Haeloth

Yes and no. You will be able to listen to mp3, watch movies in many formats, surf the web with Konq, Mozilla or, my favorite Opera, read mail with Kmail and write letters with Koffice or Staroffice. The problem is reading .doc (and other MsOffice formats) files since MS is changing the format with every release of Office. (IMHO no USEFULL features have been added to Word since -95.) Both Staroffice and Koffice can read .doc, just not as well as MSWord (I refuse to write M$haft). Of course there is no auto execution of email viruses sent to your computer. I, fart In your general direction

I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on my dell laptop. Worked great. Mandrake detected and set up all the hardware. Even my oddball 3d card. - I Fart In Your General Direction!

I got mixed feelings about Dell. I tried to order a laptop from Dell last winter. There was only one problem: I was in Kosovo, still a Serbian province. Back then Serbia was still on some kind of US shitlist (they didn't call it axis of eeeviil back then) so I had to sign 10+ pages where I declared that I was not a rocket scientist, didn't work with serbian govt, and that I had no intention of exporting my laptop to a number of backward countries. It took Dell 2 months to decide that I was worthy enough to be allowed to by a laptop. Other than the troubles getting the machine, I think Dell have been great. A good build to order system and excelent support. Just be sure you don't buy the computer with win/2k/xp/me. Pirate instead. A good alternative is to get a geek friend to set up a list of parts, and let a smaller firm build the PC from that list. - I Fart In Your General Direction!

I think Gus has a good point, are you sure you would WANT to survive something like that? Imagine spending 20+ years in a hospital bed with a clear mind, but without the ability to move or communicate with anyone. - I Fart In Your General Direction!

Why is he called Dubya btw? - I Fart In Your General Direction!

[nomex]He can't be dumber than the people that voted for him ;-).[/nomex] At least with the current system you get a president who is tall, has good hair and hires smart staff members. That is not the worst thing that could happen.(1) I can imagine the "damage control party" that probably travels an hour after Dubya to prevent any permanent damage in relations with other countries. (They did a great job restoring the faith in the Yen btw.) (1) Scott Adams 1997: The Dilbert future - Platypus

What about giving the pilot a 12th century battleaxe or a short sword, and then make the cockpit door only 90 cm high, if I was a badguy, I don't think I would want to stick my head through that! - Platypus

In spite of all the beer consumed "big-bone challenged people" (I find it mean and hatefull to say "fat fuck") are few and far between in on my home DZ. Maybe because we often forget to eat? It is like this at other DZs? - Platypus

One of my instructors told me this: - Make sure all your handles are gone - Head for manifest - Yell BEER!! That is the theory at least, in reality I don't know if I want to plan for "one final gag". - Platypus

Maybe I should start with a short introduction of myself: I have lurked here for about 6 months, (so I know more about some of you than you know me) So far I got 29 only jumps, and with the weather at the west coast of Norway being as shitty it is, it may be a while until I get the next one. Now it is time for some black magic: I SUMMON THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF ALL THE FOREVER DAMNED SPIRITS OF POSTWHORING How do you guys do it? I mean, how do you make it look like of normal posting? With 100 posts every night, you got to have an somewhat informed opinion of EVERYTHING (or being able to fake it). Clay? Are you willing to share some of the ancient mysteries of this black art? Boobies might be some of the explanation, but there are not that many Boobies posts, are there (to hijack my own post, BOOBIES!!) Maybe I should take an more active part in the everlasting ADD/RSL debates, adding valuable input like "RSL is for wimps. lt is a well known fact that most big time arsebandits use RSL, because it is just....way beyond gay" Or, I could just go on metaposting like this. There is something else I want to say, not for any particular reason, but I just like to say it out loud: Platypus. haakon

Maybe I should start with a short introduction of myself: I have lurked here for about 6 months, (so I know more about some of you than you know me) So far I got 29 only jumps, and with the weather at the west coast of Norway being as shitty it is, it may be a while until I get the next one. Now it is time for some black magic: I SUMMON THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF ALL THE FOREVER DAMNED SPIRITS OF POSTWHORING How do you guys do it? I mean, how do you make it look like of normal posting? With 100 posts every night, you got to have an somewhat informed opinion of EVERYTHING (or being able to fake it). Clay? Are you willing to share some of the ancient mysteries of this black art? Boobies might be some of the explanation, but there are not that many Boobies posts, are there (to hijack my own post, BOOBIES!!) Maybe I should take an more active part in the everlasting ADD/RSL debates, adding valuable input like "RSL is for wimps. lt is a well known fact that most big time arsebandits use RSL, because it is just....way beyond gay" Or, I could just go on metaposting like this. There is something else I want to say, not for any particular reason, but I just like to say it out loud: Platypus. haakon

Take a look at this one.... Lance Bass to Continue to Plague Earth's Surface: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/23/1017215&mode=nested

Myself got through AFF progression in 7 jumps last summer, now since I suck at sport in general and can't catch a ball even at gunpoint I was kind of surprised. I see there is some of stories about people needing lots and lots of jumps to get of student status that are now instructors. Does it often happen the other way around? People getting of student status in notime, but not getting any further no matter how much they try?

What about a tree landing? The big problem I see is that the "passenger" may have to fall the last 6 meters from the treetops.

I wonder if she uses some kind of special load bearing harness for those??

OK, here is one: After pulling at 5500, cut away and go into a head down or a sit, join the jumpmasters on the way down, pull reserve low. Be prepared to stay on the ground for a LONG time...:-)

I got 104 using a random number generator. This either means that the intelligence of the average american is lower than that of my random number generator (or a dog who can say true or false (bark, not bark) when I ask it about something). Or that this test is useless.