Posts made by raphjd

Well, on a politics forum I belong to, I continually said that he was gonna be all talk and no action.

So far, I've been right and I don't see that changing anytime soon, if ever.

I have 2 Optiarcs right now and they work fine.

Maybe when they break I'll send you a PM.

EDIT: I just checked and my Optiacrs have the same stats as the NEC you are getting, even the model name is the same {AD-7200S}.

That's very modern.  I wonder why I can't find any new NECs in the UK.

Yes, I'd grab that one in a heart beat.

NEC doesn't make their own brand of dvd burners anymore, you will have to get Optiarc {NEC/Sony joint venture}.

If you do find an NEC for sale, it will be pretty dated.

The places I buy my blank dvds from, always has customer complaints about Pioneer burners not working with the discs.  It doesn't matter what brand or type of disc.  So I would avoid Pioneer.

Personally, I've had the best experience with NEC which is now Optiarc {join venture with Sony}.

I had a Samsung and it felt cheap and never worked well.

Lite-On did very well for me, but both died within a year.

I edited the first poll for a NO vote.

I tried to put a file on my G drive and suddenly I'm getting an error that it's write protected.

I was using it yesterday and it was fine.

Any ideas?

If you keep your computer fully updated with the previous automatic updates, it should only take about 15 minutes {including below}.

It will need 1 automatic reboot and 1 manual full shut down to finish.

hXXp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/11/ent.chastity.bono/index.html?iref=topnews

Sonny and Cher's child transitioning from female to male

(CNN) – Chastity Bono, gay-rights activist and child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, is in the early stages of transitioning from a female to a male and will be known as Chaz, his spokesman said Thursday.

"Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Howard Bragman said in a written statement.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago."

Someone's decision to transition does not necessarily mean they are undergoing gender reassignment surgery, and in many cases they do not, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.

"The whole media fixation on surgery is kind of misplaced," she said. "Almost no transgender people ever have surgery. We don't have any idea how many do." iReport.com: Do you have a transgender story?

An estimated one-quarter to one-half percent of the American population is transsexual, however, Keisling said. "It's sort of a general term that encompasses both or either a social transition or a medical transition."

Keisling said she was unaware of the specifics in Bono's case, but speaking generally, a transition means that he will now want to be "known, seen, viewed" as a male.

"The actual details depend on his needs and wants and his doctor's needs and wants," she said.

Bragman asked that the media "respect Chaz's privacy during this long process, as he will not be doing any interviews at this time."
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Now 40, Bono as a little girl made regular appearances on her parents' show, "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." As an adult, he has been a longtime gay-rights advocate and been closely associated with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Bono's father, Sonny Bono, was a U.S. representative from California when he was killed in a skiing accident in January 1998.

@trentreviso:

^ Thanks, twinkletoes!

I left the other place at the request of a moderator, who felt I was too opinionated.

We like opinions here.

The only people that are "asked to leave" are people that break the forum rules; ie flaming.  I only know of 1 person who was banned for that in 3 years.

I just got this yesterday in the 3am download.

To be honest, I'm really surprised she lasted in the job this long.

However, I do think they let her stay on longer than would be normal so the pageant people didn't appear to be firing her for her anti gay views.  In other words, they didn't want the religious fuckwits to get too angry.  Of course most believers are still gonna say she was only fired for her anti gay views and that it had nothing to do with her not fulfilling her contract.

Tilling or forking won't help in a lot of cases because you are just messing with the same crap soil.  You'll need to add something to your soil to improve it.

Builders sand {slightly big grains that beach sand} is good for heavy clay soils.

Soil that drains too fast needs some clumpy compost added to retain some of the moisture.

We used to rent {now we own} a portable cement mixer and do a 50/50 mix with the current soil and light compost.  Dig out the area you want to prepare and then throw 1 shovel of soil to 1 shovel of compost in. Use that to refill the area you just dug up.  We do this every year with the help of the neighbor kids.

I'll see what I can find for you and upload them.

A few people dropping off may be for honest reason, but those numbers are way too high.

I've tried pretty much all the converting software out there and I still stick with Fairuse.

Fairuse isn't the best, but when you look at the whole picture {quality, speed, etc} it gives the best balance.  Everyone is different and has different computers, so it's best to try them out and see what results you can get from each.

There are some programs that take 24 hours or more for a dvd to convert, but they give excellent results.

There are some programs that take nearly 100gb of hard drive space to convert a single layer dvd, but the finished results are excellent.

For porn, I prefer Twinks/Youngbloods with some body hair {on legs and whatnot} but I prefer them to have smooth chests.

Sounds tasty.

I think we'll give it a go this weekend.

I must remind everyone that if something sounds too good to be true, it most probably is.

As a monogamous couple, we only do bareback.

If I were single again, I'd only used condoms.