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Living Room / Re: "Network cable unplugged" - except it isn't!

« on: July 03, 2008, 09:08 AM »

You might want to try WinSock XP Fix.

Write up and download link can be found at:
http://www.snapfiles...ix/winsockxpfix.html

This little gem cures a lot of oddball issues.

Luck!

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General Software Discussion / Re: In need of a "system startup manager"

« on: July 02, 2008, 11:21 PM »

Just curious. Why would you want to start them manually as opposed to using a delayed start-up?

If you actually do want to go manual, you could disable your CPU hogs from autostarting in any one of several startup manager applications. Glary Utilites free edition has a basic startup manager that works quite well for that.  It also can give you the full path to each startup item. Using that information, you could then create shortcuts to each disabled item and place them in a folder that opens when you start Windows. You could then invoke them from there.

One suggestion. If you're running an Nvidia based graphic card, try disabling nwiz if you don't need it. You only need it if you are running nView under WinXP. If you do need it, take a look at this article for a possible fix: http://winhlp.com/node/188

Another app that seems to cause startup delays is SpywareTerminator. You can avoid the delay by disabling the real time shield option before you do a shutdown. ST won't automatically re-enable it after a restart. Just don't forget to turn it back on prior to going out to the web!

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Living Room / Re: Switching to Linux; how do you not flop back to the world of Windows??

« on: July 02, 2008, 10:07 PM »

Heretic! He speaketh lies!  Burn the Gnome!! Grin

Seriously, I like Xfce on ANY distro and I haven't found Xubuntu to be any more bug-prone than any other *buntu, although this last edition is a bit slower than I'd like, but that's because the folks running the Xubuntu show let a bunch of Gnome cruft and bloat in. They now have a new head who is dedicated to trimming the fat, and I'm seriously anticipating the next release.

Ok. Anybody want some barbecued Gnome fritters? Just hold up your plate...

Maybe it's just me, but I had a lot of problems with Xubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 that I didn't have with Kubuntu or Ubuntu proper. I haven't tried the latest version so maybe things are different now.

I do agree with you about Xfce for the desktop. That's what I use when I'm not running in a terminal. But if you're just starting out, there's not a lot of good books that give Xfce the introduction it deserves. That's why I think your first desktop should be Gnome or KDE. I suggested Gnome because it's probably the most widely used desktop (thanks to Ubuntu). And KDE is experiencing some technical and philosophical issues that are best avoided by anyone other than an experienced KDE user. Check out http://practical-tec...its-time-for-a-fork/  and http://arstechnica.c...snt-need-a-fork.html   to get a feel for what's going on with that.

Take a look at Zenwalk (www.zenwalk.org) if you want an Xfce desktop with extremely good performance on just about any box.



Distrowatch has a nice summary of what it's all about:

Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with a complete programming environment and libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach also provides a simple way to convert Zenwalk Linux into a finely-tuned modern server (e.g. LAMP, messaging, file sharing).

For a review see Tiny Zenwalk 5.0 packs a big punch at www.linux.com/feature/126526

As far as applications go, a good starting point can be found over at www.howtoforge.com

They have a series of articles on how to create the "perfect" desktop setup. Perfect being one "that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops."

Do a search for "Perfect Desktop" They have versions of this article for each of the big distros. There isn't one specifically for Zenwalk, but the other flavors can be read for inspiration and ideas.

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Living Room / Re: Switching to Linux; how do you not flop back to the world of Windows??

« on: July 02, 2008, 03:23 PM »

I like the idea of open source and "freedom" software, and how you can get more done with less...

But Windows has all the games, and all the software that I use. All my settings. I program on Windows - ...

I think, in some ways, you've answered your own question. Because no matter how much time you're willing to put in, the simple fact is that Linux is not Windows. And it looks like you currently need Windows to do some of the things you want to do. So why pick one or the other when you can have both? Especially when one of the options won't cost you anything?

I spend close to 90% of my time working within the Linux environment. I understand Linux. I like it. I recommend it. I even believe in the whole FOSS thing.

But have I scrapped Windows?

Nope.

Will I be able to scrap Windows?

Nope.

Not anytime soon...

