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43503
http://www.chinacartimes.com/2006/11/13/the-chinese-humvee-copy-eastwind-eq2050-dongfeng-eq2050/ A NYTimes story about unauthorized Chinese editions of the...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 1, 2007
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43504
http://www.china-motors.ru/english/index.php I thought everyone would enjoy this. From a political standpoint, who would have thought in, say, 1970 that...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 1, 2007
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43505
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:13:20 -0400, Mark Kinsler <kinsler33@...> ... Just the fact that it's electric seems to give some credit to the Chinese. They...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
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43506
... And why, at this location, like credit card come-ons to the children used to be, those pernicious flyers are discarded before they can pervert the...
evelynkinzel
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Aug 1, 2007
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43507
This is interesting. I don't know just how strongly it applies to motor oil used in ordinary automotive applications, but it's something to think about. There...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 1, 2007
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43508
... Sold for scrap and shipped to China! ... A new Harbor Freight just opened up within a couple of miles of me! I will probably buy a lathe when I get paid...
Bob Reite
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Aug 1, 2007
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43509
One of the happiest days of my life was when I got an Enco Lathe/Drill/Mill combination machine. Then I found out that small machine tools don't work like big...
c_sawicz
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Aug 1, 2007
4:21 pm
43510
I was just looking at the photo files on HTW and noticed the simple steam engine that Mark is making. He stated that the idea is for people to gain an...
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Aug 1, 2007
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43511
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:23:49 -0400, Mark Kinsler <kinsler33@...> ... I surely did! What a valiant struggle the translator had. I can't quite figure out...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
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43512
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:23:49 -0400, Mark Kinsler <kinsler33@...> ... I just read through the text for the green and white bus. I think it's machine...
Nicholas Bodley
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43513
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:23:49 -0400, Mark Kinsler <kinsler33@...> ... Silly me. Of course, the original language is Russian: ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
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43514
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:30:46 -0400, Mark Kinsler <kinsler33@...> ... Just like sesame tahini/tahina. I love the stuff! -- Alwadi Alakhdar (not ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
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43515
... Fine idea[s], imho, Earle! -- Nicholas B o d l e y Waltham, Mass. Postal rate hikes threaten independent media: ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
8:08 pm
43516
That's the title of an article on the topic. <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/85/i32/8532news4.html> It's not at all hysterical, btw. -- Nicholas B o d l e y ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 1, 2007
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43517
Natalie's Dell desktop runs Windows XP Home Edition, which was installed on it. No new drivers or hardware has been installed except for a new Dell LCD ...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43518
... With the power off, carefully pull, blow out and re-seat any cards on the mother board. Do the same for all disk drive cables... If you're feeling...
John Murr Rhame
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Aug 2, 2007
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43519
The error message here is vague, and running it through the M$ knowledgebase yields a number of answers, none of which are helpful. However... My experience,...
ScottL@ACI
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Aug 2, 2007
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43520
So I removed and replaced and replaced every connector that looked like it does or ever did handle data; all were soundly in place. Removed and replaced the...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43521
... What I learned from my Grizzly 3-in-1 lathe-mill-drill is that every machine has limitations, but that any machine is better than no machine. Yeah, there...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43522
... Yes. That's a good idea, especially the gauge. I used to do this same thing with an inexpensive air hammer, which the women students I had used to ...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43523
What the hell could have happened here? The pictures here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/us/02bridge.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin are about as good as any,...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43524
I liked this one; it cites pro and con, discusses bias, and the author, himself, seems to have less bias than many. Not at all hysterical. ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 2, 2007
6:29 am
43525
Quite sad. I followed a Google News lead to a couple of CBS videos taken from helos. Images were delightfully stable, and made me think of making the stab. ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 2, 2007
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43526
Not quite simple; rather interesting, I thought. Probably no big deal. <http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070728/mathtrek.asp> -- Nicholas B o d l e y ...
Nicholas Bodley
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Aug 2, 2007
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43527
... It's written more carefully, but it's the same old stuff: (1) there are subtle, hidden dangers in all of this (2) there are Distinguished Scientists (tm)...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43528
... Back when I was supposed to be bright, I tried a Mobius experiment with a couple of pencils. Draw a circle on a piece of paper with a pencil. Now do the...
Mark Kinsler
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Aug 2, 2007
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43529
... _r=1&hp&oref=slogin ... The graphic picture is inaccurate. The bridge was constructed of a center truss section that spanned the river and rested on two...
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Aug 2, 2007
5:42 pm
43530
... Have you tried booting from a CD-ROM, or floppy (if applicable)? DOS won't know how to read huge hard drives but DOS doesn't have a blue screen of...
John Murr Rhame
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Aug 2, 2007
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43531
... OOPS - I got that wrong. The center truss section DOES have three sections. The connection between the two ends and level ground does have the flat I-beam...
eng2718284
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Aug 2, 2007
9:10 pm
43532
... Is this happening where you live? You could contact your trash hauler to make sure that whatever you do in recycling is effective. I know that where I live...
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