Re: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Awesome! On 11/15/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you get 2 broken floor tiles and an inch of sticky tape. > > > On Nov 15, 2007 8:39 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone know what BB does in > > > a situation like this? > > ~~

RE: PS3 question

2007-11-15 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: PS3 question > > I'm thinking of getting a PS3 in the next month or so. I'm aware that > the new PS3 ($400/40GB?) is NOT backwards compatible for PS

RE: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Stewart
They should give you a price equivalent replacement. You paid $400 for it, they owe you a $400 replacement. I had to have a defective LCD TV replaced after two years, and prices had dropped considerably, I got a replacement based on my original purchase price I was able to upgrade by 10 inches

Re: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Dave l
I just called bb and they said I got to bring it in and they will ship it out for service, if it can't be fixed then like somesone said, they will replace it with one that is same value. That works for me, it would take me from a 30gb to an 80gb or an ipod touch but since I already got an iphon

Re: NY - Governor Spitzer - taxes on internet sales

2007-11-15 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Leave it to politicians to always try and get a piece of someone else's pie. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP

Re: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
I think you get 2 broken floor tiles and an inch of sticky tape. > On Nov 15, 2007 8:39 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know what BB does in > > a situation like this? ~| Get involved in the lates

Re: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Dave l
my 5g one is shooting shit too and I got that best buy warranty and have been wondering the same thing myself. >3 years ago, I got a 40gig 4th gen iPod as a gift. It was purchased >from Best Buy along with a 4 year warranty. Almost 2 years ago, my >iPod died, so I took it back to the store wh

Re: Speaking of Atheists ...

2007-11-15 Thread Dana
::shrug:: you don't seem to do real well with shades of grey, since you ask. Either you're a success or you're a failure, you seem to think. Either you're sitting behind a desk in a classroom, or you're incapable of "overcoming." I am stil in awe of that worldview -- I never considered that an educ

Re: New helmet for jet pilots

2007-11-15 Thread Robert Munn
It's a Storm Trooper helmet! Sweet! On Nov 15, 2007 7:43 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > This think looks like something that came right out of Star Wars movie. > It is pretty neat though. > > > http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9817743-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

[PS3] Insanely Cool "Eye" Stuff

2007-11-15 Thread Jim Davis
This is all research now, but some of it seems polished enough to present as a tech demo (hint, hint Sony): http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/11/14/video-of-new-research-conducted-wi th-playstation-eye/ My son would LOVE something like this (he's really into drawing and games... mixing them lik

Re: PS3 question

2007-11-15 Thread Greg Morphis
anyone have the 80gb version? On Nov 15, 2007 8:28 AM, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking of getting a PS3 in the next month or so. I'm aware that > the new PS3 ($400/40GB?) is NOT backwards compatible for PS2 games. > But is the $500 80GB version compatible? > I have a PS2, bu

Re: NY - Governor Spitzer - taxes on internet sales

2007-11-15 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> This is bunk, I liked Spitzer up till this point... > > http://www.nysun.com/article/66382 > > "At issue is the "affiliate program" used by many e-retailers. Web site > operators can provide a link to an e-retailer in return for a commission on > any sale resulting from customers using the link.

Re: and now for a tabloid moment...

2007-11-15 Thread Robert Munn
She should look in the bargain bin at CVS to see if someone dropped it there... ;-) On Nov 14, 2007 12:42 PM, Dana wrote: > Britney has apparently lost her mind ~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest pro

SQL Server named instance question

2007-11-15 Thread William Bowen
Anyone know the maximum length of a named instance allowed by Microsoft? I can't seem to find it in the docs and google hasn't been much help, oddly... TIA! -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~

Re: who has the longest commute?

2007-11-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
Up until we moved in 1986, we could drive from our house in Ledyard, CT to my grandparent's house in Cedar Rapids, IA hitting only one traffic light (and could right-turn on red) On Nov 15, 2007 9:55 AM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was on vacation the last three days (diving in La Paz) a

Re: Oh frabjous joy!

2007-11-15 Thread Ben Doom
Using a regex engine for this is a lot of extra overhead. You may be bending over under the strain. --Ben "last initial is" D Jerry Johnson wrote: > #rereplacenocase("bendoom","om","ver","all")# > > > On Nov 15, 2007 9:52 AM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> NACK? >> >> --BenD >> >> Jer

Re: new book confirms Saddam wanted a nuke

2007-11-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> cHat wrote: > I'd have to ask for a reference if it was the inspectors. > The inspectors said, "can't find any WMD dude, we'll need another month or so there sport, but we'll let cha know." Bush said, "dun madder, theys gots'em, we's knows it, an' y'all better git 'cause we a'comin' in with 6

Re: Oh frabjous joy!

2007-11-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
Sorry, I had a Sexual Harassment seminar yesterday, and was mentally feeling 10 years old. For a useless piece of info in the same vein, there is actually a middle school in New London, CT called the Bennie Dover Middle School. http://www.newlondon.org/html/bdjms/ (Its actually Bennie Dover Jacks

Re: Oh frabjous joy!

