running Ubuntu on an Intel-based Mac G5 desktop.

Two things: Where and when did the ARRL confirm this? Nowhere that I can see. It probably did happen, but ARRL hasn't said that definitively yet.

As for addresses, etc. Foreign hams are also members, and all that info combined may not be publicly avaible where they are.

73, bpl

When was the last time you decoded RTTY or FT8 in your head? It requires a bit more skill to decode CW than to have the computer do everything for you. And before you whine WhAt AbOuT CW DeCoDeRs? They suck, expecially compared to a human who can copy CW under all kinds of conditions.

And if you think CW is dead, get on the bands today and listen for yourself.

73, bpl

I didn't get on board with OS/2 until 3.0 (and onwards to 4.0), but it has far far superior to Win95 at the time. Presentation Manager, Desktop Shell and virtual machines were *very* handy. Our main manufacturing software at the time absolutely would not run on anything other than DOS 6.22. So, I followed the directions to build a DOS 6.22 VM on my OS/2 workstation, and it ran great.

It would actually use all of the 4GB of RAM (if you could afford it) addressable in a 32-bit system, and if a poorly behaved program hung or crashed, you just closed it and moved on. Win95 (at the time), not so much.

That brings back a lot of memories. I remember wasting time at work reading She Hates My Futon. It was a fun read, made all the more enjoyable by the fact that it took place right here in good ole STL

That 12-yo gang member wouldn't last 10 minutes putting up hay in this heat.

Some folks take pride in the work they do, and it's an intrinsic value of farming.

There is also nothing like waking up on a cool morning, a cup of steaming coffee in your hand, and looking out over the land at sunrise -- the dew covered fields, the smell of fresh cut hay and the quiet stillness. You can't get that in the city.

> Here most reply come from people who live in a country where tipping is everywhere, and sometimes as high as 20%, and yet, are shocked by the idea that Apple Store workers would want tips too.

They're *unionized*. Let their union bargain for better wages.

Here's a tip:

Never start a land war in Asia.

You're welcome.

Perhaps they should have started with the Original E-Sport: Ham Radio Contesting. 73, BPL

I have a very similar system I use as my main hobby computer. Runs great on Lubuntu 20.04.

+1 there, for sure.

Pretty freaking hard. I just picked up my copy of Morrison & Boyd's Organic Chemistry, and it weighs in at more than 1300 pages. It was designed for a two-semester course (I would argue it really would be a three-semester course, if all subjects were going to be covered).
I aced both semesters, but I didn't really do much else other than study when I was in college. I didn't watch TV, didn't read books not related to course work (I really missed that at the time, as I really enjoyed reading) only really let loose on Saturdays. Every night of the week (bar Friday and Saturday), I was in the school library studying. I had three other full-time classes besides Organic. I was motivated to do well in Chemistry, as that was my major, and I enjoyed it.
As my SO teaches at the collegiate level, I think a lot of what is going on is that no one prepares many of these students for the committment that is going to be required. They think that college is going to be High School 2.0. It ain't -- nor should it be. Perhaps even college-bound kid should take a couse in 'How to College' in High School *before* they get to college, to see if they really want to commit to that.

The new method in question is looking for Total Organic Fluorine (TOF), versus specific PFAS compounds. Are all substances that show up in a TOF test PFASs? Nope. Is likely that many are? Sure, but not all. So when the article is comparing ppt numbers between a general test like TOF and the specific PFAS tests and concluding "OMFG, the levels are X times higher than we thought!", it's simply wrong. You have to also do the work to show what interferences to the TOF test show up that aren't PFAS and test for those as well, and I'm sure there are some.

" All the good farm land is currently being used as farm land...not just in California, but in the country, and in most of the world." I've always wondered why we don't plant the medians along the many miles of interstate highway we have. . .