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![]() "Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message ... On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:58:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Also, I have to view online PDFs in IE right now because Firefox wants a plugin. I DO NOT WANT TO up my version of the Acrobat reader. May I recommend PDF-Xchange viewer (free) instead. http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer The advantages over Acrobat a 1. No built in Javascript engine which the virus writers just love. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html 2. Does not crash randomly like Acrobat reader. 3. Does not hang on exit like Acrobat reader. 4. Does not fail to release allocated memory like Acrobat reader. 5. Somewhat better screen rendering. 6. Options and controls actually work, unlike Acrobat. 7. Built in OCR to convert unsearchable scans. 8. etc... PDF-Xchange has been my default PDF viewer for several years now, and very good it is, too. Going back to the shorted bus lines on the ink cartridge, I 'blew' the short off with a bit of DC, and when measured again, it had indeed gone. So just for sport, I hung the cartridge back into the printer. "The following ink cartridges appear to be missing or damaged" - all six of 'em again ! Oh well, it was worth a try :-) I put the replacement back in, and all was well again, at which point, I lost all interest, and chucked the bad one in the workshop bin. I say I lost all interest, but it is one with a translucent tank, and you can see that it is nearly full of magenta ink. And it's a high capacity one as well. And yes, I know that these Chinese copies only cost me about a quid apiece, but still, as I see it laying on the top of the pile of workshop detritus in that bin, I still baulk at all that precious ink going to waste ... :-\ Arfa -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:03:00 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: ...I say I lost all interest, but it is one with a translucent tank, and you can see that it is nearly full of magenta ink. And it's a high capacity one as well. And yes, I know that these Chinese copies only cost me about a quid apiece, but still, as I see it laying on the top of the pile of workshop detritus in that bin, I still baulk at all that precious ink going to waste ... :-\ I have a collection of blunt syringes that came with various refill kits. You could impale the defective cartridge, suck out the ink, and inject it into a different cartridge. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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![]() "Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:03:00 +0100, "Arfa Daily" wrote: ...I say I lost all interest, but it is one with a translucent tank, and you can see that it is nearly full of magenta ink. And it's a high capacity one as well. And yes, I know that these Chinese copies only cost me about a quid apiece, but still, as I see it laying on the top of the pile of workshop detritus in that bin, I still baulk at all that precious ink going to waste ... :-\ I have a collection of blunt syringes that came with various refill kits. You could impale the defective cartridge, suck out the ink, and inject it into a different cartridge. -- Jeff Liebermann S'pose I could, but sod's law says that something will happen, and I'll finish up with magenta ink all over my favourite tee shirt, if I try ... :-) Arfa |
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Arfa Daily har bragt dette til verden:
"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message I have a collection of blunt syringes that came with various refill kits. You could impale the defective cartridge, suck out the ink, and inject it into a different cartridge. -- Jeff Liebermann S'pose I could, but sod's law says that something will happen, and I'll finish up with magenta ink all over my favourite tee shirt, if I try ... :-) Then wear your most hated tee shirt then :-) Leif -- Husk kørelys bagpå, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske beslutning at undlade det. |
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:18:47 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: I have a collection of blunt syringes that came with various refill kits. You could impale the defective cartridge, suck out the ink, and inject it into a different cartridge. S'pose I could, but sod's law says that something will happen, and I'll finish up with magenta ink all over my favourite tee shirt, if I try ... :-) Arfa Some things are best done outdoors. I've learned to refill toner carts outside after a few messy toner spills. I've also learned not to clean inkjet printers on my desk as the waste ink sponge is invariably going to dump a load of ink on something important. I suppose that refilling carts with a syringe should also be done outdoors, but I've been fairly successful doing those on my office desk (covered with newspapers) and wearing rubber gloves. Take your chances, or go outdoors. Also, drilling into a nearly full ink cartridge might require a little added protection. Also, if you spill some ink on your t-shirt, just keep going: https://www.google.com/search?q=tie+dye&tbm=isch -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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I would have checked for a short again, chances are the short is back. It may be intermittent so some DC has heated something and cleared it but has returned after a while or under some mechanical stress.
