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Worst pain I ever had was a pulmonary embolism. ... 1,377 Views / 34 Replies  
Worst pain I ever had was a pulmonary embolism. Like someone driving a pick-ax into your chest.

Almost as bad was the pain of my heart attack about the time I got to the emergency department - 5...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 30, 2006 at 04:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
:confused: Never done it on my manual tranny... 13,103 Views / 32 Replies  
:confused: Never done it on my manual tranny vehicles, ever. That's because with a standard, I always engage the parking/emergency brake when parking (I always put the brake on, and the gear shift...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge
What, nobody has birds? I have a meyer's... 4,187 Views / 109 Replies  
What, nobody has birds?

I have a meyer's parrot, named Amina (http://homepage.mac.com/drmbb/PhotoAlbum3.html) - the pics are several years old now. I need to update them, but it's so hard to...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 22, 2006 at 09:23 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Because US law requires that Banks make cashed... 3,719 Views / 43 Replies  
Because US law requires that Banks make cashed cheque funds available in a "timely" manner, usually in 3-5 days. So it cleared the US Banks clearing house. It can take weeks for it to make it back...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 18, 2006 at 02:51 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Scam all the way, and not a new one by any means.... 3,719 Views / 43 Replies  
Scam all the way, and not a new one by any means. There are alerts about this kind of thing on the FTC web site, the BBB and so forth. Plus lots of news items (eg - random google hit -...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 18, 2006 at 02:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I think the whole issue of RYR - drug or... 2,744 Views / 109 Replies  
I think the whole issue of RYR - drug or supplement - is still in the courts. Only one supplier has been officially ordered by the courts to stop distribution. Others have apparently stopped...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 11, 2006 at 02:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I recently was talking with a friend, and... 2,744 Views / 109 Replies  
I recently was talking with a friend, and mentioned how I take a statin drug for high cholesterol. She was almost alarmed - saying that she would never take such an "evil" and "dangerous" drug for...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 11, 2006 at 12:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Go to 121Time... 2,241 Views / 54 Replies  
Go to 121Time (http://www.factory121.com/index_en.html) and design your own.
Posted by drmbb2, on May 23, 2006 at 03:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge
If someone got a rootkit on my OS X or Linux box,... 1,009 Views / 19 Replies  
If someone got a rootkit on my OS X or Linux box, I'd be doing a reformat and reinstall too. It's the only way to be sure that a root level exploit has been eradicated. The OS is irrelevant -...
Posted by drmbb2, on Apr 24, 2006 at 12:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Trust NASA kids to have some of the best web... 1,549 Views / 19 Replies  
Trust NASA kids to have some of the best web stuff on this topic:

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/seawifs/images/falsecolor_lg.gif

(phytoplankton, or primary, production, as measured by chlorophyll...
Posted by drmbb2, on Mar 26, 2006 at 09:30 PM, in MacNN Lounge
In terms of plankton, some of the most productive... 1,549 Views / 19 Replies  
In terms of plankton, some of the most productive waters in the world are the cold waters of the North Atlantic (eg. the grand banks), the Bering Sea, and the Northeast Pacific. That's why so many...
Posted by drmbb2, on Mar 26, 2006 at 08:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge
And yet, just today, more "highly critical"... 628 Views / 6 Replies  
And yet, just today, more "highly critical" security flaws reported in IE 6 and IE 7 beta ...

http://secunia.com/advisories/18680/
Posted by drmbb2, on Mar 23, 2006 at 03:25 PM, in MacNN Lounge
nope - in Canada, a bill is a proposed law. A... 2,072 Views / 66 Replies  
nope - in Canada, a bill is a proposed law. A bill becomes law after Royal Assent (ie. signed by the Gov. General). Even then a law (or statue) may not be in force until a later date specified in...
Posted by drmbb2, on Mar 21, 2006 at 12:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge
BS, blanket statement. Some banks offer... 1,672 Views / 48 Replies  
BS, blanket statement. Some banks offer excellent investment advise and management, especially for conservative retirement accounts. Many private investiment firms are also good, but many suffer...
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 21, 2006 at 12:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Start a 401(k) (or 403(b) if you work for a Uni,... 1,672 Views / 48 Replies  
Start a 401(k) (or 403(b) if you work for a Uni, or Gov) - then arrange for a monthly direct deposit. The withdrawal is pretax, so it reduces your taxable income, as well as starting a retirement...
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 21, 2006 at 10:52 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I could well see Finland taking gold - they have... 2,179 Views / 75 Replies  
I could well see Finland taking gold - they have just been superb. Canada just has not been there the last two games.
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 19, 2006 at 08:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Links about DNA and LSD ... 2,692 Views / 68 Replies  
Links about DNA and LSD

