Topic 85 of 92: Todays Hot Topics on the Spring
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 (05:59) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
What's to talk about today? What are the hot topics of the day and where do you find them on the Spring?
81 responses total.
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Response 1 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jun 20, 2002 (06:00) * 9 lines
Soccer. Soccer. Soccer.
OK, football!
Sports 22. The 22nd topic in the sports conference has lots of updates on the red hot World Cup which is seeing matches with England and the US tomorrow (Friday).
Even a romantic bit of a story from Korea.
Don't miss it.
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Response 2 of 81: Karen (KarenR) * Mon, Sep 30, 2002 (08:32) * 1 lines
Why is the last Webtrends report showing April stats? Where can you see more current utilization figures?
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Response 3 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Sep 30, 2002 (10:00) * 3 lines
I started to do the report yesterday but the download failed.
I'll be updating it soon.
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Response 4 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 22, 2002 (21:35) * 1 lines
Sniper. Topic 81 in news.
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Response 5 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 29, 2002 (06:44) * 19 lines
Sheryl Crow, she's a babe.
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/babes/77/since/-7
In homage to drool, these fine babes are making their debut this week in Mike Griggs
'babes conference'.
topic res title
72 1 Helena Bonham Carter
73 0 Jane Seymour
74 1 Emma Thompson
75 0 Justine Waddell
76 2 Kate Winslet
It's just a coincidence that these 5 topics are sandwiched in between Miss Universe and
Sheryl Crow.
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Response 6 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:04) * 3 lines
Good news for your heart.
See the heart topic in health for news, of a new more effective test for heart disease. And it's not a cholesterol test.
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Response 7 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:06) * 3 lines
Why is Jiang still holding on to military power in China?
You're going to have to check out the China topic in the news conference to find out.
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Response 8 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:09) * 13 lines
Who is John Tsatsaragos?
You'll have to voyage to the Geo conference to find out.
He has sage comments on all of these topics today:
2 952 Vulcanism
24 876 Beyond Planet Earth
25 165 Natural Disasters: Drastic Changes in the Landscape
31 123 Geo Mysteries
45 34 Earth Medicine
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Response 9 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:11) * 5 lines
Who are Austin, Texas hottest news babes?
http://www.spring.net/newsbabes
Results of this years poll have been tallied and the top ten are revealed. You'll be surprised at the newcomers who have risen to number one and two. And find out who is Austin's all time news babe for the fifth consecutive year.
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Response 10 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:25) * 5 lines
I have 3 questions for Joe, our English ambassador, about Newcastle.
See the soccer topic in sports for the questions.
I'll email Joe and give him a heads up.
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Response 11 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (06:20) * 11 lines
Who's Shari Fletcher and does she like Lord of the Rings and someone named Viggo?
You'll have to visit the web conference to find out who she's drooling over. Topic 2 on cool websites.
Clue. Viggo is "Number two on my List of Men I'd Flip the Switch For."
Who could number one be?
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/web/2/since/-30
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Response 12 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (01:36) * 3 lines
JFK. Was he deceitful or noble to hide his medical problems from the public. Discuss in politics.
The Beatles just did a tribute to George Harrison in London. Read about it in topic 55 in the Spring's music conference. And talk about Paul's recent televised concert, wasn't it great?
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Response 13 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 30, 2002 (01:40) * 11 lines
In "Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman's Eggs," published in the December Atlantic, Jessica Cohen describes her experience as a potential egg donor being screened by a highly selective couple whose advertisement she first sees in the Yale Daily News.
Loving family seeks exceptional egg donor with 1500 SAT, great looks, good family health history, Jewish heritage and athletic. Height 5'4''-5'9'', Age 18-29. We will pay EXTREMELY well and will take care of all expenses. Hope to hear from you.
Cohen wonders, "Should couples be able to pay a premium on an open market for their idea of the perfect egg?" She ultimately withdraws from a process she thinks will create "a child encumbered with too many expectations." Cohen suggests that perhaps modern-day Social Darwinists would support egg donation on an open market because "modern success is measured largely in financial terms" and therefore "the most successful couples, eager to pay more, [should] have access to the most expensive eggs."
What are the most important ethical questions this issue raises? Should the process of egg donation be regulated? How?
Discuss in topic 49 in the (gasp) babes conference.
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Response 14 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Dec 4, 2002 (18:07) * 15 lines
I found what I think is a very neat application.
