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Chris Maurich
My wife Carol and I attended the Kansas house transportation committee hearing concerning house bill 2296, the handlebar height repeal of the existing state statute, scheduled for March 16th, 2006. Due to a lengthy session on the house floor, we were asked to return the next day, March 17th. The bill could have been dead then and there, as there is no requirement by the legislature to reschedule un-heard bills. I was informed that the plan was to amend this bill onto a Senate . . . [More]
Geeks Wear Black, Too
Dystar
Once again, the topic is viruses and how they get into your system. (I swear I'll get off of this topic one day! Just hang in there! You're learning stuff, aren't you?) Last month, the topic was viruses carried in e-mail file attachments, but there's more than one threat through e-mail. This month, we talk about a second threat, embedded script. Scripting viruses are executable programs coded in a scripting language. A scripting language is a computer language used for simple, repetitive tasks . . . [More]
Prairie Fire
Brian "Bruin" Allen
Some of the background music of my youth was Pops' Marty Robbins collection which included the haunting ballad, Prairie Fire. It dramatically tells the story of cowboys and their herd racing a prairie fire, and losing. Never did I think I would reenact it. My experience wasn't half as dramatic, but it was enough to spark a musical flashback. I had just finished rebuilding the '66 BSA Café Lightning and needed to start the break in and fine tune the carbs. I'm lucky enough to live on . . . [More]