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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> (...) Our very own o.t-d :) So I work for a major school bus transporation company as a 'tech support' guy. And, having 500+ systems in the field, occasionally we will get the odd "Imminent (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, forgot about trying out those laptops. But then the biggest problem we had with those was freeing up the serial port from multiple levels of security, networking and anti-virus software that was installed on them. I'm surprised anyone (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) With a very slight redesign of the original, you can fit a battery box in the pumpkin, on which you can attach a 1x4 light brick. If you put the light brick on in a certain way, they blink. Then use two of the red light bulb covers, and the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OS-X is awesome. At least I think so... :) In 1.5 years of using OS-X I've had 1 (count em folks only one) kernel panic[1]. Very stable OS. I'm coding against J2SE 1.4.1 on a lowly iMac G3 (using Project Builder, not even XCode) and I'm very (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The two laptops I brought over were Thinkpad T23's which are 1.14Ghz P3Mobiles with 256MB of RAM each. If that's not enough for Java, I don't know what is. In case my memory serves me incorrectly, at worst, they were T21's, which are 800Mhz P3 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hobby Show Times Question.
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(...) I just received an e-mail from the show co-ordinator--he stated that we can get into the building at 9 a.m. Thursday and that we'll get kicked out at 9:30 p.m. So that's an entire day of setting up, if we so choose. If this is the plan, I'll (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I get the 2 3731 pumpkin packs and proceed to build the actual 3D pumpkin. "Nice little basic set", I says to myself. I take it to work to display at my cubicle, for it's the season for it, and anyone who walks by immediately grabs it to have a (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've also seen it from personal experience. We support software on not 1 or 2 different platforms, but 10-15 different platforms. (...) There are fewer and fewer of this difference these days. It's aways getting better. (...) None of those (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) All you Mac freaks are the same. As a card carrying member of the Local UNDEAD union, I personally take offence, and along with all my undead brothers and sisters, I must say SHAME!!! SHAME!! (pump fist in air) SHAME!! (pump fist in air) Chris (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not surprisingly I've been looking at consoles these days. Which is the one with the girl that kicks high. :-) The major thing I'll need to get use to is the controllers. I'm a keyboard and mouse player. I've always had trouble translating (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not that many games for the Mac (although you can play Peasent's Quest), so I picked up this thing that you may have seen in stores. It's called a PlayStation 2. You can actually hook it up to your TV, so no need for a monitor. I think it's (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This might be my fault, but I'm not saying anymore on a recorded medium. :-) Derek (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Someone stole the orange pylon out of the back of my truck. I've stopped the bit where I keep a yellow hard hat in my truck, cause it takes up too much space.(it was great to throw on the dash, to make it look like i was a fellow construction (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Calum, that will certainly help. Janey Red Brick (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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What are the times for the show? Thursday setup, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I might not be able to get Friday off. I need to know if it's even conceivable for me to setup my stuff in time on Thursday. Derek (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A bunch have asked this question: Basically neither Chris nor I have recommendations, never having needed a hotel room in our own city. The only one I can recommend is the Sheraton/Novotel in the actual airport nestled inside Terminal 3. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) BEDEVERE: Tell me, what do you do with witches? VILLAGER #2: Burn! CROWD: Burn, burn them up! BEDEVERE: And what do you burn apart from witches? VILLAGER #1: More witches! VILLAGER #2: Wood! BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn? [pause] VILLAGER (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch! They dessed my up like this and this isn't my nose its a false one! Well? Did you dess her up like that? No No no no no NO .. a bit. We did do the nose,.. and the hat ..but she is a witch, she's got a wart.... (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) She's a witch! Burn her!! burn her!! Well, we might have done the nose... (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I found this on BoingBoing.net. I do not know why I found it funny. (URL) have no life. Chris. PS. a certian "honorary" member of RTL has been found posting her MOC on some other lUG!! for shame! (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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