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On 22 Jan 2007 05:28:10 -0800, "elkhound" <elkhound68@yahoo.com>
wrote:

this is a stretch- check D-Boob's profile- he's been banned from Google
Groups again, for the millionth time.. <snip
.....which means nothing, since I don't use it except to wreck your
eBay frauds.

Charlie Nudo aka 66fourdoor...Usenet's biggest eBay spammer...is on
his way out the door...feet first.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I especially like the "follow manufacturers instructions" part.
Just need to overcome my "reading inhibitions". :)ooo

FWIW, this happened because I was doing a fast charge.
I'm usually very careful to stop the process as soon as there
is any heat.

But this time I got called to dinner when I should have been
watching the stew. Actually more like pop-corn!

On a more serious note, I am reminded about how familiarity breeds
contempt and can often lead to compromising safety.

Anyway, cleaned up the mess. No real harm seems to have been
done except I prolly blew up about $60.00 worth of nicad cells.


DOC
Have robots. Will travel. http://www.robot-one.ca






Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote:
In article <tqBsh.21719$yC5.2651@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
nospam@sbcglobal.net (known to some as nospam@sbcglobal.net) scribed...

"Jim Land" <RrrrFfffTttt(NO)@(SPAM)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns98BEDAD02E333RrrrFfffTttt4396hotm@216.168.3.44...
doc@sympatico.ca wrote in news:1169348263.349379.159780@
51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com:

While attempting a home-charge of a set of NiCd batteries, they were
left unattended and consequently exploded (relatively high current was
flowing through them). The basement area in which the explosion took
place is currently being ventilated overnight.

<BigSnip

The potassium hydroxide (35%) is the worst component
in NiCd batteries. Rinse splattered areas with as much
water as you can.

And, in times to come, it might be wise to follow the battery
manufacturer's recommendations for charging procedures, especially the
current level.

If you're paranoid, you can rig a sort of "charging chamber" with
some hollow-center cinder blocks. That will at least confine the damage
if it happens again.

I'm guessing no one was hurt.

Keep the peace(es).

--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
http://www.bluefeathertech.com -- kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t calm
"Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..."
 
I originally had USB 1.0 on my ME 'puter. MB ports. The Visioneer USB
scanner I bought later would not work on this machine, although other
USB items (IE:printer)I was using at the time did. No error dialog, just
no comm. Drove me nuts. I got a USB 2.0 card, installed it, re-installed
the scanner, and the scanner worked perfectly with this setup. My .02
JR

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
JR North wrote:

In addition to the other suggestions, if the USB port are V1.0, and the
printer/drivers req USB V2.0, They won't work properly.


Computer: HP Pavilion (has been upgraded with intel chip)
Operating System: Windows 98
Printer: Lexmark Z600


Windows 98 NEVER supported USB 2.0 and without special patches does not
support at all USB. IMHO if you must run Windows 98, upgrade to the second
edition (Windows 98/SE) or Windows ME.

Officialy the first version of Windows that supported USB 2 was
Windows XP at the SP/2 (service pack 2) level. There were third party
drivers for their USB ports for Windows 2000, and XP, but it would be
an exaguration to say they worked.

Geoff.

--
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
 
On 22 Jan 2007 05:20:44 -0800, "elkhound" <elkhound68@yahoo.com>
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay<snip
This spam, from Charlie Nudo, 160 Bear Run Dr. of Drums, PA, aka
"66fourdoor" on eBay, violates eBay's rules regarding Usenet spamming:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/usenet_policy.html

It also violates Google's Terms of Service regarding spamming. Please
take a moment to forward this well documented spammer/fraudster's
spam, along with headers, to:

spam@ebay.com (be sure to include a link to their own Usenet policy,
above)
abuse@epix.net (main Epix account email address:
thenudofamily@epix.net)
groups-abuse@google.com

More information on this notorious fraudster and spammer can be found
on:

http://nudowatch.blogspot.com
 
On 21 Jan 2007 19:49:41 -0800, "Andrew VK3BFA" <ablight@alphalink.com.au>
wrote:

But the inability, or unwillingness, to answer ANY direct questions
seems to suggest it is an AI program. Probably someones thesis, and
they are keeping track of how much "conversation" Rod manages to
continue.

