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THanks for all the good wishes. I'm transferring to a rehab facility tomorrow and should be able to start back working again. Still not walking onb my own yet, so more therapy in store. The doctors say my mi8nd is OK, though, dso I'll survive and get back to being a pain in the Arse gain soon.Yestwerdaty I got a day pass so I went home for awhile.Then my wife wanted to go to the mall, so I went with her in my wheelchair, THere is a Microsoft store there, so I went to get the Surfacwe3 Pro I wanted
Surface3Pro I had' planned to get.My wife spotted a remote control car with a camera and said " Too bad it won't fly." The sales guy said "No problem.", so I left with aSurface3 Pro 256 GB I7 and a Parrot, Rollng Spider MiniDrone. That should keep me busy for a while!I I thinkI'll keep that wife.
Walt
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
modified 30-Dec-14 22:04pm.
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Sorry to hear about that. I hope you are doing better.
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wELL, I'M FINALLY OUT OF IN-PATIENT THERAPY AND BACK HOME AND WORKING, AGAIN. It's been a long journey,Now I ran out of licorice, so not sure how much wok I can do.I did get a ham radio antenna working yesterday, so that will keep me entertained.We're looking for a house to move back to Austin ASAP. I expect to defend my dissertation soon, then start teaching at UT in the fall.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Good news, congrats on the recovery.
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Let's see if I can get this direct link thingy to work. @Roger-Wright
Roger, Bits DuJour[^] have Disk Ferret going for USD$9.95, it seems to fit the bill for the utility you were asking for last time I mentioned one of their deals.
Be careful though, it seems I have created a BitsDuJour account even though it wasn't mentioned during the purchase and I haven't created one the many other times I have bought software through their deals.
Have sent them a faarrrkkkk off email, will see what happens.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Seems to work well, @Michael-Martin, for you, at least. I have no idea what the trick is to get the encoding to work.
Thanks for the link to the Disk Ferret - I'll look into it! 
[EDIT] Ah, it works when posted, but not when previewed... [/EDIT]
Will Rogers never met me.
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HI Roger I just realized we have somethuing in common.Will Rogers never met me, either.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Will Rogers never met me.
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For the next time you're planning on trying to land on one. Just how big is 67P[^]?
TTFN - Kent
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Comparison against objects that only exist in sci-fantasy isn't helpful.
Death star? Federation Station? Manhattan?
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I heard Manhattan was a real place, before it sunk under the seas due to global warming! 
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Nah, that was Atlantis.
Manhattan sank to Hell due to pressure of financial manipulations.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Manhattan sank to Hell due to pressure of financial manipulations.
I didn't believe you until I visited London.
I could see Manhattan from my hotel room.
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67p? It's about a dollar US.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When I read this "Today, the European Space Agency successfully landed a probe on a comet moving at 80,000 miles per hour. That’s an extraordinary achievement" I realised that it was not going to be a paticularly scientifically stimulating article.
80,000 miles per hour relative to what? I guess they mean relative to the orbital vector of Earth when the spacecraft was launched.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: 80,000 miles per hour relative to what? I guess they mean relative to the orbital vector of Earth when the spacecraft was launched.
Possibly, but it might be relative to the Sun. I can't find a reference that defines it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Possibly, but it might be relative to the Sun. I can't find a reference that defines it.
Good point!
That thought came to me while I was out on my lunchtime walk.
Without knowing the reference point, it makes it difficult to determine what 88,000 mph means.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Exactly. We're moving a lot faster than that ourselves.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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88,000 miles per hour is the speed 1000 DeLorean's need to travel at before they can all go "Back in time".
Were 1000 DeLorean's even built?
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Just got the good news[^] via User Voice.
Guess I need to find some other horrible problem to request they fix now.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A day late and a dollar short.
If I'd've know about that a few days ago, I could've either wrapped up what I was doing in the office and got home in time to do it from here, or just stayed late in the office to watch it before I left.
Instead you posted a mention of it when it was half overonly a minute or so from ending, that I didn't see before logging off at work, and now that I'm home it's already well over. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Yikes, didn't mean to step on your lawn there mate. I mean I did let you know pretty quickly just 13 minutes after I saw your post about VS, how was I to know you were logging off? Thought you might be interested in interview article itself, even if the Q&A portion was wrapping up 
I guess you missed the announcements in the newsletter[^], in the Lounge[^], and various[^] places[^] on social media[^]
Kevin Priddle
Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject
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Well, that's actually really useful!
Marc
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One of the nicest news items I saw on VS2015 last night.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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