If you go to
http://www.wimba.com/tools/vmail/showroom.php
you can record a voice email and send it to anyone you like. Send one
to me! (terry@spring.net)
I'd love to hear from you using this tool so I could hear you. I've been
reading your posts for so long and I often wonder what the voices behind
all the words are like! Tell me how your holidays are going and what
you'd like to see more of on the Spring, I'll listen!
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Response 15 of 81: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Thu, Dec 5, 2002 (03:42) * 9 lines
Hi all
You have to feel sorry for the people of Sydney as a big bushfire outbreak, exacerbated by drought moves toward the city and towns on the outskirts. Australia has an annual bushfire problem, but this has been exacerbated by the worst drought in living memory and increasingly severe water shortages, which are hampering fire fighting efforts. The Murray-Darling River has all but dried up in many areas and in others, the "Australian Nile" is crossable on barefoot. Much water goes to waste through irrigation schemes, and 99% of total volume is used for power-generation/irrigation and industrial purposes in the M-D basin.
As for the fires, well, they have been a given ever since the drought began in June which is the wettest time of year for the area, and the time when the weather is coolest. Humidity has exacerbated the fires by being very low and is falling as I type this.
Anyway, if you feel for Australia, go to the Australia subject in the Travel category.
Rob
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Response 16 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Dec 9, 2002 (06:50) * 1 lines
What are we going to talk about today?
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Response 17 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Dec 11, 2002 (19:15) * 3 lines
Have to peruse these goodies in the morning when I have more time.
John Tsatsaragos is the most wonderful man. He, with his self-taught English has kept Geo alive while I was out traipsing around on the mainland with Geo's resident archaeologist.
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Response 18 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 2, 2003 (09:35) * 1 lines
I'm posting on the new server. Annyone making it here yet?
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Response 19 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jan 7, 2003 (14:38) * 1 lines
Looks great terry. I need to see if I can get rid of the holiday stuff and back to the Greek key horizontal bars.
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Response 20 of 81: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Mon, Jan 27, 2003 (01:49) * 9 lines
Hi all
Please go to Geo Conference and visit number 64, where New Zealand has had a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that did a bit of damage.
Alternatively you can go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldearthquakes (Marcia, this is the former World Seismicity) for detailed coverage.
Rob
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Response 21 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 24, 2003 (10:30) * 9 lines
Marci made a comeback today and we're glad to see her. She's all over Geo, of course.
The Grammy's were last night and there's conversation about them in the Odds and Ends topic in drool, in the music conference, and I made a little webpage for the event at
http://www.spring.net/music/grammy.html
There's a remarkable picture there of Norah Jones with her half sister Anouska Shankar showing off their buttocks tattoos side by side. The 'inside' scoop!
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Response 22 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 24, 2003 (10:31) * 3 lines
Spring has a new website of interest in the Austin Texas area:
http://www.austinmayor.com is about the upcoming Austin Mayor's race. There's a topic about this in the politics conference.
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Response 23 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Feb 27, 2003 (09:53) * 1 lines
Today hot topic, Marc Katz. See http://www.austinmayor.com
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Response 24 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (08:10) * 4 lines
Our newest site
http://www.austinmayor.com is getting loads of hits but google just won't index it for some reason. Never had this happen before. What's wrong with what I'm doing? I have the meta tags and all in place. And it's linked from lots of other sites.
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Response 25 of 81: wer (wer) * Tue, Mar 4, 2003 (13:16) * 1 lines
What do you mean by "won't index it"?
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Response 26 of 81: Jan Wolter (janc) * Wed, Mar 5, 2003 (10:11) * 31 lines
Users interested in trying out a new interface to spring.net might try
following the following URL:
http://www.spring.net/yabb-bin/pw/backtalk/abalone
A couple notes:
- Your usual login and password will work.
- For now, at least, the "drool" conference is not accessible via this
interface. This is deliberate.
- Navigation is mostly through the pull-down menu in the upper right
hand corner.
- You can flag items as "favorites". These are shown first when you
read a conference. By default, items you enter are automatically
flagged as favorites, and items you respond to are automatically
flagged as temporary favorites (just until the next time you read
them).
- There is a spell checker.
- HTML can only be included in responses if you select "Pure HTML" or
"Lazy HTML". You can set a default on the prefences page.
