Re: Mac - Thunderbolt - DVI monitor issue

2012-11-21 Thread Jim Campbell
You don't need a Thunderbolt monitor. I've had a Thunderbolt -> DVI connector (and a cheap one, at that) hooked up from my iMac to a Samsung 2343BWX for more than a year - no problems at all, and it worked immediately. Very likely just a bad adapter. - Jim On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Bruc

Re: Nerd question

2012-10-16 Thread Jim Campbell
First off, the PS3 is wireless, you shouldn't have a problem there. Secondly, if the DirectTV receiver is not wireless and you can't run CAT-5, you can set up a wireless bridge. Many moons ago, I was able to get an effective bridge set up with two low-end Linksys 802.11g APs and it worked wonderf

Re: Rick Perry ineligible to be President

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Campbell
inal Message----- > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:j...@inomi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 8:29 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Rick Perry ineligible to be President > > > Reminds me of the "I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast" line from > Happy Gi

Re: Rick Perry ineligible to be President

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Campbell
Reminds me of the "I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast" line from Happy Gilmore. - Jim On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Medic wrote: > > And why does he know what roadkill tastes like? > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Judah McAuley > wrote: > > > > > Turns out that he tried East Ca

Re: they make this stuff for kids?

2008-02-28 Thread Jim Campbell
Playmobil's got all sorts of neat, idiosyncratic figures and play sets. Along with the usual requisite kids-themed stuff (knights and princesses and pirates, oh my), over the years, we've picked up a Nun (comes with a bible), a HazMat crew (the toxic waste cleanup cord can double as a bullwhip for

Re: Revenge of the Haiku Battle (was Re: APPLE Product Announcement)

2008-01-16 Thread Jim Campbell
Spoonfuls of sugar: Helps some medicine go down... But not insulin. - Jim On Jan 16, 2008 4:07 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is Dick Cockney? > There is only one answer: > It hurts more that way. > > --BenD > > Jim Campbell wrote: > > Dick Va

Re: Revenge of the Haiku Battle (was Re: APPLE Product Announcement)

2008-01-16 Thread Jim Campbell
Dick Van Dyke? Perfect. Compared to Kevin Costner. With a spoon. A SPOON! - Jim On Jan 16, 2008 2:39 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mary Poppins: Witch > Her magic could not fix all > Dick Van Dyke's accent > > --BenD > > > Jim Cam

Re: Revenge of the Haiku Battle (was Re: APPLE Product Announcement)

2008-01-16 Thread Jim Campbell
I spelled Supercal- -ifragilisticexpi- alidocious right. - Jim On Jan 16, 2008 1:56 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My puns will endure. > Dreams in this world are fleeting; > Email is archived. > > Your haiku is frail: > An old lady on the street. > Boy Scouts help you write. > > --Be

Re: joke of the day (jewish spin)

2008-01-15 Thread Jim Campbell
My kids have a variant on that joke: Knock Knock Who's there Interrupting Dalek Interrupt... EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE This joke works with all sorts of variants, too. Interrupting opera singer, Interrupting Booger From Revenge of the Nerds, Interrupting Howler Monkey, Interrupting Guitar Feedback

Re: need music suggestion

2005-12-14 Thread Jim Campbell
I'm a little late here, but: The Blood Brothers - "Crimes" 1) Check 2) Don't know, live in Kansas City 3) Quite 4) Most Assuredly 5) Money Back Guarantee 6) Very Much So (MP3 - Peacocks Skeleton with Crooked Feathers) *http://tinyurl.com/cn325* - Jim Dana wrote: >I am shopping for music for m

Re: Damn I hate Apple

2005-10-28 Thread Jim Campbell
Check the download again - you're not required to give an email address - it's there, and it will prompt you to give an email address if you submit the form with the checkboxes checked but no address (sneaky, yes). That said, yes, it would be very nice if Apple would play nice and decouple iTun