Because: (1) Almost all my clients use Windows. (2) Almost all my friends & family use Windows. (3) There are a lot of applications that I love/need/like that will most likely never be ported to Linux. And (4) there is no such thing as a perfect Windows emulation under Linux - and there never will be if Microsoft has anything to say about it!

So for now I'll continue on with Windows. And Linux...and OSX ...and whatever else may come along that does something better than what I'm currently using.

One thing I would recommend is to scrap Xubuntu. It's more bug prone than the other Connonical flavors. I'd suggest you pick a more mainstream desktop until you're more comfortable with the environment. I'd suggest Ubuntu (i.e. Gnome - and please NIX people - no flames!) since there's more documentation out there for it than anything else.

If you need specifics on how to do something, cruise over to www.howtoforge.com for specific project type stuff. I'd also suggest getting a copy of the Linux Administration Handbook 2nd Ed (ISBN-13: 978-0131480049) and A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (ISBN-13: 978-0132360395) and working your way through them.

I think once you're more comfortable with Linux as an OS, you'll be able to wean yourself off Windows as much as is currently practical. Just don't be disappointed if you can't completely kick the habit. 

For what it worth, a lot of us will probably be forced walk away from Windows eventually. If Microsoft remains adamant that WinXP is over and done with; and their upcoming replacement for Vista turns out to be another dud; then we'll all be forced to shop elsewhere.

And where the money goes, hardware & software development will follow... 

Can hardly wait!

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Living Room / Re: U.K. growing more peculiar by the day. What's happening in your area?

« on: June 29, 2008, 11:55 AM »

Dinged By A G-String?

-Cpilot (June 20, 2008, 11:03 PM)

If you're too big to wear a, oh say.......a size 3 thong, and put it on anyway then how is any injury anyone elses fault?
I mean damn, you could put someones eye out or something. 

Didn't know stuff like that came in sizes! Hmmmm.... learn something new everyday.

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Living Room / Build Your Own UAV

« on: June 28, 2008, 03:13 PM »

I have a confession to make. I have a fascination with all things RC. Almost a jones so to speak. That's why people like me are always glad to find somebody that has it worse then they do.

These guys & gals have got it worse. Much worse.

If you're in the same boat, or just interested in some very cool tech stuff, check out DIY Drones at www.diydrones.com

From the website :

Because $10,000 $5,000 $1,000 $500 is too much to pay for an autopilot, especially one that doesn't do exactly what you want."

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, colloquially known as a "drone") is basically an aerial robot. As we define it, it is capable of both remotely controlled flight (like a regular RC aircraft) and fully-autonomous flight, controlled by sensors, GPS, and onboard computers performing the functions of an autopilot. Our UAVs include airplanes, helicopters, quadcopters and blimps. Most of them are under five pounds, and some of them (especially the blimps) can be used indoors.

We are focused on non-commercial ("recreational") projects by amateurs, although pros are always welcome too. Reasons to make your own UAV range from a fun technical challenge, student contests, aerial photography and mapping (what we call "GeoCrawling"), and scientific sensing. We are primarily interested in civilian, not military, UAV uses here.

Great site. Everything you need to amaze your loved ones; humble your rivals; and start some UFO sightings around your neighborhood.

(Note: All kidding aside, be sure you read their FAQ about the legalities and regs that govern this hobby. It's post-911 out there. The authorities will not be gentle if you're caught misusing this technology or flaunting the law.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Poll: Did you install Windows or was it pre-installed?

« on: June 28, 2008, 10:49 AM »

...looking with a hex editor, it seems like there was still data on the drive - bigtime weirdness. And more data than just partition table, boot sector, and (mostly blank) NTFS metadata. I'll have to look a bit more into this.

Seems to confirm what the drive manufacturers say:

From Seagate (emphasis added - and note the "misnomer" comment  Does "somewhat" = "wrong"?)

What does "low level formatting" an ATA (IDE) drive mean?

Actually the term "low level" is somewhat of a misnomer. The low level process first used years ago in MFM hard drives bears little resemblance to what we now call a "low level format" for today's ATA (IDE) drives. The only safe method of initialising all the data on a Seagate device is the Zero Fill option...