- Fairwitnesses and (maybe) authors of items can retitle them. Any
user can set a "private title" to be shown instead of then standard
title.
- Users can enter various personal information, if they like, which
other users can see.
- There are several other different looks that can be selected from
the spring.net home page. Pistachio has a good feature set, but
is not as pretty. The others are more primitive.
- If you notice problems, or have questions, please Email me at
mailto:janc@unixpapa.com or enter something in the Backtalk
conference.
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Response 27 of 81: Jan Wolter (janc) * Wed, Mar 5, 2003 (10:13) * 3 lines
Oops, typo above. The URL is
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/pw/backtalk/abalone
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Response 28 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Mar 5, 2003 (12:44) * 2 lines
A lot of the conferences aren't working now in abalone and in the other
interfaces. You can't access them. Have you looked at this?
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Response 29 of 81: Jan Wolter (janc) * Wed, Mar 5, 2003 (22:11) * 1 lines
Which conferences?
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Response 30 of 81: wer (wer) * Wed, Mar 19, 2003 (23:43) * 1 lines
re posts #24 and #25 above...Google has finally crawled austinmayor.com
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Response 31 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 20, 2003 (13:34) * 1 lines
Thanks for bringing it up. Bigger thanks for posting in Geo again! I really should look into Abalone if I am going to be associated with it or backlash or whatever it is. Terry, I still can't FTP but that is not news. That my Eudora is jammed and my ISP refuses to unjam it is most worrisome. Outlook express is taking up the job now but I have lost many things people have written to me andI to which I have not yet responded. *SIGH*
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Response 32 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 20, 2003 (13:38) * 1 lines
Maybe it is just me, but I cannot access the backtalk/abalone website.
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Response 33 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 30, 2003 (10:36) * 1 lines
It should be working now that we have the bugs out. I'd like to talk about the Open Directory project and how we can best implement it on our site.
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Response 34 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 1, 2003 (00:06) * 1 lines
Hmmmmmm have we a topic anywhere for that? Please let me know. Despite open chaos here, Geo keeps me sane!
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Response 35 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 1, 2003 (00:07) * 1 lines
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Response 36 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Apr 2, 2003 (19:01) * 1 lines
I'll start a topic in the web conference.
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Response 37 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Apr 5, 2003 (20:05) * 2 lines
Thanks!!!
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Response 38 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 6, 2003 (09:26) * 1 lines
Topic started. http://dmoz.org is the home of the ODP.
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Response 39 of 81: Jan Wolter (janc) * Mon, Apr 7, 2003 (10:26) * 7 lines
Re #32: Were you ever able to get Backtalk/abalone to work for you?
The link on www.spring.net works fine for me. Should just be
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/pw/backtalk/abalone
If you still have problems, please post details, or mail me at
mailto:jan@unixpapa.com . I'm very interested in getting this working
for people, and finding out what new users think about it.
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Response 40 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Apr 7, 2003 (23:14) * 1 lines
Abalone is working fine.
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Response 41 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Apr 19, 2003 (16:54) * 1 lines
Abalone is, indeed, working well. Yes I have been there sniffing around. Thanks for reminding me!
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Response 42 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (21:00) * 1 lines
abalone rocks more than the others in my experience. bubblegum is for kids, literally.
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Response 43 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (21:08) * 1 lines
Kids in grade school actually used bubblegum.
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Response 44 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (21:44) * 2 lines
I remember that program! I think there are sites on the web that still use it.
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Response 45 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Apr 21, 2003 (10:39) * 7 lines
There's a school that still uses it. Or at least they have an archive of it that's still readable. Jan knows the url. It may be on his site.
http://www.unixpapa.com/backtalk/
Booktalk is a variation of the Backtalk system developed for the Canton Public Library PULSE system. It designed to be used in schools, with conferences for each classroom under the control of a teacher and all-school conferences shared by all. You can see the original site at http://pulse.cantonpl.org/. Just download the backtalk, bubblegum, and booktalk packages and follow the installation instructions in the booktalk package to install them.
(from Jan's page)
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Response 46 of 81: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Apr 22, 2003 (21:32) * 1 lines
wait a sec--what's this backtalk/abalone business?
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Response 47 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Apr 23, 2003 (09:05) * 1 lines
On the Spring.net main page there is an option called "abalone" that gives you another interface to read through conferences.