Re: New Anne Rice Book - Christ The Lord: Out of Egypt

2005-10-26 Thread Jim Campbell
Heh - it's nice to see someone else recommend Chris Moore. I liked Lamb, and I really enjoyed "The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror", for as juvenile as it was in parts, you can't go wrong with Zombie Santa, really. - Jim Jillian Koskie wrote: >If you are interested i

Re: Hyrids - WAS Re: Delay Turns Himself In

2005-10-25 Thread Jim Campbell
>. The electric motors have tons of torque Very true. The Prius officially has a less-than-80-horsepower engine (73 or 78, can't remember), but the acceleration with the engine and the electric motor cranking together is terrific. It's very quick from a complete stop, and it's great in moder

Hybrids

2005-10-25 Thread Jim Campbell
Hi - I have a 2005 Prius. Mileage is good - not 60/51, and really because it's just not possible to get ideal condidtions with the hilly, windy type of conditions here in Kansas City (and NE Kansas in general). You do have to learn to drive it for optimal performance - it's a little different

Re: The pledge

2005-09-15 Thread Jim Campbell
>> And about the only bit of artistry you'll ever see from a mime. Ah, you haven't seen "The Aristocrats" yet, then? :) - Jim Larry C. Lyons wrote: >I disagree, watch his mime routine of a man shaving with a hangover. >That was true artistry. > >And about the only bit of artistry you'll ever

Re: Web based calendaring

2005-09-15 Thread Jim Campbell
Someone may have mentioned this already, Ray, but my email's a little wiggy today, so I might have missed it. Anyway, take a look at Backpack (backpackit.com). It's developed by the team that created the Ruby on Rails app server, and is an excellent example of a simple, straightforward AJAX a

Re: one for Professor Tango

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Campbell
Ray! No! Those are /scorpions/! - Jim Ray Champagne wrote: >That's kind of a triple-entendre if you live around here. > >Chix = hot chicks >Chix = short for chicken >Chix = smallish Lobsters sold @ a cheaper price. > >I'll take the first one, please. How much? :) > > ~

Re: Sen Danforth

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Campbell
Terri Schaivo doesn't care about black people. - Jim Sam wrote: >Terry Schiavo is Hitler! > >On 9/8/05, Dana wrote: > > >>uh, not to start this again (please let's not...) but no they didn't. I >>can't speak for the reasons of the religious right and don't want to, but I >>took a good hard loo

Re: they should stab him

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Campbell
On the news tonight: "Thousands dead in Katrina aftermath, but first, will your baby be stabbed by a psychopath? Action News 11 investigates!" - Jim Derek Vinyard wrote: >http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/baby.stabbed.ap/index.html > > ~

Re: help!!

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Campbell
HostMySite.com, although I do like the idea of a ColdFusion hosting service on a British Navy vessel. - Jim Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: >Who is HMS? > > >Cheers, >Erika > > > > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion He

Re: Where Is The Leadership?

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Campbell
Indeed - I wonder how many people those new bridges in Alaska would feed? - Jim Gruss Gott wrote: >>Ken wrote: >>Japan has only coughed up $1 million? >> >> >> > >Why do we need any money from anyone? Just cancel the pork on any of >the bills Mr. Bush signed and we'll more than cover the c

Re: Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Campbell
Coincidentally, I was just reading this article on Media Matters over lunch: http://mediamatters.org/items/200509060011 That speaks to the "pleaded with" bit. It sounds like a canard, and MM seems to have their ducks in a row on this point. Bush "pleading" for anything seems a bit out of char

Re: Enough is enough...

2005-09-06 Thread Jim Campbell
Ni! - Jim Larry C. Lyons wrote: >not quite you didn't mention the other "N" word. > >larry > >On 9/6/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Sam wrote: >>>Hell, even I only agree with Limbaugh 70% of time. >>> >>> >>Well, being that he's 100% full of crap, that makes you 70% ful

Re: Gruss is right and wrong

2005-09-06 Thread Jim Campbell
>>... maybe the answer is a moderate dressed as a liberal..a sheep in wolf's clothing, if you will...which gets the money from the nutjobs, then goes about garnering the support of the majority. That sounds like a difficult balancing act though. Ah, so Bill Clinton? :) - Jim G wrot

Re: Someone hacked my car....

