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Coulda been a 340. Dunno.

As I got an ear full for posting in the "Crash" area last time when it wasn't a real crash, I'll post here. Heard on the news a V plane taking off from LA. They got off the ground - note: OFF the ground - there was an explosion and they aborted the take off. Question: If they are OFF the ground shouldn't they continue the takeoff and go around and land?

Sorry about the formatting, it is a cut/paste job from an e-mail. Subject: police report Augusta, GA Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket... When confronted the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door. Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the "Toys for Tots" program. Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of the Marines, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back; the injury did not appear to be severe. After Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene Cpl. Duggan was transported for treatment. The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw...injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off of the curb after stabbing the Marine. Now that was a well written Police report.

Drats. Oh well.

Windsor, Apparantly not. Although anyone can say it is true, check with other sites and it WAS broadcast on ABC radio. They aren't (usually) that gullable.

Found it: This is a true story with an excellent outcome............ On Thursday, 24th January 2002, Derek Guille broadcast this story on his afternoon program on ABC radio. In March 1999 a man living in Kandos (near Mudgee in NSW) received a bill for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away. In April he received another bill and threw that one away too. The following month the gas company sent him a very nasty note stating that they were going to cancel his gas line if he didn't send them $0.00 by return mail. He called them, talked to them, and they said it was a computer error and they would take care of it. The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried out the troublesome gas line figuring that if there was usage on the account it would put an end to this ridiculous predicament. However, when he went to use the gas, it had been cut off. He called the gas company who apologised for the computer error once again and said that they would take care of it. The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue. Assuming that having spoken to them the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake, he ignored it, trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the problem out. The next month he got a bill for $0.00. This bill also stated that he had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the debt. Finally, giving in, he thought he would beat the gas company at their own game and mailed them a cheque for $0.00. The computer duly processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the gas company nothing at all. A week later, the manager of the Mudgee branch of the Westpac Banking Corporation called our hapless friend and asked him what he was doing writing cheque for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the bank manager replied that the $0.00 cheque had caused their cheque processing software to fail. The bank could therefore not process ANY cheques they had received from ANY of their customers that day because the cheque for $0.00 had caused the computer to crash. The following month the man received a letter from the gas company claiming that his cheque had bounced and that he now owed them $0.00 and unless he sent a cheque by return mail they would take immediate steps to recover the debt. At this point, the man decided to file a debt harassment claim against the gas company. It took him nearly two hours to convince the clerks at the local courthouse that he was not joking. They subsequently helped him in the drafting of statements which were considered substantive evidence of the aggravation and difficulties he had been forced to endure during this debacle. The matter was heard in the Magistrate's Court in Mudgee and the outcome was this: The gas company was ordered to: [1] Immediately rectify their computerized accounts system or Show Cause, within 10 days, why the matter should not be referred to a higher court for consideration under Company Law. [2] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by the man. [3] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by all the Westpac clients whose cheques had been bounced on the day our friend's had been processed. [4] Pay the claimant's court costs; and [5] Pay the claimant a total of $1500 per month for the 5 month period March to July inclusive as compensation for the aggravation they had caused their client to suffer. And all this over $0.00. This story can also be viewed on the ABC website. Who employs these idiots??

Folks, Dunno if I did post it here, but I am looking for the story. It is a true story about how stubborn a company is and makes someone write them a cheque for ZERO dollars to complete something. He writes the cheque and this causes the whole banking system to fail. The bank was fined. Can anyone remember if it was here? I have tried looking, but can't find it.

Well, it seems I need to download the update to the PC then update it from there. I have that APPMonster and have backed up the apps. But as doing the update from the PC is the only way, reading the stuff on HTC's site: Doing it this way WILL wipe all data. So it begs the question - for me - HOW do I back up all my contacts? And other stuff like messages etc. Also which file do I get from HTC's site? There is a version 3 ROM update mentioned. Also, I have NEVER used HTC SYNC. I use the phone for internet access. So I can't test while on the net. I plug in the USB cable, select SYNC, run HTC Sync on the PC and it loads. But that is as far as it goes. The two buttons do nothing. The phone complains it can't connect to the PC. So what am I missing?

ITMT, I have learnt I can NOT do it FOTA. I have to download the file and install it from the PC. Kinda good, kinda bad.