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Response 48 of 81: Jan Wolter (janc) * Fri, Apr 25, 2003 (11:17) * 63 lines
It's a bit confusing.
Once upon a time, before the Internet was invented, there was a computer
program called "PicoSpan". It was written by an friend of mine name of
Marcus Watts. It was used in a number of important early computer
conferencing systems, most famously "The Well" and was, within a certain
small community of users, wildly popular. But two bad things happened
to Picospan. First, the company that bought the rights to it from
Marcus vanished in a puff of grime, taking the rights to it down into a
legal black hole that few would dare to explore. Second, the world wide
web was invented, and people started wanting a web interface.
In the less distant past, an acquaintance of mine, name of Dave Thaler,
decided that implementing a clone of Picospan would be a cool project
for his software engineering class at the University of Michigan. I
suggested he call it "Yet Another Picospan Program" - Yapp. He did a
nice job of writing a program that was virtually indistinguishable from
Picospan, and started selling it to people who desperately wanted
Picospan, but could not figure out how to get a copy. It soon became
obvious to Dave that there was demand for a web interface, so he
developed a modified version of Yapp that worked on the web. This is
the conferencing system that has been running on Spring for many years.
Back in 1996, several other systems I used found a need for a web
interface to Picospan. Yapp couldn't be used because it cost money and
it didn't have a working web interface yet. So Steve Weiss and I
decided to write a new program. We couldn't base it on Picospan or
Yapp, because that was proprietary code. So we wrote a new program,
called Backtalk. It's completely independent from Picospan, but you can
use it to read Picospan conferences, because it understands the Picospan
data file formats. Unlike Yapp or Picospan, Backtalk is free, open
source software.
Backtalk consists of a core program that does all the hard internal
stuff, and several sets of scripts that construct the user interface -
they determine what the pages look like and how the buttons behave and
so forth. The are several different sets of scripts, called "flavors".
To the user, different flavors can look like a very different programs,
but they are really all the same and access all the same conferences.
The two most mature flavors are called "Abalone" and "Pistachio".
Abalone is the slickest, Pistachio is old-fashioned but more feature
rich. There are others that are all a bit half-baked: bubblegum,
papaya, vanilla.
Backtalk is on Spring.net as a sort of experiment. The theory was that
since Backtalk is built to be 100% compatible with Picospan, and Yapp
started life as a Picospan clone, it ought to be possible to run Yapp
and Backtalk on the same conference database. Arbornet.org experimented
with this briefly, running both Backtalk and Yapp for a while. However,
the site administrators deleted Yapp after a week, so it wasn't an
extensive test of compatibility. The experiment here on Spring has been
mostly a success, but it's been rougher than I expected. Lots of very
tiny differences keep showing up in the way Yapp and Backtalk store
things, and I keep having to iron them smooth.
Still from a users point of view, things work pretty well. You can use
the various Backtalk interfaces to do pretty much everything Yapp lets
you do, but with a different look and feel. The main limitation on the
Backtalk interfaces is that they have been banned from the drool
conference. Backtalk has only a few features that Yapp doesn't have, so
mostly using Backtalk instead isn't going to gain you any dramatic
improvements. At this stage it is mostly a matter of taste. You might
like Backtalk better than Yapp. You might not.
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Response 49 of 81: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Apr 25, 2003 (11:28) * 1 lines
thanks jan, i really do get it now! is that what yapp really stands for? *LAUGH*
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Response 50 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Apr 26, 2003 (19:29) * 1 lines
Spring Server is going down for about 10 minutes now. It's 7:30 pm CST on Saturday night.
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Response 51 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Apr 26, 2003 (19:30) * 1 lines
Final notice, server going down now.
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Response 52 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Apr 26, 2003 (19:31) * 1 lines
Should be back around 7:45 pm CST.
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Response 53 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 27, 2003 (08:42) * 1 lines
The system reboot went smoothly and only interupted service for about 10 minutes, we've discovered that one of our hard drives has crashed, the primary one on the system. But since we're running RAID (redundant hard drives) we didn't lose any data. But we're going to have to buy another hard drive pair to replace the defective pair. I'll be talking to Karen about bundling this upgrade in to our April/May/June fund raising drive. We're ok for now, but I'd like to not be running on a single, nonredundant drive for much longer. I'll be doing a backup this evening, so things will run slow tonight. Don't be surprised if it takes longer to pull up web pages etc. tonight because the server will be churning a lot, backing up data.