If its a good one, it should have some sort of adaptive learning
algorithm built in......

Interesting.

Andrew VK3BFA.

That particular trait is shown by politicians as well :)



Mark Rand
RTFM
 
"JR North" <jasonrnorth@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:F46dnYpbTZdgcinYnZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@seanet.com...
I originally had USB 1.0 on my ME 'puter. MB ports. The Visioneer USB
scanner I bought later would not work on this machine, although other USB
items (IE:printer)I was using at the time did. No error dialog, just no
comm. Drove me nuts. I got a USB 2.0 card, installed it, re-installed the
scanner, and the scanner worked perfectly with this setup. My .02
You can also try the compatibility wizard with WinXP.
 
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:59:08 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:

You got your stories, I got mine.

They're not my stories. There are regularly warnings by automotive
columnists and mechanics to avoid the quick-change oil change places
like the plague, as well as the horror stories of customers that have
had their vehicles damaged by these places.

Sure, they're your stories. You believe them and apparently are
affected by them. I believe the horror stories, but also believe them
be merely anecdotal warnings that "shit happens."
In fact, my son the professional mechanic, last year called me from
the road asking to bring him oil and a drain plug. He had just been
working in my garage putting an intake manifold and a bunch of other
stuff on his car, and changed the oil while he was at it. Didn't
tighten the drain plug and it shook out. He saw the stream in his
mirror when it came loose, pulled over and shut it down, so no harm
was done except 4 quarts of Mobile 1 on the street. This is a kid who
is truly mechanically gifted, but doesn't specialize in changing oil.
I have *never* hand tightened an oil drain plug, always wrenching it
when it goes in, and I'm sure he won't make that mistake again. But
he can do 10 things at once, and I can do only 1.
Point is, the quick lube places specialize in this simple stuff,
sometimes with drill instructer-like shouts of "Plug in!!!, "Plug
torqued to 20 foot pounds!!!" Sort of funny, but good practice.
OTOH, I've heard the same type of oil plug horror stories about dealer
service bays, and independents. Shit happens.
The only effect these stories have had on me is to make me pull over
after *anybody* changes my oil and make sure nothing is screwed up.
Since I don't crawl under the car, even that won't help with a
hand-tightened plug, which is a time bomb.
The only way to be absolutely confident that things are done as you
would do them is to do them yourself. Of, course then when you screw
something up, you can't whine and carry on about it.
Though I usually change my own oil, I've been to quick lube places
many, many times and *never* had an issue. Those are my stories.
BTW, I'm more particular about who does other types of auto
maintenance on my cars.

I'm not risking my vehicle to a place like that. I'll bring it to a
reputable independent mechanic, do it myself, or go to the dealer if
they have a good price. Usually the Toyota dealer has an oil change deal
that is cheaper than Jiffy Lube, plus they are using better quality
filters, and more experienced mechanics.
Good for you. Sounds as if you have your own stories of success.
You're happy with your stories, and I with mine.

--Vic
 
Andrew VK3BFA ha escrito:
lsmartino wrote:
It has been found that the subject under study, in this case Rod Speed
has a compulsion to answer to anything, even to himself :-D



I am starting to wonder about this - remember the "Turing Test" for AI
- you have a conversation, via a teleprinter, with the "robot" in
another room. If you cant distinguish the reply from that of a person,
then it passes the Turing Test.

Your testing seems to show that Rod might, indeed, be a robot. A bloody
good one - had me fooled for along time.

But the inability, or unwillingness, to answer ANY direct questions
seems to suggest it is an AI program. Probably someones thesis, and
they are keeping track of how much "conversation" Rod manages to
continue.

