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To add to jtr's comments, atoms near the outer egde of our atmosphere are also affected by gravitational pull from the moon. Most planetary histories note that the moon has been responsible for skimming off the top of the atmosphere and that the diameter of our atmosphere is smaller than it was...

For me it's VHS, DVD, and LaserDiscs. I had, at last count, about 1000 VHS, 450+ DVDs, and around 200 LDs. Add a few books, CDs, and then shelving for all of it. Furniture is much easier to move by comparison. Use a dolly/hand truck. Probably not an appliance dolly as their support tends to...

For us, furniture falls in to two categories: Stuff you buy for now or stuff you buy for life. Stuff for now should be serviceable for 1-5 years but you have to understand that it will need to be replaced. Stuff for life is made of solid, more durable materials and should last 20+ years. When...

The problem with welfare systems in the US is that they have never really offered any encouragement for the recipient to improve their situation. A few years ago a relative of mine was recieving support totalling $280/month (mostly in food stamps) to supplement her job that paid $6.40 an hour...

Sorry; what I found was the first portable fax machine.

Quite true. Think of all the old modems: 9600/2400. Then the 28.8/9600s (or was it 14.4/9600 .. I seem to remember a 14.4/4800 from USR). Most 33kbps+ modems are 14.4 fax. BTW, the fax was invented in 1913: http://www.aronsson.se/hist.html - Fushigi

Found this at MicroCenter over lunch just now: CenDyne 48/12/48, regular price: $119.99 On sale for $99.99 - $10 Instant rebate = $89.99 Mail-in rebate: $-30 End price: $59.99 Check the package; on the back is a drive model; LTR/48125W. The drive is most definitely the Lite-On and does...

Thanks for the clarification, e_dawg. I must admit to not following modem technology for several years. When I found out that I had to go with dial-up, I avoided the too-expensive USRs and went with the Zoom as it's a brand I used ages ago and had no memories of any problems. The modem does...

Q: What type of credit card does an ESL person say they have? A: The Seven Dwarves

OK, I'm home now. My modem is a Zoom PCI V.92 model 3025. It says onboard DSP so I assume it's not a Winmodem. Without opening up the chassis I couldn't tell you the chipset. Zoom's info: http://www.zoom.com/graphics/datasheets/30251101.pdf - Fushigi

q: What is an exceptionally funny black & white movie? a: Cordless phones.

Re: My girlfriend knows a guy who bought a Ferrari for I think there's an immoral in the story, but I'm not sure. - Fushigi

When I moved it turned out I couldn't get high speed access so I had to buy a modem. I settled on a Zoom V.92 internal for something like US$30 from Best Buy and it's performed just fine so far. USRs are good, but I don't think they can justify the insane price premium. $90 for an internal...

I'm sure it they'll release the source for everything you need to know when it comes to Windows 3.1 16-bit compatability under Windows 95A. Or serial port support. ISA slot card detection/support. EGA compatability code. :roll: OK, maybe that's a bit too sarcastic. Perhaps they'll release...

My 8 year old cat, Madoka, is a pure bred Seal Point Himalayan. Very beautiful, but somewhat of a ditz. She plays occasionally but is mostly a lazy bum and has been known to sleep in the same position on the couch for 16+ hours straight. She generally follows me around & occasionally wants...

When I needed better performance or was out to fix a specific bottleneck, yes. But now that performance improvements are more subtle and my bottlenecks cost milliseconds vs. seconds, no. I also second Tannin's statement regarding first-release products. I've been burned a couple of times...

2028 units at the moment. I might consider switching to F@H after reaching 2500 units, which shouldn't take too long. I'd really love to crack the top 50,000 participants before switching (currently in a 25-way tie for 54.972nd place). - Fushigi

Woz wrote the original Apple BIOS/DOS, or something, in 4KB ROM. Take languages. Turbo Pascal 3 was a complete IDE with editor & compiler that fit in a mere 39KB executable. The programs even supported overlays & graphics. - Fushigi

I use the good old IBM clicky keyboards. No Windows key but good, solid tactile and audible feedback. These keyboards weigh about 4 pounds themselves because there's a metal plate running underneath for stability. They just don't break. I've nabbed several from old PS/2s that were being...

My oldest system is my current and only system. It started life as a Zenith Z-151 XT-compatible. 320K RAM, dual 360K FDD, CGA, MS-DOS 2.11. Been upgrading it ever since to it's current T-bird 1.4, 256MB DDR, X15 & 10KII, GF2GTS, and ATX case. After 14 years I replaced the original Logitech...

Of course it's absurd. As far as I can tell, they did it to prove what the system can handle without barfing all over itself. The AS/400 has a history of being a closed, proprietary system. While that was true enough back in the early 90s, the iSeries today is the most open platform on the...

Try windows-L (at least in XP). Most of the main ones have been mentioned, although I'd add Shift along with any cursor positioning for selecting text in documents or files in Explorer. I also prefer the keyboard to the mouse. I think it's a carryover from my WordStar days. - Fushigi

Storage Rewho? .. Oh yeah, that. Haven't been there since April or so when I needed to compare a couple of drives. Haven't touched the forums since probably February or March. No real plans on going there either. No time & even less desire. - Fushigi

I was keeping quiet, but since you mention it... The general rule is that on an AS/400 a.k.a. iSeries, SMP overhead is as little as 4% of each additional CPU. For instance, a dual-processor model 730-2066 has a performance rating of 1050. The 4-way version, 730-2067, has a rating of 2000...

If the systems are networked, use 80GB drives as time suggests, but add them to one of the systems in a removeable IDE drive enclosure (about $17). Share the volume & have the different systems dump their data to it. Then pull it out & take it off-site as needed. Cost: 2 80GB drives: $160...