2005-09-01 Thread Jim Campbell
It has the slot - I thought it only recharged the fob battery... Of course, it makes sense it would start the car as well, but I won't really know since the RFID hasn't failed yet. Aah! Paradox! Agreed about the SOL bit, though - I think the Toyota dealer said a replacement key was $350. Th

Re: Someone hacked my car....

2005-09-01 Thread Jim Campbell
My 2005 Prius has an RFID key - a little fob that unlocks the car doors when I get close, and lets me start the whole thing with a button press. It's neat, and I'm actually getting used to not putting a key in the ignition, but there's no alternate method for starting the car... if there's any

Re: Things I wonder about New Orleans

2005-09-01 Thread Jim Campbell
In regards to your datacenter question - this FPP from yesterday on Metafilter talks about Zipa and directNIC (and, tangentially, SomethingAwful.com) in New Orleans. They are currently still running: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/44715 (Metafilter is a CFMX site, too) - Jim Cameron Childres

Re: 4 8 15 16 23 42

2005-08-30 Thread Jim Campbell
I haven't seen it yet, but I'll guess... Locke looking distant, Jack looking concerned and/or surprised, and Kate in a tank top. Probably some running. And a beach. :) - Jim Raymond Camden wrote: >So I gave up. ;) What does the preview show? > >On 8/30/05, Abraham Hertzberg III <[EMAIL PROT

Re: seen this?

2005-08-29 Thread Jim Campbell
;-Original Message----- >From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 4:43 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: seen this? > > >This looks sort of familiar - wasn't this guy on Fox a couple of months >back doing the Sean Hannity Whipping

Re: seen this?

2005-08-29 Thread Jim Campbell
This looks sort of familiar - wasn't this guy on Fox a couple of months back doing the Sean Hannity Whipping Boy routine? - Jim Kevin Graeme wrote: >Did you look at his picture? He's a clueless, spoiled punk and not >worth getting pissed off about. > >On 8/29/05, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Sam's Economy Thread

2005-08-26 Thread Jim Campbell
With his sidekick - Simile Boy! "Jeepers, Captain Analogizer! This villain's volcano hideout is like an oven!" "Indeed, Simile Boy. However, we're chefs on a mission of good, and evil is but a quiche." - Jim Gruss Gott wrote: >>Ray wrote: >>The Analogizer - has a nice ring to it. >> >>

Re: Sam's Economy Thread

2005-08-24 Thread Jim Campbell
>> I've gotta agree with Gruss "Instant Action" Gott on this one. I've only got the old "Kung-Fu Grip" model. - Jim G wrote: >>As I've said many times, I'm surprised the short term numbers are as >>good as they are, but here's the deal: >> >>While all of the normal economic indicators look goo

Re: Inside 9/11

2005-08-23 Thread Jim Campbell
>> Man...do you Bush bashers ever take a holiday? Sure, but Che Guevara's birthday was a couple of months ago, so we really don't have anything to do until Halloween, you know. :) - Jim G wrote: >Find me one American on that day who didn't have a deer-in-the-headlights >stare... > >Man...do

Re: Woah! What's up in SF?

2005-08-19 Thread Jim Campbell
Look, Oakland's not that bad... - Jim S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >>Is Western Addition a good part of SF to live in? >> >> > >Is there an Eastern Subtraction to counterbalance it? > > > >s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 >new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > >add features without fixtures with

Re: Unfortunate cover art on Head First Design Patterns

2005-08-19 Thread Jim Campbell
Awesome. I wonder if the model for the stock photo ever keeps track (or is informed of) what ends up using her likeness? I'm sure she's thinking - "Yesterday, object-oriented patterns and practices, today, smelly vaginas, tomorrow, THE WORLD!". It sort of reminds me of Spiky-Haired-Non-Speci

Re: Find another idol

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
Arrogant, sure, but it's effective; and I think its effectiveness outweighs that. It takes a certain degree of arrogance to want to be President as well. - Jim Howie Hamlin wrote: >It's not arrogant to camp outside of the president's *personal residence* and >demand a face-toface meeting? I

Re: Find another idol

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
I've been thinking about this, and for all the crap surrounding it, I think that while the chance of meeting with El Arbusto himself is essentially nil, the message she's trying to send - the combination of her situation, where she is, what she's doing, and what she's asking - has the potential

Re: OMG SAVE ME!

