have the number within the hour. Agreed. If they need the number, it's most likely they need to reinstall. 4 to 6 weeks will make most upgrade, as you suggested. Seems obvious. regards, Al Smile... it increases your face value.
Re: [H] FrontPage
W. D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FrontPage is such a pain. I started using a plain vanilla FTP program years ago. http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/productinfo/overview/ http://www.smartftp.com/ HTH, Al We are all standing in the mud. Some are looking at their feet. Some are looking at the stars.
Re: [H] Replacing MB caps
Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason to replace all the caps on a motherboard with blown caps? What are you gonna' do with the fixed boards? Let that be your guide. JMHO, Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
Re: [H] [OT-AV] Combo Units?
dsinc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to replace/update a VCR and DVD player with a combo unit. snip Best, Duncan I've had a couple of combo VCR/DVD units. Unless you go high end, you may find limited options in each function. The DVD, in particular, had limited search capabilities, limited fast forward speeds Like an enduro motorcycle doesn't do either well; poor street performance and poor dirt performance. Best luck, Al To wives, and sweethearts. May they never meet.
Re: [H] Interesting Puzzle!!!
Zulfiqar Naushad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://flash.qbol.net/pl;p/youxi/images/04042203.swf Enjoy!! If you figure it out, lemme know :) http://www.fasco-csc.com/works/bluechamber/index_e.php Al There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Re: [H] Consumer HD 1080p TV's
Brian Weeden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest issue I have with LCDs is that just about every one I see has noticeable smearing and motion blurs. I find it very distracting. Maybe it's because I have been using CRTs solely for my PC and TV monitors. Dunno. I have a Sharp Aquos that's sweet. Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
[H] Kit Fun
http://www.soekris.com/ http://www.xgamestation.com/index.php Al To wives, and sweethearts. May they never meet.
[H] News
Cisco Gear Vulnerable To Denial Of Service, Intrusion Attacks http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160503400 Google Wants Your Homemade Porn Videos http://www.dvd-recordable.net/Article1946.phtml Microsoft Readies for 'Patch Tuesday' with Eight Fixes http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42119.html Al Gore invents interactive television http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050407-4787.html DNS issue hobbles Comcast http://news.com.com/DNS+issue+hobbles+Comcast/2100-1038_3-5660518.html?tag=nefd.top Moore Reflects on his Law http://news.com.com/Moore+on+40+years+of+his+dictum/2008-1006_3-5657677.html?tag=nefd.lede Samsung SyncMaster 243T 24-inch LCD Display http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1761 First image of exoplanet orbiting Sun-like star http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7225 Life's top 10 greatest inventions http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg18624941.700 Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
Re: [H] Comcast rant
jeff.lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sound like everyone responding, so far, lives in the East Coast areas. I had the same problems here in eastern Washington State. It was screwed up all day yesterday until nearly midnight. Same here in Denver. DNS was down all evening. Al All of us are standing in the mud. Some are looking at their feet. Some are looking at the stars.
[H] How to talk to aliens
How to talk to aliens http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2268 Al Having only friends would be boring anyway - like eating eggs without salt. Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist; 1890 - 1966
Re: [H] ot (almost Friday) gigazoom
Francisco Tapia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thare a lot of those... I found another one where the top half of the guy is missing on the right side of the picutre (bike lane) roughly 2/3's of the way up. at the top 1/4 of that bike lane cross the street is some guy w/ his feet missing... The 2.5 gigapixel image is a composition of images rather than a single image. TNO developed a sophisticated approach to merge the many images - all 600 of them. The photos were taken automatically using a modern consumer camera and a powerful 400 mm lens. The camera was positioned automatically using a computer-controlled pan-tilt unit. Each of the 600 photos overlaps, an arrangement that ensured very accurate positioning and enabled us to stitch the images automatically into one giant image of 78,797 by 31,565 pixels. The most difficult tasks were processing these large images and comparing the overlapping images. Looks like where images meet, moving objects would have moved on before the next shot.
Re: [H] Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim Unable to Call 911
Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other countries seem to be much more pro-consumer compared to the caveat emptor attitude in the US. USA; the home of corporate greed for the last 150 years or so... I was surprised to learn idea of corporations started in the ancient Moslem East. See chapter 8. The actual vehicle for large-scale European commerce developed out of another gift of Islam, the qirad contract. ... The first mention of the qirad in Islam occurs in the Muwatta' of Malik ibn Anas, the oldest extant Islamic legal text, which was written sometime after 750 AD. The History of the Corporation Volume One by Bruce Brown http://www.astonisher.com/archives/corporation_intro.html Al (who finally got the tag lines working) I pledge allegiance to the Corporate States of America; and to the Republicans for which it stands. A divided nation, under dept; with Justice and Liberty for Oil.
Re: [H] Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim Unable to Call 911
G.Waleed Kavalec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. But Islamic free trade disallows interest... makes for a completely different system. Can you imagine Enron without all the convoluted banking tricks? Not surprised. After all it was Western Man who figured out how to make a weapon from fireworks. To paraphrase what Chris said; humans are, after all, human, and if they can be inhumane, they will be. Al Opera op·er·a; noun. Greek word for death by music.
Re: [H] Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim Unable to Call 911
Is 911 a right or a privilege?
Re: [H] NF7-S BIOS won't boot
C L Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did something stupid. I downloaded Abit's FlashMenu utility used it I don't know if it will help or not, but you might read: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=324662 Worst case, maybe you could find someone to sell/swap/flash you a chip... Al
