RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread SMR
what model wireless card is in the 1520 laptop? dell 1390, 1350, 1490 ? -Original Message- From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Wireless/internet connection drops Okay computer experts . I have some seriously w

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
>I'm debating the scientific proof of Man Made Global Warming and >whether the debate is over or never happened. How about man made versus man enhanced? How about "ok it is 100% natural cycle", we are still not screwed how? You confound me when in one sentance you speak to "Man Made Global Wa

Any doubts after reading this?

2007-12-28 Thread William Bowen
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448717 :-\ nope. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the m

Re: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-28 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> I'd come home from work and > find half the ornaments on the floor and at least one ferret trying to > toss more off the tree. We ended up moving the tree to the basement > rec room. I'll have to dig through our photos to see if we have any of > the weasels in the tree. Yeah, when I saw the

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Robert Munn
The BBC is a leftist group-think institution, so says a report commissioned by the BBC itself: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/17/nbbc217.xml "The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>What are you saying? That they aren't objective? :) Heh. You mean in comparison to most of the American media, such as Fox News? Given the choice between the propaganda of the neo-cons and the BBC, I'll choose the BBC - at least it is answerable to parliament and the BBC governance board. The

RE: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Bruce
What are you saying? That they aren't objective? :) Heh. Bruce -Original Message- From: Robert Munn Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex Gee, imagine the BBC putting out an anti-

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Robert Munn
Gee, imagine the BBC putting out an anti-American propaganda film. On Dec 28, 2007 3:22 PM, Vivec wrote: > Wish it was old. news. > But it's still very current. > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dr

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Vivec
Wish it was old. news. But it's still very current. But tell me...would we be saved the way Grenada was saved? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada if you have no clue what I'm talking about) At any rate..you're quite right. We are greatly thankful for the Saviours that will swoop d

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Sam
On Dec 28, 2007 2:35 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam wrote: > > All lies. Gore and Hanson both admitted they exaggerated to create a > > fear so people would take them serious. Is that how science is > > supposed to work? > > > They are the ONLY TWO sources of Global Warming resear

Re: What's favoriate sites for tech-related news?

2007-12-28 Thread Don L
>** Private ** wrote: >> My favorite, Wired. But at the moment I'm kind of like just out of cave :( > >http://tweakers.net/ > >Jochem Thank you all for your inputs. tweakers seems to be in Dutch, yes? At first glance, I almost took it as German. ~

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
Sam wrote: > All lies. Gore and Hanson both admitted they exaggerated to create a > fear so people would take them serious. Is that how science is > supposed to work? > They are the ONLY TWO sources of Global Warming research? Does exaggeration means that the data is completely false and tells

Re: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>>cute pet and cute kid, beat that one! > >Well, these aren't my photos...but I do think they are awfully cute! > >http://www.fluffytails.ca/christmas.asp that's pretty cute. At least our current crew (both the ferrets and cats) have ignored the Christmas tree this year. Our previous group of fer

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Sam
On Dec 28, 2007 1:04 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on research that has been presented in peer reviewed journals first, > long before Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. All lies. Gore and Hanson both admitted they exaggerated to create a fear so people would take them serious. Is

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Sam
On Dec 28, 2007 1:07 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since when did Al Gore discover global warming? You're right, he didn't discover it. He's just the religious leader. The one that took the theory to the media instead of the science community. > Since what year has science, research and

RE: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
I'm just curious about something If I'm not mistaken you're in Trinidad which is about seven miles off the coast of Venezuela. When El Presidente Chavez decides to expand Venezuela's territory, where do you think he's gonna go first? ...and who do you think is gonna be the first country to s

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
> On Dec 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media. > > An inconvenient truth. Based on research that has been presented in peer reviewed journals first, long before Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. > > > 2. The discov

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Vivec
Since when did Al Gore discover global warming? Since what year has science, research and facts about Global Warming been brought in scientific documents, journals, and in the news? What year was An Inconvenient truth released? Your statement is tragically false as the discovery of Global Warming

Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-28 Thread Vivec
Don't stop believing. >:-) Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xYeuzG24mo Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6cSUyeNQA Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6mMFifMQY Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBMu6gGdK8 ~~

