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Yep, I'm always the skeptic. :wink: Fill er up with heavy cream, please, Bartender. Meooow, yummy! :D

I'm not old enough to remember any of those things, but they certainly sound nice. Of course, we all tend to remember only the good when reminiscing about the past.

Technically it is. I think it falls under the "evading sales tax" law. It also just about unenforceable, so I'm sure this is exactly what many smokers will do. The cops have better things to do right now than catch trucks filled with bootleg cigarettes, although they may from time to time...

What about health problems the smoker suffers prior to croaking? These include more missed days from work than non-smokers, and sometimes being unable to do their job(especially if it is physical), and then being reassigned to a less productive job, or perhaps even being eligible to collect...

Pitchblend is uranium ore. BTW, do we really need any more reasons for people not to smoke? I'm glad NYC is getting even tougher on smokers. They just raised the cigarette tax to $5/pack(until neighboring states, or better yet the whole country, follows suit this will just mean many smokers...

Umm, Vlad The Impaler wrote that post, but I have a Persian cousin named Suzette(nickname Suzi) that was also rescued from outside. Plus two others(Tiger and Lucky) who were also rescued from a neighbors lawn when their mother abandoned them. The cat in JTR's avatar(who occasionally borrows...

When I first went on line in June of 2000 I was interested in learning as much about computers as I could, so I jumped to many sites. Storage always interested me, and I regularly looked at a few different sites, but I thought SR was the most professional. At first I only looked at the hard...

I have a 386-40 that I use very occasionally. I actually "upgraded" it with some parts from eBay-a 40 MHz Math Coprocessor and a Cyrix 486 upgrade. My everyday machines are a P200 MMX and a PII-450(looking to upgrade with a PIII-800 or 850 processor, if I can get one cheap). I also have a...

BTW, here's what real men drive:

Hideous. Absolutely hideous. :o That's even uglier than Jason's SUV. :lol: :mrgrn: :lol:

If the HD is >528MB then that is likely the reason the BIOS doesn't see all of it. IIRC, any machine made in 1994 or earlier can't read any HD greater than 1024 cyl, 16 hd, 63 sec, which works out to 528MB, or 504 MB if you prefer to use the more common, but technically incorrect 1 MB=10^20...

I believe most people here assumed that the question was asked in the context of non-arranged marriages and non-consensual affairs. In the very limited circumstances you mention, an affair is acceptable, even desirable, in order to ensure the emotional health of the King/Queen. However...

Thanks, Tea. :) I always like hearing the primate's point of view on many topics. I wasn't quite sure how to feel about Jake at first, though(I didn't want to end up as an entree, you know :o ). Now that I know him better and realize he's not interested in me as an appetizer, Jake seems...

No, it is inexcusable, period. In fact, I consider it unacceptable to cheat in a long-term relationship even if you're not married(since we felines can't legally get married I have to feel this way 8) ). Anyone unhappy in a marriage should get a divorce first. I think there's so many...

I'm probably a little late with this reply, but I would imagine a higher speed processor would draw more power, and the voltages for the processor are made directly on the MB by stepping down the 3.3V or 5V from the power supply. All MBs use switching rather than linear power supplies for this...

Amaretto is pretty good. Just have a very small glass and you won't get drunk on it, either. And that's coming from someone who gets drunk on one beer. :lol: I'm a very occasional drinker. Maybe I'll have a half dozen beers in the course of the summer, so my alcohol tolerance is near...

Cliptin, Thanks for mentioning that we met in person. You beat me to it. I think we had a pretty good time that day too. :)

Now that never happened to me. I guess when it rains it pours. If nothing else, you meet a lot of people on a job like that, and you can always use the standard "I'm not allowed to fraternize with passengers" line if you're not interested, or if you are, you just quietly slip them your number. :)

Maybe he's adopted? :lol: I would have no trouble believing its-fubar or Trinton Azaleth was related to The Giver, but not Koggit. Who would have known?

It is more interesting if you have differences, although I suppose if you're too different then it won't work. My parents are a perfect example of exact opposites, and they fight all the time. I don't think liking a certain physical type is shallow, Mercutio. Some people can get turned on by...

I agree. I assume you mean by girls you weren't interested in, and not guys. :) I've never been approached by a guy, thankfully. I'm not quite sure exactly how I'd deal with that, especially if he was bigger/stronger than me, and pushing the issue.

I wonder about that myself. I've looked at loads of these since I've been on the Internet, and I have yet to find someone I would be interested in meeting(both from a physical appearance and personality perspective). I guess they work sometimes, though. My sister met her husband through a...

Mercutio mentioned that he doesn't drink or tolerate cigarette smoke well, so bars are pretty much out for him(and for me for the same reasons). Also, although I can't speak for Mercutio, I don't tend to consider the types who would hang out at bars girlfriend material. For starters, I would...

It's a shame it isn't socially acceptable to do more than have a superficial conversation with people you might meet on the street. I've found people are willing enough to chat, but I don't think I could get up the nerve to actually ask a stranger for a phone number if I was interested in...

I don't know if you meant that to be funny or not, but I was laughing my ass off for about ten minutes. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Type NT, which they described as follows: All Rationals (NTs) share the following core characteristics: Rationals tend to be pragmatic, skeptical, self-contained, and focused on problem-solving and systems analysis. Rationals pride themselves on being ingenious, independent, and strong...

