Re: Screwy Irregulars Question

2009-07-02 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Thanks to all who replied! Comments follow . . . At 10:01 PM Wednesday 7/1/2009, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: I have a new lawn mower. According to the instructions I need to change the oil before using the

Screwy Irregulars Question

2009-07-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
I have a new lawn mower. According to the instructions I need to change the oil before using the mower again (the instructions say to change the oil after the first 5 hours of operation, which is about how long it ran mowing the whole yard twice, which is what I've done with it up to now).

Re: Screwy Irregulars Question

2009-07-01 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: I have a new lawn mower. According to the instructions I need to change the oil before using the mower again (the instructions say to change the oil after the first 5 hours of operation, which is about

Re: Screwy Irregulars Question

2009-07-01 Thread John Williams
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ronn! Blankenshipronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:  Does anyone know what the proper name is for a tool that fits a screw or bolt with a square-shaped recess in the head, so I know what to look/ask for? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screwdriver

Re: Screwy Irregulars Question

2009-07-01 Thread David Hobby
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: I have a new lawn mower. According to the instructions I need to change the oil before using the mower again (the instructions say to change the oil after the first 5 hours of operation, which is about how long it ran mowing the whole yard twice, which is what I've

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-05 Thread Richard Baker
Dan M said: Anyways, I was trying to subscribe without bothering anyone. It's too bad that Google likes the 4 year old website. If you found the old one at http://theculture.org/culture/faq.htm then you should rest assured that I've updated it with correct subscription and

RE: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-05 Thread Dan M
No, you didn't follow the directions at all, or you followed fossilised ones you found on the interwebs instead of going to www.culturelist.org : try making the subject subscribe culture, and sending it to m...@culturelist.org We haven't been on busstop for about 4 years-ish - certainly

Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Dan M
I decided to resubscribe to the Culture mailing list (after Comcast took over my Roadrunner account I was automatically unsubscribed) partially because things are now slowing down from my busiest year ever and I will probably have free time. I followed the FAQ directions to send a message with

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:26 PM Sunday 1/4/2009, Dan M wrote: I decided to resubscribe to the Culture mailing list (after Comcast took over my Roadrunner account I was automatically unsubscribed) partially because things are now slowing down from my busiest year ever and I will probably have free time. I followed

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Doug Pensinger
IIRC Charlie Bell has something to do with that list, and is on this list? Hello? Help? Yea, Charlie's the guy to talk to. I could be wrong but I don't think that there has been any list traffic for over a day, so you haven't missed anything. Doug

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 05/01/2009, at 12:26 PM, Dan M wrote: I followed the FAQ directions to send a message with subscribe culture in the body to listmana...@busstop.org. No, you didn't follow the directions at all, or you followed fossilised ones you found on the interwebs instead of going to

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:37 AM Monday 1/5/2009, Charlie Bell wrote: On 05/01/2009, at 12:26 PM, Dan M wrote: I followed the FAQ directions to send a message with subscribe culture in the body to listmana...@busstop.org. No, you didn't follow the directions at all, or you followed fossilised ones you found on

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

2009-01-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 05/01/2009, at 6:46 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Is it supposed to respond in some way? Yeah. Mail me offlist if you're having issues. C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Claes Wallin
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 12 Nov 2008 at 19:08, Nick Arnett wrote: Anybody here a Second Life participant? I'm talking to them about perhaps joining the company... but I'm barely familiar with it as a user. Any suggestions about things to try, etc. I'm most interested in metrics and such,

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Charlie Bell
On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. The pub? Charlie ___

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Claes Wallin
Charlie Bell wrote: On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. The pub? +1 funny, +1 insightful. The pub does offer some of the benefits of

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Nov 2008 at 12:56, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. It's still in beta, currently more limited and with a somewhat different focus, but Metaplace, Raph

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:39 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, Charlie Bell wrote: On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. The pub? Charlie reaches for paper towel to

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:57 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, Claes Wallin wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. The pub? +1 funny, +1

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-15 Thread Charlie Bell
On 16/11/2008, at 12:57 AM, Claes Wallin wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote: Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that you would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know. The pub? +1 funny, +1