http://www.psychedelic-library.org/grofchro.htm

There are counter studies to the LSD data, so it's not clear just exactly what it does to DNA, or at what dose. The only...
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 16, 2006 at 05:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Also keep in mind that the shelf life of a smart... 617 Views / 4 Replies  
Also keep in mind that the shelf life of a smart LiOH battery is about 5-7 years (if stored under "ideal" conditions - ie. constant approx. 40% charge, constant temp and humidity within optimal...
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 14, 2006 at 11:25 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Normally, a firewire 400 daisy-chain of a... 1,633 Views / 14 Replies  
Normally,

a firewire 400 daisy-chain of a Lacie external 52x CD burner and two AcomData harddrives, and an Epson 3490 scanner (USB 2).
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 13, 2006 at 05:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
According to the US Treasury web site: ... 2,090 Views / 34 Replies  
According to the US Treasury web site:

"There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods...
Posted by drmbb2, on Feb 1, 2006 at 10:47 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: Window Managers 915 Views / 11 Replies  
Keep in mind, that Gnome and KDE are NOT window managers - they are desktpp environments. They in turn can, and do, use window mangers, such as BlackBox, FluxBox, WindowMaker, and many, many others....
Posted by drmbb2, on Apr 4, 2004 at 12:01 PM, in macOS
XGrid (http://www.apple.com/acg/xgrid/) 934 Views / 17 Replies  
XGrid (http://www.apple.com/acg/xgrid/)
Posted by drmbb2, on Jan 9, 2004 at 09:31 AM, in macOS
There's also strp... 620 Views / 12 Replies  
There's also strp (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/text/) which has been around for a few years. It compiles and runs fine on OS X.
Posted by drmbb2, on Dec 11, 2003 at 02:46 PM, in macOS
Re: How do I disable gimp in Panther? 755 Views / 7 Replies  
GIMP-Print is just a collection of open source print drivers. The underlying printer utility in OS X is CUPS, which is able to use GIMP printer drivers if the are present.

Just set up your Epson...
Posted by drmbb2, on Dec 11, 2003 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
Poll: I'm still on dialup - been waiting 4 years for... 1,127 Views / 39 Replies  
I'm still on dialup - been waiting 4 years for either Sprint or Adelphia to expand their service (people barely 1/3rd of a mile away have their choice of either). Supposedly it will be available,...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 23, 2003 at 02:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Hey, anyone using NexTel? Here in central... 2,009 Views / 50 Replies  
Hey, anyone using NexTel? Here in central Virginia our only carrier options are Sprint, SunCom, USCellular, Alltel and NexTel (oh, and nTelos, but they really don't meet my needs). I've been using...
Posted by drmbb2, on Sep 15, 2003 at 06:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Google will find lots of commercial sites, but... 1,553 Views / 8 Replies  
Google will find lots of commercial sites, but none of them are really cheap. For example, realtime backup of upto 5Gb at usdatatrust.com is $166/month. Weekly backup of upto 5Mb at dataserver.com...
Posted by drmbb2, on Aug 20, 2003 at 09:55 AM, in MacNN Lounge
For important personal files, I would agree. But... 798 Views / 13 Replies  
For important personal files, I would agree. But the great thing about a Firewire drive, backed up with CCCloner, is you have an exact, and bootable, mirror copy of your system. My AcomData drive...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 25, 2003 at 11:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
Since you mention that this new drive is a backup... 798 Views / 13 Replies  
Since you mention that this new drive is a backup drive, I would strongly suggest a firewire device and NOT a second internal drive. The reason is simple, anything that might trash data on your...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 25, 2003 at 10:27 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Anyone tried www.Movielink.com yet? 930 Views / 4 Replies  
Their site claims they only support Windows OSs and IE 5 or higher with RealPlayer 8 or higher (at least that's the message when I go there in Safari). No Mac's allowed, so major :thumbsdow
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 24, 2003 at 11:47 AM, in MacNN Lounge
also "locate xinetd", although this will return a... 657 Views / 5 Replies  
also "locate xinetd", although this will return a list of everything with the string "xinetd" in it, not just the daemon binary.
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 24, 2003 at 08:12 AM, in macOS
The AT&T korn shell is available under FINK, in... 796 Views / 12 Replies  
The AT&T korn shell is available under FINK, in the unstable tree, if you wanted to install it in OS X.
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 22, 2003 at 09:52 AM, in macOS
arstechnica says it is a meta-information feature... 661 Views / 8 Replies  
arstechnica says it is a meta-information feature (http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/1q00/macos-x-dp3/macos-x-dp3-2.html), so that would be why the terminal can't distinguish it.
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 17, 2003 at 02:07 PM, in macOS
Re: How to detect if a directory is a package? 661 Views / 8 Replies  
Well, they are just directories :)