If its a good one, it should have some sort of adaptive learning
algorithm built in......
If Rod is a robot, it is probably still in development. Please notice
the fact that as soon it reachs the end of its script, or possible
answers, it has the tendency to repeat the same answer over and over,
in an endless loop. This seems to me like a software bug, but surely
the AI programmers behind the Rod project are working hard to correct
it. Probably they didn´t knew about this bug, because our testing made
it surface. Maybe they will incorpore some sort of adaptive learning
algorithm into the robot, as we clearly demonstrated that the Rod
project is laking one badly, or has a non functional one. :)

Have fun!
 
Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.
 
Message to Rod Speed developers:

This is the bug that must be solved

Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.
Three times the same answer in a row. Remember to solve that before you
finish the project. Otherwise the project could be considered a total
failure. ;-)

Ah... and I think a personality change would be fine too. It would make
the final product more appaling to the end user.
 
Rod Speed wrote:
Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.
Off your meds again, welfare boy?
 
Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.
 
William Souden ha escrito:
Rod Speed wrote:
Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.



Off your meds again, welfare boy?
Probably not. The Rod Speed robot is waiting for a long due update to
its A.I. software. Until that happens, it won´t be able to produce an
understandable or meaningful answer since the current software reached
the end of all possible combination of insults and answers. I wonder if
there is a way to reset Rod remotely...
 
Some stupid wog claiming to be
lsmartino <luismartino76@gmail.com> wrote
just the puerile shit you'd expect from a stupid wog.
 
Alex spake thus:

I was buying a vacuum cleaner from a local vacuum cleaner repair guy and
while he was complaining about quality of modern he showed me a vacuum
cleaner that looked like it was from from 50s or 60s that he was
repairing(replacing a motor) He has a contract with a airline to service
vacuum cleaners that are used to vacuum airplane salons. These vacuum
cleaners work 24/7 for 50 years and all they need a minor service and
motor replaced every so many years.
Since you brought up the subject of old vacuums, thought I should
mention mine: a Kenmore upright that I bought for $10 back in 1980, when
it was already, what? probably 30 years old. I just used it yesterday.

In the time I've had it, I've replaced the footswitch, repaired the plug
(the cord going into it got a bit frayed, so I epoxied it into the
plug), and that's it. Oh, and it has a resuable filter bag, so no
filters to buy.

Beat that with any of the pieces of shit made today (except for the
expensive, gold-plated ones) ...


--
Just as McDonald's is where you go when you're hungry but don't really
care about the quality of your food, Wikipedia is where you go when
you're curious but don't really care about the quality of your knowledge.

- Matthew White's WikiWatch (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/wikiwoo.htm)
 
Since you brought up the subject of old vacuums, thought I should mention
mine: a Kenmore upright that I bought for $10 back in 1980, when it was
already, what? probably 30 years old. I just used it yesterday.

In the time I've had it, I've replaced the footswitch, repaired the plug
(the cord going into it got a bit frayed, so I epoxied it into the plug),
and that's it. Oh, and it has a resuable filter bag, so no filters to buy.
Hrm... a 50 year old vacuum bag probably doesn't filter dust out like the
disposable bags of today. Other than that I'd prefer a referbed old unit.

Beat that with any of the pieces of shit made today (except for the
expensive, gold-plated ones) ...
Saw an ad for a vacuum using water to catch the dirt and dust instead of a
filter. It SOUNDS like a good idea. They were selling for $200 for two.
That's more than I'll spend to find out how well it works, but at $100 for
one I may have considered. Dumb marketing.

Any idea if the idea of filtering with water is actually a good idea? Maybe
something I should look for when buying the central vac I'll install in the
next year or two when our old canister dies.
 
gerryu21220@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, man... really? Is that the same as the infamous "Skippy"?

I'm curious: if this guy is such bad news, how did he ever get a 1500+
positive feedback rating on eBay? Wouldn't he get a lot more negative
feedback? Not trying to defend him - don't know this person, nor dealt
with him. Just puzzled.
It seems he does have good feedback because you are missing a few
pieces of the puzzle. His old Ebay accounts that were banned for fraud
and shill bidding show the real story. Do an advanced Ebay search for
his original account "coolsitesnsounds" and you'll notice two of the
auctions on there have feedback from "66fourdoor". He bid and won his
own auctions and left feedback. His other account "quad-dubber" was
also given the boot for shill bidding. He runs many auctions that are
won by zero feedback bidders and then at a later date he auctions the
same item again.






