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i dont drink anything by anheuser-busch, coors, or miller. almost strictly imports.

i want wings and beer for lunch now...

"Fishkin said he did not think France's defeat by England in the rugby World Cup semi-final in between the two polls had had an influence..." :lol: sure it didn't.

i'm trying to remember some good ideas i've had in the past. i usually wait til the last minute to put a costume together...

could have named it Hugh... Hugh G. Rection

RuPaul

very niiice

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count me in... unless its a saturday morning (class)

nope but i'm definitely hitting up the one in Albany again

yes, that was exactly the point i was trying to make. it was not my intention to imply that you had made the comment about out predicting NOAA and I apologize for not making that clear as well.

i think you should name her something she resembles.

not the data i'm talking about. i was referring to actual atmospheric measurements and calculations that are used to compare results to "the 30-year norm". also i never comment on NOAA's accuracy in assessing weather forecasts (let alone come up with my own theory on the matter). i only mention that "you or me" could not make a more accurate prediction of weather unless it was a lucky chance.

perhaps in some cases, but they also have reasons for what results they come up with, not random guessing like you or me. also they aren't predicting any amounts of snow or specific temperatures. they're looking at trends and making generalizations about the season. this is all based on collected measurements.

"In the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic,temperatures are expected to be above average in response to the long-term warming trend. Snowfall for the region will depend on other climate factors, which are difficult to anticipate more than one-to-two weeks in advance." "This winter is predicted to be warmer than the 30-year norm. For the country as a whole, NOAA's heating degree day forecast for December through February projects a 2.8 percent warmer winter than the 30-year normal, but a 1.3 percent cooler winter than last year." "Scientists base this forecast on long-term climate trends and a variety of forecast tools from statistical techniques to extremely complex dynamical ocean-atmosphere coupled models and composites. The outlook will be updated on Oct. 18 and again on Nov. 15 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time."

maybe we should start looking into hoverboards.

Was googling some info on backcountry areas in the northeast when i came upon this: http://users.adelphia.net/~davgood/ has anybody heard of these books, or been to some of the areas mentioned?

thanks for posting that

any idea on pricing or where to get in the US? i checked all the dealer sites in the US and couldnt find any Sweet helmets.

March 3-9 at Stowe VT

ditto... only mine was the PowerBook G4 no apple care. luckily mine went crazy within the first half a year so i was good on warranty still. they fixed the wrong problem (which i told them not to do in the first place cause i knew they were wrong)... so after a month of waiting i got it back and the problem was still there (hmmm wonder why). anyway they ended up giving me a Macbook Pro .. i also added apple care at that time. yeah, can't replace graphics card which is a bummer. no problemo dude... the mouse pad is close to flush with the case, but i think you get used to it fairly quickly. you can turn on trackpad clicking also... but i think it's too sensitive.

Jack, the iMac is a sweet computer. if you don't need the portability i'd recommend it. despite what people say, it is upgradeable. just more difficult. but you can upgrade the harddrive, memory, and probably the processor since it is socketed. note that you may invalidate the warranty by doing any of these. on the laptops: the single mouse button i thought would be annoying, but it really isnt. if you want to right click you hold ctrl + click mouse button. but ive found i right click less with a mac than i need to with windows. you might have to in a program but i havent found this cumbersome. if i'm in Blender then i hook up a mouse cause i need the third button also. the mouse pad is not difficult to locate when not looking, so i dont know how that even became an issue. plus it's much easier to use. two fingers instead of one will scroll, which i like a lot. Leopard will be on all the machines. but it wont' be out until sometime in october. so i'd wait. definitely wait. it's going to be awesome. mac mini might be another way to go if you want to save a lot of money. you said you already have a monitor so that would work out perfect. only thing is memory is maxed at 1GB. but i dont see that as a huge problem. that's what i have in my pro.

which is a Unix derivativeJack I'd say go for the Pro. but if you want to save money you won't be losing out on the non-pro. i haven't done anything with digital cameras on the computer (film for me)... so i dont know about the raw workflow (and i'm too lazy to look it up). but in anycase, both computers should have the same color space, however the macbook has a glossy screen while the pro doesn't (but it's an option now). if you're using an external monitor it wont matter anyway. you will however want to fiddle with the color space for that. uhhh.. that's all i can think up right now.