Interestingly enough, Seagate discusses two different zero-fill options on their utility

Zero Fill Drive (Quick) will write over the beginning of the drive which includes the critical partition information, eliminating all partitions and information on the drive including the Master boot record. This is useful if you have a drive that has a corrupted partition, or that you wish to erase to reinstall a fresh operating system and new data.

Zero Fill Drive (Full) will write over the entire data area of the drive. This is useful if a drive has bad sectors that cannot be fixed by the operating system. This will also erase all the data on the drive, but it will take several hours.

I suspect the "full format" you ran would be similiar to Seagate's "Quick" option.

I guess the "easiest" way to get to the bottom of it would be to (1) fill the drive with something other than zeros first; (2)then format; (3)then do a "full format erase." After that you could examine it with a hex editor and see what's been left untouched. Be interesting to see if there was any difference if you repeated steps 2 and 3. If they're both the same you've nailed it.

I'll have to see if I have an old drive that wouldn't take an entire day to zero out and try it. Heck, if I have a 386-20 still floating around I'm bound to have a couple of old ST343's someplace back in The Tar Pit. (And yes, the Northgate has now been up since yesterday. It must think it's an IBM System36 mini. Easy to do since it's almost big enough to be mistaken for one.)

I suppose you could also try to back into what the utility you're using is doing, but that kind of reverse engineering is beyond my technical abilities. Probably should have studied harder when I had the time.

In the meantime, I'd be interested in hearing what you find out.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Poll: Did you install Windows or was it pre-installed?

« on: June 27, 2008, 01:41 PM »

But after that, I flatline (i.e. wipe + low level format & recertify) and do a squeaky clean install of XP or some flavor of Linux on every machine.

-40hz (June 27, 2008, 09:48 AM)

There's no such thing as low level format for consumer since MFM disks went out of production

-f0dder (June 27, 2008, 10:11 AM)

"Great Googly Moogly" --- You're absolutely correct!

My fault for actually letting myself use the modern misnomer when I probably should have said "zero-fill erase."

I used to argue that point with clients all the time, but I eventually gave up when Seagate et al started abusing the term on their websites. Always difficult to explain to a non-technical type why their "Computer Guy" is disagreeing with the people that made the drive. Especially when the person you're arguing with is also writing your check.
 
Yes. We've come a long way from those days when you had to go into DEBUG and do a GO on a hexaddr. Tingatingatingatinga...ditditdit...such sweet music those gigantic 20Mb drives made as they formatted! Then along came RLE drives and all the little antics they could could get up to. So little time for the simple pleasures...

Sure don't miss them.


BTW - after I read your response I suddenly got nostalgic. I took a look in my storage room and found my old Northgate Elegance 386-20 (s/n 54265-built in 1989) with 8Mb RAM and that exquisite OmnikeyUtra keyboard... My first "real" computer which was purchased for somewhere around $4K.



 I hauled it out, booted it, and damn if that old boat anchor didn't come up with WFWG 3.11! It even had a copy of TurboPascal and Smalltalk-V on it! That puppy has been sitting in storage since '91 and it still works. Amazing! Oh yeah, there's a 20Mb MFM hard drive in it too! Do I dare do a "g C800:5" in DEBUG and see if it will low-level for me?

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Living Room / Re: Bill Gates email rant

« on: June 27, 2008, 09:53 AM »

Works every time. That's the beauty of The Big Lie propaganda technique. Make a statement and stick by it and about half the people that hear it will believe it no matter what. There's a bad function call (or maybe just a GOTO) coded somewhere in the human brain...

There was a great little strip in the papers some years back that really put it all in perspective. Voices were coming out of the top floor of Microsoft's headquarters building:

Voice: Sales of Windows XP have exceeded 100 million copies. Should we activate the secret mind control program now Mr. Gates?

Gates: I don't think it's really necessary anymore.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Poll: Did you install Windows or was it pre-installed?

« on: June 27, 2008, 09:48 AM »

Install!

I poke around the OEM install first to see if I can learn anything of value. That hasn't happened yet but you never know right? 

But after that, I flatline (i.e. wipe + low level format & recertify) and do a squeaky clean install of XP or some flavor of Linux on every machine. The only exception has been on those machines that had a diagnostics or recovery partition. In those cases I just reformatted the NTFS partition and did a clean install.