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
Your router is in the 2.4Ghz bandwidth, if it's an N-band wireless router you've got like 120 channels. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
There's one running upstairs right now and it's not interfering with my wireless connection...and Thank god my nephew can sing (they're playing rockband) -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell)

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Heh heh ... yes, his Xbox is within 3 feet of the router ... dare I bring it up?? He's had it almost a month now, tho, and this just started a few days ago but everything's worth checking out -Original Message- From: Salweg Rettirc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
"For other devices it's harder... you may have to replace them with models that either don't interfere as much or use a totally different band." Do you know an easy source of what frequencies I am working with. Trail and error, especially having to buy different phones each trial, sounds a bit

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Sam
On Dec 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media. An inconvenient truth. > 2. The discoverer says that a powerful establishment is trying to suppress > his or her work. All "Deniers" are paid for by big oil. > 3. The

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Salweg Rettirc
i thought there was a story floating around about xbox 360's throwing out interference.. even when powered off.. On 12/28/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shawna, > > Have you recently purchased 2.4GHz cordless phones? If you have a 2.4 GHz > phones and a 2.4GHz router it'll cause

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
How so? There is a fair amount of very reliable science that support his views. But I guess that groups such as the AAAS and NAS are just fringe organizations who have no scientific credibility, since their so-called science contradicts the right-wingnut ideology. >Al Gore gets a five out of se

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread G Money
Magnificent post, informative list. Since we know which modern brand of Bogus Science is nearest and dearest to my heart...i thought I'd test it against each of the warning signs: On Dec 28, 2007 1:29 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to th

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Sam
Al Gore gets a five out of seven :) On Dec 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since we get into a variety of discussions involving at times very dubious > science, I thought that this article from the Chronicle of Higher Eduction > would be useful. > > larry > > http://c

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Yeah, this theory is plausible ... we have perhaps 10-15 networks in range. And new neighbors just moved in directly next door. Perhaps their network is interfering ... hubby's going to change our channel when he gets home ... Although still not sure if that would cause the Internet to drop while

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
Neighbors close by? sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -Original Message- From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:52 PM To: CF-Community Subjec

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Good thought ... but we are cell-only. We have a phone line (required by AT&T in order to get the satellite/DSL/cell bundle), but we don't have a landline phone. -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:44 PM To: CF-Community Subj

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
Just a quick idea, do you have any cordless phones near the router? They can interfere with the signal on an intermittent basis. >> Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > >No - sorry, I missed that. Interference would affect the base signal so >that all service

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
Shawna, Have you recently purchased 2.4GHz cordless phones? If you have a 2.4 GHz phones and a 2.4GHz router it'll cause all kinds of network chaos. sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -Ori

Re: Tony and house (was RE: bhutto, thread hijack)

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
TPIWWP Pictures of the new place Tony! BTW does this mean a huge New Years bash at your place? larry >-- >>anyway, i gotta go finish moving. > >>we are renting a 1920-ish house in the oldest nice district in salisbury :) >>cant wait for city water, city services, whatever, its a killer house

FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
Since we get into a variety of discussions involving at times very dubious science, I thought that this article from the Chronicle of Higher Eduction would be useful. larry http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science By ROBERT L. PARK The National A

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > "I recently had similar problems... turns out it was interference." > > I have similar problems with my AT

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops > > Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > would > interference affect the

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread G Money
Interference might explain your issuebut wouldn't explain mine. I think my issue has something to do with the notebook and it's interaction with the router orhell, like I said, I have no idea. On Dec 28, 2007 12:36 PM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm ... that's funked up

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), would interference affect the Internet connection, but not the wireless connection? Cuz the wireless signal is strong as ever ... I can access everything on our network (file server, printer, etc.) just fine ... I just can't con

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Hmmm ... that's funked up. Especially since this is the third AT&T router we've had in the last two months (for various other reasons) ... between you, me, and Ian, I'm starting to see a trend -Original Message- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 11:16

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
"I recently had similar problems... turns out it was interference." I have similar problems with my AT&T wireless router and the laptop. I am 95% sure it is interference. First the laptop will always disconnect when the cordless phone rings if they are in the same room and frequently even if t

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Wireless/internet connection drops > > Okay computer experts . I have some seriously weird issues happening > with my > wireless Internet connectio

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread G Money
On Dec 28, 2007 11:04 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop, less than 3 months old, with a > wireless > connection to our AT&T DSL router (Windows XP SP2). Randomly (as in I > can't > see any discernible pattern), one of these two things will happen: >

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Dinner
Maybe check the firmware version on the router, and see if there are any new network card drivers for your wifi card? -- Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel On Dec 28, 2007 10:04 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Okay computer experts . I have some seriously weird issues happening with my wireless Internet connection over the last two or three days. My husband, usually my go-to guy for these kinds of problems, is stumped. I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop, less than 3 months old, with a wireless connec

Re: What's favoriate sites for tech-related news?

