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(...) Well, I guess that I will add to this. I live in a different part of the country than Maggie, but I imagine that there is a general multiplier somewhere that you could use to adjust for different regions in the US. Mortgage (includes insurance (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow!.. A really big wow!.. When considering our income levels (me and my wife can only make around 15000 USD/year, both being engineers) it looks amazing. What I'm wondering is what kind of a living you could buy with 40-50000 USD/year. For (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Here is what a teacher in the Fairfield Suisun Unified School District in Northern California can currently expect to make (I choose this example because they are currently on strike and their salaries are a public issue). A starting teacher (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Duane Hess" <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:GEMsu6.Cx8@lugnet.com... (...) morning, (...) First thing I always try with a flaky IE is a repair - go to Add/Remove Programs, click on IE5.5 and hit Add/Remove button, choose the Repair (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sorry Shiri...I don't do the whole Macintosh/Windows flame war thing. After all, they are ALL personal computers, no matter the processor/OS/etc. in the box. I just prefer to work WITH my computer, not ON it. I see Macs as tools, there to get the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hagagaga-wha? Gosh, gotta love those macs for *something*, right? <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (who actually does love macs for some things. They just happen to be the less important ones.) XFUT .o-t.geek (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Thanks guys. I wouldn't call myself computer illiterate, but I really only work on a user-interface (correct term?) Your expertise is extremely helpful! Markus (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The mechanical engineer in automotive with 3-4 years experience would earn about 45,000 to 65,000 I would say. New grad engineers start in the 45,000 range. Engineers with 5-8 years experience will be in the 55,000 to 75,000 range. Above 8 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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OK, I'm out of ideas here and was wondering if any of you could help. I have a problem with Internet Explorer flaking out on me. It usually does pretty well until I get to a site that uses Java. It will act like it is looking for the link and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) In addition to the more-than-adequate suggestions already made in this thread, I'd like to suggest an option that's probably more than you need. The graphics viewer ACDSee, of which one version is available here: (URL) a "get directory (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Good old days of DOS..:-) Selçuk (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Markus Wolf" <croutons@usa.net> wrote in message news:GEMBMy.5uu@lugnet.com... (...) Go to a DOS prompt, navigate to the directory and redirect the dir command output to either prt or a text file: dir>dirname.txt then print the file using notepad, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Can anyone tell me how I can print a file directory? I suddenly have the need, but I've never done it before. I thought it was just a simple point and click deal on Windows Explorer but the function isn't there. I can usually figure this sort of (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi guys, Just like to know what is the conditions of living in US. For example, what amount an engineer (a common one, say a mechanical engineer working in a production facility, say automotive industry, with an experience of 3-4 years), a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: free cad software
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(...) You might try one of (URL). (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: PostScript/EPS (was Re: Scans of My Own Train Stickers Wanted)
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Wow! Thanks for that info Matt. (and thanks to Dan Boger who sent me a note offline) PS/EPS are nifty. I can see the value in using PS or EPS when *you* are the image source. But I still have a question about its use as the payload carrier for (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey Off-Topic Geeks! (esp. Larry, since he asked!) I was going to highlight some of the cool stuff about the format, but the doc below pretty much covers it all. Most important to me is overall workflow (and I have put myself into a complete PS (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Why is EPS a good choice for images? I thought it was a bit chatty? I had always assumed that BMP was the best format if image size was no object because it's lossless (although bloated sizewise). But it just uses 256 (or 16M or whatever) (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Whoops...off-topic.geek for the printing stuff, off-topic.debate for the legal stuff? Wherever! (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone know of any good and free cad sofware for windows(or linux)? I have an idea for something and I would like to try to draw out some plans. -chris ps. it's been >9 years since i touched a cad program so i'm not sure what type of learning (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: ADSL and LAN (was: i neeeeeed help! can't logon to the lego site)
