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gull
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response 136 of 187:
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Aug 24 02:41 UTC 2003 |
They seem to go up and down in cycles. Every few years there's an
unusually big crop of them.
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slynne
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response 137 of 187:
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Aug 24 20:25 UTC 2003 |
Yeah. This year, I havent had too many box elder bugs but two years
ago, they were *everywhere*.
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dcat
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response 138 of 187:
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Aug 25 23:19 UTC 2003 |
resp:133 -- SDF (telnet sdf.lonestar.org, www.freeshell.org) has a gopher
client, i believe. whether that means it's still around, i'm not sure.
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polytarp
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response 139 of 187:
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Aug 26 21:08 UTC 2003 |
Hey, pvn, let's teach English in China. meet you there.
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cmcgee
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response 140 of 187:
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Aug 27 23:59 UTC 2003 |
thanks for the wunderground. I was stuck at my parents using a Powerbook 140
with local shell access. (You would all get a kick out of my mother signing
the "shell access agreement". I told her it was one legal document she would
never begin to understand, so don't even read it. She's 81, and not much of
a hacker.)
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polytarp
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response 141 of 187:
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Aug 28 15:11 UTC 2003 |
Hey, cmcgee, let's teach English in China. meet you there.
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albaugh
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response 142 of 187:
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Sep 2 04:55 UTC 2003 |
Do any grexers have any experiences with publishing their own books?
If so, any tips?
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tod
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response 143 of 187:
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Sep 2 16:22 UTC 2003 |
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albaugh
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response 144 of 187:
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Sep 3 20:38 UTC 2003 |
Why not?
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tod
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response 145 of 187:
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Sep 3 20:45 UTC 2003 |
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albaugh
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response 146 of 187:
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Sep 3 20:49 UTC 2003 |
Do you have personal experience with that? Or on using a publisher?
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tod
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response 147 of 187:
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Sep 3 21:00 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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response 148 of 187:
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Sep 4 14:15 UTC 2003 |
The technology (and the culture) is changing fast, though. If you want a few
thousand copies made the traditional way, then yeah, it's going to be
expensive and difficult. On the other hand there's now a machine to print
& bind a book on demand, so it would be easier to have a few dozen copies
made.
Then there's online distribution, which would be even easier.
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albaugh
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response 149 of 187:
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Sep 4 17:19 UTC 2003 |
While I can certainly go searching / surfing the web to see what's out there,
I would be appreciative if there were a grexer with specific references based
on experience / knowledge could relate them.
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tod
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response 150 of 187:
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Sep 4 18:34 UTC 2003 |
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tpryan
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response 151 of 187:
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Sep 4 19:27 UTC 2003 |
I seen one of those print on demand machines (under utilized)
when I was at Borders. The system IIRC was called Sprite or Sprint.
It uses the same files that would go off to a large press publisher.
Full color, perfect bound trade paperbacks.
Great for text books that could be revised and published
low volume each year. Or that 1967 VW microvan repair manual.
I think the VPs at Borders thought they where going to be printing
Harry Potter paperbacks in a store on demand.
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gull
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response 152 of 187:
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Sep 4 22:36 UTC 2003 |
With technology like that, there's no real excuse for anything going
"out of print."
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albaugh
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response 153 of 187:
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Sep 5 18:24 UTC 2003 |
The book I have in mind is "what I did on my vacation", with a great many
photographs.
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pvn
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response 154 of 187:
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Sep 6 07:33 UTC 2003 |
Put it on a web page.
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pvn
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response 155 of 187:
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Sep 6 07:34 UTC 2003 |
Or burn some CDs.
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lynne
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response 156 of 187:
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Sep 8 17:43 UTC 2003 |
I changed internet settings on my laptop so as to be able to use the internet
access offered in some hotels on the roadtrip. Now I can't change it back
because it won't let me type in the IP address/subnet mask/etc--the field
is white and appears writable, but when I click on it with the mouse I don't
get a cursor. Typing blindly, cut-and-pasting don't work; I've restarted a
few times. Any suggestions?
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jep
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response 157 of 187:
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Sep 8 18:10 UTC 2003 |
When I was a kid, I thought the coolest thing ever would be to get a
box of 1000 magnets, as advertised in comic books and the like. I
never got one myself.
Advance X number of years; other than by going the comic book route,
where would one go to get a collection of magnets of different shapes
and sizes for a kid or two? (I think I know of some kids who might
like such a gift.)
Something that comes in the form of a kit, labeled "1000 Experiments To
Do With Magnets", allowing you to create your own electric motor,
generator, etc., would be just the thing.
Thanks!
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dah
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response 158 of 187:
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Sep 8 18:12 UTC 2003 |
You're welcome!
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rcurl
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response 159 of 187:
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Sep 8 18:20 UTC 2003 |
Try Edmund Scientific (http://scientificsonline.com/default.asp?) and/or
Science Kit and Boreal... (http://sciencekit.com/Default.asp? Item
WW3082265 is a bag of 30 magnets for $6.)
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glenda
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response 160 of 187:
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Sep 8 18:40 UTC 2003 |
Stadium Hardware sells individual magnets of different sizes and shapes at
reasonable prices.
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