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[quote=briansd1]Why do so many older houses in Vegas have the A/C unit on top of the roof? Strange. Nobody has answer that questions for me.
[/quote] Probably retrofit AC. Did the houses have ‘flat’ or ‘flat-ish’ roofs with very little if any attic to run AC/heating ducting with? The heaters may have been the old fashioned wall units. A surprising number of those old AC units may be swamp coolers (which work fairly well in the dry environment).

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I’m too busy trying to root it right now and get it to connect and run games with a HID keyboard/mouse. Will let you know afterwards.[/quote] I was going to suggest seeing of one of the memory resident (ie Knoppix) runs off of it (since Intel based processor). It would depend upon the prom being able to boot off of USB. From your mention of ‘rooting’ sounds like Google tried some of the same ‘lock-down’ stuff that is done with phones.

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bubbleinfo.blogspot.com runs off of a more generic blog server. It all depends upon what you need for the ‘blog’ site. (google blogger).

http://www.blogspot.com will refer you.

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[quote=Essbee][quote=ucodegen](in 1978…)Most high schools didn’t even have computers available to them, much less individual homes. The High School I attended was one of the rare one’s who did.. in 1975 (oops, dating myself here). This was the first system I learned to program (Not Basic, the other language that was available on that machine)
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Fortan maybe?[/quote]
Sorry.. didn’t see your entry.. If you had ‘google’d IBM 5100, you would have found that FORTRAN was not available on that machine. The languages were effectively microcoded into the machine.. so there was some limit to what was offered. The other language was APL.

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[quote=spdrun]Depends on the engine. Some have throttle plates, some don’t.

Trucks have a way to alter valve timing(?) to provide a braking effect – that’s the loud burping noise you hear when a truck slows down on a steep hill.[/quote]Diesels generally don’t have throttle plates. The ‘burping’ you are referring to is from something called a Jake Brake or Jacobs Brake. It is and isn’t an altered valve timing. Often it is an additional valve that gets/engaged used when the brake is engaged (ie for Detroit Diesels). The fuel injectors on the diesel get ‘disabled’ at the same time. The brake releases the compressed air in the cylinder near the top of the stroke, generally right after TDC. It is after TDC to avoid crashing the valve into the top of the piston. Piston clearances are much tighter on the top than gas engines.

There are other types of exhaust restriction brakes for diesels that don’t have the Jacob’s Brake. You will sometimes find them on Diesel pickup trucks. NOTE: It is not recommended to use these on some Ford Navistar diesels because of insufficient exhaust valve spring pressure.

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One thing I was thinking about for reducing Rabbit and Deer plant consumption, would be to mix Tobasco sauce with water and spray on the plants. You might want to test spray one before doing the rest.

I also ran across these:
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/Rabbit-Resistant-Plants-Newsletterbr_vq3494.htm
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1237.pdf
http://www.icwdm.org/Publications/pdf/Deer/UAZ_deerandrabbit_resistplants.pdf

http://www.deerresistantplants.com/

PS: Deers really love young avocado trees… as do rabbits.

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[quote=Diego Mamani]I’ll tell you an anecdote from my years in grad school here in California. We had undergraduate students who had been exposed to computers and high technology literally since Kindergarten or earlier. However, the students struggled and had a really hard time learning to use Excel and the like.

On the other hand, we had foreign grad students that had only very limited exposure to computers in their college years (this was almost 20 years ago). [/quote]Umm. time-line problem for college undergrads 20yrs ago. 2012 – 20years = 1992. Back about another 20 for year of birth brings it to 1972. Forward to Kindergarten 5 to 6 years.. brings 1978 or so. I don’t think there was even wide spread availability of computers in 1978. IBM came out with the first Luggable in 1975 (IBM 5100).. for $8,000 to $19,000 – a very big sum in those days. Most high schools didn’t even have computers available to them, much less individual homes. The High School I attended was one of the rare one’s who did.. in 1975 (oops, dating myself here). This was the first system I learned to program (Not Basic, the other language that was available on that machine)

There is a ‘current’ problem being noticed where many college undergrads who were ‘exposed’ to computers in the home while growing up, don’t have the ‘expected’ knowledge of them when they enter College. That is because ‘exposure’, ie watching videos, playing games.. is not the same as using a computer as a tool. This problem is exacerbated by the ‘MTV’ generation’s 15 second concentration duration.

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I am wondering if the plan is to eventually do away with books. The cost of books for schools is surprisingly high. One iPad can contain several times the ‘content’ of one book + adds interactivity. That said, I don’t think the iPads will last long. The kids using them are not responsible for their upkeep/maintenance. A better approach would be to require iPads or equiv after 2nd grade – parent purchased. Financial hardship cases could get gov money.. but they are limited to the less ‘fancy’ versions. Might even make the purchase of one per kid per 3 years; tax deductible..

Properly used, such tech has the chance of significantly improving education.

NOTE: $15mil would pay for more than 150 teachers…

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I usually use Hotwire. My average has been below $20/day. I generally rent full-size.. mostly Chevy Impalas. I tend to prefer them (though they may be a bit dated, byt they are quite roomy .. which is important because of long legs).

Best deals I have had, have occurred when they didn’t have the car I reserved.. Got a Mustang Convertable at $18 and a full size Yukon (Suburban sized) for about the same in SF. The Mustang was because I reserved a full size, and they didn’t have it. Yukon was because I reserved a Minivan and they didn’t have it when I came to pick it up.

