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Using a phone gets expensive when "chatting" with my Aussie penpal. ;) IM is much cheaper. And thanks for the heads-up on the update to Trillian, handruin. DC finally works with AIM for me. The new UI will take some adjustment for me, though.

Like handruin, I use Trillian and have done so for maybe the past year or so. It got a bit irritating having to juggle multiple clients when friends all use different IM protocols. I haven't been able to get DC to work properly, but that's a minor annoyance for me. I've used YIM and AIM's...

Customers demand standard speeds. Since drives are commodities, it makes sense for them to insist that everyone uses the same speed. This also makes it easier to buy subcomponents, since everyone would then (in theory) be using interchangeable parts. There is some play in the actual spin speed...

Cool. I'll have a write-in vote. :mrgrn: I plan to vote tomorrow (and hope I don't have as many problems as I did last year finding my polling place; I've lived at my current address for over five years and have had five different polling places, which alternate with no discernable pattern...

Better than bacon in the nude. Painful, that.

Yes, I like to cook. Lack of time (and company to share it with) tends to limit my cooking, though. Also love to bake (cookies, cake, cheesecake, etc). An acquaintance in uni used to make this horrid dish called "glop." Sauteed hamburger meat, a bottle of Tabasco sauce, a bottle of BBQ sauce...

A second method of extracting marrow was also listed, filtering your blood through a machine to "catch" the stem cells needed. For two weeks before the procedure, you're supposed to be taking some type of medication to stimulate production of more blood stem cells, which are then harvested.

I've gone through the initial screening like you and have agreed to donate if further testing shows a match. Haven't heard anything yet, though. I admit some of the listed side effects look worrisome, but if I'm a match and opt not to donate, my conscience wouldn't let me sleep at night. I...

Hmm. I sent an email to the Co-op to see if they offer certificates. Angus & Robertson sell on-line certificates, only for online orders. The in-store certificates are "temporarily unavailable," so I'll check again later. Dymocks voucher apparently include a fee in addition to the value of the...

OK, this is an odd question, but I need some help from the Aussies on this forum. I'd like to send a gift card for books to my Aussie friend who is now attending ANU in Canberra. I'm not sure if I ought to purchase it from Amazon, B&N, or some other book seller. I don't want shipping fees from...

I think there's an Extension you can download for Tbird to let you check your mail in one step. I remember using it before I upgraded to the latest Tbird release (and was too lazy to reinstall it).

Sent one to you, Fushigi.

Just sent. First there was one invite, then it became 4. Then it became 6! I swear, they're breeding.

:eekers: Did I miss something? Or maybe it's because I rarely post in the B&G forum?

Er, that should be "Los Altos," not "Los Gatos." The latter is definitely part of the South Bay. There's even a place called "Los Altos Hills," which is NOT the same as "Los Altos." Criminy, I live in a weird place. :lol:

Heh. Take San Francisco as the central part of the SF Bay Area. East Bay would cover Oakland, Berkeley, Concord, Fremont, Hayward, etc., etc. North Bay would be Marin, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, and Napa. San Pablo Bay is also here. South Bay would be San Jose, Santa Clara, Cupertino, and sometimes...

I'm actually near ddrueding. Mechanical design for HDD's is either in the South Bay (Quantum/Maxtor/WD/IBM), over in Colorado (Maxtor/Seagate/various startups), and Shrewsbury (I believe). Samsung had some positions nearby a few years ago, but I'm not sure if it's all been offloaded to Korea...

Glad to hear you made it through unscathed, freeborn. An engineer down the hall from me has a few pithy comics and quotes on his cubicle wall. One recent one is particularly appropriate: "Disk drive engineers are like shark's teeth: very sharp and easily replaced." I suspect it's even truer with...

It's good pay if you're hourly. Otherwise, it just sucks. Fireworks are going off merrily around here, though it's still relatively early.

Then again, maybe there are more females that frequent this forum than expected. :wink: And what about those of us that don't wear pantyhose but feel Pradeep shouldn't call in sick? Rather stuck in No-Man's-Land, no? (I must admit that I took off from work early to take delivery of my 27"...

Afghanistan and Ajerbaijan.

Not sure about New York, but in California you cannot change the terms of a rental agreement after the fact without a written 30 days notice (if a month-to-month) or until the end of a lease (if there is a lease agreement in place). That includes amount of rent, duties of the tenant vs...

I use a Fellowes myself. Cross-cut, five sheet at a time, can do staples. It's probably more important that you keep the cutting teeth properly lubricated with machine oil. I dribble a bit every time I notice the shred speed slow down (likely due to increased friction). Office Depot was having a...

The rest of the company gets regular upgrades. CAD boxes are somehow exempt from the standard policy. Maybe if I got laid off and then rehired? :D Not sure which specific mobo Dell uses in the boxes we buy. I know it has onboard U160 controllers and a AGP Pro 50 slot. The latest ones are using...

Could be vampiric tendencies, too. :D

Ah, thank you for the link. Someone posted this on SR, but it was a link in French, so I could only guess at what it said. And since I'm still in a silly mood, does MS propose to pay the estimated $6 per drive to add this, plus whatever it costs to rewrite firmware? ;) (I know, I know, that's...

