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hi! as off-topic.geek won't allow dat data here i'll point to where i put the data. (URL) dat might be of interest to star gazers, wich i'd presume to find lurking here. thomas (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Compare your spelling to the dictionary's, please. (...) Good luck - sounds confusing to me. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Why is it that whenever YOU think, MY head hurts? I really wish this were clear enough to follow, because it sounds semi-interesting, but as it is, I'm just painfully confused. Take care, Soren (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Keep in mind that even people who run at high resolutions don't always have their browser window maximized. I prefer a narrower window -- 800 or so pixels wide. This is because text is easier to read if it's not in long long lines (you tend to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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As I'm building a webpage I wonder this... What is the standard size I should make the page? Seems like people would say 800x600, which I assume is a good size for 15in monitors. But I don't have one, right now I'm on a 17, and that's because the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Illegal Operations
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(...) Sean, Dude, I think the problem's MSN Messenger. I have problems when running that, too. I have an older 100 MHz computer that runs Win95, and it gets all kind of gummed up when I run MM... so now I don't, and my computer works as well as (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And say bye-bye big windows in the office. Due to problems with people driving cars through the front door, most IBM locations I've visited have all sorts of concrete barriers around the door ways and lobby areas. Nothing so simple would (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Can't you just picture the day when your local building regulations require all new structures to be built with super reinforced roofs so that falling Solotrek riders don't injure the occupants? (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Allister McLaren" <allistermclaren@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:H8uBI7.5Fp@lugnet.com... (...) Who says a Solotrek licence would be as easy to earn as a car licence? -- Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, first off for the record, I'm against upgrading. I feel that the lowest system you can get away with is the best. NOT the newest. I need usb ports, and 95 won't work, so I have 98. My 98 has hardly EVER, if EVER, crashed or (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm not so sure. Is it really a good idea for the skies to be full of the same people that are driving cars today? Same goes for the Skycar. Allister (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Looks like their fund-raising failed. On TechTV I'm watching a bit about how bogus bidders on ebay ran up the auction and killed it. They closed the auction because of the bids and solotrek was trying to use it to keep the business open. Looks (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) In short, the problem is that you need to remove Windows and install Linux. In more depth: every program running on your system is given a chunk of RAM, and is only supposed to use that specific memory area. If the program tries to write to an (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Wassssup Everyone, Being only partly computer knowledgeable, I have a question. What is up with those freakin' 'illegal operation' warnings that the Windows 98 system tends to put out for just about anything? What makes these illegal(1) and why the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm confused...I swear this was at $6.7mil yesterday... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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We all know Solotrek is closing up shop: (URL) I bet someone out there would love to get their hands on this: (URL) can you spare a dime (or 500,000)? Matt (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Too bad some people just can't help but exalt and rave over the trilogy. Sheesh, can people ever stop complaining about the 'dialogue problems' or 'improper adaption' and 'lack of adherence to the original storyline'?!!! Let me sum this into (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My son loved it and it got him to read "The Hobbit", so it can't be all bad! Lucas wins the goofy-names contest hands down. Tolkien, on the other hand, wins the tedious and confusing names contest: Melkor, also known as Morgoth, and named "The (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A space physics question
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(...) Great job on the .space page so far! A few points first: - in the absence of gravity, the force on the pulleys will only exist if the object in tow is continuously accelerating. Remember, accelerating can mean following a curved path as well (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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(...) Great job on the .space page so far! A few points first: - in the absence of gravity, the force on the pulleys will only exist if the object in tow is continuously accelerating. Remember, accelerating can mean following a curved path as well (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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