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
And you can't just actually give her a call and smooth things over? In the amount of time it took to transcribe that, you could have probably been laughing about this with her... right? - Jim brobborb wrote: >Alright my GF is in another city and I remembered her telling me she was >coming ho

Re: Japan, politics and relevance

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This

Re: What would be an appropriate action?

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
Bloggers! - Jim Judith Dinowitz wrote: >And who, oh Fuhrer, will control who has the right to breed or not? > >Judith >- Original Message - > > >>I honestly think that there should be a license to have children. It's >>draconian, but child abuse/neglect is worse. Water should have s

Re: Coolest Commercial you'll see all year

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
Well, I had a longer version of G's response typed up, but he beat me to the punch, but I will send some linkage to the Afghan girl's story: (National Geographic): http://tinyurl.com/4tja (NPR Story - audio): http://tinyurl.com/exbyg - Jim G wrote: >So was Bro, probably! > >I remember that pic

Re: What would be an appropriate action?

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
This is presuming you fire the anti-stupidity missiles without the Barista Exclusion engaged, of course. I mean the switch is right there next to Crazy Cat Lady and Tom Cruise First Strike Option. Didn't you read the manual? - Jim Larry C. Lyons wrote: >Problem with anti-stupidity missles i

Re: Free web space for brob

2005-08-17 Thread Jim Campbell
Movie clips? It's not the storage, but the bandwidth that will eat you alive. Anyway, inexpensive services are considerably better than working with "free" - check out 1and1.com or godaddy.com to look at their registration/hosting packages. You'll get better customer service than the old "fr

Re: Today's Album Purchase

2005-08-16 Thread Jim Campbell
>Hey, what do you pay for tickets in KC? We were going to get tickets >for the opera here but the cheap seats start at something like $35 and >from others who've gone those seats are really bad. For decent seats >it's in the $80 range. > >-Kevin > >On 8/16/05,

Re: Today's Album Purchase

2005-08-16 Thread Jim Campbell
Fie on thee - I've got tickets to Carmen here in Kansas City, and I can't wait. KC being KC, you won't get the breadth that you would in Chicago or NY or the like, but I'll take what I can get. :) - Jim Larry C. Lyons wrote: >About the only thing worse that Nashville type country music is Op

Re: time to close ranks ...

2005-08-16 Thread Jim Campbell
I think I can see where the FRC is coming from. They're saying that the new domain shouldn't go into effect since there's nothing to relegate adult content to that domain explicitly, since there will, still be just as many .com, .net or .org (etc. etc.) domains serving porn. However, as usual,

Re: needed: list of audio books : sci-fi/horror/humor

2005-08-16 Thread Jim Campbell
Tangential quasi-threadjack here, but Kerry Conran's next project (director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow") is an adaptation of some of the "John Carter of Mars" stories into a feature. - Jim Jim Davis wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gaza withdrawal

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Campbell
>> When that side will accept nothing but total death of the side? Sell them weapons on the side? - Jim Sam wrote: >You're dancing again :) >How do you remain neutral when one side uses children as suicide >bombers? When that side will accept nothing but total death of the >side? > > >On 8/15/

Re: if you see this, do not touch! - pass the word - giant hogweed

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Campbell
When I was a kid, I had a friend that tried smoking Saran Wrap. He shaped a small wad of it into a cylinder, wrapped it in rolling paper, and proceeded to take a few deep drags off of it. We were doing the backyard camping thing with a couple of other kids, and we gave him all sorts of crap f

Re: Friday's Wisdom #1

2005-08-12 Thread Jim Campbell
You will always find something in the last place you look. - Jim Gruss Gott wrote: >If you wait until the last minute to do something, it only takes a minute. > > ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer su

Re: using AJAX to spy on users

2005-08-12 Thread Jim Campbell
There's already a "Live HTTP Headers" plug-in for Firefox (I use it daily) - I wonder if something like a "Zone Alarm" for Firefox or something would sniff out XMLHttpRequest() activity and pop up a quick message if a site is trying to use it, how it's being triggered, and giving you the option

Re: Madden 2006??

