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Arkan, that adapter will work fine for desktop IDE drives. I've used adapters like that one for a few years. For the laptop drive however, you will need to add this adapter in addition to the one that you have... http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-PC-Hard-Drive-I...=item3a5b023e12 This will give you the ability to power the laptop drive that the other adapter does not allow. There are other simple adapters for SATA drives as well and all of them are cheap. **Edit** I see that the adapter you picked does adapt to SATA as well. It might also power a laptop drive as well. Certainly won't be a waste of money to try it. The worst you will have to do is buy the adapter that I listed.

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Happened to read this before my wife ( the smarter of the two of us :wink: ) went to bed a had her give me this recipe. Cook some Penne or Gemelli pasta and set it aside. Saute some onions, mushrooms, fresh basil, frozen asperigus and garlic if desired. ( fresh asperigus doesn't saute well apparently ) Mix some reconstituted/hydrated sun dried tomatoes to the sauted vegetables. Toss vegetables with pasta. Make a sauce by mixing fresh pesto sauce with some heavy whipping cream ( to taste ). If you don't want to use a sauce, saute your vegetables in an olive oil instead. Just something to keep the dish from being too dry. Add freshly grated parmesian or feta cheese before serving. BTW - What flavor of vegetarian is she? ( Ovo ( eats eggs ), Ovo-lacto ( eats eggs and milk products), don't remember the rest. There is something like 6 different kinds of vegetarian depending on how 'strict' your diet is ( Vegan being the strictest ( nothing with a face )). My recipe ( much simpler ( and lazy )). Mix Ricotta cheese ( or cottage cheese ) with steamed/boiled broccolli and stir in some good grated yellow cheese. Throw this into a baking dish and top with more grated cheese. Bake until bubbling. Remove and allow to sit for about 5-10 minutes to allow casserolle to firm up. This will help it to maintain it's shape when served and not flow across the plate like gruel :wink: Serve with garlic bread/bread sticks/whatever.

No no no dammit! You obviously missed your Green sensitivity training again! This situation quite obviously calls for hanging or ( for crowd pleasers ), burning at the stake. The second choice can be eco-observed by using propane instead of wood. A far less carbon foot-print ( Al Gore Approved BTW ) and can be used to extend the viewing pleasure of the audience ( rather than hanging ). A win-win for all . Offered at your local stadium for a modest cost, selling hotdogs and cotton candy, a local band could surely pack the joint and make quite a tidy profit for the municipality that has the bullocks to host the event. The remains could be composted to grow a tree. It's good to be Green.

Yeah, a thermometer is kinda a requirement. Most meats should be cooked at 165 Deg F for 20 seconds to eliminate most foodborne illnesses. A cheap tool however at $10 USD. Vegetarian=Lousy hunter. :wink: I don't ask for meat at every meal but it is nice once in a while. I like to think that I'm smarter that what is required to sneak up on a plant for a meal.

Fruit Pizza. Since I'm not a big fan of sweets this isn't at the top of me recommendations, however, since I am in the minority in this viewpoint, I thought I'd throw this out for you guys. My wife made this and according to to others, it isn't too bad. The 'crust ' is sugar cookie batter backed to about a 1/4 inch thickness. Bake according to the packages instructions. Now cover it with a glaze of cream cheese whipped with honey ( to taste ). That will give you the 'sause'. Then you add the 'toppings'. Sliced grapes, blueberries, kiwi, strawberries, pineapple, whatever ( you get the drill ) and you've got a fruit pizza. Now start a small pot of water to boil and add sugar to create a simple syrup. Saturate the water with sugar to make it thick and while it is still hot, carefully brush/dab it on the 'pizza' with some sort of brush ( a paint brush works just fine here ). This will, in addition to making it sweeter, add a vapor barrier to prevent the fruits from turning brown as well as adding a shine to the 'pizza'. Refrigerate obviously until serving. Credit given here to my wife for this recipe :wink:.

You will make your friends very happy and fat. They will love you for it. When I was an apprentice, one of my journeyman gave me a plate of homemade cookies for Christmas. I didn't fully appreciate this until later when I started baking a bit for myself. That plate of cookies gained a lot more appreciation for what a pain in the butt in was to make. I was later given a bottle of grape wine and gained the same appreciation. Many people unfortunately don't fully understand what they have been given until they try to do it themselves. I used to give away quarts of homemade coffee liquor to some of my customers. For some perverse reason, the gift gained value when I started giving them pints. Stupid, I know, but that how it was. The same with hot pepper powder ( habanero/bot jolokia ). Most of the stuff I gave for Yule was store purchased. However, I made/cut an amber pendant for my daughter with a spider in it ( about 30 million years old ). It took me a couple of hours to construct it with a bit of gold. Being Wiccan however, it took me about a week to properly complete it. ( If this doesn't make sense to you, try looking up what is required to create 'permanence' in creating an item in AD&D 1stEd. - IE - Constitution ) :wink: My kid is the center of my life and I would/will do anything to benefit her at most any cost to myself. What parent would do otherwise?

