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gull
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response 25 of 239:
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Sep 30 13:30 UTC 2003 |
A 4-stroke gasoline engine works the same way, except that a mixture of
air and gasoline is pulled into the cylinder during the induction
stroke, then as the engine approaches TDC the spark plug is fired to
ignite the mixture. (Actually, the timing of the spark can be anywhere
from 20 or more degrees before TDC to a few degrees after TDC, depending
on the engine speed and the design of the engine. As the engine speeds
up, the spark has to occur sooner for best power. This is called "spark
advance.")
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gelinas
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response 26 of 239:
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Sep 30 18:13 UTC 2003 |
Now I know why timing is expressed in degrees. :)
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tsty
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response 27 of 239:
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Oct 2 08:18 UTC 2003 |
the url in #23 si awesome.
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asddsa
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response 28 of 239:
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Oct 2 23:22 UTC 2003 |
You spell "the" correctly, but not "is"? How is that logical.
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tsty
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response 29 of 239:
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Oct 3 05:25 UTC 2003 |
t h e was a mistake sizat alright?
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asddsa
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response 30 of 239:
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Oct 4 16:02 UTC 2003 |
O, I thought you had trademarked misspellings, when used simultaneously.
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keesan
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response 31 of 239:
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Oct 4 23:16 UTC 2003 |
Does anyone have a 1 or 2G (or 4G) laptop 2.5" hard drive that they don't want
and will sell cheaply? Jim wants to put Win98 onto it. How big a drive do
you need for minimal Win98? The CD that came with the laptop insists on
putting a bunch of junk on before it puts Windows on, including 15M of a video
commercial for the computer that runs in loops.
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gull
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response 32 of 239:
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Oct 5 00:09 UTC 2003 |
Minimal Win98 should fit within 200 megs, I think, but without much to
spare. A 450 meg drive would probably be comfortable for a Win98
system, if you don't plan on installing a lot of large software
packages.
A minimal Win95 system will fit in under 100 megs. I've seen it
squished down under 64 megs, before.
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murph
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response 33 of 239:
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Oct 5 01:21 UTC 2003 |
At one point I had Win95 running on a machine with a 120MB hard drive and 8MB
of ram. Had no problems with disk space, but lots of propblems with memory.
Subsequent versions of windows seem to have grown exponentially, though...
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keesan
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response 34 of 239:
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Oct 5 03:08 UTC 2003 |
We got Win95 pared down to 48M by deleting all the ads for various ISPs and
other nonsense like that. Jim has a 500M laptop drive that was not large
enough for the CD that came with the computer (Win98 and a bunch of other
things) but it did not give you a choice of what to install. It was a
'backup' CD, I think. He also wants to put on some scanner software and
probably something to edit photos with. He has some old slides to convert
to digital format. We will get hold of a regular Win98 CD. Thanks.
Does Win98 come with some painting program that can edit photos?
I will some day put scanner software onto a linux computer.
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gull
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response 35 of 239:
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Oct 5 20:50 UTC 2003 |
Win98 doesn't come with a good photo editing program. I would suggest
Paint Shop Pro.
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scott
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response 36 of 239:
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Oct 5 22:47 UTC 2003 |
I'd get Irfanview - it's a free download, and will do cropping and scaling
and such.
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gull
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response 37 of 239:
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Oct 6 02:39 UTC 2003 |
I like Irfanview a lot, but I don't know if I'd call it a photo editor.
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scott
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response 38 of 239:
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Oct 6 13:25 UTC 2003 |
It's getting bigger each time I look at the webpage, though.
From http://www.irfanview.com
(I cut it down to the editing features)
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
IPTC editing
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Filter Factory)
Capturing
Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
Lossless JPG rotation
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jep
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response 39 of 239:
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Oct 12 01:46 UTC 2003 |
I've seen questions about this before, but I'm not sure they were the
same problem I'm having.
Just in the last week or so, my dishwasher is leaving a thicker and
thicker film on the glasses, and now on everything else as well. I
bought something that said it was a dishwasher cleaner, a powder to be
used with no dishes; it did no good. I've ran some of my glasses
through the dishwasher 4-5 times now and they're getting a lot worse.
I cannot see through them any more.
I'd switched to a tablet-type dishwasher soap, and thought that was
the problem, so I bought some of the liquid I've usually used (Cascade
Complete). It didn't help; things are still getting worse.
The dishwasher worked fine until this week.
What's up with that?
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slynne
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response 40 of 239:
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Oct 12 02:00 UTC 2003 |
try running it with a bunch if white vinegar in it
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jep
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response 41 of 239:
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Oct 12 02:09 UTC 2003 |
I'm doing that now; I put a couple of cups of vinegar in a container
and am running the dishwasher right now. My non-metal dishes which
are film-covered are in there; got that suggestion from some WWW site.
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mary
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response 42 of 239:
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Oct 12 02:42 UTC 2003 |
We had a problem with a chalky white glaze which was getting
worse with each load. A vinegar wash got everything glaze-free
but until I changed to a non-Cascade liquid dishwashing liquid,
the problem persisted.
We now use Palmolive liquid. Dishes are clean and glassses are
sparkling clear.
Gotta run, my apron needs ironing.
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jep
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response 43 of 239:
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Oct 12 04:50 UTC 2003 |
Do you starch your apron, Mary? (-:
The vinegar helped, but I wonder what will happen the next time I wash
dishes. If they look like they have soap scum on them again, I think
I'll ask for a repairman to look at my dishwasher.
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rcurl
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response 44 of 239:
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Oct 12 05:04 UTC 2003 |
Is your water inlet valve working properly? That is, is the dishwasher
actually washing and rinsing the dishes? We lived with strangely filmed
dishes for a short while before I realized the inlet valve had failed
and letting in only enough water to slightly rinse everything so food
scraps were gone - but the detergent stuck around.
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tod
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response 45 of 239:
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Oct 12 16:24 UTC 2003 |
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jep
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response 46 of 239:
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Oct 13 00:19 UTC 2003 |
I don't know if the water intake is working correctly. I do know the
dishes are wet after they've been washed.
I'm calling the repairman tomorrow.
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cmcgee
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response 47 of 239:
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Oct 13 01:05 UTC 2003 |
I once had a very dirty drain screen cause the same type of problem.
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gull
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response 48 of 239:
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Oct 13 01:13 UTC 2003 |
Re #39: When I had that problem, I eventually figured out it was because
the water valve wasn't opening for part of the cycle. To figure this
out I had to sit next to the dishwasher and listen to it for an entire
wash cycle. It was only one part of the cycle that had the failure, so
the dishes were still wet, but they weren't getting clean.
I find Tang (or the cheaper store-brand imitation) is a good dishwasher
cleaner and deoderizer. Run the dishwasher empty (no soap, either) and
after the tub fills the first time, open the door and dump in an entire
can.
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jep
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response 49 of 239:
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Oct 13 02:57 UTC 2003 |
I don't know what a drain screen is, but I don't see anything easily
removable in the dishwasher that should be causing this type of
problem. Since I live in an apartment, I have the luxury of getting a
repairman to come out for free. I'm going to do that rather than
worry much more about the problem.
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