2005-08-12 Thread Jim Campbell
Well, the fact that EA also inked exclusivity deals with NASCAR, FIFA and PGA doesn't completely absolve them from blame. I'm admittedly not as up on the competition for NASCAR and PGA games, but the FIFA lock will certainly keep Konami from pursuing a FIFA license for its Winning Eleven franc

Re: Holy Freakin Cow - javascript sure has matured

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
I've learned over the years can be put to use again, only this time, as /AJAX/ hacks. - Jim John Dowdell wrote: >Jim Campbell wrote: > > What's interesting about this sudden upsurge in Acronyms, > > Jargon And eXtraordinary hyperbole (AJAX) > >ooohh... quotable.

Re: What has more pork...

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Oh yeah - you'll only destroy 2 tires in the potholes instead of all four, and the 435/470 interchange has been changed from "4 Lane" to "Double Black Diamond". - Jim William Bowen wrote: >Speaking of KC area highways, last time I was in KC (in May) I didn't >get a chance to drive all the way

Re: What has more pork...

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
If I didn't know better, it almost sounds like you have some sort of problem with a poorly-paved 2-lane highway with blind curves, steep hills and a 70 mph speed limit or something? It's actually almost 4 lanes the whole way now, with a few stretches under construction still. But it wasn't ba

Re: What has more pork...

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Amateur! We'd go from Lawrence to KC, then hang a right and go all the way down 69 to Pittsburg. Best we ever did was Overland Park to Fort Scott in an hour... in a Renault. - Jim G wrote: >Drunken cruises from Lawrence (KU) back to KC, doin' 90mph at 3 in the >morning, are some of my fonde

Re: What has more pork...

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Well, Lawrence (and Eudora, etc.) are becoming more suburbs of KC every day - especially in the "clutter" category. I've taken a few trips out to KU in the last couple of months, and K-10 during rush hour is almost as bad as the outbound Ike in Chicago. For what it's worth, I-35 is still pret

Re: What has more pork...

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Looking at the Kansas designations - some of these (at least in my neck of the woods) look to be necessary, in that nothing really jumps out as egregious. Where I live, there's lots of problems with east-west traffic during rush-hour, and the projects to regrade tracks and build overpasses wil

Re: Holy Freakin Cow - javascript sure has matured

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
Thanks for that link - I hadn't seen it yet. What's interesting about this sudden upsurge in Acronyms, Jargon And eXtraordinary hyperbole (AJAX) is that all of this capability's been around for several years, but is just now taking off thanks to Google, Signal 37, Panic, etc. It's kind of fru

Re: Madden 2006??

2005-08-11 Thread Jim Campbell
I made it a point not to buy any Madden games from this point on after EA pulled that exclusive licensing stunt with the NFL and ESPN, and deep-sixed Sega's superior NFL2Kx series. However, the QB vision cone thing sounds like an interesting idea - a rookie or less-talented QB has less of a "s

Re: HoF archives

2005-08-10 Thread Jim Campbell
http://www.google.com/search?q=brobborb+site%3Ahouseoffusion.com&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official - Jim Ray Champagne wrote: >+1 > > >Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: > > >>Unfortunately - and as much as I want to say thanks

Re: Jammin'! :)

2005-08-08 Thread Jim Campbell
Cat Stevens sang "Crimson and Clover"? :) Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Yusuf Islam and the Shondells! Yaaay! - Jim Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: >I can do this with Cat Stevens. I can listen to the same cat stevens >song over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over >

Re: I LOVE MOVIES WITH LITTLE GIRLS ACTING TOUGH!