Some severely handicapped people don't want to be "normal" either.. My guess it has something to do with comfort and identity, he knows the condition, in fact he can't imagine being without it and if he did lose it I imagine he would feel like a big part of his personlity was missing. Much as I hate to admit it, I been doing a great deal of thinking about this very thing since Krezack's thread concerning ADHD. Having realized that I'm about as F'ed up as a football bat, I still am unwilling to give up the few 'perks' that come along will being ADHD. That being the ability to hyper-focus. Much of what I blurt out at work would be a firing offence in most places but with my work ( I work heavily with machinery ), I can get away with it. Since they have known me for over 20 years and know my abilities, they generally ignore my little 'quirks' and just pray that I don't limber up my vocabulary where it might get them into trouble. They now know that I am ADHD since they are used to me, it doesn't really make any difference in that they know better than to put me in a position that might bring me into the public eye. Since I am more likely to blurt out something like "Lick me where I S**t" than not, the company does not put me on speaker-phone because it isn't really safe. :wink: They found this out when a customer lied about something and called in about it..."He's a MF'en Liar!! I never said a GD thing about that! He's a rotten MF'en liar and I hope his MF'en b**ls fall off for being a F**ken liar" et cet, you get the drift. The dispatcher had the customer on speaker-phone when she called me on the radio. Oops Impulse control can be a bitch at times. :wink:

Some severely handicapped people don't want to be "normal" either.. My guess it has something to do with comfort and identity, he knows the condition, in fact he can't imagine being without it and if he did lose it I imagine he would feel like a big part of his personlity was missing. I have a girl-friend from high school that I still talk to on occasion that has this 'ability'. Hers is that she 'sees' sound as colours. In her case, it's called "perfect pitch". She used to 'tune' band members better that the instructor could and he accepted it as it was. At one time she even used 'Synaesthesia' as her screen-name. I caught her one time because of her posting style on a board that I was on. She had never regretted having the ability but, in her case, it never really had the same impact that taste would have. The next time I talk to her, I'll ask what she thinks of this particular 'affliction'. I can't imagine that 'tasting' a person's name or words would be appealing. Politics, Bush, Obama. ( you get the drill )

False. There are different styles, and from memory putting the full stop inside the quotation is the American style. Sawyer used the British style. More power to him! If we're going to be pedantic, you should have used the word 'quotation', since in this context 'to quote' is a verb, not a noun. Forgive me for citing the correct form in American writing when addressing an American writer on an American website. Any copy editor for a US publication would have moved the period inside of the quotation; it's not a choice that every writer gets to make for him/herself. (Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., sec. 6.8 ) You are quoting lazy sewage with respect to language. Language, like mathematics, has a few rules that are to be followed. One is preference. As with math, anything that sets a portion of the 'equation' off from the rest takes preference. Adding [] for example, trumps all else in an equation ( [] = absolute and MUST be addressed first ). Quoting from those that modify our language simply to cause print to flow more freely on the page of a newspaper column doesn't really support the 'rules' ( few as they are in American English ) of language. And, yes, I am directly stating that the Chicago Manual of Style is little more than toilet paper if it states what you are seeking to support. Maybe you could wrap fish in it though. It could probably proper catch dog droppings ( but only if properly placed ).

Honestly... Source Link I've been threatening to give the 'kids' reindeer s**t for years now. Looks like I can now make good on my threat! *checks site for maximum size of turd* I wonder if these come in the 'scratch and sniff' variety? Bettin they do. :wink: You make on-line shopping sound like a viable alternative Edit: Being ready for Christmas? Not at the moment. Crossing fingers and hoping that those silly buggers in Bangkok vacates the airpoirt before that, or I'll be stuck with a worthless flight ticket to Europe (since it has Bangkok as a stopover on the trip). Good luck on the flight. I have done very little shopping in stores for the last few years. I don't like people and I *really* don't like crowds of animals like those that seem to present themselves for the holiday events. I hear you. Yule ( Dec 21 ) it is. It's always funny to be done with the holidays and the expectations and still see people working scrounging for those last minute gifts. I usually work Christmas since I don't care about it and the pay is good. The poor slobs on call are usually gratefull to pass on the duty anyway. @$70/hr to work on a 'holiday' that I don't care about is alright! As an aside...it has become a tradition that I serve my wife dinner on Christmas eve. This started several years ago as I stopped by McDonalds ( not just your average 'squat and gobble' but the nutritional(sp?) excellence offered by the culinary masterwork that is served up by Creepy Clown! ) on the way home from work. Me, being a smart-ass, served up this bit of gastric excellence to my wife with a white towel across my arm on the fine china. Although she called me an pompous-ass for my arrogance ( among other things ), we have celebrated Christmas eve with the fine dining of McFood ever since. *Do you want fries with that Babe?* *Rolaids yep*