DeserTBoB wrote:
On 17 Jan 2007 16:05:23 -0800, "elkhound" <elkhound68@yahoo.com
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay<snip

This spam, from Charlie Nudo, 160 Bear Run Dr. of Drums, PA, aka
"66fourdoor" on eBay, violates eBay's rules regarding Usenet spamming:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/usenet_policy.html

It also violates Google's Terms of Service regarding spamming. Please
take a moment to forward this well documented spammer/fraudster's
spam, along with headers, to:

spam@ebay.com (be sure to include a link to their own Usenet policy,
above)
abuse@epix.net (main Epix account email address:
thenudofamily@epix.net)
groups-abuse@google.com

More information on this notorious fraudster and spammer can be found
on:

http://nudowatch.blogspot.com
 
In article <zAjth.777612$1T2.674406@pd7urf2no>, dont.spam@me.here
says...
Since you brought up the subject of old vacuums, thought I should mention
mine: a Kenmore upright that I bought for $10 back in 1980, when it was
already, what? probably 30 years old. I just used it yesterday.

In the time I've had it, I've replaced the footswitch, repaired the plug
(the cord going into it got a bit frayed, so I epoxied it into the plug),
and that's it. Oh, and it has a resuable filter bag, so no filters to buy.

Hrm... a 50 year old vacuum bag probably doesn't filter dust out like the
disposable bags of today. Other than that I'd prefer a referbed old unit.

Beat that with any of the pieces of shit made today (except for the
expensive, gold-plated ones) ...

Saw an ad for a vacuum using water to catch the dirt and dust instead of a
filter. It SOUNDS like a good idea. They were selling for $200 for two.
That's more than I'll spend to find out how well it works, but at $100 for
one I may have considered. Dumb marketing.

Any idea if the idea of filtering with water is actually a good idea? Maybe
something I should look for when buying the central vac I'll install in the
next year or two when our old canister dies.
We've owned a Rainbow for about 25 years. It filters through water.
The idea is that virtually nothing gets past the water, so you're not
redistributing dust throughout the area you just cleaned. After 25
years, I'm sold! It was (and, if I'm not mistaken, still is) only
available through home sales. I originally thought that it would be
too much hassle filling, emptying, and rinsing each time we used it,
but it was well worth the effort, IMO. After 20 years or so, it
needed new bearings. The cost of repair was such that I chose to
buy a refurbished unit on ebay instead. I paid a bit more than the
repair, but got all new hoses and accessories in the process.

WRT central vac - there's no point in getting a water filter with CV,
since the exhaust doesn't go into your living space.
 
elkhound, who is Charlie Nudo and has 5 active accounts and 15 banned
Google accounts wrote:
DeserTBoB wrote:
On 17 Jan 2007 16:05:23 -0800, "elkhound" <elkhound68@yahoo.com
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay<snip

This spam, from Charlie Nudo, 160 Bear Run Dr. of Drums, PA, aka
"66fourdoor" on eBay, violates eBay's rules regarding Usenet spamming:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/usenet_policy.html

It also violates Google's Terms of Service regarding spamming. Please
take a moment to forward this well documented spammer/fraudster's
spam, along with headers, to:

spam@ebay.com (be sure to include a link to their own Usenet policy,
above)
abuse@epix.net (main Epix account email address:
thenudofamily@epix.net)
groups-abuse@google.com

More information on this notorious fraudster and spammer can be found
on:

http://nudowatch.blogspot.com



this is a stretch- check D-Boob's profile- he's been banned from Google
Groups again, for the millionth time..

http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=Ohn2FRMAAADKWt-YFW4KG3QbhQogR222h-kUg4S0n7nbF1Te82ZIng

Bob has NEVER posted through Google, so how can he be banned from
something he doesn't use? Doesn't make much sense.
 

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