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Sorta interesting ... No easy way (that I could find) to save your 'creation' though. Wasn't obvious at first that you can change each letter just by clicking on it (helpful to make a better image).

Please tell me that's a joke.

THAT'S what you should do! The math would be relatively easy if you had a one foot long vertical ramp -- just gravity, a known quantity, no friction, no rolling resistance, simple gravitational acceleration, EASY! And the math for the 3, 5, and 7 foot intervals would be super-dooper easy -- "0." Wait, can you claim a vertical surface fits the description for an "incline?" Probably not. Nevermind.

I don't see then how the incline or choice of vehicle has much of a bearing on the project: It's ALL about the math. You're on your own there buddy! Personally, and this is just off the top of my head, I'd have a low angle and lighter vehicle so you'll be dealing with less acceleration ('cause I'm guessin' that'll make the calculations easier). Experiment with angles and any vehicle you like so they do at least meet the minimum requirements for distance.

At worst, it's a little less convenient for employees who choose not to support the company they work for. They're not being told what to buy (despite the sour grapes of the one employee who now has to park further away from the building), they're not being told they can't bring a competitor's product onto company property. They're being told the privilege of convenient parking will be reserved for those who support the company they work for. Seems fair enough to me. Reminds me how mad a supervisor got at a company picnic (for a place I used to work) when an employee brought out a competitor'

"A wheeled vehicle?" Supplied by the teacher? If so, do you know anything about the vehicle? "An inclined ramp?" Any angle you choose?

Favorite color, sport, .... umm, that's all I can think of.

Sheesh, the anti-GRC campaign is as nasty as any political debate. And about as honest.

Origin of Ctrl+Alt+Del (QT video)

Eh, his point? That companies are out to make a buck? Horrors! I think DRM is ludicrous, his example that crooks aren't going to be stopped by it is incontrovertible. That DRM has hurt consumers is undeniable. But to proclaim that the real intent is to protect private property from other companies & to milk 'em for royalties is pointless as they have every right to do that if they want to. And, in my opinion, the content producers are reaping the rewards of their moronic decisions: Sales are down, losses are rising, theft is rampant. Unfortunately they're not smart enough to stem the tid

THAT, I'd like to see. Be sure to record it when you try.

"Just as modern switch-mode power supplies compensate spontaneously for voltage variations, they also naturally attenuate common-mode noise (i.e., voltage differences between the neutral and ground lines). Desktop computers have five orders of magnitude of common-mode noise attenuation built-in, from the EMI/RFI filter and the high frequency isolation transformer in the power supply. Low-voltage, low-frequency ground potential differences will not cause disruption or damage, because the primary cause of disruption is coupling, which depends on frequency and amplitude. Computers are inherently

I'm cheap, which is fortunate as I'm also broke. Stayed with dial-up until DSL prices came down to match (had to bargain to get it @ the same price as dial-up, but it was pretty close anyway). Switched to cheap DSL and it's not that much better than a highly-tweaked dial-up (my ancient computer is the limiting factor here), but I'm not paying any more so it's all good. DSL is less troublesome than dial-up, but I have had some problems nevertheless (lost signal a few times, a couple other technical glitches -- I can't recall what they were or what they were called). So with my limited experien

Damn, you're picky.

Maybe I've just been lucky as I have never been stuck (though, of course, I'd like to think there's some skill involved). The closest I came was during an enormous blizzard when I owned a German compact car. I had to stop at a convenience store. The lot had six inches or more of snow in it, but that wasn't where I had any serious trouble. Pulling out of the lot I had to turn left on a busy street. I looked left and there were a number of cars coming, but I had enough time to zip across to stop and wait on the median. I zip across the oncoming lanes and -- Oh crap -- The median was piled high w

So you also get a local PBS station then, right? But ... Sometimes your local station will have locally produced programming (sometimes of little interest to you) while PBS YOU will continue to broadcast PBS-produced material, right? Got it, I think.

Those 'myths' ranged from the ridiculous (haiku errors), to the still-slightly-true (magnets can destroy data if you're using magnetic media, they seem to assume you don't), to the unresolved (product life-spans; shut it off or don't), among various other things. Did anyone actually believe those haiku error messages were in Japanese versions of Windows?

Whoa, big-time snowstorm here too. At least a foot. Had to drive to work in it last night. I have a lot of experience driving in snowstorms, blizzards, ice storms, etc., and this was the worst. Not because of the amount of snow or ice, I've seen much worse. I'm not really sure why, but there were cars stuck EVERYWHERE. Usually a bad snowstorm keeps people at home but I think they were lulled into complacency by the long warm spell and went out anyway. Drove from my small town through a couple of miles of country roads, no problems ... Then the road climbs a hill to enter the next town. Forty-

I love it I love it I love it! I love things that sparkle! *cough-avatar* ------ Fixed it better:

You don't have a local PBS station? Or PBS YOU is your local station? Or you don't get local stations?

I wholeheartedly agree with more of those than I care to admit!

The top ten best uses of the "F" word in history: 11. "What the @#$% do you mean, we're sinking?" -- Capt. E.J. Smith of RMS Titanic, 1912 10. "What the @#$% was that?" -- Mayor Of Hiroshima, 1945 9. "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?" -- Custer, 1877 8. "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that." -- Einstein, 1938 7. "It does so @#$%ing look like her!" -- Picasso, 1926 6. "How the @#$% did you work that out?" -- Pythagoras, 126 BC 5. "You want WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?" -- Michelangelo, 1566 4. "Where the @#$% are we?" -- Amelia Earhart, 1937 3. "Scattered @#$%in

Any reason you're avoiding a Download Manager? They integrate into the OS, include features like 'resume download' in case of an interruption or you have to cancel for some reason, use multiple streams which can increase speeds if you have broadband, some display 'maps' of what's going on and of course allow nearly infinite numbers of concurrent downloads. My current choice: Download Express - Free (doesn't have to be resistered or anything).

For those who need to be concerned about this sort of thing: Family Watchdog Enter any address and a Google-based map pops up with that address in the center and color-coded boxes displaying nearby registered sex offenders. Local schools are also displayed with nearby offenders listed. Click on the boxes and a photo & description of the offender appears.

I watched that show and it was an eye-opener. Though predictions were based on computer models, and I don't have a lot of faith that we know enough to make dependable predictions in that manner, the potential for disaster seemed real enough to leave me worried. Plus, it's from Nova. While PBS is severely politicised, Nova has always appeared unbiased in their reporting. Aside: I thought the special effects in the movie The Day After Tomorrow depicting the Sun's radiation reaching the Earth were also chilling.