2005-08-08 Thread Jim Campbell
> INCREDIBLY CRAPPY movies Say what you will, but "Mansquito" is the best TV movie title EVER. - Jim Jim Davis wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:00 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: RE: I LOVE MOVIES WITH LITTLE G

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
Wait! You need to rename it after Ronald Reagan first. - Jim Sam wrote: >You're right. My bad. I got to go get rid of some things, anyone know >some good fishing holes? > > >On 8/5/05, Ben Doom wrote: > > >>True liberals can't afford SUVs -- we gave all our money to the poor and >>the environ

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
I didn't say I was any /good/ at it. - Jim Sam wrote: >I thought the liberals just talked about economy cars but drove SUVs > >On 8/5/05, Jim Campbell wrote: > > >>But, Ben, I'm a Prius-owning Liberal. I'm supposed to be thin-skinned >>and defensive

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
like the Prius. I'd get one, but I don't have the spare cash. I >mean, it's not like what I'm driving now exactly roars down the highway, >but I still love my Tupperware '02 Saturn SL. > >so there! :-P > >--Ben > >Jim Campbell wrote: > > &

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
x27;98 Civic, that's for sure. - Jim Ben Doom wrote: >Goodbye, General Lee. >Hello, General Lee Underpowered > >--Ben > >Jim Campbell wrote: > > >>Besides, if they were liberal, they'd be driving a Prius. >> >>- Jim >> >>Kevin

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
> go land a jessica class chick and then you can piss on her. Kinky. Think she'd be into that? - Jim Tony Weeg wrote: >go land a jessica class chick and then you can piss on her. > >until then. > >enjoy the walmart mudhounds > >:) > >On 8/5/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>No..

Re: Dukes Of Hazzard Liberal?

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Campbell
Besides, if they were liberal, they'd be driving a Prius. - Jim Kevin Graeme wrote: >You know, sometimes it is indeed possible to carry politics too far. > >On 8/5/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I was reading a review The Dukes Of Hazzard which explained that the >>Dukes were

Re: iPod question

2005-08-04 Thread Jim Campbell
There are some realaudio to mp3 converters out there (Google for "realaudio to mp3"). But iTunes will also natively read and convert non-DRM'd WMA, WAV and some other common audio types as well, if you have any other non-RealAudio options for the speeches you're getting. - Jim Jacob wrote: >

Re: We're Building a house!!!

2005-08-04 Thread Jim Campbell
You're all fools for not getting in on the inactive volcano market when it was prime a few years ago. It stores all my death ray equipment, has lots of closet space, plenty of room for henchmen, and the natural pahoehoe flooring is divine, if a little bumpy. - Jim Marlon Moyer wrote: >we had

Re: I LOVE CRAZY-F*CKER MOVIES!

2005-08-03 Thread Jim Campbell
I liked "Ravenous" as well, but I really enjoy the soundtrack. I didn't really make conscious note of the contributors until I was listening to the Gorillaz new album, and realized Damon Albarn did some of "Ravenous" as well, after hearing a couple of themes in some of the songs that reminded

Re: Hope You Don't Like Tuna

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
nosaur >one for brain improvement? > >On 8/2/05, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>A common mistake. "Crustacean" is the geologic period when dinosaurs >>were created and walked the earth with primitive man. >> >>- Jim >> >&

Re: Hope You Don't Like Tuna

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
A common mistake. "Crustacean" is the geologic period when dinosaurs were created and walked the earth with primitive man. - Jim Jerry Johnson wrote: >Do you think that tuna is a crustacean? > >On 8/2/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I read in an old book that you should avoid crusta

Re: Hope You Don't Like Tuna

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
I agree with you - eating massive amounts of canned anything will get you sick - I had a friend in college who actually got scurvy from a similar diet. Although, not mercury poisoning. Anyway, I did want to point out that cooking food at 2,000 degrees has, along with nutritional loss, also has

Re: Why?

