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So I just talked to my landlord. This is spam mail. Unbelieveable….certified mailed!!!!! Our landlord is awesome and I was pretty suprised to have them show up.

I would still check to see if there is a NOD on the property… landlord response or no landlord response. Such a certified letter starts the clock on NOT based eviction.

[ucodegen]

So I just talked to my landlord. This is spam mail. Unbelieveable….certified mailed!!!!! Our landlord is awesome and I was pretty suprised to have them show up.

I would still check to see if there is a NOD on the property… landlord response or no landlord response. Such a certified letter starts the clock on NOT based eviction.

[ucodegen]

So I just talked to my landlord. This is spam mail. Unbelieveable….certified mailed!!!!! Our landlord is awesome and I was pretty suprised to have them show up.

I would still check to see if there is a NOD on the property… landlord response or no landlord response. Such a certified letter starts the clock on NOT based eviction.

[ucodegen]

A caveat to using Fedora Core is that it is their “bleeding edge” branch. Normally that is a plus, but it’s bitten me in the ass before. General rule of thumb is to only go with Fedora Core if you are ok with stuff potentially breaking or being incompatible.

To avoid the bleeding/breaking, I tend to be about 1 rev behind the current… and can pick up ‘updates’ to fix the one installed. That is why I am running FC10 though FC11 is out.

I have noticed less FC breakage these days though.

Speaking of swinging…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI

Hope he realizes that he can’t throw a computer into the trash.. has to be recycled.. and to do in the drive, you have to do more than bang on the other components. It was surprising how tough the computer was though..

[ucodegen]

A caveat to using Fedora Core is that it is their “bleeding edge” branch. Normally that is a plus, but it’s bitten me in the ass before. General rule of thumb is to only go with Fedora Core if you are ok with stuff potentially breaking or being incompatible.

To avoid the bleeding/breaking, I tend to be about 1 rev behind the current… and can pick up ‘updates’ to fix the one installed. That is why I am running FC10 though FC11 is out.

I have noticed less FC breakage these days though.

Speaking of swinging…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI

Hope he realizes that he can’t throw a computer into the trash.. has to be recycled.. and to do in the drive, you have to do more than bang on the other components. It was surprising how tough the computer was though..

[ucodegen]

A caveat to using Fedora Core is that it is their “bleeding edge” branch. Normally that is a plus, but it’s bitten me in the ass before. General rule of thumb is to only go with Fedora Core if you are ok with stuff potentially breaking or being incompatible.

To avoid the bleeding/breaking, I tend to be about 1 rev behind the current… and can pick up ‘updates’ to fix the one installed. That is why I am running FC10 though FC11 is out.

I have noticed less FC breakage these days though.

Speaking of swinging…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI

Hope he realizes that he can’t throw a computer into the trash.. has to be recycled.. and to do in the drive, you have to do more than bang on the other components. It was surprising how tough the computer was though..

[ucodegen]

A caveat to using Fedora Core is that it is their “bleeding edge” branch. Normally that is a plus, but it’s bitten me in the ass before. General rule of thumb is to only go with Fedora Core if you are ok with stuff potentially breaking or being incompatible.

To avoid the bleeding/breaking, I tend to be about 1 rev behind the current… and can pick up ‘updates’ to fix the one installed. That is why I am running FC10 though FC11 is out.

I have noticed less FC breakage these days though.

Speaking of swinging…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI

Hope he realizes that he can’t throw a computer into the trash.. has to be recycled.. and to do in the drive, you have to do more than bang on the other components. It was surprising how tough the computer was though..

[ucodegen]

A caveat to using Fedora Core is that it is their “bleeding edge” branch. Normally that is a plus, but it’s bitten me in the ass before. General rule of thumb is to only go with Fedora Core if you are ok with stuff potentially breaking or being incompatible.

To avoid the bleeding/breaking, I tend to be about 1 rev behind the current… and can pick up ‘updates’ to fix the one installed. That is why I am running FC10 though FC11 is out.

I have noticed less FC breakage these days though.

Speaking of swinging…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI

Hope he realizes that he can’t throw a computer into the trash.. has to be recycled.. and to do in the drive, you have to do more than bang on the other components. It was surprising how tough the computer was though..

[ucodegen]

@flu

Otherwise, ubuntu is way more flexible for what I need 95% of the time.

You may also want to consider Fedora Core 10 or 11. There is a lot more in the FC10 distro than the Ubuntu… which can be a plus or minus. With FC10, if you are going to development work, you need to alter the default install which will not include the dev environment(Its menu driven and easy to do). I have FC10 on my old Dell M60 and it seems to have no problem.. though I do with I had a bigger hard drive (I have both W2k and FC10 on the notebook). If you are going to try FC10/11, you will probably want to use BitTorrent to download it, or I can make a copy of my DVD… ‘message’ me for further info.

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@flu

Otherwise, ubuntu is way more flexible for what I need 95% of the time.

You may also want to consider Fedora Core 10 or 11. There is a lot more in the FC10 distro than the Ubuntu… which can be a plus or minus. With FC10, if you are going to development work, you need to alter the default install which will not include the dev environment(Its menu driven and easy to do). I have FC10 on my old Dell M60 and it seems to have no problem.. though I do with I had a bigger hard drive (I have both W2k and FC10 on the notebook). If you are going to try FC10/11, you will probably want to use BitTorrent to download it, or I can make a copy of my DVD… ‘message’ me for further info.