Took it once a few years ago for work. I think I was stuck between two, either INTJ or some other one. I took it recently again and I now lean more towards INTJ.

Yes. Aardman Animations. They've also done all those Chevron ads with the talking cars and the Serta mattress ads, too.

Heck, I have the set of three on both VHS and now, DVD. Well worth the price. My favorite is still "A Close Shave."

If I wake up feeling under-the-weather, I can usually tell if it's because I'm coming down with a cold or it's just allergies. If the former, I stay home from work and rest up. I'm usually fine by the next day if it's a cold. Not only does it take me less time to recover by not going into work...

If you have someone, it's a big deal. If you are single, it doesn't have nearly as much meaning. At least, that's been my observation. Sucks to get dumped on V-Day, though.

:wink: You probably *do* get a good deal. Maybe we don't buy enough of them to get a really good discount. Still, the video card alone is around US$1600. We used to run HP Unix boxes for CAD work, but converted over to NT boxes a few years ago. I do miss being able to run multiple apps at the...

Can SolidWorks even take advantage of 3 GB of RAM in a Windows environment? Also, can it take advantage of dual CPU's? Some programs don't directly make use of the second CPU. The typical CAD workstations we buy from Dell (Precision 650) run around US$4K or so. Single Xeon chip with a Wildcat...

Considering that I do not post all that much on SF, why is that surprising? ;) As for where I've been, overseas till just before Christmas, with family for Christmas and New Year's, and up to my eyeballs with work in between. :(

SR is back up and running now. (Hey, when did this "SpelCheck" button get added?)

Hmm. Is that the likely identity for unregistered? I've been puzzled about his background, based on the content of his posts.

That's what my Aussie friend said, too, something like "I never did understand why anyone would want to cuddle something so mean." :lol: That's a good one. Did QLD have problems with the latest national election, like hanging chads and the like? :wink:

I think Puerto Rico wants to be the 52nd state, behind Washington, DC as #51. ;) It was rather odd to go between two states via car in the span of one day, but still have to change time zones due to the differences in DST. That only happens here when I travel by plane. Thank heavens I don't...

It wasn't the XXXX that messed up my ears. (I think :mrgrn:) It was having a cold shortly before flying to Aus. Nothing like ear pain upon descent to make one want to curl up in the fetal position and whimper like a little kid. :( Maybe on my next trip I'll get to visit Ballarat? ;)

Here are some pics. I still have a lot of them to sort through, but these were interesting. 1. Grey kangaroo. Got to pet a few and can confirm they have very soft fur. 2. Couple of pics of Byron Bay: pic 1 and pic 2. Beautiful water. 3. Warning sign at Australia Zoo near croc enclosures. 4...

I still need to sort through my pics, but I will try to post a few when I have access to broadband again. Visiting the folks at the moment, so it's just dialup for me. :( Thanks for the clarification, Tannin. :) I wasn't sure if it was just my bad ears playing tricks on me.

:oops: Sorry about that. My ears are still bothering me and it has made it hard to hear much of anything for the past two weeks. *sigh* Let me try again. Is it more like "band" or the first syllable in "London?"

Figured I'd let the folks here know that I had a great time visiting Brisbane. It was a little warm and humid, but cooler than Malaysia, so it was manageable for me. Never did make it to Townsville, as my friend had to go out of the country the same day I arrived. Instead, I did the day tour...

Wow. I finally get home from my travels and am immediately greeted with an earthquake. Gotta feel loved. :)

$1100 tripod? Wow. :o I use this $30 one from Radio Shack. It actually does pretty well; I got it mainly for use with a sound meter, but it can also take on my digital camera or my point-and-shoot. Nice and lightweight, plus it doesn't take up much space in my closet.

BSME, minored in Humanities (though the dratted school lost my paperwork, so it's not on record :evil: ). Working on a thesis, which is all I need to get my MSME. I actually have my PE license, just in case I ever want to work for a government entity again. I don't plan on designing drive parts...

So far, it looks like I'll be on Malaysian Airlines from KL, flying business class (unless a miracle happens and I can find a cheaper ticket). blakerwry, what technical knowledge? :mrgrn: "Under the hood" know-how for disk drives doesn't impress folks; I am reminded of that each time I go to...

Wow, 20 hours of driving? Or riding (if someone else drives). I already have the books and stationery lined up for the plane flight(s). Laptop, too, but unless I can figure out how to keep it powered whilst in the air, I'll have very limited usage. So far, because it's so close to Christmas...

This must be the first topic I've started here at SF. Heh. I may get to visit Brisbane mid-December for about a week. Aside from a couple days to visit Townsville, I have very little idea of what to see while in Brisbane, aside from a visit to the Gold Coast, perhaps. Ideas?

Hmm. I was expecting a site on the suit involving the IBM Deskstar 75GXP drives. I'm not entirely sure what the claim involves, unless Fujitsu (falsely) asserted a certain uptime for their drives.