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I use xoom.com (NSBi.com). They have a banner ad at the top, but it's small & loads fast (I'm using 56K modem). Limit of 11 megs I think. I havent reached it yet 8?) Regards, ROSCO (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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If you are thinking about the Sony Mavica, consider the Olympus C3000/C3030, incredibly good image quality, 3.3 Megapixel images, 16 or so possible quality settings, I use the HQ setting and a 64MB smartmedia card to get over 80 shots before I need (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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ummm, the Mars Exploration Expansion Pack doesn't come with a camera at all... from what i have heard it pretty much sucks. just a few parts that are cool and the longest wires you canget that is all. m. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was, I just know better than to stick my neck into religious debates! 8-) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The term may be older, but I am positive of its reference in the Lensman series. He also used "pressor", "force field/shield" and many other SF terms used commonly today. Wayne (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Casio. 2000 or 3000. USB, CMF-II, Real glass lenses, Builds webpages with thumbs on the camera(optional Javascript versions), Shutter modes, Panoramma. Could go on... 2000 is not an *action* camera, 3000 is better for sports/action and 3megpix (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Rainer Balzerowski" <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:G6ALIG.JtH@lugnet.com... (...) 2)Vision (...) what (...) our (...) Yup. (...) Nope. (...) better) Really? (...) Sure!! Email me at Arcanamachi@netzero.net Hows about sending me the same (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) You want to buy a vision command set to use the camera for photographing our lego inventions, right ??? Have you ever seen an image made with such a camera ?? (It's a logitech webcam, i find the results from my cheap noname webcam better) If (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Na... who cares about the mundanes? (...) And I believe I answered the question. (...) You should be so lucky. <bigger grin> (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What's fantasy got to do with it? Just because bookstores misfile David Eddings in the SF section doesn't make fantasy science fiction. As for using SF vs. scifi, it's simple. It's an insider vs. outsider thing, if you call it scifi, you're (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you think *that's* a futile argument, you should have stopped by OT.DEBATE a week or two ago! Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Gee Lar, Do you want to ask Todd to add .o-t.geek.mundane and .o-t.geek.real? ;-) BTW: He was looking for who started using that term, not where the idea came from. Wow, I am beginning to sound like you. <grin> Jude (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) OK, I've got to ask, what's the big deal about this? I'm harldy a scifi mundane but I find it easier to refer to Science Fiction as scifi (because it's shorter) than SF (because everyone looks at you and asks what SF means). The whole (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, they wouldn't be mundanes if they weren't common! :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ah! That sounds familiar. I had originally thought of Star Trek but I had a sense that it was older. (...) Certainly not, but I'm surrounded by them here at work... Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn94mt91.6h8.....bu.edu... <snippage> Actually I've made my mind up to get 1) Mindstorms-Mars Exploration 2)Vision command 3) both cause I've read they both come with cameras suited to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) To answer your question, I want to go with E.E. "Doc" Smith and the Lensman series but I might be wrong. The concept of a force beam that can push or pull things, no matter how named, considerably predates Star Trek. BTW: It's SF or Science (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Coolpix 950. Currently easy to find for around $700, then subtract $150 manufacturer's rebate. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It depends on how demanding you are of your photos. There are lots of magazines that will give comparisons and a rundown of features - if you are going to spend several hundred dollars the best advise I can give is to make the investment in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) I've always wondered that myself. I know it's mentioned in Star Wars in episode 4.. Earlier than that they were used a lot in the original Star Trek series. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- -Bones- = (URL) = (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does this mean that they give you 50 Mb of space total? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.who is thinking of going with geocitities "carsten sorensen" <carsten11@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G6AAqs.GDr@lugnet.com... (...) don't (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I believe Star Trek Rick (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I use spree.com, you can't upload any files larger than 50mb, but they don't have any excess advertising. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Can anyone recommend a digital camera? I can spend as much as 600-700 dollars. Thanks in advance. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who wants one to snap pictures of his creations. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try www.crosswinds.net there are no banners and the popup ad is in a separate window that doesn't stay on top of any other windows (like the Geocities one). Tell them Hokie sent you. Will Lego Beach Fire and Rescue: www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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That's what I thought. Thanks again. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who is going to lock himself in his computer room this weekend and install Linux. "Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:G6A89s.Aro@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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"Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D." <arcanamachi@netzero.net> wrote in message news:G69vzz.DCz@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) I'm (...) Unfortunately OE treats all messages, whether news or mail, as the same thing. You're better off getting a dedicated news (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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Earliest I remember is in Star Trek the original. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.who isn't that big of a Star Trek know it all. "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G6A7Kn.8z5@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Anybody have a GOOD suggestion for a free website that doesn't have a ton of banner ads and popup ads?. I'm already looking into Geocities. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who wants a site for his creations (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone know who coined this term and when it might first have crept into the scifi lexicon? Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:G69uI6.BDn@lugnet.com... (...) where (...) Thank you, but isn't this a global option? I don't want this happening in my mail only on my news. Oh well never-mind cause as soon as I get (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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"Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D." <arcanamachi@netzero.net> wrote in message news:G69E79.6us@lugnet.com... (...) text (...) a (...) Try Tools -> Options -> Send and make sure the "Include message in reply" option is checked. Also make sure that News is set (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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I use Outlook Express 5 as my newsreader, how do I get it to put in the text from posts that I am replying to? For some reason I cant find it in where a sane person would put it. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who cant wait to get Linux on his new PC (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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I use Outlook Express 5 as my newsreader, how do I get it to put in the text from posts that I am replying to? For some reason I cant find it in where a sane person would put it. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who cant wait to get Linux on his new PC (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The Speed "Fast" is broken up over several parts. Fast for the processor and there for appears faster to the user. Fast for the data moving and in bigger gulps resulting in stalls, pops and slowdowns giving user false impression of beeing (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Serial buses seem to be fashionable right now. The most common ones are probably USB and Firewire. Some say that these, or some ancestors of them, will replace parallel connections like SCSI and IDE ATA in the future. I can understand that serial (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, actually, it's a standard histogram, with snapping to tens on the range. In contrast, a stemplot (a.k.a. stem and leaf graph) uses the numeric digits of the constituent values as part of the actual bars, which is a bit different. But (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a Web site with about 1400 of my plant photos. I recently added a voting mechanism to help me order images of the same plant by quality and to help me figure out which need to be replaced. The problem that I'm seeing is that people aren't (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) In general, good to specify the operating system. Not all geeks are microsoft geeks. :) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, I did it more than that, even. (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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