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-14 Thread Andrew Crystall
I've sent you something I hope you'll be interested in offlist, but from a personal standpoint I'm highly uncomfortable with their general policys - the Linden's application of what can only be taken as censorship has lead me to stear directly clear of playing SL and many of their economic

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I've sent you something I hope you'll be interested in offlist, but from a personal standpoint I'm highly uncomfortable with their general policys - the Linden's application of what can only be taken as censorship has

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-13 Thread Claes Wallin
Nick Arnett wrote: Anybody here a Second Life participant? I'm talking to them about perhaps joining the company... but I'm barely familiar with it as a user. Any suggestions about things to try, etc. I'm most interested in metrics and such, things that are or could be measured, which has

Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-12 Thread Nick Arnett
Anybody here a Second Life participant? I'm talking to them about perhaps joining the company... but I'm barely familiar with it as a user. Any suggestions about things to try, etc. I'm most interested in metrics and such, things that are or could be measured, which has to do mostly with the

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-12 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: Anybody here a Second Life participant? I'm talking to them about perhaps joining the company... but I'm barely familiar with it as a user. Any suggestions about things to try, etc. I'm most interested in metrics and such, things that

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-12 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I don't do SL -- hell, I'm still working out the intricacies of my *first* life -- but in more general terms, I've got an ear to the ground on various aspects of work to be found in the areas of Web design and

Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-12 Thread Jon Louis Mann
Anybody here a Second Life participant? I'm talking to them about perhaps joining the company... but I'm barely familiar with it as a user. Any suggestions about things to try, etc. I'm most interested in metrics and such, things that are or could be measured, which has to do mostly

Re: Irregulars question: Second Life?

2008-11-12 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: The brief description is that I do social network analytics. Whoah, OK, well outside my purview. -- Warren ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Dan M
My wife's computer, running Vista, has been showing a very funny symptom. It can no longer access the internet through our home wireless. It can see and access the other computers on the network, it can access the internet through other wireless routers, it can access the internet through a cable

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife's computer, running Vista, Although I'm tempted to say, Well, there's your problem... If it is making a connection to your wireless router, but behaving this way, it sounds like a gateway or DNS server address problem...

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Max Battcher
Nick Arnett wrote: If it is making a connection to your wireless router, but behaving this way, it sounds like a gateway or DNS server address problem... make sure that your wireless connection is set to get the gateway address and DNS servers via DHCP. If either of those is wrong, you'd get

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread William T Goodall
On 24 Jul 2008, at 23:04, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife's computer, running Vista, Although I'm tempted to say, Well, there's your problem... Even Windows fans avoid Vista :-) Progress Maru -- William T Goodall Mail :

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:58 PM Friday 5/11/2007, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: On 5/11/2007 7:45:36 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head which require a tool which is variously

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:16 AM Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Screws At 08:58 PM Friday 5/11/2007, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: On 5/11/2007 7:45:36 PM, Ronn! Blankenship

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-14 Thread Kanandarqu
There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head which require a tool which is variously called an Allen wrench or a hex key to turn them. Then there are some which have a hexagonal depression in the head but instead of being flat the bottom of the depression has

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-14 Thread William T Goodall
On 12 May 2007, at 03:42, Robert Seeberger wrote: You would think Wikipedia would have an article that clarifies the various security screw types. The best set I own has around 54 different tips in about a dozen different styles. Makes my life a lot easier when I have to work on a fire

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-12 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:42 PM Friday 5/11/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Screws On 12/05/2007, at 10:45 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote

Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head which require a tool which is variously called an Allen wrench or a hex key to turn them. Then there are some which have a hexagonal depression in the head but instead of

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Charlie Bell
On 12/05/2007, at 10:45 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head which require a tool which is variously called an Allen wrench or a hex key to turn them. Then there are some which

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/11/2007 6:36:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Torx. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx Charlie To prevent theft, this type of screw has been used exclusively in northern Iraq. Yes, I am going to say it: Torx are for Kurds. Thank you

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
On 5/11/2007 7:45:36 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head which require a tool which is variously called an Allen wrench or a hex key to turn them. Then

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Screws On 12/05/2007, at 10:45 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter

Irregulars question for Alberto or anyone else who might have a suggestion . . .