Update: Thursday morning. Sparrow **** time. I'm still no further in learning how to do it. settings/SD & Phone storage 49.6 Meg free. I'd prefere to do it FOTA (Free over the air) as that keeps existing apps. Shall call HTC later today. Any updates shall post here.

Hells bells! Just went to the HTC site! 3.0 is out! I've found a bit on how to do it, but they are doing it from a PC and have the file. But, they don't say from where they got the file. Seems I can't win.

Well, this peson to whom I just spoke got his new phone. Turned it on and it said it wanted to update. It updated and it is now 2.2. He is here in Oz, he is with Telstra.

Just spoke to another person (on Telstra) with a HTC Desire. His is 2.2. So it is out there and we are allowed to use it. Now I just gotta work out how.

2.2 is out...... Or is it called 2.1 - update 1?

Telstra But I hear (and once had) a message saying 2.2 was available.

Ok, that's weird. I am 2.1-update 1 I click on that and it says "Your phone is up to date" "there are no updates available for your phone". Huh?

Before it downloads, will it check it will fit?

I shall start looking but: Where do I see how much memory is free I'm the phone How much does the update need How do I invoke it

G'day folks. The village has lost its idiot again. I have a "Desire" but it is 2.1. I tried to wait before putting too many apps on as I wanted to upgrade. Alas that didn't happen and the phone is pretty full. I have an 8 Gig sd card in it, but ofcourse with 2.1 that doesn't mean much. So, I don't think I have enough free memory to do the install. There is a stated minimum needed. To get around this, this is what I am thinking: Write down - yeah, with a pen and paper, all the apps I have installed. Uninstall them - well as many as needed to get the minimum free memory - then do the upgrade. I'll write down all the apps so if anything happens and the phone's memory is wiped, I know what I had. That should work - right?

No, true, but typing it on the mobile phone I couldn't be bothered finding the EXACT place where it belongs. And typing that long URL, was painful.

M.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/flights-cancelled-after-ahole-discovered-20110403-1ct6n.html Hope I got it right

So..... Wouldn't the length of twilight be related to the latitude and date? Therefore, an equation would/could/should be possible

Ok, question: Sunrise and Sunset times are calculated from the Lat/Long and the date. But this illusive "Start of daylight" and "End of daylight" times are difficult. Indulge me: (Yeah, I am probably wrong) If you live on the equator, you will get 2 days a year when the sun is above you - the equinixes. Between there and 23 degrees N/S you would also get 2 days a year of the same. Beyond 23 degrees N/S, you yould only get one day. That would be at the solstisesessses. But looking at my old SOD/EOD chart the day with the most daylight (in Sydney) is not the summer solstis. Yeah, people have tried to explain it before, but I still am missing something. Maybe the desire to learn - as it has been said - or maybe just the brains to undertand it. Either way, I'm still confused. Could someone indulge me how this works? Sore, I also appreciate if there are mountains to the east/west it would change the SOD/EOD times. But for now, I'm saying it is level ground around you.

Fly, yeah, I know the song/story. I guess it is a bit along the lines of "the Gingerbread man".

David, Thanks for that information. It is good. But not wanting to be "difficult", now I'll submit some problems I can see: (And I'd like to think that all tribes are as easy to discern as you explain.) Ok, your way does reduce the choice from 3 to 2. Which is better. Indulge me on this tangent for a second. The "middle" group which wouldn't be bothered helping me. It has been determined they are not interested in me for what I have or to help me. Going to them - as a possibility - would not really be a good idea right? See, thinking they can't really be bothered with me and are "impartial" doesn't mean it would be good to go to them either. Quickly why I think that: The three tribes all have different thoughts towards me. One good, one bad and the other (semi-derived from how you explianed it) are impartial. For reasons I am about to say, I thought they would be a "safer" alternaitve until more information was gained. But thinking more, I guess as much as they are impartial, if I went to them, I guess it would be tantermount to handing them what I have and saving them the effort. I may get back to this though later. Now, back to the choice. Again, yes 2 is easier than 3. (Don't take this against you either David. I am only talking and brainstorming here...) The discription given was very cinema typical. Let's say the REAL NASTY tribe are smarter and their rescue boat is also done up to the nines to look like the other tribe's boat? So: Both boats look the same. Ok, so thinking further on that: I'm guessing the good tribe would know the bad tribe, and so how the two boats are "interating" with each other would/could also be an indication to who are the goodies and who are the badies. The good tribe would be keeping their distance from the bad one.