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Has anyone done any work with Excel and XML? I want to save the contents of an Excel worksheet (a simple table of rows and columns will column headers) in XML format so I can use it as part of a web application. The Excel XML map process is (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Falling thru earth revisited
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(...) Sounds right to me. Acceleration adds linearly, so when you integrate to get the velocity, you have the integral of the thrust plus the integral of the gravitational acceleration. Assuming that the change in mass of the rocket due to depleted (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Falling thru earth revisited
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(...) One other thing to think about is the amount of time something's been exposed to something that increases its speed. For example: Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima have a race from point A to point B, and back to point A. Aunt Jemima stays at a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Falling thru earth revisited
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'cause I've been ruminating about it.... So let's take this from the base model-- Base model ignores the following-- Rotation AIr Resistance you have the earth and a hole from where you are, going straight thru the center and right out to the other (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | View the movie trailer (was: Re: Firefly Fans?)
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(URL) show something that is sorta spoiler-ish, so viewer beware and/or enjoy! Julie (19 years ago, 28-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: password management
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(...) That's kind of what I do - except that I started now using site specific strong passwords using a pretty cool mozilla extension (which even plans for what to do when you're not on your own browser!) - https://addons.updat...php?id=469 (...) My (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: password management
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(...) [snip] (...) I just have 3 or 4 each of what I consider "strong" and "weak" passwords. I use a randomly selected password from the appropriate list for each site[1], and sites with "strong" passwords get changed (to another on the list) fairly (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: password management
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(...) I run KeePass off of a thumb drive: (URL) an encrypted database app that will store user ids, passwords, urls, notes, attachments, etc. It also features a group/category feature which allows you to organize everything. A rule based pwd (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Going up
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(...) The plan sounds like Brad Edwards plan (here's the closest I can get to his website): (URL) He did a NIAC study on it, a well-written and researched one, *including* the economic aspects (something often overlooked). *IF* you can get carbon (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Going up
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(...) I should note, that site's content seems cribbed from the Wikipedia article on the same topic. I noticed that when I found ANOTHER site that had very similar phrasing and decided to look up (URL) Space Elevator> in the Wikipedia. Further, if (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Going up
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(...) I agree with all of the above, even if I still have reservations about the value of manned space exploration. (...) I just hope that it's faster than the one in my building. It would be faster to walk into orbit. Dave! (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Going up
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(...) That would be cool if it comes off. Color me skeptical for now. Space Elevators are an idea that has been around since forever, and if you have the materials strength to do it, they offer the cheapest way per pound of any technology devised. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Going up
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Now (URL) that's> what I call upward mobility. Dave! FUT: OT.Geek (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | password management
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It's time to revamp how I manage my passwords. I have a scheme now for generating different passwords for different sites but there are just too many. I did a little Google search: and came up with a few ideas generator approach: (URL) (put in the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | The Big Sleep
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(URL) news!> FUT ot.geek only Hey, that's a nice hammer you've got there, buddy. (URL) (19 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | VBScript Reference/Resource?
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Can anyone suggest a good reference for coming up to speed on VBScript? We have a new application at work which supports VBScript as a scripting language. I am looking for a library of foms/gui widgets which I can adopt without having to code them (...) (19 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Regina Maersk (First Maersk ship model from 1960)
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stepping around minefields, aware that even the short paragraphs following include a few over simplifications (...) Didn't mean to imply that. I didn't even mention the word German. Just making the point that a building a model of a ship from "your" (...) (19 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Regina Maersk (First Maersk ship model from 1960)
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(...) I think you are correct in that it is a danish submarine. (...) German Submarines were not Nazis per say. Yes everyone in the German Armed Forces during WWII were in the Nazi party per say (not by choice but by default) but the german sailor (...) (19 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Something new to join
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Any one ever hear of SETI? If so I have started a SETI team. We don't get anything out of it, nor do we get praise. Well not yet, but if we find something you know you are going to get your 15 minutes of fame and of course the girls. LOL If you want (...) (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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