Pre-Heating Water with Direct Solar?

2007-01-07 Thread Jim Davis
While writing my little tirade on what we can do about Global warming I had an idea. It's late and I'm very tired so I may feel differently about it in the morning, but right now I think it's pretty neat. The idea is to use the sun to preheat water before it enters a hot-water heater. We all kno

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Jim Davis
> > On 1/7/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. This isn't an issue of cold homes and no lights - that's just a straw man. We know how to cut back, dammit. We just don't. +) Replace your lightbulbs with compact fluoresc

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. We may be >the worst contributor, but until we have a better way to do these things >that doesn't break the bank, we are going to be in the same situation. Ours is one of the richest nations in the world, and you're going to use the ex

RE: I still love Dell

2007-01-07 Thread Bruce Sorge
Have you thought about ghosting your hard drive onto your server (Assuming you have Norton Ghost). There are other apps out there that are less expensive that you could get. That way you make an image of your machine the way it is now, and you put that image back on when you are done with the upgra

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Robert Munn
i'd settle for cars that run on little white lies... the world would never run out of energy. On 1/7/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What we need are cars that run on political bullshit and corruption. > > -Cameron > > On 1/7/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Cameron Childress
What we need are cars that run on political bullshit and corruption. -Cameron On 1/7/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that isn't a solution for everyone. the problem is scale. we need a solution > that works for 100 million households, and that's just this country. what > about vehicl

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Robert Munn
that isn't a solution for everyone. the problem is scale. we need a solution that works for 100 million households, and that's just this country. what about vehicles? until we solve the issue of vehicle fuel, we're stuck. On 1/7/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, wood/coal

I still love Dell

2007-01-07 Thread Erika Walker
I've had Dells now for almost 10 years. (Servers, laptops, desktops) I love them to the ends of the earth. I have an old Dell Latitude C840 laptop (4yrs old) that I've been using non-stop as my primary computer for all those years. I leave it on almost 24/7 and I take it with me everywhere. The h

Re: CF-Comm Poker League ...

2007-01-07 Thread Erika Walker
invites sent :) Dell is coming to completely replace my laptop bits tomo (Screen, harddrive, fan, motherboard, speakers) so I might not be able to play :( But I'll be there if I can!!! ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upg

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Erika Walker
Well, wood/coal burning stoves? dont keep the heat set above 66-68. Keep the lights off you dont need? Some people, especially those that live in places where heat and hot water are included in their rent, abuse those resources because they dont have to pay for them. I mean there's ways to c

Re: God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread Robert Munn
waterboarding is for p*ssies. take him to the kennel, put the dogs on him. then we'll find out what he knows. On 1/7/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > WillBo wrote: > > perhaps a little Administration sanctioned perfectly legal > > waterboarding rendering is in store for the good rev

Re: God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread William Bowen
> THEN you waterboard him. Rookie. See, that right there convinces me I could never hold public office... :-( -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~|

Re: CF-Comm Poker League ...

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I can still send you an invite so if you happen to get the time one day ... >just let me know which email to use. This account is fine. Thanks. --- Mary Jo ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldf

Re: Security systems

2007-01-07 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
every time I visit that site, my eyes start bleeding and I start to slip into an epileptic seizure from all the blinking graphics. I'm not real sure that I want anything else that's 2.4Ghz running in my house...it seems like I have too much already. Also, with the motion sensing, I figure that as

Re: CF-Comm Poker League ...

2007-01-07 Thread Casey Dougall
Hook me up Erika, I'm always down for taking peoples free-rolls! Use my gmail address from this message. Thank you Casey On 1/7/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Absolutely :) The site goes kind of slow, so it's easy to keep half an eye > on it. I usually run the freerolls while I'

Re: The Good Shepherd - don't waste your time

2007-01-07 Thread Cameron Childress
Not even worth watching on Showtime. Bad bad bad. On 1/7/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are the fourth person I have heard this from. I am glad to know all this > so I won't waste my money. I will wait for it to come on Showtime next year > or this year if it is as crappy as eve

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Nick McClure
OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. We may be the worst contributor, but until we have a better way to do these things that doesn't break the bank, we are going to be in the same situation. They are making good steps in some areas, more and more cars are getting more fuel

Re: CF-Comm Poker League ...

