And where? I'm looking to move from an economically devastated place...

I just had a (clean & high quality & just out of warranty) PS fail, taking the MB, Processor and RAM out with it. Crap - Now all I can salvage are the drives and case, and maybe the Vid card, but since it's an old Titan Robella water cooled case, and since they won't support them any more, I'll probably dump that too.

Anyone know any good White-book vendors? I think it's time to go mobile.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~odu/solar.html
or
http://schematicwiring.com/simple-electronic-applications/solarwind-charge-controller-with-shunt-mode-method-circuit-schematic-diagram/

I haven't tested it or seen it used, but it might fit the bill.

OK, I'll bite, Why?

I mean seriously, Why do companies keep this stupid shit up? How many times do we have to keep repeating this? (Yes, I was just listening to Richard Stallman http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bfb72#p/u/41/iqdGp-lI44Y ) How can we make it clear to companies (I'm talking to you AOL) that we will not support this kind of stupidity any more?

I can't believe no one's said this yet!

We all know that, although length is good, beavers prefer width, especially at the base...

Too bad you posted that AC - Or are you afraid as well?

Well, not the lawsuit you were referring to, but the Ewert v eBay attorneys are starting a class action. when I contacted them at carlson.law@live.com I received.

quote - First, a little about me. My name is Patricia (Trish) Carlson. I live and practice in San Antonio, Texas. I have been practicing since 1997 and mainly handle class actions and mass tort litigation. Currently, I am co-counsel in the Ewert v eBay class action pending in the United States District Court of California. Here is a link to the eBay case.

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-candce/case_no-5:2007cv02198/case_id-191451/

If you pull the public documents and look at the service page you will see my name and address/phone etc... That case is currently at the certification stage and the certification hearing is scheduled later this month.

I was contacted by a person familiar with that case and asked to take a look at the issues surrounding Sony's decision to eliminate the "other OS" function of the PS3. Without going into greater detail, we have read the EULA in question, considered all the relevant case law, and are extremely comfortable with proceeding.

So far, the response to the potential Sony class action has been very positive. I am presently working with additional counsel in South Texas and California. The suit will seek restitution/damages and likely an injunction prohibiting the Hobson's choice of updating to 3.21 or not. Simply put, we believe you are entitled to what you paid for. A PS3 with functioning secondary OS capabilities, the ability to access the PSN, and the ability to play all future PS3 games and blu-ray movies.

I hope this was helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I can be reached by e-mail or by the number listed below. This e-mail address is being used solely for the Sony case. "

Disclaimer - I don't know these people, I'm not even sure I'm going to join the class action, but I'm pissed that I lost a piece of functionality that I use heavily and paid for...

but I do want to see Sony, (and other companies that think they can just keep on stealing from customers) pay for their arrogance. Perhaps they may even learn a lesson. (OK, I thought it was funny, 'cause I know it'll never happen.)

Um, Do you mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacelab

If so, no, The LM2 is now on display in the Bremenhalle exhibition in the Bremen Airport of Bremen, Germany. the rest are equally deployed, since their mission has been replaced by Columbus, Harmony and Tranquility modules of the International Space Station.

Actually; (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pen)
There exists a common urban legend claiming that the Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Space Pen, and the Russians used a pencil.[1] In fact, NASA programs have used pencils (for example a 1965 order of mechanical pencils[1]) but because of the danger that a broken-off pencil tip poses in zero gravity and the flammable nature of the wood present in pencils[1] a better solution was needed.

NASA never approached Paul Fisher to develop a pen, nor did Fisher receive any government funding for the pen's development. Fisher invented it independently, and then asked NASA to try it. After the introduction of the AG7 Space Pen, both the American and Soviet (later Russian) space agencies adopted it. Previously both the Russian and American astronauts used grease pencils and plastic slates.[2]

[1] http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=9CF01C5C-E7F2-99DF-3EEFFCD06138AEC4
[2] http://history.nasa.gov/spacepen.html

I also note that extremely conductive/flammable graphite powder is not what you want floating around in side any spacecraft...

Hmmmm, Good point. Scary, but I wouldn't put it past those creeps ^H^H^H^H^H^H slime.

Cool, Thank you. - And yes, please keep all of the original errors and typos, Law droids have all sorts of fun with those. "For lack of a comma the land was lost" and all of that..

Thank you. (And we/I plan to.)

As far as not being much help, If you read /., I bet there's something you can do that we need. ;)