I guess. One of our party hit a rotten log with an axe, it went through it like paper and sliced open their foot. A week to go a disinfect kept it clean and healthy, alcohol was the only thing available.

A first aide kit was handy, but lacking as they can't cover all injuries.

From what I understand through an article on /. the high energies of the Higgs Bison pretty much discredits string theory.

That makes so much sense, not having enough of a of a product to continue distribution is better PR, than they won't let up have them anymore :)

Never heard of _strrev function so looked it up, it doesn't look easy to implement for the cross platforms.
http://stackoverflow.com/quest... so yes a real pro would or could make use of it.

http://www.bugmenot.com/ requires a .com extension and http://pfmabe.software/ don't have one.

(Trap for the English trolls)

People are always getting the address wrong (I guess) as there are a few variations of the address that all lead to the front page.

To each their own, I mark what I want each day then download them during the day, like right now in fact.
It isn't the fastest means of downloading files but it's dependable.

If you have Charter.com as an IP it's part of their service (Free of charge) normally Usenet access runs from $10 up. The address is: nntp.charter.net

Kool! Thank you for that one, need to pass it along then try them out.

I do try to purchase Google products, like the Xoom Tablet, it needs replaced and I'm waiting for Googles offer. Google doesn't care if you root (Jail break) their products and once rooted you don't want to use any device that isn't.

I was on top of the updates (Xoomforums.com) yet had to ask how to access the developers section, it's required to access the USB to PC connection to use ADB. Documentation for anything Android is lacking for the newest versions.

ADB = http://developer.android.com/t...

I mentioned to the subscription that Microsoft used Rot13 to "encrypt" some registry entries in version W2K (I think was the version)

After reading bout XOR, ROT13 would be just about as good.

Not familiar with ROT13? = Abg snzvyvne jvgu EBG13?

Can't remember the version (W2K?) and thought of all the BS they could pull, but encryption looked familiar. Testing them out found they were indeed using ROT13. While nothing like charging for a bogus encryption scheme, and the reg entries were almost all MUI's so no big deal - but I have always wondered why they did that.

As for worthless app purchase that would be an authorized "cheat" for Angry Birds, I thought it would tell you how to solve the puzzle, instead it called an Eagle who flew down and destroyed everything clearing the puzzle and letting you go to the next level - this was of no value to me.

And nope never asked for a refund as it was a very cheap purchase so taken as a lesson.

You remember the Usenet, it was the Internet before WWW.

Before Gore gave public access to the masses it was frequented by bright people and the place you went for answers. It's still around; p0rn for those who don't wish to subscribe to a site or wish to pay for it, and rivals thepiratebay in the files available.

I've never frequented a sex site, there's been no need, and when someone has a disagreement with a sex site they normally post everything they purchased to the Usenet (many times I've seen this).

It's not as active as it used to be and the sites are being used for items not meant for it. Alt.binaries.astronomy has not one pix of a star, planet, or even the sky, it's become a movie repository.

Just saying there is no age check for the Usenet, no passwords and for me I can't access it with SSL so nothing that says it's me accessing it other than an IP address (with an open WiFi channel it could be anybody), and there are still some very active areas.

I do try to steer people to the Usenet as they just don't have a clue what's available, if not for files be it pix, videos, or utilities, for the support available in many established groups for just about any subject. I've spent years in a Usenet group just helping people out, while no subject was off limits almost all queries were computer related.

Yes, Google Groups has pretty well taken over (and archived) the Usenet text groups, yet most of the messages to those groups via Google Groups doesn't make it to the Usenet (greatly reduces the spam and the stupid) - and not a one of the binary groups do they have a hand in.