Nothing says what you really feel like Pr0n...:wink: Buy some filthy mag. Anything less than $5 order in his name and send to his home address if he's married and to work if he's not. Maybe some gay leather bondage subscription if you think that might cause him some distress. I've got the addy for the KKK around here somewhere if you can use it to amuse your friend. I did this for Oral Roberts ( real name of Gailwrath ) when God was holding him hostage for a paltry $3M back in the mid 80s. I do hope he enjoyed his new latex playmate. I happened to visit family in Okkieville during that time and pasted a couple of stickers on the Welcome sign to his Prayer Tower...'God must love thieves, He let so many run churches' and 'Next time you feel perfect try walking on water'. That's when I learned that the women in the family had bigger stones than the 'men'. The 'men' stayed home during the 'sticker run'. The women were all for it. The 'mens' nuts were out on loan during that time obviously. :wink: Order him a subscription to Boy's Life if you wish to be less chancy. It did wonders for Michael J. That's why he only needs one glove.

...and a fine message it is! :wink: http://sexuality.about.com/b/2005/12/18/ne...otification.htm

I would slap the dog-s**t out of you for this remark but it would require a bigger board than I care to swing at you right now! Try a little research on the term 'ritual' sometime. 'Ritual' can involve something as 'little' as a regular regiment of prayer to 'protect' the recipient from danger.

Transformers will work at most any low temp ( low temps are actually preferable as more heat is removed from the xfmr. ). I don't think however that this xfmr actually weighs 30 tons. It is probabnly a transformer that will supply wattage to a 30 ton cooler. 1 ton of coolling is 12,000 BTUs. I'm about half-lit but I think 1 wattt =3.2 something BTUs. While this cyclotron may be 17 miles ( or so ) in lenght, it doesn't have to be more than about 1 inch in diameter if the controls are properly built ( magnetic guides ). A system that will cool to 459 below Fahrenheit zero is called an 'Ultra-Low' temp system ( anything elow -80 F ). These cooling systems are usually a 'cascade system' in that a compressor will cool another compressor which will cool another compressor untill the needed temps are met. These systems are a supreme pain-in-the-ass to work on BTW becuase you don't know which stage of the cooling systm is acting up without a lot of info. Paying customers 'always' complain about what the diagnostic charges. Since the target temp being sought is VERY close to ABSOLUTE ZERO, this had to cost someone a buttload of money. Oil to lube the system does not move properly at these temps and propane/butane is usualy added to the refregerant blend to assure oil return to th compressor. Your compressor is still a strictly mechanical device and it's need for lubrication didn't disappear simply because it's cause was 'noble' to the needs of Man.

I cannot speak for the smaller hospitals in smaller towns but it is fairly common for hospitals now to employ real chefs to run their kitchens. The hospitals feel ( finally ) that the moral improvement due to eating something besides night-dirt can actually be condusive to improved recovery. Imagine that! lol. While you chuckle, consider that Louis Pastuer was lampooned for suggesting that surgeons actually wash their hands before cutting into someone. God-damn progresives! If leeches were good enuf for my betters, they are good enuf for you! Mirrors are good when appropriate to improve the lives of the patients [ look it up if you don't post ]but not so good when those very mirrors are used to deflect the facts that Democraps simply wish to continue to make slaves out of the mentally defective simply to further their agenda. They don't actually give a good squeeze of turd about you. It's how many of you fools will eat what they squirt in your direction that sounds like it has a good taste. The Gover'ment will give you healthcare...What the Hell does that mean? The Gover'ment will protect you. I seem to remember the same theme being offered to pre-WW2 italy. The Gover'ment will 'give you'...yadda yadda. Are you peeps f**king stupid!?!!! The goverment cannot give you anything! They can only return what they have already taken from you. They make the offer to return to you what they have already taken from you if...and only if...you do as they ask ( require ). To think otherwise only indicates that you have your head firmly planted in your ass. I will freely admit that Obama gives a smokin speech. I was seriously considering screwing it up in a major way when he was here in Denver. The only reason I didn't was because a critical piece of hardware didn't show up in time ( maybe the op in near future :wink: ). I'm pretty freeking unhappy with McCain for his lack-luster ( idiocy ) showing lately. I've never voted for a Democrap and would rather gnaw a tattoo off of Rosanne Barr's ass than vote for a Dem but right not it's looking about 50/50 and that's not sitting real well with me. I keep watching McCain's ads and it seems that he's simply copying Senator Obama's ( notice the credit given ) ads and simply throwing a spin on them. I'm sorry but I want a candidate that can actually show a platform that he stands behind and not someone that simply responds to someone else's ad time. I don't like Obama because he is a Liberal but McCain is pissing me off more because he is acting like a Moron.

