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Not that I know of, but then again I'm far from a Windoze expert. My problem was diagnosed by realtime/online help via RoadRunner. (disable ZoneAlarm & the problem went away.) I subsequently found others posts on a BBS from others suffering similar problems w/ ZoneAlarm. Conceivably, Norton could be doing the same thing i.e. being too restrictive on traffic.

Just speculation, but perhaps it's a similar rule as to the extra pads, bands, etc. where a team can select only one or two colors & the players must abide. So each team might be limited to only one tint (or lack thereof) of visor.

I've been having intermittent DNS look up problems that are attributable to ZA as well. I heard that RoadRunner is offering some sort of other firewall that I might give it a try.

Well, it ain't right, but there's no serious errors. I'm using Firebird 0.7 (quite old) on Windoze Home XP if that's relevant. The main pic on the top left is garbage, the text is fine, but it's taking FOREVER for the rest of the pics to load (I've got a cable modem.)

Just out shoveling for the 3rd time. I'd say total we've got a foot, maybe 14" so far. (I'm just south of Albany.)

My lifelong dream is to build my own house, doing most of it myself. It's put on hold as I think it's more prudent to get a wife 1st. I'd potentially be interested in a book like that. Some of my preferred TV viewing is 'be your own contractor', 'home IQ', etc.

I'm fo-mumble-mumble years old. Guess that makes me one of the old guys.

I (obviously) have a collar w/ tags on it for my dog. However, it comes off every night & then gets put on when I go out w/ him the next day. It would be possible for him to 'escape' either from the house or from his own fenced in area while not wearing it.

Assuming that you put 'as is', or something similar in the contract, you probably are in good shape legally. Can they sue you, sure, & it'll likely cost you time & money defending yourself. Now depending on your level of guilt, might I suggest either a) buying the car back (if it's in NYS there's probably nasty sales tax ramifications), or b) offer to split the cost (i.e. give them $1200), whichever you prefer. That said, b4 I offered them any rebate, I'd suggest consulting a lawyer as this act might imply admitting guilt & make you more likely to be liable. Just my 2¢.

I want the Batmobile! Outta those choices, I'd have to opt for the Ferrari considering I already own a '68 Charger. (The General was a '69.)

Re: Speech to text, my 1st home PC had a speech command mode in its Windoze 3.1 shell. All my had to do was say, "Computer Start Program Excel" and the game FreeCell would start up!

Tough choice & good question. I think the thing is that it being the off-season, I'm more optimistic w/ JPL on the roster (hoping he'll unseat DB). One assumes that the C or TE or whatever we would have had would have contributed more to this past years performance than JPL. (Certainly in games, he contrubted nothing & it's doubtful he was that much of a benefit in meetings or practice.) But come next year, I can't think of any other position where a combination of importance & level of possible/likely improvement can improve our overall team than QB. However, I'm hopeful that JPL's contribution this coming year will be more or at least as much as any other 2nd year player (even Evans) relative to the person he's displacing. As for the contribution of our lost draft choice, again how much can you expect a rookie to elevate your overall play relative to an improvement in the QB position. Now if JPL doesn't displace Bledsoe, which we should get an idea of by the start of preseason, then my optimism relative to having that rookie stud that we just picked (along w/ that now 2nd year player) is much lower.

Well, 1st of all the question is pretty moot 'cuz w/ my swimming ability, I lack the ability to save either normal sized person or my Great Dane. That said, continuing w/ the exercise & we'll assume that each potential victim has the same ease and probability of rescue, I think my answer is I don't know. Considering that your decision and actions would need to be determined in a matter of seconds, I don't know how I would react. However, sitting here at my computer pondering the situation, I can imagine that letting my dog drown would cause more future negative emotional repercussions than letting a stranger drown. I realize that overall animals (even really cute ones) are less valuable than people (even fat obnoxiously friendly ones), but in my own little world the loss of my pet would be greater.