After all the updates and tweaks and product activations I also do a "Genesis" image with Clonezilla or Acronis TrueImage and burn it to a DVD just in case I need a recovery disk done the way I think it should be done.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wireless management software suggestions (zero config alternatives)?

« on: June 26, 2008, 09:48 PM »

Depending on your needs, LucidLink may work for you. Several of my pals swear by it - and it's free. I use the wireless utility that came with my laptop so I can't vouch for it personally.

There's a mini-review and download link for LucidLink at:

http://thefreewareju...guration-client.html

The direct download link is at:

http://www.lucidlink...ucidLink22Client.exe

Might be worth a look.

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General Software Discussion / Re: what to do with web-spit?

« on: June 25, 2008, 10:30 AM »

we also host the turbopower newsgroups at no charge.

every now and then, we get slurs, personal attacks, insults, false claims against us.
today, this has raised it's ugly head again.

what should we do about this?

-vizacc (June 25, 2008, 09:22 AM)

Just curious, what exactly is being said about you? You have a pretty harmless looking product line so I can't imagine what could be said about you that would have much traction. Are your products being slammed? Are the attacks directed at an individual or individuals within your company? Is somebody being an idiot in your news groups? Could you be a little more specific about what is going on?

by the way,
our commercial products are used by tens of thousands of users:

- one commercial product is nominated as 'best...' in one category by the Shareware Industry Conference

BTW: Your second post kinda reads like an advert, dontcha think? Just a thought...

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General Software Discussion / FreePOPs - Free Programmer's POP3 Daemon/LUA Interpreter

« on: June 23, 2008, 11:30 AM »

I'm in the middle of a client project and  just recently found out about this courtesy of xtort.net. Looks like somebody did a lot of work. I've been playing with it a bit. From what I'm seeing so far, it looks like an answer to a prayer.

 

From the website www.freepops.org/en/

 FreePOPs is a POP3 daemon plus a LUA interpreter and some extra libraries for HTTP and HTML parsing. Its main purpose is translating local POP3 requests to remote HTTP actions on the supported web-mails, but it is really more flexible. For example there is a plugin to read news from a website as if they were mails in a mailbox. You can easily extend FreePOPs on the fly, without even restarting it. You can add a plugin or modify an existing one simply changing the script file since the plugins are written in LUA and are interpreted on the fly.
Usage

FreePOPs can be useful in some situations, here we give the most obvious ones:

    * You are behind a firewall that closes the 110 port but you need to read your mail and the web-mail of your mail provider sucks.
    * Your mail provider does not allow you to access your mailbox with POP3 protocol, but only through the web-mail service.
    * You prefer looking at your mailbox instead of browsing some websites news.
    * You have to develop a pop3 server in less than a week and you want it to be reasonably fast and not so memory consuming.
    * You are not a C hacker, but you want to benefit from a fast POP3 server frontend written in C and you want not to loose a month in writing the backend in C. LUA is a really simple and tiny language, one week is enough to learn it in a way that allows you to use it productively.

Features

FreePOPs is the only software we know with these features:

    * POP3 server RFC compliant (not full featured but compliant).
    * Portable (written in C and LUA that is written in C, so everything is written in the most portable language around the world).
    * Small (in the sense of resources usage) and reasonably fast.
    * Extremely extensible on the fly using a simple and power ful language.
    * Pretty documented.
    * Released under the GNU/GPL license (this means FreePOPs is Free Software).

Does this look like something anybody else could use?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Monster Cables- The World should know!

« on: June 20, 2008, 11:00 PM »

  Of course you could also flood 1/2-inch copper tubing with liquid nitrogen and go with a cryo-superconductor solution to signal loss. Keep the tanks out in the backyard at a safe distance of...say 500 or so feet for safety purposes...and then run it into the house and up to your audio rack. A little pricey - but hey, we are pursuing audio perfection!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for help identifying hidden domain owner...

« on: June 18, 2008, 08:51 PM »

I forgot to say thanks for taking time to write about your experiences, 40hz, very helpful.

-mouser (June 18, 2008, 06:47 PM)

Thanks for letting me know that.

I hesitated to respond originally because I felt I might be perceived as being overly negative about legal remedies. I'm really not. But I live in southwestern Connecticut, and do business both here and in NYC. Lawsuits are a dime a dozen out in this neck of the woods. And the judicial system and the legal fraternity tend to take that into consideration when you bring your gripe to their doorstep.