2007-01-07 Thread Erika Walker
Absolutely :) The site goes kind of slow, so it's easy to keep half an eye on it. I usually run the freerolls while I'm working and almost always end up posting and folding into the final 20. I can still send you an invite so if you happen to get the time one day ... just let me know which email t

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>You can convince everyone in the world that we're the sole cause of global >warming, but unless you have an alternative solution to the world's energy >needs, no one is going to listen. You do realize that of industrialized countries, the US is one of the worst contributors yet is on the low end

RE: The Good Shepherd - don't waste your time

2007-01-07 Thread Bruce Sorge
You are the fourth person I have heard this from. I am glad to know all this so I won't waste my money. I will wait for it to come on Showtime next year or this year if it is as crappy as everyone says. -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, Jan

Re: The Good Shepherd - don't waste your time

2007-01-07 Thread Crow T. Robot
hmmm...I heard the same thing from my neighbor and my best friend. Three strikes, you're out! On 1/7/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was really looking forward to watching this movie. I like a good > spy movie and the previews looked interesting, good cast, etc... > > The

The Good Shepherd - don't waste your time

2007-01-07 Thread Cameron Childress
I was really looking forward to watching this movie. I like a good spy movie and the previews looked interesting, good cast, etc... The movie is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. It has no suspense, no mystery, no action, and hardly any dialog. The main character, Edward Bell Wilson (Matt Damon), wa

Re: God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread Gruss Gott
> WillBo wrote: > perhaps a little Administration sanctioned perfectly legal > waterboarding rendering is in store for the good rev. > Naw, you have to work your up when you flagrantly violate someone's rights. First you should read his mail, tap his phones, and scour his bank, medical, and finan

Re: God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread Jerry Johnson
Oh, a slow motion "baptism"? On 1/7/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing' of Americans > > He's obviously in league with the terrorists... > > perhaps a little Administration sanctioned perfectly legal > waterboarding rendering is in store for the

Re: God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread William Bowen
> Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing' of Americans He's obviously in league with the terrorists... perhaps a little Administration sanctioned perfectly legal waterboarding rendering is in store for the good rev. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be

No Accounting For Taste

2007-01-07 Thread Gruss Gott
RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_ce

RE: Seahwaks!

2007-01-07 Thread Bruce Sorge
Love it. My two favorite teams are the Niners and anyone playing Dallas. -Original Message- From: Mike Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:21 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Seahwaks! What a crazy ending... I thought for sure Dallas was going to nail that

Re: CF-Comm Poker League ...

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Anyone interested? If so I'll email an invite. Just some day time boredom >(waiting for queries to run, doing boring code, waiting for data to transfer >) killer fun. Man, I would *so* love to participate (and I do have two screens LOL) but I just don't have time these days. Hope I can maybe get

God Talks To Robertson Again

2007-01-07 Thread Gruss Gott
Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing' of Americans By Steven G. Vegh, The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Beach, Va. | Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson cited communications with God in predicting that horrific terrorism aimed at the United States will result in "mass killing" during the second half o

Re: Flash Drives the wave of the future?

2007-01-07 Thread Vivec
600US$ extra? Damn. I still want one :-) "Although flash memory can be known to eventually "wear out" due to writing to the same area repeatedly, modern flash memory controllers have automatic "wear-leveling" to ensure longevity of the device by making sure that sectors are being wr

Re: long posts

2007-01-07 Thread Denny Valliant
On 1/6/07, Mike Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Denny Valliant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Coincidence? =] > > A sphincter says what? Baking Powder? Erika got ir right. Probably. Saturday night, the tide, moon etc.. Nothing to see here folks, move along. ~