2006-11-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Question forwarded from another list: quote I need a book to teach portugue with a teacher's book, a student's book and a workbook to a calssroom students that`s what I call a program book, /quote Any ideas? -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Irregulars question for Alberto or anyone else who might have a suggestion . . .

2006-11-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Question forwarded from another list: quote I need a book to teach portugue with a teacher's book, a student's book and a workbook to a calssroom students that`s what I call a program book, /quote Any ideas? No :-/ Alberto Monteiro

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldehyde)

2006-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snippage ...Using Mexican vanilla (prepared with propylene glycol# as well as grain alcohol) #Yep, radiator antifreeze -- I _do not_ advise it for consumption at all! Actually most antifreeze is _ethyl_ glycol, which tastes sweet and so

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldehyde)

2006-10-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:48 PM Monday 10/23/2006, Deborah Harrell wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snippage ...Using Mexican vanilla (prepared with propylene glycol# as well as grain alcohol) #Yep, radiator antifreeze -- I _do not_ advise it for consumption at all! Actually most

Irregulars Question: London Hotels

2006-10-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I may go to London in two weeks, and I know nothing about good [breakfast included: my company pays for hotel but not for food, and I am in no financial position to have extra expenses!] hotels. Any suggestions? I would prefer those that are close to Lanesborough Place or to the subway line

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:45 PM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 14/10/2006, at 8:42 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (I have one of those 5 CD changers that Panasonic marketed several years ago, but they apparently quit making it or updating drivers for it for Win98 or higher, so it sits in an old box

RE: Irregulars Question: London Hotels

2006-10-17 Thread Gary Nunn
I may go to London in two weeks, and I know nothing about good [breakfast included: my company pays for hotel but not for food, and I am in no financial position to have extra expenses!] hotels. Any suggestions? Alberto Monteiro That depends, do you want the room by the night or by the

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-13 Thread Charlie Bell
On 13/10/2006, at 9:26 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I'm looking for a program or method to be able to copy a CD-ROM onto the HD and install it and run it from there. Someone on another list said there is a program called Liquid CD which does this on the Mac. I of course am looking for

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:54 AM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 13/10/2006, at 9:26 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I'm looking for a program or method to be able to copy a CD-ROM onto the HD and install it and run it from there. Someone on another list said there is a program called Liquid CD which does

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-13 Thread Charlie Bell
On 14/10/2006, at 12:59 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:54 AM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 13/10/2006, at 9:26 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I'm looking for a program or method to be able to copy a CD-ROM onto the HD and install it and run it from there. Someone on another

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldeide)

2006-10-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yikes. I mistranslated. It's not Phenol, it's Formol (formaldeide, CH2O, whatever)... I think it's clothes that are contaminated. sudden flashback to Gross Anatomy, when everyone on the elevator *knew* you were a freshman, because of that distinctive

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:04 PM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 14/10/2006, at 12:59 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:54 AM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 13/10/2006, at 9:26 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I'm looking for a program or method to be able to copy a CD-ROM onto the HD and

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldehyde)

2006-10-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:40 PM Friday 10/13/2006, Deborah Harrell wrote: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yikes. I mistranslated. It's not Phenol, it's Formol (formaldeide, CH2O, whatever)... I think it's clothes that are contaminated. sudden flashback to Gross Anatomy, when everyone on the elevator

Re: Irregulars Question

2006-10-13 Thread Charlie Bell
On 14/10/2006, at 8:42 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: It does. Thank you for mentioning that, since I use it all the time for burning discs. Duh. Didn't even try to find it there (mainly because someone on another list mentioned something else but as yet hasn't followed through with a

Irregulars Question

2006-10-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
I'm looking for a program or method to be able to copy a CD-ROM onto the HD and install it and run it from there. Someone on another list said there is a program called Liquid CD which does this on the Mac. I of course am looking for something for WinXP. Any suggestions? -- Ronn! :)

Irregulars Question: smell of Phenol

2006-10-11 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of Phenol

2006-10-11 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:44 AM Wednesday 10/11/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Alberto Monteiro Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't use it in the first place? What do you wish to remove the smell from? (IOW, presumably you wish to

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of Phenol

2006-10-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/11/2006 9:54:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:44 AM Wednesday 10/11/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Alberto Monteiro Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't

Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldeide)

