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When was the last time you updated your profile? You can't possibly have 100 jumps. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm assuming you're member of a team that does this recruiting/staffing/babysitting, right? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The God-Box is nice, for $12,213 plus software and shipping. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So is this refurbished Compaq a better deal at $699? The L2 Cache (whatever that is) and the RAM are lower, but RAM is fairly cheap to add ain't it? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not that I know of. As far as I know, you were looking. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

This was a result of skydiving, does that count? Then again, I got the one in the attachment from playing softball (those things ain't THAT soft). By the way, your bruise tastes yummy. Blues, dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've forwarded this post to a certain dz.commer who's always bragging about his size. Another (male) dz.commer who's seen it has vouched for him, and I've been told that he needs a shoe-horn with some women. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Do I know any of those people? Or anyone who works for Adobe (for a copy of Premier to edit video)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You know, I'm kind of intrigued by the idea of building, especially if that makes it better & cheaper at the same time, but I have one question. Do you have to buy ALL the software (including windows) for a homebuilt? It seems like that would make it cost-prohibitive in a matter of picoseconds. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So that's two opposed to Dell and two opposed to HP. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Thanks for the generous offer Nick, but I already have an Apple IIe sitting in storage. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My current computer is a Dell. The CD died during the warranty period, the first replacement sucked, and the second replacement worked fine, but is noisy. It's now dying, but that stands to reason given it's been on for probably 80% of the last 6 years. Getting someone to build it doesn't seem too feasible. I know one guy who builds machines, and I don't completely trust him. Plus, if I run into a compatibility problem, I won't know how to fix it myself. So who are the good pre-builts? HP? Sony? ABS? My suspicion is that the Sony computers are overpriced just because they "look" cooler, but I don't know that. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

They're almost all good, but Shaved = great. Shaved underneath and trimmed/shaped out front = almost as good. Trimmed = good. Grizzly = bad. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Thanks for the advice. I upgraded the monitor to the 19" ultrasharp monitor(presumably the difference is worth $80), added a card reader and firewire port, an optical mouse, and the basic Office package and it comes to $1358. Is it $500 better than the one I listed in my original post? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

There's your answer for the dance. It doesn't matter which dress you wear while actually dancing, as long as you're nekkid before and after each song. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What she said. The goal of training is to teach, i.e. to impart learning. Punishment of any sort distresses the animal. A distressed mind is the least likely to learn. Instead of punishing bad behavior, simply change the tone of your voice to scold, then teach commands like "off" and "leave it" and generously reward proper responses to those commands (even if they seem accidental). Personally, the closest I give to punishment is time-out when the situation is such that the dogs just can't contain themselves. A simple "on your bed" removes them from the activity, but without being so distressing that they avoid their beds at other times. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

OK, so at 6 years old, my home computer is becoming outdated, and I'm getting confused trying to shop for it's replacement. I've got a P3 500 mhz running Windows 98, with a 20 GB hard drive, CD-ROM and 3.25" floppy drives, and like 128 MB of RAM. I'm looking at new computers and am getting a bit confused by how things have changed. I don't know what L2 cache is, nor DDR/SDDR, nor the relevance of a front side bus. I'm assuming Windows XP is now the standard? Is Pentium still the only way to go (NOT going Mac), or is the AMD Athlon or whatever equally good but without the marketting? I know I want to be able to play with/edit movies on the new machine, and I might end up setting up a network so I can route audio through my home stereo (which I believe recognizes wireless). I'll also want the microsoft basics (word/excel), and it'd be nice if the machine is sufficiently modern to last 5+ years like my current one. I'm looking at the below (refurbished) machine for $850, becase a comparably equipped Dell seems to be around $2000, but this price is only through today. Should I buy it? Can anyone offer some generic advice on buying one today's machines (definite gets and don't gets)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My estranged wife expended a fair amount of energy trying to get a new ID from me while I was in the service. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Are the girls supposed to vote for how they like their own or how they like their men and vice versa? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think skydiving is more dangerous, but rockclimbing scares me more. I'm not sure how those two perceptions fit together. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My first few skydives were WAY scarier than my first few climbs, but that reversed itself with experience. Sometimes while skydiving things will just start clicking and it gets somewhat surreal to step outside myself/my group and kind of "watch" my body do everything right without me having to think about it. It's probably just self ego-stroking, but on those jumps I'm impressed with a feeling of "Wow, I can fly!" I've yet to experience such an "in the zone" moment while climbing, possibly (probably) because I'm just not that good at it yet. They start differently. No matter what the jump is, I feel a bit skittish right up to exit, and leave only with the self-confidence that, come what may, I'll deal with it. In climbing, "on-belay"..."climbing" isn't such a point of no return. There is no pause button in skydiving. When things get sketchy, you have to deal with them now. There's no stopping to catch your breath and consider what the best next move is. Of course there are similar points in climbing, where hesitation is a luxury you can't afford, but overall, it seems decisions must be quicker in skydiving. Physically, there's no comparison. Skydiving is simply not a very physical activity. Any reasonably sized bag of meat can try skydiving, but climbing takes being in shape. I can get tired hauling tandems all day, or flying my wingsuit incorrectly, but it's nothing compared to what I feel a couple minutes into a challenging route. Sense of accomplishment - Those zen-like moments I discussed above aside, I'll agree that climbing provides more instant satisfaction. Again, this may be because I'm a better skydiver than I am a climber. I'm still at the point where I feel a sense of accomplishment at the top of each climb. I definitely don't get that at the bottom of each skydive. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I hope so... 'cause that was hard work I was really sore after climbing TallGuy. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Correction he's a French Canadian Québecois. The worst kind of French Canadian. (and now Arizonian to boot) Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Obviously there's some snag hazard. Here's pics of the back, side, and a frame capture of the front just cuz I wanted to see if I could do that (new toy and all). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't know the specifics of the Davis-Bacon act, but I do know that it somehow allows me and my coworkers to routinely step in and do work in an efficient manner that would otherwise have to be done by union workers. If it allows one guy to do something in 1 hour that would otherwise take 3 craftsmen 3 hours, isn't that a good thing? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)