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Nope, rich white conservative.
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Same thing.
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Troll => SoapBox.
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
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^ The Obvious Observation of the Day Award
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When you encourage people to have children so they can collect more money/welfare the number of throw away kids swells the streets of an already over populated ghetto which causes more crime and the cycle continues.
And I totally agree that Oprah is an idiot, now that she made her money she shows herself for what she is...a racists.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I agree with most of what you say, and the guy is not a racist. He might be a bore, a twit, or a bigot. What do normal people do when they encounter people like this? We walk away. We avoid them. We skip their posts. All he did was verbalize thoughts in his own home.
In listening to the comments in the media, I see the typical racial sluts showing up - the Rev. Jacksons, Oprah, etc. None of which have any say in this matter.
Setting that aside, the NBA and the owners have a right to protect their investments. Threaten league revenue, and you've stepped in it. Fair enough. I'm sure there are some contract stipulations governing behavior. With that said, the timing of all of this makes me wonder if it wasn't a setup....
The comical part about this is that every professional player is a big boy. They are the cream of the crop, or the would not be there. It's very, very hard for me to see someone like Barkley or Kobe or some other player getting their feelings hurt... Pay me millions / year - you can call me white boy all you want.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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It is my understanding that the Clippers, after decades of ineffectiveness, have finally started to win.
Looks like someone wants to buy the team on the cheap.
^ Follow the money.
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Exactly, follow the money.
So, the NBA will "force" him to sell. Being the bore that he is, they are in for one hell of a fight. Me thinks the team won't be sold for cheap...
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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He should sell the team.
To someone...interesting.
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Yo bro, get down to da projects!
-- Nagy 'Westy All The Way' Vilmos
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Nagy,
Please... please keep your charming British demeanor.
If you do that I'll keep my abrasive internet troll demeanor
It is too late to change.
-MehGerbil
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I may not be up with the news, but sure;y that's not all that he did? He was recorded telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to the games? or am I missing something?
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I work on a laptop - allows me to work at the customer site and the home office. If the damn dog would stop barking, I'd work at home more. To support all of the development I do, I went out and purchased a 10 port USB powered hub expander. At the moment, I have two USB to Ethernet adapters, two usb to rs232, a multiformat CF card reader, a smart phone, and some other things I can't quite figure out.
Works flawlessly... I like it when technology works.
How much USB devices do you use?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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All the time. I use one port for internet and one for charging phones. Other than that, one for backing up my data on to another hard disk.
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Sorry - posted in the wrong place!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Mouse and keyboard are wireless and I rarely use them. I have become so accustomed to track pad that I can even play computer games without needing a mouse.
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I hate wireless keyboards and mice. Both because they run out of battery when I don't have a spare, and it's too easy to lose the mouse. At least with a wired one I can just follow it back...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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But with wired ones, I miss the opportunity to use chopping board as mouse pad while operating computer from kitchen.
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Mouse, keyboard, graphics tablet, phone cradle, tablet (occasionally), external HDD, MP3 player. I think that's the lot.
Everything else is direct onto the LAN or wireless.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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At home I have 4: keyboard, mouse, speakers and headphones.
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This is interesting : you have made up a (laptop brand independent) docking station using a USB hub and some adpaters, correct ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I guess if you phrase it that way...
I've got all sorts of hardware I need to connect to. I develop in Embedded VC++, VS2008 for CE devices and some desktop development. Depending on the project, I need static IPs, DHCP, one or more serial ports, etc. It's not as simple as connecting keyboards and mice. I don't really like docking stations, as I consider them overpriced. I $30 10 port USB hub does the trick.
I just got to thinking about how I just slap more and more devices in there, and it all seems to work....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I ask because my wife could need a docking station at work, but they would not pay for one (morons!), and we do not want to pay for one either just because these folks do not take care of their employees properly, plus we would have to change it every time her work decide she needs a new laptop.
I never thought about the solution you mentioned : if this works, she would only have to plug/unplug one USB connector to have LAN/Monitor/Keboard/Mouse etc... available, and a hub and some adapters seem to be a cheaper alternative.
[Edit] I should have known it, this exists as a product, and is named a USB docking station. Great !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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happy to help.
I just hate playing cable wars... sitting here trying to figure out why my socket connection keeps failing... then I look over and I'm using the wrong cable. doh!
Interesting! I'm looking at these on Amazon now. As for vender specific docking stations, I suspect that stable USB support will do them in. There just isn't any need to spend $200+ for something custom when something like a USB docking station can be used over and over.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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