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  Dear NASA,
 
Dear NASA, Two words. "aluminum condom". Steve (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  May have been posted already
 
but (URL) this> is the first time I've seen this application of the archetypal science class demonstration. Neat-o! Dave! (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
 
  Re: Windows Server 2003 vs. Windows XP Professional
 
(...) I have no experience with WS2003, but I do think that XP is the best version of windows you might run. I doubt any of the 'server' features would be useful on a personal desktop, like Active Directory, IIS and other such server software. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Windows Server 2003 vs. Windows XP Professional
 
(...) You've just spoilt my fun for the evening. Tim (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Windows Server 2003 vs. Windows XP Professional
 
Are there any advantages to using Windows Server 2003 instead of XP Pro on a personal computer? ...and please don't tell me to install Linux...I need my Windows software. (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Computer recommendations
 
(...) I've ordered a new case, mobo, cpu, ram, and dvd-r. If I can get the old computer working again, I can use it as a media box or something. (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Computer recommendations
 
(...) Exact same thing my computer was doing, Bram. I took it to the computer repair shop nearby, they said they'd call when they figured out the problem, no call yet. ~Kevoh (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Computer recommendations
 
(...) It doesn't beep at all. (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Computer recommendations
 
Were there any beeps when you turned it on? Can you describe them. Kyle (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Computer recommendations
 
Monday and Tuesday after leaving my computer on for a while, I came back and it had rebooted. I ran a virus scan with updated definitions and nothing came up. Tuesday evening, the computer turned off while I was using it. Wednesday, the computer (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: LUGNET's code [was: Random thought of the day]
 
--SNIP-- (...) Cool, sounds like PHP done right. Tim (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
 
  take the MIT weblog survey
 
There is a general social survey of weblog authors being conducted at the MIT Media Laboratory. For more information, visit: (URL) survey takes about 15 minutes to complete, and we are asking anyone with a weblog to participate. The larger the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) Doh! It looks as though, once again, you're correct. As it turns out, the old "file.bat" accessed a location on the network, rather than the internet. Darn it. Thanks for ending my wild goose chase, though. Dave! (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) That works if the site is on your windows network, so you can access it as \\hostname\path\to\file... But if it's not available, I don't think it's doable... Say, if you try to copy (URL) to your local drive, I don't think it'll work. But I'd (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) I wish I could remember or find it, but it was something dirt-simple like this: copy //www.doofus.com/dol...d/fool.txt c:\network\fool.txt but I can't recall the formatting, and that's the whole problem. Dave! (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) Does that mean that XP provides an internal way to download files? How does that work? Can you show us that one line? :) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) After I left work last night I realized that my formulation of the question was really feeble, so here's some more info, if it helps. I guess it's not *really* DOS but is intead a DOS shell running on Windows XP. In my former department I used (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is there a standard syntax?
 
(...) Dave, I'm pretty sure you can't do it without an external program. If you have FTP access to the file, you can use the command-line ftp program included with most msdos versions, otherwise you will need a non-dos program, I would recommend GNU (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Is there a standard syntax?
 
Hi All: I know next to zilch about programming, even in DOS, so this question is asked in ignorance and good faith. If I'm writing a .bat program to copy a file from a known, static location on the web, is there a standard format by which the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Falling thru earth revisited
 
(...) Yeah, like do you have to fly at an angle to avoid hitting the sides due to the earth's rotation? (...) Isn't this the whole idea behind the gravity slingshot they use to accelerate spacecraft? It worked in "2010" and I think NASA uses it all (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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