[ucodegen]

@flu

Otherwise, ubuntu is way more flexible for what I need 95% of the time.

You may also want to consider Fedora Core 10 or 11. There is a lot more in the FC10 distro than the Ubuntu… which can be a plus or minus. With FC10, if you are going to development work, you need to alter the default install which will not include the dev environment(Its menu driven and easy to do). I have FC10 on my old Dell M60 and it seems to have no problem.. though I do with I had a bigger hard drive (I have both W2k and FC10 on the notebook). If you are going to try FC10/11, you will probably want to use BitTorrent to download it, or I can make a copy of my DVD… ‘message’ me for further info.

[ucodegen]

@flu

Otherwise, ubuntu is way more flexible for what I need 95% of the time.

You may also want to consider Fedora Core 10 or 11. There is a lot more in the FC10 distro than the Ubuntu… which can be a plus or minus. With FC10, if you are going to development work, you need to alter the default install which will not include the dev environment(Its menu driven and easy to do). I have FC10 on my old Dell M60 and it seems to have no problem.. though I do with I had a bigger hard drive (I have both W2k and FC10 on the notebook). If you are going to try FC10/11, you will probably want to use BitTorrent to download it, or I can make a copy of my DVD… ‘message’ me for further info.

[ucodegen]

@flu

Otherwise, ubuntu is way more flexible for what I need 95% of the time.

You may also want to consider Fedora Core 10 or 11. There is a lot more in the FC10 distro than the Ubuntu… which can be a plus or minus. With FC10, if you are going to development work, you need to alter the default install which will not include the dev environment(Its menu driven and easy to do). I have FC10 on my old Dell M60 and it seems to have no problem.. though I do with I had a bigger hard drive (I have both W2k and FC10 on the notebook). If you are going to try FC10/11, you will probably want to use BitTorrent to download it, or I can make a copy of my DVD… ‘message’ me for further info.

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Some of this is really sad..

Some of those clunkers are not really that much of a clunker. The Oldsmobile Aurora V8 is a pretty good engine and hot-rodders like to build hot-rods from them. It is one of the very few 4valve cyl, dual overhead cam V8s made by GM, and is derived from the Cadillac Northstar engine.

Here are some pictures of properly dressed Aurora V8s.
http://www.fabulousracers.com/images/photo_gallery/aurora.jpg
http://www.katechengines.com/street_performance/images/tour/DSCF0921.JPG

Most of those cars should be donated to low income people in trade for the POS they may be driving (income lower than a certain amount, and only to replace a car of poorer condition). It also shows how stupid some people are. Some of the used car values on the cars turned in are greater than the $4500 that they receive on the clunkers program.

So what will really happen from all of this?

* more stuff going to landfills (not 100% of a car is recyclable)
* repair/replacement parts get more expensive – rebuilt engines come from somewhere.. you can’t use the crank or the block of these engines in a rebuild because of the scoring.
* Used cars get will more expensive – these cars would have probably gone on the used car market.
* New cars get more expensive – prices were going down until this.
* People who had a car that was paid off now have a new car that will be depreciating quickly and have yet another ‘mortgage payment’. (less discretionary income.. which is needed for recovery)

Dealers may also be gaming the system…

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How about $4500 towards a roof-top solar array of 5KVA or better?.. $4500 will buy you 2.5KVA+. I wonder how much CO2 we would be prevented this way…

Peter Schiff’s take, actually starts at 0:23:

Interesting comment at 2:09…

[ucodegen]

Some of this is really sad..

Some of those clunkers are not really that much of a clunker. The Oldsmobile Aurora V8 is a pretty good engine and hot-rodders like to build hot-rods from them. It is one of the very few 4valve cyl, dual overhead cam V8s made by GM, and is derived from the Cadillac Northstar engine.

Here are some pictures of properly dressed Aurora V8s.
http://www.fabulousracers.com/images/photo_gallery/aurora.jpg
http://www.katechengines.com/street_performance/images/tour/DSCF0921.JPG

Most of those cars should be donated to low income people in trade for the POS they may be driving (income lower than a certain amount, and only to replace a car of poorer condition). It also shows how stupid some people are. Some of the used car values on the cars turned in are greater than the $4500 that they receive on the clunkers program.

So what will really happen from all of this?

* more stuff going to landfills (not 100% of a car is recyclable)
* repair/replacement parts get more expensive – rebuilt engines come from somewhere.. you can’t use the crank or the block of these engines in a rebuild because of the scoring.
* Used cars get will more expensive – these cars would have probably gone on the used car market.
* New cars get more expensive – prices were going down until this.
* People who had a car that was paid off now have a new car that will be depreciating quickly and have yet another ‘mortgage payment’. (less discretionary income.. which is needed for recovery)

Dealers may also be gaming the system…

—
How about $4500 towards a roof-top solar array of 5KVA or better?.. $4500 will buy you 2.5KVA+. I wonder how much CO2 we would be prevented this way…

Peter Schiff’s take, actually starts at 0:23:

Interesting comment at 2:09…

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