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Derward Myrick | 1 May 13:53
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Re: [OT] PICList.com: the old girl is running on half her drives

James,  I second what Nate said,

Derward Myrick

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> 
> I would think that Acronis TrueImage would handle that... but who knows?
> 
> http://www.acronis.com/
> 
> It's the best "imaging" software for Winderz machines I've used.  Far 
> better than Norton Ghost, and more often than not "smart" enough to fix 
> things on its own, when partitioning has gone "wonky" or is otherwise 
> messed up.

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Derward Myrick | 1 May 14:04
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Re: [OT] Fighting Compass bank over overdraft fees

Nate,  this is how most Banks in the US have been
for the last 40+ years..

Utterly rediculous, unethical, and slimy.

Derward

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> Nope, normal.  Similar "holdbacks" recently pushed an entire airline 
> into bankruptcy.
> 
> http://www.frontierairlines.com/restructure/index.html

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> - U.S. Banks gave out billions in bad loans via mortgages and credit 
> cards to people who should have never had them.
> 
> - U.S. Banks start to go bankrupt by reaping what they sowed.
> 
> - U.S. Banks change their rules -- NOT in how they hand out consumer 
> credit, but instead start "holding" money for the businesses in case the 
> credit THEY handed out, was bad debt.
>
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Shawn Tan | 1 May 01:15
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[EE:] memristor

Thought this might be of interest.

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/hp-discovers-potential-god-particle-electronics

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Harold Hallikainen | 1 May 01:19

Re: [EE] SDIO cards that do I/O?

Would IRDA be a possibility? Or is that fading away?

Harold

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Peter van Hoof | 1 May 01:38
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Re: [OT] PICList.com: the old girl is running on half her drives

The version of arconis I use at my job can create a bootable disc (cd/dvd) that is
basically free of the type of operating system you are copying, the only
thing important with this is access to a machiene that you can install
acronis on to create the disc on.
YMMV though I have 1 system the bootdisc will not work on

Peter

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> > Short version: Does anyone have an old copy of a 
> drive-imaging program 
> > that will work on an NT 4.0 server? It would speed up the 
> rebuild. The 
> > site may be down for a while, but it will continue, one way or the 
> > other. This IN NO WAY affects the list itself as it is 
> hosted by MIT 
> > (thank you Jory and our anonymous sponsor at MIT).
> 
> I would think that Acronis TrueImage would handle that... but 
> who knows?
> 
> http://www.acronis.com/
> 
> It's the best "imaging" software for Winderz machines I've 
> used.  Far better than Norton Ghost, and more often than not
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Apptech | 1 May 01:42
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[EE]:: Memristor - RLC & M - a new circuit element

Memristor, 4th basic circuit element. RLC + M

Sounds like it should have been a March 32nd press release, 
but apparently not.

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    "HP today announced that researchers from HP Labs have 
proven the existence of what had previously been only 
theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in 
electrical engineering. This scientific advancement could 
make it possible to develop computer systems that have 
memories that do not forget, do not need to be booted up, 
consume far less power and associate information in a manner 
similar to that of the human brain. In a paper published in 
today’s edition of Nature, four researchers at HP Labs’ 
Information and Quantum Systems Lab, led by R. Stanley 
Williams, presented the mathematical model and a physical 
example of a “memristor” – a blend of “memory resistor” – 
which has the unique property of retaining a history of the 
information it has acquired.  ... Chua argued that the 
memristor was the fourth fundamental circuit element, along 
with the resistor, capacitor and inductor, and that it had 
properties that could not be duplicated by any combination 
of the other three elements.
Building on their groundbreaking research in 
nanoelectronics, Williams and team are the first to prove 
the existence of the memristor.

        http://www.physorg.com/news128786808.html
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Apptech | 1 May 01:48
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Re: [OT]: Tow Truck stories revenge ?

> While in college, I knew a guy that broke into the towing 
> company's yard and
> liberated his car. :) I think of him as an every-man hero, 
> but of course his
> actions didn't turn out well for him...

I did scale a tow truck yard's fence once, before I went to 
the office, so I could check my car before confronting them. 
The car had been illegally towed - it was validly parked in 
my own company's car park.  No dogs on duty that day, 
fortunately.

> Here's what you can do that might be more effective and 
> even more
> satisfying (and isn't a crime): spread the word, gossip, 
> what a bad
> businessman this person is. Drive business away from him. 
> Everyone likes
> "underdog" gossip! ;)

Everyone knows that tow truck companies act like everyone 
who works there are scum. (Funny how false impressions can 
be created). Bad press at the public level doesn't hurt them 
much. And may get them some business. I had in mind those 
who may care about people effectively employing strong arm 
tactics in their city.

        Russell

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Mike Harrison | 1 May 02:10
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Re: [EE] SDIO cards that do I/O?

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:57 -0600, you wrote:

>I have been searching for many hours now, without success.
>Does anyone know of a source for small quantities (5+) of
>SDIO cards that actually do I/O? As in 8-16 digital bits
>and /or a couple analog ins/outs?
>
>I can find lots of SDIO GPS cards, and a few Wi-Fi cards,
>but there just doesn't seem to be an "I/O"  SDIO card out there.
>
>SDIO is an extension to the the Secure Digital Flash memory card
>spec that includes serial and parallel I/O.
>
>We want a simple graphical touch screen interface for disabled users,
>and PDA's seem to have the availability and horsepower needed
>for a few off application, but I need to be able to read 5 analog
>channels (10bit, sub kiloHz ok) and 4 digital in and out.
>
>Any suggestions on how to do I/O in something like a PDA? (Win CE).
>
>I'm thinking I could just hang a PIC off one, but most PDAs
>only do CLIENT mode USB so getting a USB connection to work would
>be a PITA, and serial ports are now nonexistent.
>
>Bluetooth might be an option, except that it's power hungry and
>also a PITA to program for.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Robert
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Jake Anderson | 1 May 02:01

Re: [OT]:: Dip dip dip !!!! <-- Re: [ E E ]:: How many engineerstochangea light bulb?

Probably find that his is carrying a mix, if he is in Katherine (middle 
of nowhere but still a decent sized town)
Then he probably has 2 trailers of diesel one of unleaded and one of 
premium unleaded.

Either way you better hope he doesn't hit a Liquid Oxygen truck coming 
the other way from the hospital.

Richard Prosser wrote:
> Hm. wonder how far he could go before running out of gas/(diesel)??
>
> RP
>
> 2008/5/1 David VanHorn <microbrix <at> gmail.com>:
>   
>>> They sure do!
>>>       
>>  > http://www.mrupp.info/Photos/2005-Australia/katherine_roadtrain.jpg
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>>  86 wheeler!
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