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(...) the (...) access (...) but (...) in (...) server) (...) There's an overview of this, from a UK perspective, here: (URL) 'DSL in practise' section might be of interest to you. HTH Tom. (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ADSL and LAN (was: i neeeeeed help! can't logon to the lego site)
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(...) The Linksys will allow this. If I recall correctly it splits up a class C subnet (192.x.x.x ??), half for DHCP and the other half as dedicated to MACs. Practicaly everything is user configurable if you don't like the defaults. I use the non (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: ADSL and LAN (was: i neeeeeed help! can't logon to the lego site)
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(...) defenitly you can use DSL with a LAN - what you have to do is have the server do NAT (Network address translation), which means you have multiple computers on the same ip. you can do that with any win98 and higher, via software, and of course, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: ADSL and LAN (was: i neeeeeed help! can't logon to the lego site)
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(...) Thanks Mike - That sounds like a good way to go - I guess the only thing that would be a loss using the BEFSR41 to handle DHCP is better control over the IP Lease? Looking at the web page I didn't this specified, but I currently have a network (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a home network that sounds very similer to yours and had, initially, similer problems. I solved virtually all problems with a BEFSR41 from Linksys. (www.linksys.com/pro...sp?grid=5) There are other similar products on the market but this is (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | ADSL and LAN (was: i neeeeeed help! can't logon to the lego site)
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(...) So here is my question with ADSL - can it be used, and work well with, a private LAN? I have a LAN (Win2k server based) in my house that includes the server being a DNS server, DHCP server and Domain controller. I have this configuration so (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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If you're using Linux, see if Linux IR tools can chat with a tower -- or if some other RS-232 IR device can chat with a Lego device. I haven't had time to do such tests yet. (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The only IrCOMM I know of is part of the IrDA standard. It provides something that looks just like a typical serial port to the application, but underneath is layered on top of IrLAP (packet based link level prototocol for IrDA). This means (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nod, but that made me think if we can use the IrComm package, and use a laptop's ir port to communicate with the rcx - didn't get a chance to try it yet - did anyone? Dan (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ooops, sorry. I didn't really mean proprietary -- I meant "not normal for remote controls". (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Neat! Thanks for sharing those. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I know there are a couple of ya. So I thought I might drop a note about the iTunes plugins I have been making. Still in Lame stage but fun. (URL) and updates to follow as I find time to play with the code. Best DaveG (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This isn't true at all. The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission directly into IR and vice-versa. It is a pretty standard protocol. -Kekoa (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You can't really do what you are trying to do. The tower is designed to operate in request-reply mode. It sends a request, waits a few seconds, receives a reply during that time, then turns off. The idle state of the tower is off, and (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Actually, I have a Lexmark Z3, and while this may not be a BONAFIDE dot matirx, the inkjet process is still close enough to dot matrix to suck just as much! Lol -Catch You Cats Later! -The Rascal King (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Actually, I have a Lexmark Z3, and while this may not be a BONAFIDE dot matirx, the inkjet process is still close enough to dot matrix to suck just as much! Lol -Catch You Cats Later! -The Rascal King (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't think so. Only the ones with the little moving pins which hit the paper are called "dot matrix", even if the other ones do end up putting a matrix dots on the page. See: (2 URLs) (The "dot-matrix" doesn't refer to the image, but rather (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format. It's similar enough to that used by remote controls that learning remotes can pick up the signals, but I haven't heard of anyone going the other way around. (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I know this may be a bit off topic, but didn't know where else to post, I own an IR tower and remote control, and was wondering if it is possible to use the IR tower for other things. eg using PC + tower to control stereo/TV, or using IR remote to (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Yet Another torso sticker question
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Ooh! Ouch! The memories! I had a daisy-wheel printer for my (get this) Radio Shack/Tandy TRS-80 computers when I was a little kid (models I - V, Model 1000, CoCo)! I have to admit that that printer was probably what got me into design in the forst (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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