Another vote for the Lite-On 32x. I put one in my fiancee's machine early this year and it has been trouble-free. No coasters & no media compatability issues so far. My system's burner, a Yamaha 4x4x16 SCSI unit, is so dated now that I will replace it sometime after our honeymoon. My...

OK, I'll bite. Why not move to Chesterton? I would imagine you'd get an apartment out of the war zone. Close to 94 & relatively close to the South Shore for trips into downtown Chicago. I've got friends in Chesterton, Valpo, & Michigan City. None complain about the quality of life. - Fushigi

Try http://web.mit.edu/bunnie/www/proj/anatak/xboxmod.html - Fushigi

Another vote for CFDC. In my younger days I was a Coke-aholic but eventually switched to diet. Elixir of the Gods that it was, I greatly reduced my caffiene intake & switched to CFDC. Otherwise, I drink 1-3 mugs of coffee a day. We grind our own mostly using the Eight O-Clock brand. Pretty...

Malibu rum & pineapple juice. Tastes like coconut & pineapple. Usually the alcohol is not very strong although some bartenders are heavier on the Malibu than others. I could drink them all night without getting drunk, although I almost always stop after 2 of any drink. Of course, you can...

Tea is certainly welcome. I'm sure she'd be a hit with the kids. As required by local law, since we will be serving alcohol & are not a bar by trade, we will have a law enforcement officer on hand in case anyone gets rowdy. I don't anticipate any problems but you never know what'll happen if...

August 10. Wedding @ 2PM CST, reception from 4-11PM. The wedding is outside in a gazebo so there's little seating available. We are restricting the wedding to close family members. But the reception hall can handle 200+ with no problem. We will have activity books for the children and they...

The work nicely together part is a major factor here. Sun has been known to release Solaris for small systems 1st while waiting & doing more testing before certifying it for their largest systems. Since the architectures are rather complex, they take the time to do additional testing before...

Well, my friend who just got married this past weekend met his bride through a dating service. It wasn't an online service; just the more traditional type. For me, my ex-wife introduced me to my bride-to-be. Mercutio, come to my wedding reception in August in Michigan City. We hope to have...

Well, for starters, how do you know that's my real picture? :lol: Seriously, I was introduced to anime as a hobby a number of years ago. From that I developed an interest in other aspects of Asian culture. Mostly Japanese, but some Chinese & Korean as well. One reason I didn't contribute to...

James is correct. A company I used to work for was in the middle of implementing SAP. $30 mil for the Oracle license, IIRC. $20 mil for SAP, and like $15 mil for hardware (Sun). Something like that, anyway. But the bulk of the implementation costs, of course, went to pay the consultants. I...

Yep, my secret's been revealed! 8)

OK, OK. I was actually mostly ignoring this thread. I'm not embedding the image as it's 112K and I don't have any image editing software here at work that I can use to reduce it. Our engagement photo: http://www.bakabaka.com/pers/john-tricia.jpg. Subtract about 25 pounds for my current size...

Merc, SMC's Cardbus adapter is available: http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?action=products_show_description&productCode=SMC2735W. I haven't seen the PCI version just yet. I put in the SMC 7004 wireless unit (802.11b) as I didn't want to drill holes in the new house. Works fine, but I had to raise...

Things that go down in the night? More seriously, a coworker was talking yesterday & said that Verizon & SBC are the only 2 US carriers who could take on Worldcom. AT&T, Sprint, etc. don't have the resources. My opinion is that it'll be broken up, sold off to repay some of the debt. FWIW...

I should have a spare 512MB PC133 CAS3. It does work, but I had picked up 2 and, since the machine eventually wound up running W98, left one out. That was months ago before RAM prices started going back up. How does $65 shipped within the USA? That equals my cost at the time. If interested...

Wait for the next computer show in Orland Park (or take the drive to COD; I think there's a show there this Sunday) & pick up a used Compaq V70. 17" Trinitron screen, does 1280x1024, excellent picture quality, and should be under $100 .. maybe $70 or so. Or look for any other model that's...

Enabling ICS on W2K, I got a message saying that it needed to reset my NIC's IP to 192... I let it and then set it back to my normal settings afterwards with no ill affects. Setup: Win2K Pro on system with modem. Ether to SMC Barricade wireless + hub. Wireless to other PC running W98 1st ed...

I also only got halfway down before quitting. No wonder I don't use IM ... - Fushigi

This is one of the major problems. Going to/from downtown Chicago is OK but travelling around Chicago - suburb to suburb - is not really feasable unless the burbs are on the train's route & your destination is very close to the station. I try to be easy on both by accelerating slowly & coasting...

I have a solution to this. At least one that'll work once. I went downtown on a Saturday, in the rain, & parked on the street while a friend of mine & I went to a shop for about 20 minutes. We returned to find a parking ticket. I was surprised because in Indianapolis, where I grew up, you...

7 heads/arms vs. 8. Their design may not include physical room for the 8th head/arm. That would yield 210GB. Dunno about the loss of 10GB. Maybe other overhead eats it away or it's set aside as room to remap failing sectors. - Fushigi

My notebook has a Samsung SN-308B DVD/CD-RW combo drive. It only burns at 8x, which is fine for the light usage I'll put it to. No problems so far, but I haven't done much burning with it. DVDs play fine. I haven't done any DAE with it. No problems with any CD/R media, which has been most...

I've had, from '93 to today, 9 JVC VCRs. All but 3 were mid to high-end consumer S-VHS decks. All but 1 are still operational; the one that I tossed out was bought refurbed and never worked quite right to begin with. Overall, they have been excellent. The elder statesman, circa 1993...