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
For some reason, your response reminded me of the Fawlty Towers episode "The Germans", with Basil constantly warning everyone "Don't mention 'The War'!" in the presence of the German Tourists staying at the hotel... right before melting down, singing "Deutschland Uber Alles" and doing his best

Re: any one have a paid subscription to Consumer Reports?

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
aming. - Jim Paul Ihrig wrote: >under 550 >perferably cheaper, 350. > >just would like stainless steel Interior. also would like >sterilization, but that may be to high a cost. > >must have built in disposal >not sure > >thanks! >-paul > >On 8/2/05, Jim Campbell

Re: any one have a paid subscription to Consumer Reports?

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Campbell
Yeah, I do. What price range are you looking at? - Jim Paul Ihrig wrote: >i don't want to shell out any cash. >just want to find info on Dishwashers. >since that's what i am buying myself for my birthday. > >strange how our priorities change. >thanks! >-paul > > ~~~

Re: Monday Time Waster

2005-08-01 Thread Jim Campbell
I met Marc Singer at Wizard World Chicago last summer - he looks /exactly the same/. Tanned, same 1983 hair, everything. He was talking to some 12-year old kid about aerobics or something when I left. I wish I'd asked him to do the hawk call now. I did, however, bring a giant black panther

Re: true or false - 2

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Campbell
>> Can anyone think of other places the U.S. has totally evacuated after a >> long-term military presence? South Dakota? - Jim Robert Munn wrote: >No surprise that we're building long-term bases in Iraq. We we asked to vacate >Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan is asking us to leave, Qatar is an unkno

Re: true or false - 1

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Campbell
Another band name! - Jim Ray Champagne wrote: >or those new chicken fries from BK. mbiodiesel chicken fries. > >Jim Campbell wrote: > > >>Hopefully, the adoption of biodiesel will mean our contaminated water >>will at least smell like delicious frenc

Re: true or false - 1

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Campbell
Hopefully, the adoption of biodiesel will mean our contaminated water will at least smell like delicious french fries. Mmmm... - Jim Dana wrote: >the energy bill just passed by the house legalizes contamination of >water supplies by diesel fuel > > > ~

Re: Personal Assistant update

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Campbell
Wow Ray, like gym girl isn't enough? :) - Jim Ray Champagne wrote: >That question took a hell of a lot longer to ask than I expected. > >Of course, Erika, you know we're all wondering :) > >Malcoy Fitzpatrick II wrote: > > >>is she hawt? >> >>On 7/29/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PRO

Re: I don't know why, but I find this very funny.

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Campbell
That is funny - but only if you've had professors like that - it's similar to the "I declare myself to be on the outside" fence joke. Oh the other hand "Roughly Spherical Chicken" is a good name for a band. - Jim Marlon Moyer wrote: >There was a graduate researcher at Stanford who was doing a

Hatching Hummingbirds

2005-07-28 Thread Jim Campbell
I don't know if this has been around yet, but there's only 6 or 7 links to it on Delicious, so it might not be too terribly saturated yet... anyway, this is a small collection of photos of a nest of hummingbirds. http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/ - Jim ~

Re: FUCKING REAL!

2005-07-28 Thread Jim Campbell
Yes it does ask during the install, but it kind of hides it under something like "Let Real Play All My Media" or something, and if you click on it, you can unselect everything but Real Media from the list. - Jim S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >Installing RealPlayer to see something on Sony's website d

Re: Niagara Falls was...RE: rant - Sandals and the Patriot Act

2005-07-26 Thread Jim Campbell
kid... > >Howie > >--- On Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:27 PM, Jim Campbell scribed: --- > > >>Niagara Falls? Slowly I turned... step by step... /inch by inch/... >> >>- Jim >> >> >> > > ~

Re: Niagara Falls was...RE: rant - Sandals and the Patriot Act

2005-07-26 Thread Jim Campbell
Niagara Falls? Slowly I turned... step by step... /inch by inch/... - Jim SStewart wrote: >Are you referring to the Canadian side as ruined? I was up there in March >(farging cold) and we drove through a slum area to get to the border with >Canada, the American side of the falls blows (IM

Re: since we havent had a good one today....

