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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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gull
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response 161 of 187:
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Sep 8 18:44 UTC 2003 |
Re #156: You didn't mention what OS you're using. Make sure you don't
have DHCP or "Obtain an IP address automatically" selected.
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jep
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response 162 of 187:
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Sep 8 19:30 UTC 2003 |
re resp:159: Thanks! That Scientifics Online site has quite a few
selections of kits, bags and individual magnets which would likely
delight any kid.
You have very cool insights into scientific toys for kids, and I very
much appreciate you sharing them.
re resp:160: Good idea; I wonder if even the hardware stores in Lenawee
County would have magnets for sale. I was going to hit the stores such
as Toys R Us and The Discovery Store. (That would require me to enter
the mall, whereas I would rather enter Purgatory.)
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dah
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response 163 of 187:
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Sep 8 19:34 UTC 2003 |
I once found some huge magnets (100+ yards in diameter) at an army surplus
store.
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rcurl
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response 164 of 187:
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Sep 8 20:55 UTC 2003 |
Were you attracted to them?
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jep
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response 165 of 187:
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Sep 8 21:04 UTC 2003 |
The answer could be discgusting.
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dah
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response 166 of 187:
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Sep 8 22:18 UTC 2003 |
No, I'm not really interested in magnets like hepjep and his son are.
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drew
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response 167 of 187:
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Sep 8 23:56 UTC 2003 |
Re #157:
Take apart some old hard drives.
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other
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response 168 of 187:
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Sep 9 01:47 UTC 2003 |
The old hard drive magnets I used to hold my map onto my gas tank top
were quite effective, even at over 100 mph.
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jep
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response 169 of 187:
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Sep 9 02:15 UTC 2003 |
I don't have any old hard drives, except one MF/M drive I've kept to
take apart and show my kid how a hard drive spins.
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gull
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response 170 of 187:
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Sep 9 13:26 UTC 2003 |
I don't think I'd give hard disk magnets to a kid. They're really
powerful and it's easy to hurt yourself. I know people who have gotten
nasty blood blisters from them.
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oval
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response 171 of 187:
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Sep 9 13:59 UTC 2003 |
okay, here's the deal. i use a POP account (no shell) and on my machine i use
getmail/pine/procmail. i am phasing out use of this account and want to
forward my mail along with an auto-reply. is this even possible to do given
this setup? suggestions?
bedankt.
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lynne
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response 172 of 187:
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Sep 9 14:44 UTC 2003 |
re 161: I'm running WinMe. The field appears writable after I uncheck the
"Obtain IP automatically" box, but actually is not (as discussed in 156).
I can't quite figure out where the DHCP protocol is, and am therefore
suspicious that this might be the problem (it's not in the pull-down menu
where the TCP/IP and dialup modes are).
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cross
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response 173 of 187:
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Sep 9 16:32 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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scott
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response 174 of 187:
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Sep 9 16:51 UTC 2003 |
Re 172: This is where Microsoft cheerfully advises you to uninstall and
reinstall the network card, not physically but in the Network settings.
Actually that's what I'd do myself, too. :(
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lynne
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response 175 of 187:
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Sep 9 19:01 UTC 2003 |
That matches my labmate PC-guru's advice--planning to do that tonight, since
my reinstall CD is at home. His advice was to reinstall the whole OS while
I'm at it, since the computer's nearly two years old and apparently you're
supposed to do that once a year anyway. I'm trying to decide if I care
enough to do that...managed to build up several CD's worth of stuff I'd need
to back up if I did.
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scott
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response 176 of 187:
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Sep 9 19:09 UTC 2003 |
If that's your only problem I'd wait on the full brain-wipe & reinstall. Just
redoing the network device usually fixes a lot of problems.
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glenda
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response 177 of 187:
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Sep 9 20:41 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, I've been running win2k without re-installing for a few years. Just
make sure you keep up the the security patches. The instructor for my PC
Troubleshooting class never mentioned having to re-install the OS every so
often. Seems to me to be a terrible risk of losing data that way.
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scott
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response 178 of 187:
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Sep 9 23:08 UTC 2003 |
I make a real effort to keep my data in the same spot(s), which are religiosly
backed up. By not running propietary (Windows) email software I can easily
move my email folders onto a new installation.
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lynne
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response 179 of 187:
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Sep 9 23:28 UTC 2003 |
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to back up everything just because it's a
good idea, then un/reinstall just the networking part--not unhappy enough with
the way it's running to bother with the whole thing.
I'm not great at keeping up with patches, but last I went and checked (mid-
July this year) there were a grand total of 6 patches available for winme.
3 sets of duplicates, for internet explorer, microsoft publishing, and
something else that I likewise never use. I'll get the IE one once my
networking capability's back up.
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eprom
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response 180 of 187:
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Sep 11 19:14 UTC 2003 |
I'm updating a webpage for a friend who's from russia. My question is
how do I make an html page load both cyrillic and english characters?
When I go to type some cyrillic letters in wordpad, after I save it
then open it back up, the letters change to "????? ???? ?? ?????"
(all question marks.)
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other
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response 181 of 187:
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Sep 11 20:16 UTC 2003 |
There's a meta tag which specifices the character set. You can use
javascript to detect settings which might indicate which charset to use,
and then dynamically produce the appropriate meta tag for that pageview.
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oval
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response 182 of 187:
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Sep 13 00:06 UTC 2003 |
thanks dan
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cmcgee
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response 183 of 187:
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Sep 19 13:30 UTC 2003 |
Any recommendations/comments about "Affordable Computers" on S. Industrial?
My mom's Powerbook 140 died, and I want to get her a refurbished laptop.
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