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  Brickshelf downloader (Perl script)
 
Hey all, I've uploaded my beta Brickshelf downloaded perl script. You can see it here: (URL) you have perl installed and would like to play with it, please feel free. It currently relies on the following libraries (found on CPAN if not the core Perl (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)  
 
  Re: test
 
(...) Hi Elena, is this really a test? Just in case you actually want an answer I'm redirecting to o-t.geek. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  webcams
 
Does anyone know the macro capabilities of the LogiTech QuickCam® Pro 3000? Or can recommend other good webcams with reasonable close-up capacity? Thanks -chris (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: PC Troubleshooting...
 
(...) anyway. (...) One other thing you may want to check is that the CPU fan's working OK, and the thermal connection is good. IIRC Pentium IIIs shut down when they overheat. Regards ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: PC Troubleshooting...
 
(...) Soft boot generally refers to ctrl-alt-del or rebooting via software (which Windoze generally does every time you make a change to the system 8?() Hard boot is pressing the reset button (reboot using hardware). Using the on/off switch is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  An interesting possibility ...
 
(URL) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Does anyone now how to install windows at an angle???
 
(...) Darn you, Rick. I was going to suggest putting a telephone book under the legs on one side of his chair. :D Sick people, we are. LFB (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: PC Troubleshooting...
 
(...) I meant hitting the reset button, which I've always heard of as a soft boot because it doesn't cut the power. Is it called something else? (...) Actually, I am pretty sure that it was the motherboard -- the part I was most loathe to have to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: PC Troubleshooting...
 
(...) Is this while running Checkit, or regardless of what the system is doing? I'm not 100% clear on that. And what do you mean by soft boot? I'm familiar with that term being a restart using software (i.e. cntrl-alt-del) but I think you're meaning (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  PC Troubleshooting...
 
Hey Y'all: Someone I know is giving me slightly old computer parts and I am building 3-4 different computer systems from the parts for use by friends -- I may even end up with one or two machines in return to give to people in the neighborhood. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  just funny
 
Heh, a coworker wrote this on a whiteboard in the lab: # rm -f /bin/laden :) I just thought it's funny, but FUT set to debate, incase one flares up :) Dan (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Macintosh and MP3s
 
(...) Naw, I needed to know for the sake of a less than tech-savvy friend. I could have searched myself, but that would not have given me the benefit of a user's experience. I figured it was simple enough to just ask... I like Winamp myself, and it (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Macintosh and MP3s
 
(...) So, did you come back over to the Light Side willingly? 8?D The best MP3 player out there (IMO) is the free one Apple gives you...iTunes. It does everything you would want, plus integrates with your CD burner to make discs, has a way cool (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Macintosh and MP3s
 
Hey Y'all: I haven't had a Macintosh for years, so I was wondering if someone could briefly give me the heads up on what the best MP3 players for Macintosh might be, and if there are any freeware MP3 players for Macintosh. Thanks in advance, -- (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Macintosh Humor...Gotta' Love It!
 
Mac old-timers should find this funny: (URL) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Solving a trigonometric equation
 
(...) I've solved it myself now, so no worries! ;-) Fredrik (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
 
(...) I replaced more than a few, I guess, but I certainly didn't try to replace everything. Although I guess I should, for those things I really like, as I haven't watched a single one of my pre-recorded VHS tapes since I bought my DVD player (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Solving a trigonometric equation
 
Arg, I can't remember how to solve an equation like this: a = b sin (x) - cos (x), where x is in the first quadrant, and a and b are known factors. Can anybody help me, please? That would have been great! Fredrik (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
 
(...) Yes, I got a chance to play with a DVD version of The Matrix at a friend's house on a really really big TV with Dolby surround. Pretty amazing.... (...) We would have to decide WHICH room/VCR gets it though... Family room, where the kids watch (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Help! Possessed monitor!
 
(...) It just did...and I had to turn the monitor off and back on for the image to come back. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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