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by TechPro
Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Meanwhile in hippie news...
Replies: 9
Views: 982

Well, no Internet for the Ents.
by TechPro
Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cali School changes mind after complaints
Replies: 68
Views: 4155

Then why don't you stay on topic? People being picky about Republic/Democracy details is silly ... which is why I butted in to remind everyone.

You want to talk about foreigners, get on with it.
by TechPro
Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:29 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: $240K for an Apple-1??
Replies: 4
Views: 674

2 cents



EDIT: Mouse? Mouse was never standard equipment in those days. Almost nothing for the Kaypro used a mouse.
by TechPro
Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cali School changes mind after complaints
Replies: 68
Views: 4155

\"... the Republic, for which it stands...\"

It's a Republic that is ruled by Democracy.
by TechPro
Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:48 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Ironman vs Batman
Replies: 135
Views: 11244

So ... What is it with male 'Superheros' that they tend to be bachelors? Batman = Bachelor (and often has young 'wards') Iron Man (Tony Stark) = Bachelor, because of a lack of morals, Narcissism, and a bit crazy Superman = Bachelor, maybe not by choice and the list goes on .... You could say it's be...
by TechPro
Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:23 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pelosi = Churchill
Replies: 30
Views: 3334

Re:

ThunderBunny wrote:Face it. Ya'll need posters like me to reply to or complain about. It keeps you coming back here. Don't lie now.
In fact, it frequently gives me cause not come back. I only come back for other worthwhile (and intelligent) stuff. Which usually does not include yours.

Just calling it like I see it.
by TechPro
Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pelosi = Churchill
Replies: 30
Views: 3334

The idea of comparing Pelosi to Churchill is ... to me ... VERY offensive. Not to mention a stupid concept. Kind of like spitting a huge loogie on Churchill's grave.
by TechPro
Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: European failures upset at US
Replies: 30
Views: 3360

Re: European failures upset at US

Europe is failing and fading from western civilization. Europeans are actually ashamed of being themselves and would rather subside and decay into the dustbin of history. They're actually shocked that Americans don't want to do the same. lol. now you're just making stuff up. Most, NOT ALL, older, w...
by TechPro
Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Caption this photo!
Replies: 42
Views: 4534

So since I'm conservative ... it be OK for me to post pics of Pelosi. :twisted:
by TechPro
Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Caption this photo!
Replies: 42
Views: 4534

Re: Caption this photo!

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Nooo! Who let the Republicans in on the carpet?
by TechPro
Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Death of Capitalism?
Replies: 52
Views: 4843

Re:

Isaac wrote:Value based marketing FTW!

We can just change the coke logo to socialism:
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Suddenly I'm reminded of a Eddie Murphy song... and then I'm just totally disgusted.
by TechPro
Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:22 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: convert wma to MP3
Replies: 12
Views: 1633

You might need the \"Lame\" decoder. Foobar doesn't actually do the decoding, it just easily makes use of the free'y available decoder.

I *think* this link will get you to the Lame decoder: http://lame.sourceforge.net/
by TechPro
Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:00 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Election Day
Replies: 87
Views: 9716

If you think that's the best thing to do.

I'll just vote for the persons I believe to be the best choice. Be they incumbent or not, republican or democrat, or none of the above ... it doesn't really matter so long as I believe them to be the best choice among what choices there are.
by TechPro
Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: DLE-XP Level Editor and DMB II
Replies: 4
Views: 1251

DMB2 should work without any issues in Windows XP mode, and may work without too much trouble on newer OS versions (but I've never tried it there) ... but even in XP it has issues with widescreen display modes. It was designed for and works with 800x600, 1024x768. If you do a widescreen display (say...
by TechPro
Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Jews mock Baptist wedding...
Replies: 18
Views: 1992

Re:

Blaze wrote:Hey, wait a minute. I thought Anakin Skywalker killed off all the sand people long ago. :P
He only wiped out that group/tribe/cluster of sand people. Didn't have enough time to find and wipe out all of the sand people on that planet. Would've required another hour and he just didn't have the time.
by TechPro
Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Liberals please forgive me
Replies: 13
Views: 1377

That works for me. Conservative is what I've been, and that's what I'll continue to be.
by TechPro
Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Snippet of the Past
Replies: 3
Views: 755

That film survived, because it was shipped out the morning before the quake. The sender suddenly had more on their minds than what happened to the film, which is why it escaped attention for so long.
by TechPro
Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Congressional Reform Act of 2010
Replies: 11
Views: 1038

I'd vote for it, but you can be sure it will never come to a public vote ... only a vote in the halls of Congress.
by TechPro
Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Awesome Free Software (v2.0)
Replies: 69
Views: 119388

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, that you can use instead of Illustrator, CorelDraw, and others. It uses the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Looks and feels nearly the same on all three platforms. On the Ubuntu box I ...
by TechPro
Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:03 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Thunderbird
Replies: 4
Views: 696

Yes, it does (read the pasted image as an attachment).
by TechPro
Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:11 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: North American Man Boy Love Association (Turned Evolution)
Replies: 220
Views: 16104

Re:

Spidey wrote:Being naked has nothing to do with having fur or not.
One view of my back will prove that.
by TechPro
Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:46 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WiFi and Win 7 question
Replies: 23
Views: 2402

My idea is ... What if the Win7 system is simply showing you other possible 'networks' among your systems? I don't have a Win7 system on hand to test this theory, but I know that older Windows OS flavors have a tendency, especially when some systems have some active shares, to use \"Other Netwo...
by TechPro
Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:21 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WiFi and Win 7 question
Replies: 23
Views: 2402

Hmmm. What flavor of Win7 are you running? (Home, Ultimate, other...) Also, are you sharing any folders with other computers?
by TechPro
Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:52 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WiFi and Win 7 question
Replies: 23
Views: 2402

So let me get this straight ... the \"Other Network\" shows up in the list of available wireless networks ... on your Win7 system, but does not show up on any other computer, and does not show up in inSSIDer? If that's the case, I'd say it's most likely your Win7 system showing you \"...
by TechPro
Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: North American Man Boy Love Association (Turned Evolution)
Replies: 220
Views: 16104

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From man on boy love to evolution to ...
by TechPro
Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Crunch of Broken Light Bulbs
Replies: 48
Views: 3348

Guess I found it more tiresome than funny. Oh well.
by TechPro
Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:58 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WiFi and Win 7 question
Replies: 23
Views: 2402

Is the Mac address of your computer's wireless shown in the list inSSIDer shows? For giggles, you might check the Mac addresses of all networking interfaces on your computer, and any other wireless devices you have so that you can be sure they are not showing up in that list. If you have a GPS devic...
by TechPro
Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Crunch of Broken Light Bulbs
Replies: 48
Views: 3348

I got the reference :roll: and I'm already familiar with the birth history of this nation's presidents and the (totally unnecessary and to be honest silly) suspicion of the current President's place of birth. You (and the previous poster) should study more facts instead of baseless statements.
by TechPro
Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Crunch of Broken Light Bulbs
Replies: 48
Views: 3348

Re:

AlphaDoG wrote:Obama already set the precedent for that. :P
How? He didn't "come onto the scene" until after all of those other instances.
by TechPro
Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WiFi and Win 7 question
Replies: 23
Views: 2402

Installing and running inSSIDer may help you, because it will help you gather more info about the signal and it's source. It'll also help you find out more about your neighbor's wireless, too. The more I think about it, that signal *might* be coming from your laptop itself. inSSIDer will help you de...
by TechPro
Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:31 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Awesome Free Software (v2.0)
Replies: 69
Views: 119388

IBM Lotus Symphony A FREE alternative to Word and Excel, IBM Lotus Symphony is a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, and Presentation software with a slick and intuitive interface (many say better than OpenOffice's interface). Using the Open Document file formats (ODF) and with compatibility with Microsof...
by TechPro
Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:00 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Former Air Force Officers
Replies: 39
Views: 3679

Re:

woodchip wrote:
Unix wrote:If I were an alien, I would be busy with so many alien activities, like zero gravity sex. I doubt I'd waste my time messing around with a primitive race's puny missiles.
Assuming they have sex is your first mistake :wink:
Apparently, they're all clones.
by TechPro
Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:28 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Crime is on the rise in Mexico
Replies: 14
Views: 1392

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I mean, don't get me wrong, but it's no surprise (taking everything into consideration) that crime is on the rise in Mexico ... and things are indeed a bit rough there at the moment already ... and yes, we all share a bit of blame for it.
by TechPro
Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:46 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ahmedinejad meets with...guess who?
Replies: 18
Views: 1385

Re:

woodchip wrote:If Iran had one they would be letting all the world know.
"So certain are you." - Yoda
by TechPro
Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ahmedinejad meets with...guess who?
Replies: 18
Views: 1385

How long is it gonna take before you realize that Ahmedinejad is just a puppet leader for the \"powers that be\" in Iran with a purpose to \"stir the pot\" by getting naive people stirred up? He's repeatedly demonstrated that. Thus this little \"Oh no!\" instance is rea...
by TechPro
Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Desktops of 2010
Replies: 118
Views: 18505

Looks cool, tho to me they look like they are kind of like Chia pets (all covered with green grass). Could be just me.
by TechPro
Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:53 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Google Wave vs email vs chat vs forums?
Replies: 6
Views: 591

Nope, they are integrating it with other products. Google Wave (as a standalone product) is a thing of the past.
by TechPro
Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:20 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Think I kinda want one (or two) ...
Replies: 4
Views: 494

Think I kinda want one (or two) ...

What do you get when you leave a skateboard and a tank alone in a dimly lit room?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/12/what ... ne-in-a-d/
by TechPro
Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:00 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Donation
Replies: 13
Views: 1382

Re:

Yeah, it looks like another case of FireFail3.0 No SSL errors here: http://s1.postimage.org/uJ8Oi.jpg No, isn't "FireFail3.0". (you got a 'bone' to pick with a product with the word 'fire' in it's name?) AlphaDog's "protection" software just needs a little more ... "educati...
by TechPro
Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Poverty to hit a record gain
Replies: 8
Views: 805

Yep, if we keep following President Obama's instructions ... If we keep spending money, pretty soon there won't be any poor.