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![]() Also, if you spill some ink on your t-shirt, just keep going: https://www.google.com/search?q=tie+dye&tbm=isch -- Jeff Liebermann Bloody hell ! What goes around, comes around, as they say ... So, is tie-dying back in ? I was wearing stuff like that when I was a long-haired spotty-faced yoof about 45 years ago. On the same theme, a friend's daughter commented that she thought I was 'cool' because I wear cargo shorts and a pair of Connies. How they think they invented everything. I have been wearing canvas baseball boots in the summer since I was about 8, long long before they got a trade name of Converse All Stars. Back when I was a kid, they were cheap. At the start of the school long summer break, my mum would go into Woollies and buy me a new pair. They would survive wading through rivers, stamping on fires that we started (!) getting covered in mud, cow**** and being washed in the old twin-tub washing machine. Now, they are a fashion statement, and cost a lot of money, but I still wear them because they are practical, and comfortable ... Arfa |
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![]() "Jeroni Paul" wrote in message ... I would have checked for a short again, chances are the short is back. It may be intermittent so some DC has heated something and cleared it but has returned after a while or under some mechanical stress. No, no ! You can't make me do it ! It's in the bin now, and that's where it's gonna stay ... :-) Arfa |
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:02:43 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: Also, if you spill some ink on your t-shirt, just keep going: https://www.google.com/search?q=tie+dye&tbm=isch Bloody hell ! What goes around, comes around, as they say ... So, is tie-dying back in ? I was wearing stuff like that when I was a long-haired spotty-faced yoof about 45 years ago. Well, where to you think all that recycled inkjet ink goes after the recycler is done salvaging the carts? We can't let all that expensive ink go to waste. I hate to tell you this, but many of the 1960's former hippies, that wore tie die in the 1960's, still wear tie-dye today. One of my friends is a 55 year old conservative engineer. He wears a suit and tie to work, but when hanging around the house or yard, it's head to toe tie dye. He's not the only one. When confronted with the obvious question of "why", he said that it attracts the babes. (Note: His wife didn't hear that). I've often suspected that tie-dye was the result of a failed attempt to dye clothes with some atrocious solid color, but was too stoned to do it correctly. On the same theme, a friend's daughter commented that she thought I was 'cool' because I wear cargo shorts and a pair of Connies. How they think they invented everything. I have been wearing canvas baseball boots in the summer since I was about 8, long long before they got a trade name of Converse All Stars. Back when I was a kid, they were cheap. At the start of the school long summer break, my mum would go into Woollies and buy me a new pair. They would survive wading through rivers, stamping on fires that we started (!) getting covered in mud, cow**** and being washed in the old twin-tub washing machine. Incidentally, I have a pair of black Converse All Stars that I wear only when performing a burglary or break in. However, some black electrical tape to cover the white edge of the sole is necessary. Unfortunate, I have a problem. I usually replace shoes before they are totally worn out, and save the old shoes. After about 40 years, this is the result. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=634110830008974&set=a.1045690462964 91.14411.100002301875451&type=1&theater Note the Converse All Stars on the far right. After I took the picture, I found 6 more pairs of random shoes in the office and vehicle. Now, they are a fashion statement, and cost a lot of money, but I still wear them because they are practical, and comfortable ... I hate to break this to you, but there are some basic psychology involved here. Please stop growing up at an age they feel comfortable. I think I stopped at about age 20, when I was stomping around in pseudo military khaki. I know others that stopped growing at other times in their lives, where their favored fashion preferences are ossified in place forever. It does take some time to find the right time to stop growing, which allows teenagers to shop for a compatible lifestyle and its lifestyle associated fashions. The garment industry knows how this works and takes full advantage of the situation by offering teenagers tempting choices. That usually means that fashions worn by whatever social groups is currently the "outsiders". For example, when small time criminals and losers were making the headlines, the fashion industry began offering badly fitting "chino" pants that looked exactly what they were wearing when released from jail. When the gay community decided that it would be handy to color code their members and selected purple and pink clothes as their identifiable trademark fashion, it was quickly offered as the latest in fashions. Of course, the ultimate identity symbol are glue jeans, which are most often worn by those who have never worked a day in their lives. Anyway, I hope this explains your addiction to strange shoes and pants. It's probably not worth the effort changing fashions at this point in your life, mostly because it will probably also require a lifestyle change. The last time that was attempted en masse was with the 1950's Beatniks, where perfectly normal people donned the gray sweat shirt, jeans, and sandals uniform, while loudly announcing that they were "dropping out", often to the accompaniment of Alan Ginsberg poetry. Incidentally, that's where I got my start in writing poetry. However, I don't think "dropping out" will work today. Keep the cargo shorts. (I'm wearing cargo pants today, mostly because the pockets fit my 7" tablet). -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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![]() Incidentally, I have a pair of black Converse All Stars that I wear only when performing a burglary or break in. However, some black electrical tape to cover the white edge of the sole is necessary. In one of the "Reality-tv" shows I heard a border control officer comment on immigrants wearing sneakers with reflective bands on: "I love when they do that". You could see them half a mile away in pich dark reflecting the searchlights. I understand the need of preventing the lowering of intelligense level by people like that. Leif -- Husk kørelys bagpå, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske beslutning at undlade det. |
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![]() Arfa Daily wrote: "Jeroni Paul" wrote in message ... I would have checked for a short again, chances are the short is back. It may be intermittent so some DC has heated something and cleared it but has returned after a while or under some mechanical stress. No, no ! You can't make me do it ! It's in the bin now, and that's where it's gonna stay ... :-) Oh, you know that you want to do it! ![]() -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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![]() Anyway, I hope this explains your addiction to strange shoes and pants. It's probably not worth the effort changing fashions at this point in your life, mostly because it will probably also require a lifestyle change. The last time that was attempted en masse was with the 1950's Beatniks, where perfectly normal people donned the gray sweat shirt, jeans, and sandals uniform, while loudly announcing that they were "dropping out", often to the accompaniment of Alan Ginsberg poetry. Incidentally, that's where I got my start in writing poetry. However, I don't think "dropping out" will work today. Keep the cargo shorts. (I'm wearing cargo pants today, mostly because the pockets fit my 7" tablet). -- Jeff Liebermann Thank you Jeff ! All my little fashion quirks neatly explained ... I like the cargos long and short, because I always have somewhere to put my phone and my maglight ... :-) Arfa |
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![]() https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=634110830008974&set=a.1045690462964 91.14411.100002301875451&type=1&theater Note the Converse All Stars on the far right. All of my All Stars are tall ankle boots. I usually buy them when I am your side of the pond as its dollars for pounds ... Arfa |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 02:52:34 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: I like the cargos long and short, because I always have somewhere to put my phone and my maglight ... :-) I use a Batman style utility belt. I have fake leather belt clip holders for my cell phone, smartphone, and MinMaglite. The ultimate in nerd fashion attire. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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