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(...) Unsurprising. Sci-fi's been trying to get away from that sort of thing, not realizing that when we tune into the sci-fi channel, chances are we don't want a cheesy paranormal horror flick or some looney psychic, we want, well, sci-fi. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Bulk Purchases: 100 lb too small
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(...) That's cool. I should include that Silly Putty is what it is after Binney-Smith packages it. Dow calls it 3179 Dilatant Compound. (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) We did that about 10 years ago when I was working at Apple. Our whole department went in on a bulk purchase of Silly Putty. --Bill. (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. This is particularly amusing to me, as I work at the other end of the line. If I had a window, I could look at the production tanks that Dow uses as temporary storage before loading and shipping. 100 lbs isn't just small, it's negligable. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The "funny" column of the WSJ today (9/10/02) tells how Adult Fans of Silly Putty organized bulk purchases and annoyed Dow Chemical with small 100lb orders. "Ten pounds is bigger than your head" says Jeff Kivert. But fans express frustration with (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Farscape Cancelled-Geeks Up In Arms!
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Hey I'm right here with ya (or your wife). I have no cable (or reception for that matter) and hate TV but I love Farscape and try to keep up with it via downloads. While I think this is terrible that they are canceling it I'm really not surprised at (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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All these geeks at LUGNET, and no one has posted about this yet? Amazing. The news is that SciFi Channel has cancelled Farscape, as announced in a chat with series staff. If you are a fan of the show (like my wife...I find it pretty incomprehensible (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Need help with Windows 98/HD formatting
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(...) Before your question can be properly answered, here are a few questions first... What is your system hard drive configuration (in particular hard drive partitions)? Do you want to keep any data on the O/S partition? Do you have a backup medium (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm hoping someone can help me. What is the easiet way to reformat my hard drive and re-install Windows? If I do that, would my secondary hard drive be affected? Any help would be nice. Thanks. (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Engineering's not as simple as you thought.
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(...) Er, No wonder you lot make fun of the kiwis... :-) Memo to self, don't fly ANZ for a while. (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Andrew Miller, Air NZ's acting chief executive advises that "Engineering's a very technical area." For the full story, see: (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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(...) Ah, yes -- thank you very much Frank! So now...assuming all the "accesories" besides the 1x1's are purchased together, and the hypothetical 1x1 plate pack is purchased with shipping costs, and there are no other variables I left out, we should (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Some quibbles with your math: - Your math assumes no shipping cost for the hypothetical 1x1 plate packs - If you factor shipping into the cost, you should assume all individual items are purchased at once - I wonder how many brick separators (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow, I screwed up a little on typos. The Mosaic comes to 34.94, not 39.94. Also, the brick separator is 4.64 total, I forgot to include that. Amazingly, my math was still correct! (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Actually, subtract ($9.99 + $2.95 shipping = $12.94) the X-large baseplate, and (7.99 + $2.95 shipping = $10.94) the 100 pack of black slopes and a ($1.69 + $2.95 shipping) brick separator from the ($29.99 + $4.95 shipping = $39.94) Mosaic (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Meeeeee Tooooooo
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An interesting gambit. I see your picture -- and raise you an evil biker dude... (URL) - jsproat (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I thought that this was just super fun + geeky looking with my bowtie and all: (URL) Deering (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Keyboard trouble!
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(...) Indeed. At the office, just replace it. My own keyboard? I'll toss it in the dishwasher first, and let it dry two days or so. Usually works, and when it doesn't, well, I needed a new keyboard anyhow. -JDF (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: I received a virus email today...
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(...) I get dozens every week -- see (URL). (This last seven-day period was especially bad.) I'm pretty sure it's getting my e-mail address out of the Readme file for IceBreaker, because it often uses subject lines that are clearly snippets from (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: I received a virus email today...
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(...) I get a few of these a week. All e-mail addresses, including mine, originate from the Super Chief registry page. -Rob. (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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