There's a saying around here: In every lawsuit there are always two winners and two losers. The two winners are the attorneys representing the Plaintiff and the Defendant. The two losers are the Plaintiff and the Defendant themselves.

Maybe it's different where you guys are. 

Personally, I hope seedling nails those people to the wall. That would really make my day!

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« on: June 18, 2008, 05:26 PM »

OMG! How could I ever forget this little guy?

The FURBY!



The ultimate "no-toy" that's perfect for hours of utterly mindless entertainment, philosophical debate, and caffeine-fuelled speculation.

I like it for two reasons: (1) I don't really understand how it works - and (2) it scares my cat!

Ah Furby! A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou beside me making those creepy little moves and noises!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for help identifying hidden domain owner...

« on: June 18, 2008, 04:12 PM »

If you want to stop them from doing what they're doing, don't waste time trying to catch them in the act. They're already caught. Their ISP will most likely archive a copy of their site to cover their own butts once you send a DMCA notice.

still, it wouldn't hurt to make a mirror of the website and grab all evidence you can, while you can.

-mouser (June 18, 2008, 10:16 AM)

Very true.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for help identifying hidden domain owner...

« on: June 18, 2008, 10:03 AM »

The main thing I'd like to avoid is spooking the people into obscurity.  I'd rather 'catch them in the act'.  That's why I was hoping to find some other way to find info about who these people are.

If you want to stop them from doing what they're doing, don't waste time trying to catch them in the act. They're already caught. Their ISP will most likely archive a copy of their site to cover their own butts once you send a DMCA notice.

The most realistic strategy is to have their ISP shut them down. Period. You will probably not be able to do much more than that.  I know it sucks. It really really really sucks! But consider:

Securing penalties and damages for copyright and trademark violations is time consuming and expensive. You're pretty much out of luck on that score unless you have deep pockets and a lot of patience. And forget about fraud. There's so much fraud going down on the web that prosecution is rare except for the biggest and most flagrant violations. Prosecutors look for high profile victims and usually only pursue the easiest to win cases. And the Feds (bless em!) usually need to see provable losses in the 7-digit range before they will get involved. And if the infringers are not in the USA (hello Honk Kong!) you can absolutely forget about any legal remedy.

I've been involved with a couple of these hassles. One of our clients ran into the same thing. They complained to the offender's ISP and had their lawyers send a few letters. The offenders stopped what they were doing once they knew the sharks were circling. (It also helped that the ISP was very cooperative. Many aren't.)

The other client did the same thing with the same result. But they also wanted "some payback" so they first had my organization "document things"  for follow-up legal action. Once all the "evidence" was collected, they called the authorities. And guess what? Nobody (and I mean nobody - State Police, FBI, Consumer Protection, AG's Office, etc. etc. etc.) could have cared less. They all told my client to file a civil suit. Which they did. And after two years worth of delays and legal expense my client finally won a summary judgment when the other guys failed to show up for the court date. Once they "lost," the other guys closed their existing company, filed for bankruptcy (they didn't have the $35K my client was awarded), and opened up an identical "new" business the very next week. My client collected ZERO - and was also out-of-pocket for legal expenses. Ah, the joys of being a corporation!

Which was the better strategy?

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General Software Discussion / Re: monitoring internet usage

« on: June 17, 2008, 09:36 PM »

Before you start doing heavy duty monitoring it might be helpful to eliminate three "common" sources of unexpected internet activity.

1. Check to see if you have any torrents or other P2P software running in the background. If other people use your machine there's a chance somebody might have installed something you're not aware of.

2. This is more of  a long shot, but you may be infected with a bot. There's a free utility that can detect many. It's called called RUBotted. Tech info and download available here:

http://www.trendsecu...urity_tools/rubotted

3. Run full scans from multiple antispyware apps. What one might miss another might catch.

Once you've eliminated the usual suspects you can go ahead with monitoring. Good luck!

Hope this was of help.

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Living Room / Re: The HowToGeek.com Website - Computer Help From your Friendly How-To Geek

« on: June 16, 2008, 05:59 PM »

Don't us "kid" and "teen" Linux users get to break things, too! You grown ups get ALL the fun!