2006-10-11 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Yikes. I mistranslated. It's not Phenol, it's Formol (formaldeide, CH2O, whatever) Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't use it in the first place? It's not for me; but I can't resist showing

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of CH2O (formaldehyde)

2006-10-11 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:15 PM Wednesday 10/11/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Yikes. I mistranslated. It's not Phenol, it's Formol (formaldeide, CH2O, whatever) Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't use it in

Irregulars question: English

2006-08-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I may be assigned to a course in London, and the programme includes the following: (...) will pay for the cost of the training courses and materials. Your organization will have to cover the costs of the flights and boarding expenses for nominated participants. What's the meaning of _boarding_

Re: Irregulars question: English

2006-08-28 Thread Richard Baker
Alberto said: What's the meaning of _boarding_ here? It seemed that it was referring to the airport expenses, but the lack of mention about hotel and food suggests otherwise. Boarding suggests the price of the hotel to me. Rich ___

Re: Irregulars question: English

2006-08-28 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: I may be assigned to a course in London, and the programme includes the following: (...) will pay for the cost of the training courses and materials. Your organization will have to cover the costs of the flights and boarding expenses for nominated

RE: Irregulars question: English

2006-08-28 Thread Jim Sharkey
Alberto Monteiro wrote: What's the meaning of _boarding_ here? It seemed that it was referring to the airport expenses, but the lack of mention about hotel and food suggests otherwise. It sounds like room and board to me. Jim ___ Join Excite! -

Irregulars question about generic programming languages

2006-07-19 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Which language is _the simplest_ to program things like a binary file that packs things? Something like the specification of a graphic file could be like: 4 bytes for the header: AVFM 4 bytes (little endian) for the x dimension 4 bytes (little endian) for the y dimension (R,G,B) as 2 bytes big

Re: Irregulars question about generic programming languages

2006-07-19 Thread The Fool
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which language is _the simplest_ to program things like a binary file that packs things? Something like the specification of a graphic file could be like: 4 bytes for the header: AVFM 4 bytes (little endian) for the x dimension 4 bytes (little

RE: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-23 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of William T Goodall http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? I went with a Buffalo Technologies LinkStation, in case anyone is wondering. I had another friend who recommended this one as well. Thanks

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-19 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Mar 2006, at 11:13PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 19, 2006, at 4:54 AM, Horn, John wrote: Why the print server? There are many printers now that sit directly on the network, HP make a couple with ethernet support (set one up for my other half's folks last week). Or get a router with

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On Mar 19, 2006, at 11:30 PM, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? Shit documentation... but other than that i dunno. Good spot. Charlie ___

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-19 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? Sweet! If Dan doesn't get the current spare computer fixed up to be a print server before his 2-week vacation is over, I'm going to strongly

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-19 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:53 AM Sunday 3/19/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? Sweet! If Dan doesn't get the current spare computer fixed up to be a print server before his

RE: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-18 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Charlie Bell On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Horn, John wrote: Any of you have any experience with Network Attached Storage drives? I'm interested in finding one that is not too expensive, can be hooked into my router (which probably all of them can) and has a built in

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-18 Thread Charlie Bell
On Mar 19, 2006, at 4:54 AM, Horn, John wrote: Why the print server? There are many printers now that sit directly on the network, HP make a couple with ethernet support (set one up for my other half's folks last week). Or get a router with the print server if you really need one. Netgear do a

Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-17 Thread Horn, John
Any of you have any experience with Network Attached Storage drives? I'm interested in finding one that is not too expensive, can be hooked into my router (which probably all of them can) and has a built in print server. I had a very difficult time trying to find information in my searching on

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-17 Thread Charlie Bell
On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Horn, John wrote: Any of you have any experience with Network Attached Storage drives? I'm interested in finding one that is not too expensive, can be hooked into my router (which probably all of them can) and has a built in print server. Why the print server?