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Response 54 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 27, 2003 (09:02) * 5 lines
The recommendation is to get either a pair of Seagate Barracuda 120 gb drives or a pair of Western Digital 120gb drives. Circuit City might have a sale on Western Digitals so I'll check there today when they open at 9. Some Circuit Cities were selling them for $10 after rebates but that sale ended Saturday. I wish I had become aware of this a little sooner!
I see CompUSA has them for 79.99 but it's if you buy something else for $150 or more. They have Western Digital 160 gb drives for 129.99 after the 100 mail in rebate so it's 229.99 at the counter.
Just checked, Circuit City's 120 gb Western Digitals are 159.99.
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Response 55 of 81: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Sun, Apr 27, 2003 (12:21) * 1 lines
go to frye's and see what they have---they seem to sell a lot of stuff for decent prices.
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Response 56 of 81: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Sun, Apr 27, 2003 (14:26) * 1 lines
actually it's fry's and their website is outpost.com
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Response 57 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, May 2, 2003 (18:14) * 3 lines
Just when I thought I was current on things PC, and treading water as fast as I can, a whole new set of stuff comes online for me to learn. *Sigh* Ia m still doing telnetting to keep up my skills. I hate not having a mouse, though. We are, indeed, creatures of habit!
Fry's is where I got this much-travelled laptop! On the Outskirts of Sacramento.
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Response 58 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 16, 2003 (12:05) * 31 lines
Origins: Another cruel real-life example of the shocking degradation of
women, or a big put-on? That's the question being raised about Hunting for
Bambi, a Las Vegas-based business which purportedly offers "hunters" the
opportunity, for $10,000, to stalk naked women and shoot them with
paintball guns. According to the Hunting for Bambi site, their business
is:
More shocking than anything you've ever seen before. Labeled by CBS News
as a cross between Sex and Violence a deadly combination! Women are being
hunted down like animals and shot with paintball guns. This Raw and
completely Uncensored video is a cross between Bum Fights and Girls Gone
Wild and is sure to be the topic of many Howard Stern Show fans. You will
be completely stunned when you see some of the wildest, most outrageous
moments ever caught on tape. This is without a doubt one of the sickest
and most shocking videos ever made. When it comes to hunting women if you
can think of it we probably show it. Women are screaming with fear as our
Team Bambi hunters track them down and blast them with paintball guns . .
.
Contributing to the public's belief in this venture was a local Las
Vegas television station, KLAS-TV, running a non-probing news feature on
Hunting for Bambi (complete with footage of "hunters" in action) and
proclaiming it to be real.
Discuss this in the news conference topic 88
Hunting for Bambi
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Response 59 of 81: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Thu, Jul 24, 2003 (16:15) * 1 lines
It's hilarious/sick
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Response 60 of 81: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Jul 25, 2003 (23:36) * 1 lines
i heard on the news today that it was a hoax........
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Response 61 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jul 26, 2003 (01:46) * 2 lines
I would think so because of the liability issues. Chalk it up to a
"myth" and a successful publicity grab.
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Response 62 of 81: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Jul 26, 2003 (06:09) * 3 lines
Yup, a hoax indeed. Highly amusing, though!
Just watch somebody go and do it for real now...
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Response 63 of 81: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Jul 26, 2003 (10:34) * 1 lines
you guys need to go to truthorfiction.com if you ever want to know what's up with some of these things we see through the email or otherwise.
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Response 64 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jul 26, 2003 (11:38) * 1 lines
There are also excellent hoax sites onlline. I use them whenever I get warnings that "the sky is falling " and our computers will be dust by morning.
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Response 65 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jul 27, 2003 (12:52) * 1 lines
I have no doubt the paintball project will surface elsewhere. It is funny in my mind to see what might happen!
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Response 66 of 81: Lucie (alyeska) * Sun, Jul 27, 2003 (19:36) * 1 lines
I'm glad to see a post from you. I've been checking but haven't seen any for a long time, Marcia.
Topic 85 of 92 [Geo]: Todays Hot Topics on the Spring
Response 67 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 28, 2003 (11:13) * 1 lines
Lucie, I am on my way to a new life far from the negativity of Hawaii and surroundings there. More in email !
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Response 68 of 81: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Sat, Oct 11, 2003 (04:41) * 15 lines
Kia Ora
The Rugby World Cup has begun!!! 20 nations, 44 days for 48 games.