Verily, in the Land of the Penguin we are all as children. So I guess the answer is an emphatic YES!

http://www.youtube.c...&feature=related

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Living Room / Re: The HowToGeek.com Website - Computer Help From your Friendly How-To Geek

« on: June 16, 2008, 05:48 PM »

If you're doing anything with Linux you might want to check out www.howtoforge.com.

Tons of useful step-by-step articles for "the young, the eager, the doomed."

Topics run from the fairly basic: Installing Songbird Media Player On Ubuntu 8.04

to ubertek articles like:

How To Set Up A Loadbalanced High-Availability Apache Cluster Based On Ubuntu 8.04 LTS  and

How to add two-factor authentication to Google Apps for your Domain using open source software

The site's organization is a bit unusual. Sometimes you'll need to dig a little to find what you want. But getting useful info on Linux always has involved a little digging. And they do have a workable search feature if there's something specific you're looking for.

Check it out. These guys can walk you through things it would take forever to track down on your own.

Hey Kids! Now you too can set up your very own Xen virtual server in the privy of your home - and break it! I'm tellin' ya, it doesn't get any better than that folks!

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« on: June 16, 2008, 05:14 PM »

Heard an interesting (possibly apocryphal) story about that pen.

Apocryphal indeed; Snoped:
http://www.snopes.co.../genius/spacepen.asp

-Edvard (June 16, 2008, 11:44 AM)

Forward's Law: never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
(at least it's called that on the  Ask Dr. SETI website )

Thanks. It always sounded too perfect a yarn to be true.

And a special thanks to Edvard for letting me know about www.snopes.com! What a fantastic resource.  Maybe we sould start a thread on Favorite Tech Tales & Memes?

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« on: June 16, 2008, 09:56 AM »

I like the Moleskine 3.5 by 5.5 ruled notebook, and yes I carry one of two different Fisher Space Pens to write in them (a 2010 "Millenium" and an X-750).

-Darwin (June 15, 2008, 06:20 PM)

Bravo! I use an X-750 myself.

Heard an interesting (possibly apocryphal) story about that pen. Seems that sometime in the early 90's, some NASA types were visiting the Russians and made a present of one of these pens to the head of the Russian space program. The Americans were gratified to see he was quite impressed. In passing, one of the Americans proudly told him that the pen cost about $1 million to develop. Story goes the Russian just shook his head in wonder and asked how they could justify such an enormous expenditure for a pen. When asked what the Russians used to write in zero-G he told them "We issue each of our Cosmonauts a box of No.2 lead pencils and one of those twisty-sharpeners that have a little clear box to collect the shavings."

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« on: June 15, 2008, 02:40 PM »

Maybe not exactly a gadget, but I can't live without these. Perfect for notes, ideas, URLs, client info, and anything else you want to remember or record when it's too much of a hassle to boot a laptop. Toss in a Pilot Dr.Grip Gel (or a Fisher Space Pen if you're an ubergeek) and you're ready for anything!

From the website (www.moleskineus.com):

]Moleskine REPORTER Style Pocket Notebook - Squared Pages (3.5 x 5.5)
The Moleskine Pocket Reporter notebooks are a new addition to the classic hardcover Moleskine Journal line of books, offering a style inspired by the journalistic tradition. The Reporter notebook has a hard cover that flips opens at the top, characteristic of reporter's notebooks.

Like the classic, black Moleskine Journals, the Reporter Notebooks are made with a durable thread-bound binding, acid-free paper and the now famous black 'moleskine' textured cover.
pad
Size:   3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm)
Pages:    192 Squared (graph) pages (96 leaves)
Item #:    MR712




Stick one in your back pocket and you can work on your future bestseller wherever you go!  I personally use it to jot ideas on my latest plan for world domination - bwahahahaha!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do we need a Linux and/or Mac child board?

« on: June 13, 2008, 10:37 AM »

I am very weary of fracturing/fragmenting attention.. I think it's nicer when we have a larger common area.

-mouser (June 12, 2008, 08:04 PM)

I'm a big supporter of NIX in all its incarnations. But I really do think you're correct when you say it's nicer having a big common area. I've discovered quite a few things in the Living Room that I probably would have missed if they were off in their own separate spaces.