2007-11-15 Thread Jerry Johnson
#rereplacenocase("bendoom","om","ver","all")# On Nov 15, 2007 9:52 AM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NACK? > > --BenD > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Happy birthday, Ben. > > > > Obscure question. Is OM equivalent to VER? ~

Re: How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Nov 15, 2007 8:39 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3 years ago, I got a 40gig 4th gen iPod as a gift. It was purchased > from Best Buy along with a 4 year warranty. Almost 2 years ago, my > iPod died, so I took it back to the store where they replaced it with > the exact same

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread G Money
Well done Zaph...exactly what i was going to say in response :) On Nov 15, 2007 8:41 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take this back. This is the action of one person who may or may not > be secure in their own faith. I know a lot of christians who wouldn't > forward this em

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread J.J. Merrick
My church meets IN a movie theater... I guess we are all going to hell. Though there are times when they will turn around some of the movie displays because they are really pretty offensive... Balls of Fury was one of them... it was like 10 feet tall and had a girl bending over and said something

Re: Blackle

2007-11-15 Thread Crow T. Robot
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/does-a-darkened-google-really-save-electricity-104/ (depends on how many CRT monitors there are out there, I guess) On Nov 15, 2007 8:34 AM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forget where, but I had read a study that found that the theory that a > black

Re: Blackle

2007-11-15 Thread Ben Doom
My understanding is that it saves power on a CRT, but not an LCD. CRTs make light by firing an electron gun. LCDs are backlit, and use electricity to make colors or black. So Blackle actually uses *more* power on an LCD (but not much -- the backlight is the power sink). --BenD Crow T. Robot

Re: Speaking of Atheists ...

2007-11-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > Am I just another failed product of a failed system, Dana, because I don't > fit YOUR elevated definition of "success"? > Careful G ... she'll killfile you if you keep it up ... ~| Check out the new features and

Chavez no example for the Caribbean

2007-11-15 Thread Vivec
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Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott wrote: > If your faith is affected by a movie, then you need to re-examine your > faith. > Silly. It's harder to indoctrinate children that way. ~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct

How does the Best Buy warranty work in this situation.

2007-11-15 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
3 years ago, I got a 40gig 4th gen iPod as a gift. It was purchased from Best Buy along with a 4 year warranty. Almost 2 years ago, my iPod died, so I took it back to the store where they replaced it with the exact same model. Fast forward to today when my iPod is now refusing to play certain so

Re: new book confirms Saddam wanted a nuke

2007-11-15 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> > > > RoMunn wrote: > > > > He fooled everyone > > > > > > Except for the UN weapons inspectors. > > > > Yeah, he just kept kicking them out. > > > ya but so did W before it was all over... Who, the inspectors or the Hussein regime? I'd have to ask for a reference if it was the inspectors. ~~~

RE: who has the longest commute?

2007-11-15 Thread Jacob
I was on vacation the last three days (diving in La Paz) and I took my usual route to work this morning. Light number 18 is going up! That will be 18 spotlights in less than 5 miles. Jacob wrote: > 4.9 miles one way... 17 stop lights... about 15 minutes. :) > ~~~

Re: Blackle

2007-11-15 Thread Crow T. Robot
I forget where, but I had read a study that found that the theory that a black vs white screen saving energy as false. need to find that On Nov 14, 2007 6:03 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone saving the World with http://Blackle.com ? > > ~~

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> I take this back. This is the action of one person who may or may not > be secure in their own faith. I know a lot of christians who wouldn't > forward this email on and either enjoy the movie for what it is or > just not go to it at all. It's just a case of the extremes making > themselves he

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I take this back. This is the action of one person who may or may not be secure in their own faith. I know a lot of christians who wouldn't forward this email on and either enjoy the movie for what it is or just not go to it at all. It's just a case of the extremes making themselves heard while

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Vivec
It's religion. Don't try to understand it. It is not logical. On Nov 15, 2007 10:06 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the christian faith so fragile that a movie, a song, or even > knowing someone who's not a christian can destroy it? > > zB ~~~

New helmet for jet pilots

2007-11-15 Thread Bruce Sorge
This think looks like something that came right out of Star Wars movie. It is pretty neat though. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9817743-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Bruce ~| Enterprise web applications, build

PS3 question

2007-11-15 Thread Greg Morphis
I'm thinking of getting a PS3 in the next month or so. I'm aware that the new PS3 ($400/40GB?) is NOT backwards compatible for PS2 games. But is the $500 80GB version compatible? I have a PS2, but I'd rather not have 2 systems hooked up that do the same thing. Also, does it use hardware or software

Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread J.J. Merrick
No, people just like to talk... you know Harry Potter is warping our children also. On 11/15/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife is out of town so I logged onto her email account to make sure > she hasn't been emailed our latest indoor soccer schedule. I'm going > throug

RE: Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Stewart
I don't think mainstream Christianity is that fragile. However the fundies are. Like I've said before, the fundies aren't the majority, not by a long shot, but they want everyone to think that they are, so they scream the loudest, over the most inane things. When I talk about mainstream, I think o

Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
My wife is out of town so I logged onto her email account to make sure she hasn't been emailed our latest indoor soccer schedule. I'm going through the list of emails from our coach and come across one labeled "Warning: Golden Compass". I read it and it talks about how these movies are made by OM

Christian's: Paranoid or not

2007-11-15 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
My wife is out of town so I logged onto her email account to make sure she hasn't been emailed our latest indoor soccer schedule. I'm going through the list of emails from our coach and come across one labeled "Warning: Golden Compass". I read it and it talks about how these movies are made by OM

Re: Oh frabjous joy!

2007-11-15 Thread Ben Doom
NACK? --BenD Jerry Johnson wrote: > Happy birthday, Ben. > > Obscure question. Is OM equivalent to VER? > > ~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates.

NY - Governor Spitzer - taxes on internet sales

2007-11-15 Thread Casey Dougall
This is bunk, I liked Spitzer up till this point... http://www.nysun.com/article/66382 "At issue is the "affiliate program" used by many e-retailers. Web site operators can provide a link to an e-retailer in return for a commission on any sale resulting from customers using the link. While the af

Re: Speaking of Atheists ...

2007-11-15 Thread G Money
On Nov 14, 2007 2:20 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and you're an example of that success are you? It's not a matter of > "inability to succeed" my friend. Were you a second-year computer > science major with a 4.0 and a couple dozen art shows in your > portfolio when you were 17? I don'

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