Defending champions are Australia.
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/sports/59
Can the mighty Wallabies hold the trophy against the terrifying All Blacks of New Zealand, the roaring Lion of England, the cunning Springboks of South Africa, or the dark horse of France?
HEAR THE STADIUMS OF AUSTRALIA ROAR!!!!!!
Wait until you hear 100,000 Australians defy the meddling International Rugby Board with "Waltzing Matilda". It is truly awesome.
Rob
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Response 69 of 81: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Tue, Oct 14, 2003 (01:15) * 11 lines
Kia Ora
Got to mention the best place to get Rugby coverage at the World Cup.
http://www.foxsportsworld.com/rugby
The United States is bravely competing. Well done America.
Rob
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Response 70 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 18, 2003 (20:47) * 32 lines
Read about sports drinks in the sports conference. New topic.
OK I'll lead off.
My sports are basketball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, badminton,
volleball and roque primarily.
I drink Gatorade Strawberry Kiwi in the plastic bottle and the twist cap.
I'm also trying a beverage called "Trek" just like the bicycle. Has
anyone tried it? It comes in a nalgene ("I just found out that nalgene is
a durable, clear freezeproof, smash proof, rugged type of plastic") bottle
and has of those deals climbers use. What are they called, Caribiners or
something like that? I hear it's more common out West, it's rare here.
The Trek.
I refill those Gatorade and Trek bottles with spring water from Whole
Foods in Austin. We don't have our own reverse osmosis on our well yet.
I like Mad River "Red Tea" and I've heard of another beverage called soy20
that's about to be released. I may have to mail order some, it's not
locally available.
What's your sport and drink of choice while playing/competing?
Gator Ade sure. But surely there are higher perfomance sports drinks.
Whatt would be interesting to find out is which one is most nourishing and
which one helps your perfomance the most.
What is your sport? What is your sports drink of choice? Why? Do you
even think about this?
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Response 71 of 81: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Nov 24, 2003 (19:39) * 1 lines
my fave sports drink is water, for obvious reasons (and i don't like gatorade) but it mostly depends on whether or not i'm participating or spectating (spectating-then a Coke)
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Response 72 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 25, 2003 (10:55) * 4 lines
Read my "summer watch" chronicle of the seasons in the "austin"
conference, and find out how and why I guage the passing and coming of
summer by the termperature of the water in my swimming pool.
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Response 73 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Nov 29, 2003 (17:03) * 3 lines
Nalgene is the most expensive plastic labware made but is also inert and durable. Save the containers and put lots of water in them. Without a doubt, you need more water than anything else!
I thought by sports drinks you meant Mint Juleps or some such,,,
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Response 74 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Nov 30, 2003 (20:00) * 5 lines
Nope, I have a bunch of bottles here of Trek, and it seems to really work
for running, swimming and just generally working out and staying balanced
and hydrated. I need to get someone to take a picture of me holding up
the carabiners with Trek beverages hanging off of them. It's a great
sports drink for high performance athletes.
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Response 75 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Nov 30, 2003 (20:15) * 2 lines
http://trekenergy.com
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Response 76 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Dec 18, 2003 (16:48) * 8 lines
Don't miss Nightline with Ted Koppel tonight.
It's about how 9/11 could have been avoided.
There's more about this is the Nightline topic in the news or the tv
conference. Take your pick. These topics are cross linked.
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Response 77 of 81: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Dec 19, 2003 (10:45) * 1 lines
i didn't watch it but the news said the white house was to blame. what's the point of pointing fingers at who could've prevented it? there was an intent, and they took advantage of whatever weakness they found.....and in their delusion, the event created heroes of every sort.
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Response 78 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Dec 22, 2003 (18:43) * 1 lines
More 20-20 backward vision. Armchair quarterbacks never miss. How come they are not running the world? It is so easy...
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Response 79 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Dec 22, 2003 (18:45) * 1 lines
Meanwhile I fly my flag and dare anyone to find a better country in which to live or which to defend. Try taking out the USA with a hypothetical meteorite strike. Who would save the world from the truly evil, then? Think about it!!!
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Response 80 of 81: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Dec 24, 2003 (08:25) * 1 lines
Who would save the world from a meteor? That would be us.
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Response 81 of 81: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Dec 25, 2003 (18:40) * 1 lines
of course... *smile*
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