I have noticed that some of the rental places try to ‘switch’ you to a lower car even though you reserved a better one…

Just ran a hotwire (sorry flu, your link doesn’t work past 10 minutes or so..). Got Economy=14.95, Compact=15.95, MidSize=15.95, Standard=18.95, FullSize=17.95, Premium=27.95. These are right off of the airport – shuttle to and from. In some cases, timing the reservation helps.. I did this one for last minute– pick up at 8:00pm today. Keep an eye on when there are events in SD or where you are going. In those cases, reserve real early or last minute. Prices rise significantly 1 to 2 weeks before event as most people place their reservations for the event at that time. Last minute gives the best chance of low price but you get the risk of not getting the car you want or not even getting a car rental.

Oh, by the way, you get better prices when renting for a full week than a few days. Multiple weeks gets you marginally better than 1 week, but not much. The only exception is when there is an event in town that occurs in the middle of the week.

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seriously, what is the difference between what he did and what Bruno Iksil does?

Why aren’t all the big bankers doing time for this?

Bruno Iksil did it with the banks money, with the explicit permission of the bank. Ronald Page exploited a mistake in his account management.

As for why BofA has a ‘pay all’ status for an account.. that makes me wonder about that bank a bit. If Ronald Page’s attorney can prove to the court that he has a gambling addiction, then what BofA did would be equivalent to providing an alcoholic with unlimited alcohol.

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Regarding in-state tuition, I am strongly against that. Illegals by definition do not pay state or federal income tax…[/quote]

Not sure why you think this. Both with regards to the definition of illegal and that the undocumented pay no state or federal income tax.
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So please explain how an illegal can pay state or federal income tax when they do not have a SSN or TIN? TIN’s are given to legal aliens w/ green cards by the way. SSN is naturalized citizen. Income tax payments from employers on behalf of an employee are associated with an SSN/TIN – it is not just a big pool of money dumped by an employer at the Franchise Tax Board and Internal Revenue service’s doors. This is also how the Social Security Administration can come up with your pay history for your Social Security Benefits, which they annually send out the Benefit Analysis sheet to citizens who are employed.

A lot of the wages for illegals are handled as cash under the table – Cash = not track-able. Note that I highlighted income which is not the same as sales tax.

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[quote=CA renter]Sure, they want you to bring the cash, and they will bring the flipping “talent.”[/quote]
Oohh.. that sounds sooo familiar.. like an NPD person many years ago.
[quote UCGal]There is a CA corp for Cornerstone Investments – registered to HOOSHIAR MAX SAEDI in Laguna Niguel.[/quote] I noticed those and several others you mentioned.. though none with Alexx Varga’s name.. considering he is prominently on the front page of the site, I would expect him to be a principal in the company/investment firm.
[quote UCGal]He’s not listed on the DRE state website as a licensed realtor. Seems like flipping houses, it would save commision to have a realtor involved.[/quote]I checked Sherise Varga” and she is not listed, though there is a Thomas Emery Varga (Del Mar).

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About the Washington post article.. did the author remember that Britain does not use the Euro? They are still on the Pound, though they are a member of the E.U. Therefore, what the rest of the E.U. who use the Euro does, does not directly affect them, and it could only hurt their country if they use the Pound to try to bail out the fiscal irresponsibility of some of the member states of the E.U. It would be best for them to ‘sit out’.. they did not ‘hold out’ – different, yet important, meaning.

And of course they want to look to the U.S. to bail them out.. while we are trying to put our house together after blowing it up with loose credit. Considering that a large segment of TARP money went to European banks, I think they need to be careful on that request.

Personally, I never thought the Euro was going to survive. You had responsible governments mixed with irresponsible. Normally currency exchange rates ‘adjust’ to compensate for the fiscal well being of a country. If the exchange rate can’t adjust, then something else has to give – which would be the spending behavior of that country’s government — austerity. Either way, the Piper has to be paid… either by the children/descendants or by those that incurred the debt.

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Humm.. cornerstoneinvesting.net claims that he started supporting “One Safer World”, which ironically Alexx Varga also runs.

With that vision in hand, I begain suporting One Safer World-an organization who has set their sights on touching hearts.

A portion of my profits go to help One Safer World reach more people and change more lives.

http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/ONE-SAFER-WORLD.html
http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Escondido/one-safer-world/45109768.aspx

Kind of contributing to himself it seems?

Interesting thing is that if you do a search on “One Safer World” (without quotes around it), you pull up a charities associated with many named along the lines of “Safer World”, but not “One Safer World”. Put in the quotes, and you get references to the company.

What is also interesting is that Cornerstone Investments is not Registered in California.

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[quote=bearishgurl]uco, if there are any access roads to the site, why don’t you drive out there and have a look for yourself![/quote] I checked, the access is barred. It does look like a mountain bike will work though.. so I am considering it. I’m going with aqueduct venting as well… though the ‘sloped’ pipes are odd, unless it is to get equipment into the pipe. The only underground that is being constructed that I know if is the Vicente – Mira Mesa tunnel, though that should not be heading south to the Mission Valley area.
http://www.jacobssf.com/index.php/news/view/444/
http://www.tunnelingonline.com/featurestory/archived/2011/04/featurestory2.php

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