[Texascavers] caves in the news

2008-11-20 Thread David
This news story popped up on my Google Alert: http://www.herald-citizen.com/index.cfm?event=news.viewid=B5D73C77-19B9-E2E2-677CE5FEC199A60A ( click on photo also ) or, Cavers clean up watershed Cold, wet weather wasn't enough to deter a group of cavers from their appointed duties. Over the

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

2008-11-20 Thread Mixon Bill
Charles (only) -- Remember when, during the absence of Steve Jobs, Apple did try licensing its system and letting other manufacture sell machines that ran Apple system? It didn't work out well at all. With a relatively small installed base, Apple needs hardware profits to support software

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

2008-11-20 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Hiya Bill, and yes, I do remember that, their installed user base was much smaller then, and the type of hardware needed to build an Apple clone back then was very hard to find. Today, things are different, with a single plugin chip, you can install OSX on a home built computer. The caveats to

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

2008-11-20 Thread Mixon Bill
Well, let me know how it works out. -- Bill -- You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

2008-11-20 Thread Charles Goldsmith
http://www.efixusa.com/index.html has the info, not a cheap chip, but overall, can build a fast computer cheaper than any of the Apple. I won't be giving up my mac pro anytime soon, but this will be a nice replacement for my older xp box. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Mixon Bill

[ot_caving] lame duck politicians

2008-11-20 Thread David
Does it sicken anybody off that our hard-earned tax dollars are going to so-called lame duck politicians? What if you told your boss? I am leaving in a few months and I am just going to coast the rest of the way and not work very hard or tackle any problems. What a screwed up system we have in

Re: [ot_caving] lame duck politicians

2008-11-20 Thread Nico Escamilla
God!! my head hurts from laughing so hard that has to be the funniest attempt at ebonics I've ever seen. next time try this Translator http://joel.net/EBONICS/translator.asp David Nico On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:33 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: I have a message for Obama: Wair B da

[Texascavers] Bev Shade get together

2008-11-20 Thread Peter Strickland
Bev is back from Argentina for a short visit, so we are having a get together at her house,4811 Duval Street, Austin, starting 9:00 P.M. This Saturday night, Nov. 22nd. She may show slides of Argentina. Bring drinks and snacks, See you there, Pete

Re: [Texascavers] Blind Mexican cave fish research applications :

2008-11-20 Thread Don Cooper
Evolutionary progress might need to be rethought from the top down when considering epigenetics. Imagine things that you've done to yourself, directly effecting your offspring (even that of your own 'clone)! Epigenetics (possibly) introduces a mechanism into evolution that has nothing to do with