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  1. The 1018 is a windows only printer, you'll find that with a lot of HP printers that were originally built before the introduction of os x. I do IT for a school. We recently started buying Macbooks, our printers about 60 of them are HP Laser Jet 1020. I was able to find a 1022 driver that would somehow install a 1020 driver on the mac. I now keep it on a few flash drives so whenever a few new macs show up I do the install.

  2. Not having the correct proportioning valve can cause bad handling problems under braking. You want more braking in the front, when braking weight gets transferred to the front of the car lightening the back end. To much back brake can cause the back end to slide out. Of course most cars have bigger brake calipers and disk in the front and the valve just ensures that when you step on the brake pedal the correct amount of fluid goes to the brakes. Back brakes usually need less fluid because of size.

    There is a fairly good chance that the proportions on your car now is not that far off. If you plan on racing solo or just playing on track days give one of the companies that sell drum to disk upgrades a call and ask them what need to be done.

  3. I'm not a Bush fan but neither am I a Obama supporter. I hope he does well but really think he is just s great politician with high hopes and empty promises.

    But the republicans didn't get us where we are by themselves the democrats are very much to blame especially for recent problems.

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    And to set things straight nobody voted Bush out, eight years is the limit for office. And McCain got 47 percent of the vote. For the record I didn't vote for McCain or Obama.

    Political threads are a bad idea.

  4. Winter milage can go down due to longer warm up times and if your car is running to cold it may stay in a warm up cycle (kind of like choke with a carburetor). Also if you change the air intake to a cool air system this may happen because you never get warm air from engine compartment.

    I would guess that may even get a little boost in horsepower in the cold dry air also.

  5. Well your mac is seeing your dads pc but your dads pc is not sharing anything. He would need to setup a share folder or volume. Then you could log into the share.

    Can you access files on the mac from your pc?

    Oh do you like how the mac shows pc on the network as a monitor with a blue screen of death.

  6. I've been using Ubuntu on my work laptop for about a year now. It's been rock solid and I find it to be the best distro when it comes to having as little involvement from the user. It tells you when it needs updates and all it ask for is a password. It lets you install apps and utilities with out opening a terminal. It has plenty of support and a huge user community.

    When I first starting using Linux years ago it was just about the geek factor. But now it's more about getting work done without frustration. I may move to os x at work because they said they would get me a new Macbook this spring but if I don't get one I'm more then happy with Ubuntu.