Re: Irregulars question: Linux distributions

2005-09-06 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 5, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 9/5/05, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'll be a while 'til you can get a copy of OS X that will run on non-Apple Intel hardware, but in the meanwhile, FreeBSD itself is very well-regarded from a security standpoint and has all the

Irregulars question: Linux distributions

2005-09-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
On many occasions, including at 04:48 AM Wednesday 8/31/2005, William T Goodall has signed off with: It is our belief, however, that serious professional users will run out of things they can do with UNIX. - Ken Olsen, President of DEC, 1984. It always reminds me that my experience with

Re: Irregulars question: Linux distributions

2005-09-05 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 9/5/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, any recommendations? _ ¹As I mentioned a few days ago when I was trying to get these new hard drives installed, I have the latest version (8.0) of Partition Magic and the Boot Magic program which comes with it in order to

Re: Irregulars question: Linux distributions

2005-09-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:57 PM Monday 9/5/2005, Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 9/5/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, any recommendations? _ ¹As I mentioned a few days ago when I was trying to get these new hard drives installed, I have the latest version (8.0) of Partition Magic and the Boot

Re: Irregulars question: Linux distributions

2005-09-05 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 9/5/05, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 5, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: is a universe of possibilities. We haven't even *begun* to discuss the other Unixes out there! Any suggestions appreciated. Then I hope you won't mind a mention of FreeBSD, about

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:10 PM Monday 8/29/2005, Russell Chapman wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I tried several times, playing around with the settings in Ghost (largely guessing, as the help file is not very helpful and the dead tree manual which came in the box even less), but never got any better results

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-30 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: FWIW, I was getting constant nastygrams from the system that free space on the C: drive was getting very low. Now I have 1.38TB of disk space. Perhaps that'll be enough to get me through Labor Day without getting any more nastygrams . . . Hmmm - I could get a fairly

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-30 Thread William T Goodall
On 31 Aug 2005, at 12:39 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: So again as seems to be usual with computers, sometimes it works exactly as it is supposed to, other times you do the exact same thing and it doesn't work, and there's no way to tell which result you're going to get. That's more of

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:09 PM Tuesday 8/30/2005, Russell Chapman wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: FWIW, I was getting constant nastygrams from the system that free space on the C: drive was getting very low. Now I have 1.38TB of disk space. Perhaps that'll be enough to get me through Labor Day without getting

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:54 PM Sunday 8/28/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent my weekend buying a 220 gig computer for $220 and then deleting/ uninstalling game after game I didn't get the needed CDs that go with them. And printers. And photos. And purchase orders with credit card numbers. Strange for

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:45 PM Sunday 8/28/2005, Russell Chapman wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-29 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I tried several times, playing around with the settings in Ghost (largely guessing, as the help file is not very helpful and the dead tree manual which came in the box even less), but never got any better results than that: a reportedly successful copy to the new

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-28 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer would not boot with the new drive as drive 0. Can

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/28/2005 8:47:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported

Re: Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-26 Thread Dave Land
Alberto, (1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? Yes. Fortunately, it's one of Excel's built-in custom chart types. It's so not-custom that the description of the chart begins Classic combination chart... Here's how: From the Insert menu, choose Chart... Select the

Re: Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-26 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I would like to thank the help, even though I could solve the problem before I read the suggestions :-) Of course, my solution was working stupidly, and using Excel's bugs to get what I wanted :-) (1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? Yes, if and only if we have _exactly_

Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-26 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer would not boot with the new drive as drive 0. Can anyone tell me the trick to

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:06:06 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-26 Thread Bryon Daly
On 8/26/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer would not boot with the

Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
(1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? (2) is there any intelligent way to plot only meaningful values? For example, if I am plotting densities (A1:A10 is volume, B1:B10 is mass, C1:C10 is density, but not all of them have decent values: B7:B10 or maybe B8:B10 are zeroes),

RE: Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-25 Thread Andrew Paul
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro (1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? (2) is there any intelligent way to plot only meaningful values? For example, if I am plotting densities (A1:A10 is volume, B1:B10 is mass, C1:C10

Re: Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:53 AM Thursday 8/25/2005, Alberto Monteiro wrote: (1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? (2) is there any intelligent way to plot only meaningful values? For example, if I am plotting densities (A1:A10 is volume, B1:B10 is mass, C1:C10 is density, but not all of them

Re: Irregulars Question: Excel suckz

2005-08-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:53:46 -0200, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (1) is there any way to mix lines and columns in a graphic? Don't understand the question. (2) is there any intelligent way to plot only meaningful values? For example, if I am plotting densities (A1:A10 is

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