Haha, yeah. Some probably took the "don't be modest" line in the FAQ a tad too literally. INT 18 being upper ~1% or more, DEX 18 being olympic athlete-level agility and coordination, etc. These ARE heroic stats, after all, though. It's your "4d6 self". I don't understand the rationale behind allowing natural values of 19-20, though. ...and then some folks obviously didn't read that line at all. Hey now!... My response with respect to strength was attitude ( the fact that I'm a spindley little f**k that is stronger than I look , simply because I use body mechanics to my advantage ). The intellegence score was due to my aptitude in trouble-shooting problems in my work, the goofy stuff I build and my IQ score of 132 in the CTMM ( California Test for Mental Maturity ) proctored by MENSA. Missed it by 'that much' :wink: ( 1 percentile point dammit! ). I've 'dodged a lot of bullets' simply by recognising in advance something that might kill me and prepare for it. After better than 20 years of taking risks, having stuff explode near me; hazarding voltages in excess of 400 VAC 3 phase, high pressure compressed gases, corrosives/caustics, flammables and survived with little more than a bad back...I think I'm doing pretty well. :wink:

but it probably fits me as I will do most anything to solve a problem presented to me.

Me too Dammit! ( Hangs head in shame ) *** you people have read my thoughts on devices and actions...did you not think I was a James Bond fan?!? :wink: *** My avatar is from IWD 1 or 2. It looks very much like my daughter ( the center of my universe! ).

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1314511.ece Did I miss something or is this Sun article actually being believed? This is a rag tabloid published for the mentally crippled. All the links offered are suspect at best and are likely to be crap. If they are true then the offenders should be vivisected w/o anesthethia. Then maybe shared with rats but then again, I don't believe the story. Details please. Preferably from reputable sources. The Sun is as reputable as The Enquirer which doesn't mean much. Both are worthy of wrapping fish.

From a country that valued the 'love of your fellow 'man' " above 'love of your country' ( I took 2 years of Latin ), this is funny as Hell. Anyone know what 'Greek sex' is?...Please don't elaborate as I have a weak stomach. Butt-pluggery goes back to beyond the times of 'Alexander the Great' ( one now wonders what 'The Great' actually meant ) . My daughter, who is the center of my Universe and is a carpet-muncher laugh like Hell over stuff like this. When my state finally pull it's head out of it's ass and quits monitoring it's citizens' bedrooms, I will be offering free marriage ceremonies to gays/lesbians. The reason my daughter hasn't 'married' in another state that offers homo marriage is because she wishes to wait until I can both 'walk her down the isle' and still act as Priest. BTW - the difference between gays and lesbians is that lesbians don't usually have a d*ck! Most of the dykes I've met have a problem being called 'gay'.

It just makes it a bit easier to gring your spices after drying them. Especially if you are grinding stuff from your garden to last through the winter.

A dehydrator? Can you recommend one? I can't find any reviews. It would be great for making biltong, and as you say, drying some of teh copious quantities of fruit and herbs I get from my garden. The one that I have has no name on it. Since it is a very simple device ( 5 stackable trays with a weak electric heater in the base and a lid of course ), I would imagine that any would do. I paid about $40 US for mine from a friend that was moving ( I was being nice as he needed the money ) about 12 years ago. Since it is such a simple appliance, I would imagine that you could buy one for minimal expense. Check for vegetable driers. With the five trays, I can dry nearly 3 Kg of sliced fresh habaneros. That's all I really use it for. From that you should be able to approximate the capacity for your needs. I don't dry meat in it anymore as I food poisoned myself the last time ( another story ). Read the directions when you buy it! If you are going to dry spices, buy a cheap coffee grinder. About $ 15 USD.