2007-12-28 Thread Jochem van Dieten
** Private ** wrote: > My favorite, Wired. But at the moment I'm kind of like just out of cave :( http://tweakers.net/ Jochem ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free

RE: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I want to build a good workcenter > > This is the BEST desk I ever had ... and it's homemade. I looked > everywhere for a black desk, sturdy, s

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I like that. That's giving me some good ideas. Thx On Dec 28, 2007 9:44 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the BEST desk I ever had ... and it's homemade. I looked everywhere > for a black desk, sturdy, somewhat modern/industrial looking, big enough for > my stuff and could

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
This is the BEST desk I ever had ... and it's homemade. I looked everywhere for a black desk, sturdy, somewhat modern/industrial looking, big enough for my stuff and couldn't find anything affordable. So I made it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/derrickandshawna/sets/72157603564283914/ Get a sol

Re: Golden Compass

2007-12-28 Thread Sean Corfield
On Dec 28, 2007 2:40 AM, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next you'll be telling me they all do > whatever they are told by their respective religious leaders like silly, > blind, mindless sheep.. Like lambs unto God... :) -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- ht

Tony and house (was RE: bhutto, thread hijack)

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
-- >anyway, i gotta go finish moving. >we are renting a 1920-ish house in the oldest nice district in salisbury :) >cant wait for city water, city services, whatever, its a killer house with >character, i love it. >ill have pictures soon :) Y'all aren't buying again? Scott Stewart ColdFusio

Re: Warner putting it's albums on Amazon

2007-12-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I just realized that Metallica's got a bunch of albums on there too. This is cool, I remember waiting forever for Rhapsody to get them but it never happened. I love DRM free music. I don't feel so dirty when I listen to it. ;) On Dec 28, 2007 8:22 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Warner putting it's albums on Amazon

2007-12-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
This is huge! I just looked on Amazon's mp3 download page and first and foremost was a Led Zepplins Greatest hits albums. 24 tracks of DRM free 256kbit mp3's. Between this and google's new gmail client, it's like a 2nd christmas for me. Oh great googlezon I worship at thy feet. -- "Instead

RE: What's favoriate sites for tech-related news?

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What's favoriate sites for tech-related news? > > http://www.engadget.com/ For Gadget stuff you might also like http://www.t3.com/ It's a full "ma

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Deanna Schneider
Oh, yah, that woudn't be applicable then, would it. :D On Dec 28, 2007 7:58 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > that would be a sweet garage system! I wasn't clear in my first > message though. This is for my office/media room. > > > On Dec 28, 2007 6:55 AM, Deanna Schneider wrote: > > Depends on w

They're rolling out the new version of gmail to the domain accounts

2007-12-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I logged into my gmail for domains account today and saw it's got the new version! Woohoo! my Remember The Milk integration is baked right in now. I can feel me becoming more organized by the minute. -- "Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
that would be a sweet garage system! I wasn't clear in my first message though. This is for my office/media room. On Dec 28, 2007 6:55 AM, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what you want, but I just saw this one recently and thought > it had potential: > http://www.workben

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-28 Thread Deanna Schneider
Depends on what you want, but I just saw this one recently and thought it had potential: http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb304-garage01.html On Dec 27, 2007 4:59 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I'm in the mood to get rid of the hand-me-down furniture that is my > current work center and bui

Re: What's favoriate sites for tech-related news?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Ihrig
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RE: Golden Compass

2007-12-28 Thread James Smith
I'm sure the ones who are upset have not actually seen it and therefore they're spreading a lot of FUD about the movie based on hearsay. What, a Christian spreading a load of old balls about a movie they have never seen and in some cases refuse to watch because of its "blasphemous" content? Neve