Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-29 Thread Dana
why in the world does a wireless card need power management features anyway? And I thought you said the wireless was up except that one connection to the internet? For what it is worth, it is a fact that one of the 802.11 protocols (I think but don't quite remember for sure that it is b) is notori

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

2007-12-29 Thread Larry Lyons
>ok so... an organization that has in effect commissioned a study of how it >can be more impartial is somehow les impartial that US private media? >Robert. Come on. There are whole worlds of stories you would be totally >unaware of if you relied on the evening news for your information. > One thin

Re: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-29 Thread Larry Lyons
That's probably the best present of all. Anything we can do to help Scott, just let us know. larry >I should probably add to my list. > >My father is here for Christmas, and he's been pretty lucid, I want to >thank Santa, God and Science for that. > >I'm just now starting to really wrap my head

RE: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-29 Thread Scott Stewart
I should probably add to my list. My father is here for Christmas, and he's been pretty lucid, I want to thank Santa, God and Science for that. I'm just now starting to really wrap my head around this. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (91

Re: Curse of knowledge, is that so?

2007-12-29 Thread Don L
> > Old stuff in cognitive psychology. its something that's been discussed > since the early 70's. Miscommunication here! Every time when I mention about something I do not mean to say, so and so is discovered THIS MORNING or just YESTERDAY. Rather, another perspective that not community me

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

2007-12-29 Thread Dana
ok so... an organization that has in effect commissioned a study of how it can be more impartial is somehow les impartial that US private media? Robert. Come on. There are whole worlds of stories you would be totally unaware of if you relied on the evening news for your information. On 12/28/07, R

Re: Curse of knowledge, is that so?

2007-12-29 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Sweet! I'm not cursed then! On Dec 29, 2007 4:44 PM, Don L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > > She seems to be my spokes-woman. I think it has relevance to software > applications... > > > > > > > ~~~

Re: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-29 Thread Larry Lyons
> > 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. >

Re: Curse of knowledge, is that so?

2007-12-29 Thread Larry Lyons
>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > >She seems to be my spokes-woman. I think it has relevance to software >applications... Old stuff in cognitive psychology. its something that's been discussed since the early 70's. ~

Curse of knowledge, is that so?

2007-12-29 Thread Don L
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?_r=1&oref=slogin She seems to be my spokes-woman. I think it has relevance to software applications... ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dra

Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-29 Thread Dana
starting? > > > > 7. The discoverer must propose new laws of nature to explain an > > observation. > > > > That is global warming. > > Say what? You know that statement even stretches the credulity of the most > devout follower of faith based science. Its all very basic stuff, you heat > something

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2007-12-29 Thread Dana
yes, I read all the comments, which were also fairly interesting, especially the moderator's take. I guess what I was wondering was how seriously to take the reference to liberal scum :) was he joking or did this experience convert a Sam into someone who has seen the light of day? On 12/29/07, To

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-29 Thread Shawna Hampton
Dell 1390 WLAN Mini-card Fingers crossed ... I found a potential solution by disabling power management features for the wireless card ... So far, since yesterday afternoon, it's been just peachy ... not sure how or why, but that seems to have done the trick (found it on a google group posting fo

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2007-12-29 Thread Todd
Someone asked them just that and they said they weren't sure one way or the other, which is why they tried it. - Original Message - From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Any doubts after reading this? > wow, thanks

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2007-12-29 Thread Dana
wow, thanks for sharing. Am I correct in thinking that the person making this post was originally defending the practice? On 12/28/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448717 > > :-\ > > nope. > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funn

Re: I want to build a good workcenter

2007-12-29 Thread Jerry Johnson
instead of the ikea legs, the kitchen wire shelving (in chrome or black, or in some areas, any color) makes a great base, and the shelving over the return works well, too. And if the door has the hole for the knob hardware pre-drilled, put it to the back for a wire chase. Finally, to corral all o

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

2007-12-29 Thread Vivec
Did you even watch the documentary before commenting? As Larry said, Eisenhower was the one who made statements about the military industrial complex in the US. Was he leftist propaganda too? If you watched the documentary you would see it was produced by Sony International pictures , and several