I just found a couple of Jason's comments in the Pledge of Allegiance thread that I thought were relevant, even humorous: and lastly, my favorite: Enjoy! :lol: :rofl: :lol: :rofl: :lol:

joual=Quebec working-class dialect BTW, I just looked this up. :) Just out of curiosity, what does that sentence say? My French is really rusty to start with, and I just don't remember many of the words I used to know. To show that similar analogies exist, my mom and her relatives can speak...

Only guilty on counts 1, 5, 6, and 8. Does this make me a 40% computer geek?

Note: -37°C = -34.6°F :o = too cold for anything except penguins and polar bears. Funny thing you mentioned about the tolerance to cold. I pretty much can't deal with temperatures over 60°F for any length of time, especially if I'm riding my bike, but cold is another story. I only wear a...

The problem isn't that I don't sweat enough, it's that it's usually so humid here in the summers that it doesn't do any good. Flushing used to be a giant swamp before it was settled.

Here I am: Surprised? Tea's not the only non-human around here after all! I'll be back in a bit. I have to use the litter box.

Somehow I just knew he would come back when I heard on the news that the Supreme Court ruled the pledge of allegiance was unconstitutional. That topic had Jason written all over it. :lol:

I was coming back around 8 PM when the sun was starting to set, so it wasn't too bad(I think it was in the high 70s). My shirt was damp by the time I got home, but not soaked. For whatever reason, I don't sweat a whole lot although I still find hot weather uncomfortable. Give me winter any...

This is exactly what I mentioned in the previous post. Once pollution costs are added to driving, we will likely see a good deal less of it, much smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles, the death of SUVs, and probably an acceleration to zero emissions vehicles which wouldn't be subject to the...

I think the government should fund capital costs only, and the fares should cover most or all of the operating expenses. Highly unprofitable routes should be eliminated, especially the "trophy" routes I mentioned. I agree that there should be more accountability, and trains should only run...

Well, the technology is similar but obviously there are differences in both the ridership and the method of operation. Subways are generally used on short trips(~5 miles average), have more frequent stops, lower speeds(NYC subway travels at 50 to 55 mph maximum), more frequent service, run...

To answer the first question, I generally bike ten to twenty miles three to seven times per week, and walk every place I don't take the subway to. I walked 9 miles round trip to CompUSA yesterday to pick up a 100 GB Maxtor for $100. On my way home I found a nice 4 foot high stainless steel CD...

Thanks for the compliment. :D Tilt trains do have a use on existing trackage. In fact, Amtrak's Acela has a tilt mechanism for that very reason. We do in fact have many lines running through populated areas with many curves that would benefit from such trains. This would allow a system...

As Mercutio pointed out, most people fund something that they will either never use or don't think is worthwhile. In my case, I'm less than thrilled about the trillions poured into social welfare programs with little results, and I'm 100% in agreement with Mercutio about social security. I...

I found a few "pearls of wisdom" worthy of comment in those links Cliptin posted: Of course this is true, but the article should also mention that Amtrak has failed to get enough funding to enable it to be competitive. Try throwing the same amount of money at Amtrak as the government has put...

My best guess is that the 200 GB model will be ~66.7 GB/platter. It's probably not that big of a deal to pack another 10% on the 60 GB platters. Maybe they just hand select the best platters and heads. Look for Maxtor to announce its own 60 GB/platter drives soon. If they stick with the...

Thanks for saving me the trouble of providing a similar example, and you even did it for a fairly long journey(~500 miles by my reckoning). Furthermore, your time estimates seem very realistic. Frequently I've seen studies done by those with an axe to grind(i.e. the airline industry) that give...

This is more due to lack of funding than lack of technical know how. The American public lost interest in the space program after the moon landings, which frankly were more expensive oneupmanship with the USSR than of much real scientific value. If we had followed a logical space program, we...

For the record, I don't think nuclear power is an ideal solution. Honestly, I would rather see more use of solar, geothermal, wind, hydroelectric, etc. However, there will be certain instances where none of those are applicable, and I would prefer nuclear over the other options. Whether we...

Actually, I was serious. Once the cost of launching things into space becomes very cheap(within a century), it will be cheaper to just send the waste into space on an orbit that will spiral into the sun, thus disposing of it permanently. This stuff is too dangerous to keep around, and there is...

I wish we had the amount of air traffic here that you have over there. I think Americans travel as many miles by plane as they drive. Even though the energy use per passenger mile for airliners is somewhat less than for autos, this would make airliners the second worst source of pollution in...

You can minimize the risk of a nuclear disaster by putting the plants in remote areas. The biggest difference between a fossil fuel plant and a nuclear plant is that a nuclear plant might potentially cause a problem(the risk is astronomically low for a modern plant) whereas a fossil fuel does...

Unfortunately, that is true. However, until fusion becomes commercially viable, nuclear power is the next best thing in areas that aren't suited for hydroelectric, wind, or solar. I think new plants should be built to store at least 100 years of waste on site, and hopefully by then it will be...

I based my estimate on the block where I live. The physical size of the block itself is about 50,000 ft², and the streets associated with it about 18,000 ft², so the percentage here is ~25%, and this is a residential block with relatively narrow streets. You would be hard pressed to find any...