Roberto Duran?

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Monk on USA. I'll admit it's slipped from the original few episodes, but I think it's very good. To round out my 'must see' 4, I'll say - Boston Legal Desperate Housewives ER Enterprise

I haven't read the article (yet), but how's this for a solution- The soldier had some property of value (a camera w/ pics), it's missing. Maybe it's stolen. Call the police. Police have a lead on what has been reported as stolen (leave it up to the lawyers to determine whether or not it was actually stolen), they make a visit to where they can recover the item & surprise, they have a suspect in the theft. While the whole mess gets straightened out, he can stay in a holding cell w/ Big Dick Bubba

Would surrendering a TD in 3 plays be preferable to having them take 9 minutes to score a FG? Guys on the other side of the ball get paid, too. Again, I'm not claiming the Dee is infallible, but I think the primary problem is in the offense's ineptitude. Taking the Pitt game as an example, the Dee surrendered like 260 yards and a net of 9 points (They scored a TD & 2x took the field w/ Pitt already in FG position.) That sort of production should win you the majority of your games. Our offense produced a net of 10 points. (2 TDs scored, 1 surrendered. 2 drives into FG range (1 missed), and they surrendered the ball one time on a INT deep in our territory). Most times when you only produce 10 points, you lose. I think similar examples can be made in other games.

Actually, the Dee does carry the team. The only problem is that it carries it to 9-7, not 11-5. IMO, we have a top 5 defense & I don't think anyone can reasonable argue that it's less than top 10. That's good enough to make the playoffs. (12 teams make it. It's arguable that the top 12 don't.) Our offense is maybe bottom 5, or at best is still in the bottom 1/2 of the league. That's not good enough.

I'll add my 2¢ about a few things. 1st, in response to John's Cap space comment. From the #s I've seen, DB cost roughly $6.3m if we keep him, $4.3 if we cut him. Considering that any viable substitute would cost like $1m or more, we're only 'wasting' like $1m keeping him. As for next year having JPL start & his inexperience costing us a game or 2, yea it might. But then again, cosider that w/ DB at the helm, it appears that the best we can hope for from our offense is mediocrity, & his or at least the offense's in general, cost us several games this past season due to their ineptitude. I have little reason to think that'll improve next season.

I would guess that since their 2004 season isn't over yet (playoffs), it meant they signed them for 2005. Maybe it would give other non-playoff teams too much of an advantage filling up next year's roster ahead of playoff teams.

I think we can all comprehend the difference between kicking for 9' wide uprights as opposed to 18.5'. I'd like to point out however, that there's not much difference between the 15' crossbar & the 10'. Particularly on long kicks, where the kick has lost most of its forward velocity , that extra 5' doesn't amount to much extra. I'd say 2 yards tops. On any kick inside of 40 yds, if you're worrying about the crossbar, you've got a problem

That's a good point that I hadn't really thought about. You certainly notice it when they attempt short FGs from the side. (I don't watch much college ball.) I would think that it would therefore come into play on as much as 2/3s of the short kicks (Teams probably make more of an effort to setup a kick from the middle than in pros.) and result in less accuracy, which is probably offset by what I believe are wider goalposts. From a long way out, I'd think it's only Pythagreus(sp?) that causes the problem (i.e. it might add another yard or so to the distance of the kick.)

All this talk about picking Nugent in the 2nd or 3rd. Wasn't Janakowski(sp?) picked in the 1st? How do the 2 compare? I don't follow college ball but aren't the goal posts wider? So FG kicking in college is easier than in the pros. Also, anyone know about tee restrictions &/or ball condition in college as it relates to KO distance? Hitting it into the endzone using a 3" Boomer is a heck of a lot easier than using one of those 1" cups they use in the NFL.

Forget about the drugs, what you need to take is a hot bath. Then about 16-20 hours of sleep.

This must mean that you think we should bring back Flutie along w/ a couple of other players.