Usually (always, I think) though, if you cd into them, there will be a Contents directory, which will have a file " PkgInfo". Other than that, from the file...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 17, 2003 at 11:42 AM, in macOS
Right. Keep in mind that FINK is a package... 644 Views / 3 Replies  
Right. Keep in mind that FINK is a package management tool, nothing more. Apple's X11 and XDarwin are both just ports of the X window system (see www.x.org) for use on OS X - they just happen to be...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 16, 2003 at 02:06 PM, in macOS
It's true that there is a group=admin and a... 904 Views / 7 Replies  
It's true that there is a group=admin and a group=staff, but there is (or at least should not be) any such user named "staff". All users, whether granted admin rights or not, are members of...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 16, 2003 at 12:33 PM, in macOS
I'm confused by your post. XDarwin is just the... 644 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm confused by your post. XDarwin is just the implementation of XFree86 for Darwin/OSX. The only directories it will create during installation are /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6 ("/dev" is the device...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 15, 2003 at 09:33 AM, in macOS
And don't worry about migrating - according to... 14,086 Views / 14 Replies  
And don't worry about migrating - according to Wednesday's CARS (http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/) report, Apple will ease you into 64bit processing, starting with 37bit Panther and updating...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 11, 2003 at 07:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Disable Radeon Features? 827 Views / 6 Replies  
ATI's web site will simply tell you to look to your laptop manufacturer for any "Mobility" technology. Because the Mobility chip sets are incorporated directly into the motherboard by the companying...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 1, 2003 at 12:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
the truth about penal enlargment web products... 1,085 Views / 17 Replies  
the truth about penal enlargment web products (http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030527)
Posted by drmbb2, on Jul 1, 2003 at 11:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I registered about 7:30 EDT this morning - still... 950 Views / 14 Replies  
I registered about 7:30 EDT this morning - still haven't gotten the emails to verify my numbers. Seems they might not have quite anticipated the response to this service :D
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 27, 2003 at 02:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I think I'm correct in this - note that while the... 515 Views / 5 Replies  
I think I'm correct in this - note that while the system has unlimited processes resource limits, users may have no more than 100 symultaneously running processes (at least according to my returns...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 13, 2003 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
I've not actually used the AbiView program, so I... 1,210 Views / 17 Replies  
I've not actually used the AbiView program, so I can't test it on my install (send me a small trace file though and I'll be happy to try things out) - I thought it used postscript for it's output,...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 11, 2003 at 08:27 AM, in macOS
I know this, try something like that at our... 640 Views / 7 Replies  
I know this, try something like that at our center and you will never be allowed back on our machines - ever. Just ask the admin to change it - what is he/she, an ogre or something? Or even ask...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 11, 2003 at 08:21 AM, in macOS
kman - be sure that /usr/local/bin is in your... 1,210 Views / 17 Replies  
kman - be sure that /usr/local/bin is in your path, and also check the top lines in runjemBoss.csh (the setenv lines) and be sure that the "CLASSPATH" line is a single line. It looks like your's got...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 6, 2003 at 01:43 PM, in macOS
I hear you - my job is to provide molecular... 1,210 Views / 17 Replies  
I hear you - my job is to provide molecular computing support, mostly for medical researchers, and about half of which use Mac's as their main machines. However, I do not know of any such site like...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 6, 2003 at 12:19 PM, in macOS
All you need is an X install - I use XDarwin,... 1,210 Views / 17 Replies  
All you need is an X install - I use XDarwin, installed via the packages from sourceforge (I used fink though to get rxvt and blackbox).

JemBoss will work with either Java 1.3.1 or 1.4.1 - the...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 6, 2003 at 11:08 AM, in macOS
kman42, I use EMBOSS, with the JemBoss java... 1,210 Views / 17 Replies  
kman42, I use EMBOSS, with the JemBoss java interface all the time. My suggestion is to NOT install it via FINK. The source code installs just fine under OS X.

I would go to the EMBOSS...
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 6, 2003 at 07:54 AM, in macOS
Junk Yard Wars on TLC had the treams build... 933 Views / 26 Replies  
Junk Yard Wars on TLC had the treams build monowheels once. You'd want to be wearing full leathers and a helmit for sure :D
Posted by drmbb2, on Jun 4, 2003 at 09:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Sounds like you want IP over Firewire, which is... 920 Views / 17 Replies  
Sounds like you want IP over Firewire, which is built into Windows XP. Apple has (had ?) a preview release of a similar thing, available to ADC members at the developers site ...
Posted by drmbb2, on May 7, 2003 at 11:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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