2005-07-21 Thread Jim Campbell
>> Freud said "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" ... and sometimes it's a big >> brown dick! I think cigar smokers should all just take the big plunge and go >> straight to sucking dick. You know, I'll never watch the A-Team the same way again. - Jim S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >I just love that

Re: Are SMS / Ringtones / Backgrounds the new 900 number?

2005-07-21 Thread Jim Campbell
They're actually pretty useful in some situations. Walking around the grocery store, jawing about something or asking what kind of cereal to get? Not really. Working simultaneously at far-flung locations (data centers, construction, etc.) and needing to have immediate communication? Definit

Re: rolling my eyes

2005-07-20 Thread Jim Campbell
A Gunstar would totally take out a Viper. Death Blossom! - Jim Kevin Graeme wrote: >Picard is totally sexier than Kirk. > >On 7/19/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I would much rather argue over Synchronized Swimming being called a "sport". >> >>-Cameron >> >> >> >

Re: rolling my eyes

2005-07-19 Thread Jim Campbell
Oh, I forgot that one. Thanks, Tim. - Jim loathe wrote: >>"I have to admit, I have not admired J. K. Rowling's writing ability >>ever, but I give her plenty of credit for doing it and being a >>success. That is worthy of praise, even if I don't care for the >>final product. I just find it un-li

Re: rolling my eyes

2005-07-19 Thread Jim Campbell
Right after saying: "I bet she never had a back street guy. I bet her mamma never told her why." - Jim Ben Doom wrote: >I never heard about Tom Sawyer being banned. I know Huck Finn was, >though. > >To paraphrase Billy Joel, "If you ever want a book to go to #1, get it >banned..." > >--Ben >

Re: rolling my eyes

2005-07-19 Thread Jim Campbell
Would that be the "Spurned English Major" argument, the "Anonymous Internet Contrarian" argument, the "Lunatic Fundamentalist" argument, the "Children Should Be Reading Dickens Anyway" argument or the "I'm Different, Look At Me" argument? - Jim Nick McClure wrote: >So what is the argument of

News Corp buys MySpace

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
Sort of related to that MySpace/NewAtlanta thread on CF-Talk a few weeks back - News Corp (home of All Things Fox) just bought MySpace for $580 million. That's a lot of BlueDragon licenses. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050718/wr_nm/media_newscorp_dc_2 - Jim ~~~

Re: Cantina Funkalicious [Was: Let's just bomb Mecca]

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
it I tell you, for the sake of your children and yoru future. > >On 7/18/05, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I've got an original Meco "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk" 12" vinyl >>back home. No skips or scratches, and the

Re: Too pretty for jail?

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
Hey, wasn't this on Cinemax last night? - Jim Howie Hamlin wrote: >Sheesh ... gimme a break ... > >--- > >If convicted, Lafave, 24, could face up to 15 years in prison on each of two >charges of lewd and lascivious battery. > >Fitzgibbons said the prosecution's plea deal involved ``significant

Re: Cantina Funkalicious [Was: Let's just bomb Mecca]

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
Wait, sorry, Star Wars thread: N! - Jim Jim Campbell wrote: >KHAAN! > >- Jim > >Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > >>I'll one up you. I've got the original 8 trac tape of it. :) >> >> >> >> >>

Re: Cantina Funkalicious [Was: Let's just bomb Mecca]

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
Disco >Star Wars as an mp3. > >-Kevin > >On 7/18/05, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I've got an original Meco "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk" 12" vinyl >>back home. No skips or scra

Re: Cantina Funkalicious [Was: Let's just bomb Mecca]

2005-07-18 Thread Jim Campbell
KHAAN! - Jim Michael Dinowitz wrote: >I'll one up you. I've got the original 8 trac tape of it. :) > > > > >>I've got an original Meco "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk" 12" vinyl >>back home. No skips or scratches, and the sleeve is in great condition. >> >>http://tinyurl.com/af

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