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Problem solved....
re: I saw those charges...
Scott Evil
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3/11/2006 3:19:59 PM
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They went on my wife's card...She will take care of it.
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Need a new CAD computer. Big question: 32 or 64 bit?
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Tom Brosz
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3/4/2006 8:44:27 PM
AMD all the way
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azstrummer
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3/24/2006 10:15:09 PM
Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten.
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et
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3/25/2006 8:04:17 AM
re: Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten.
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azstrummer
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3/26/2006 5:15:04 PM
just make sure it's not a 2-bit dud
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Shmuckface
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3/15/2006 6:34:31 AM
An ode for the era of pencil and paper.
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SDAI-Tech1
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3/11/2006 12:58:02 AM
Technology isn't the problem
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SDG
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3/13/2006 7:19:46 PM
Yes, by all means, let us return to using quills.
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podrock
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3/12/2006 12:26:45 AM
I dont think most people realize what computers and the internet have done for the sciences and engineering
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R.L.
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3/12/2006 7:10:00 PM
Agreed. What the internet has done for information access in general cannot be overstated.
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Tom Brosz
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3/13/2006 2:17:14 AM
re: i bet there is somebody still employed at NASA who double checks figures with a slide-rule...
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Scott Evil
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3/13/2006 8:46:31 PM
I have worked at national labs
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R.L.
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3/14/2006 5:10:21 AM
re: the era of pencil and paper. You can have it.
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Tom Brosz
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3/11/2006 7:31:35 PM
I used to think Kroy Type was the coolest thing ever.
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podrock
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3/12/2006 1:16:59 AM
Aaargh. You said IT!
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Tony
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3/13/2006 3:10:36 PM
"Ah, I love the smell of ammonia in the morning"
(n/t)
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Robert
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3/16/2006 11:39:37 PM
diazo! I used to work in a micrographics shop.
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alcaray
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3/13/2006 11:08:45 PM
re: diazo!
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Tom Brosz
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3/16/2006 1:48:00 AM
I never realized they still made these things.
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Tony
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3/16/2006 4:20:35 AM
re: I had an E-sized pen plotter once...
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Tom Brosz
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3/16/2006 7:12:50 AM
Nothing like reminiscing about bleeding edge technology.
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Tony
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3/14/2006 5:22:17 PM
Still have all my old tools, too. Including the Leroy.
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Tom Brosz
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3/12/2006 5:43:40 AM
Problem solved....
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et
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3/10/2006 6:00:43 PM
re: I saw those charges...
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Scott Evil
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3/11/2006 3:19:59 PM
Just saw this on /.
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et
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3/8/2006 5:47:49 PM
Gaaar!
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et
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3/8/2006 6:35:21 PM
CAD
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SDG
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3/8/2006 4:09:46 PM
re: CAD
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Tom Brosz
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3/10/2006 2:24:37 AM
ACAD 2007
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SDG
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3/10/2006 6:45:16 AM
Tyan Thunder K8WE motherboard with a couple of Opteron dual-core 285s?
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Tom Brosz
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3/8/2006 6:30:17 AM
Oh, this little ol' thng?
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et
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3/8/2006 5:41:35 PM
When the time comes...
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et
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3/7/2006 11:15:46 PM
Heat sink
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Tom Brosz
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3/8/2006 3:29:44 AM
I'm not going to read that. It's 4.5 yeasr OLD!
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et
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3/8/2006 3:51:53 AM
Just for kicks...
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et
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3/6/2006 2:50:08 AM
re: Just for kicks...
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Tom Brosz
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3/6/2006 8:06:26 AM
So you already know the beauty of dual-processors...
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et
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3/6/2006 5:46:02 PM
What's wrong with Xeon?
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Tom Brosz
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3/7/2006 3:25:27 AM
I remember seeing some benchmarking....
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et
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3/7/2006 5:04:06 AM
Wait just a little bit longer.....
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et
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3/4/2006 9:24:47 PM
AMD Chips are evil - designed by the CIA to scan your brain
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A. Leftleaner
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3/17/2006 3:05:42 PM
Edjumicate yourself...
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et
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3/4/2006 10:26:21 PM
64 bit~!
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RNE
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3/4/2006 9:11:06 PM
"Now, if I could just get Broadband."
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Robert
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3/10/2006 11:08:56 PM
ROFL!
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RNE
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3/13/2006 6:37:52 PM
re: ROFL!
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Robert
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3/13/2006 10:18:28 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.