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http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp...n&virus_k=98307 The anti-virus companies keep lists of hoaxes as well as viri. Lee

Kurt, It was a new upper, bolt, standard rings, etc. Benny exchanged the carrier, since he built the upper. I may try a low mass carrier again someday. At the time (and now, too), I wanted a gun that ran. I will check for snags. I will check the charging handle, too. Lee

When the JP Low Mass System works, it is spectacular. 223 recoil is not much, but the crosshairs did not leave the target after firing. It is like shooting a heavy .22 rimfire. "plink...plink...plink" When it works..... In my rifle, I could only get 30-50 rounds before it started short-stroking. That is not enough for a stage, let alone a match. I tried different lubes, no lube, a little lube, swimming in oil, a drop in the carrier holes after several rounds, 6 different kinds of ammo (a few different Black Hills, Q3131a, USA), different magazines. Oh, well. A conventional carrier works fine. Lee

I pressed the button several times and every time: "100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?" I guess so. Born in Louisiana, college in North Carolina, lived most of my adult life in Texas, except for that sojourn into California for a few years. There are some inadequate answers, not enough choices. But hey, I hit 100%. Not sure if that is a good thing Lee

I first heard the "bad capacitor" thing about 3 years ago, and it was considered old information then. But apparently a new problem occurred: Leaking Capacitors Muck up Motherboards. By the way, the IEEE, source of that article, is a global professional organization for electrical engineers, so I have more faith in it than some Internet sources. Historically, the Taiwanese companies use very thin design margins, so this is not the last time this will happen. Backing up to the older part of this topic, I just built a PC scratch, first for me. The motherboard mounts MUST be insulated from the case, or the power supply does not come up. For me, I have the fiber washes on top of the board, and electrical tape on the bottom. Not a clean solution, but it works. Some forums say "Insulate or your power supply will blow up!!!!!" and others say "Insulating kills your system!!!!". [sOAPBOX MODE ON] I say it is bad design when such a fundamental issue matters. [soapbox off] Lee

Rent the movie "The Big Easy" - closer to the truth than is comfortable. That having been said, NOPD is much better than it used to be. Anyway, I was raised in New Orleans, but I cannot really keep up with the changes. Usually when we visit my mom, we eat at Frankie and Johnnie's, uptown on Tchoupitoulas. Good for po' boys, fried seafood, seasonal seafood; neighborhood family restaurant. French Quarter is seedy? No, you think so?!? The first time I took my now-wife to N.O. it was Jazz Festival. Great time, but when we went to the Quarter it was a warm, balmy, sort of day, and the stale beer smell was worse than usual. And we all know why the D-Day Museum is there, right? The "Higgins" landing boats were made in New Orleans in WW2. Higgins made more vessels than any other company in WW2. Lee

Tom, Dish does music channels. At least, mine does. Dish has an option to purchase the equipment. The monthly costs were similar, but if you rent, you get equipment upgrades, although I have not been with them long enough to see that in practice. Erik, I never had a good cable company when I lived in a house. When I moved to the country, satellite was the only option. Yes, you need a receiver; it should have a card with it; the receiver is worthless without it. Ebay and the local classifieds are places to look. But if you go that route, contact the satellite company first. The receiver might be obsolete, that is, useless. Odds are, you will get a better deal from a retailer who will give you free install + free equipment if you sign up for 1-2 years. A Dish or DirecTV receiver is not just a descrambler; it demodulates the digital signal into the analog which the TV needs. Does the Dish antenna have 1 or 2 or 3 coax connections? Do you have access to the attic? A good attic-crawl can tell much about where the cables go. Have fun. Lee

Have you done a Google search? I have an IZH35M. More accurate than I can hold, with good ammo. I moved this year and I do not know where my notes for that gun are, so no more specifics right now. Unfortunately, it developed feeding problems with one magazine, then with the other magazine. The aforementioned de-burring, etc. made one of the magazines work, but not the other. Still more work to do. The trigger is adjustable, and I like that aspect. The gun is designed for Bullseye, so the magazines are 5 rounds only. Lee

Not a phrase, but a pseudo-word.... WALLA The first time I saw it in a forum, I had no idea what was meant. I now believe people who type "walla" mean to say "voila". Or, they just hate French, and want a shorthand way to say, "whoop, dere it is". You know? Lee

Luckily, the coffee cup was merely in my hand and there was no coffee in my mouth when I read this. Not timely, but another one is: "Cut off Clinton's Viagra" Lee

Not sure what courses are being bought for, but the cashier at my most recent college endeavor mentioned that Nursing was the most expensive, even compared to my $95 used optical engineering text. What started the conversation was a younger student complaining about $125 for an armful of books. Worse... ok, this is the Hate Forum. I hate buying a required $95 textbook which is obsolete; there was a newer edition, but the professor had not worked up the course yet. I generally keep engineering books. The only one I tried to sell back was refused because the prof was changing it to something else. It was a really bad book; typos, bad explanations, etc. Good for the next class, bad for me. Lee

I am running a few days behind reading the fora. Anyway.... Microsoft says: How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems. This article is pretty generic and applies to other versions as well. Also, MS talks about Msconfig, but not much on how to interpret what is in Startup. For that, go to Sysinfo.org armed with what is in your Startup, and enter the startup items (one at a time, unfortunately) into the Startup quick search: field. There are some things which are not spyware, but not necessary. Great resource. Oh, be sure to keep any anti-virus and anti-spyware components. Lee

What they said. And ... 96MB RAM is not much, even for a circa-1999 Windows machine. As the Internet gets more content-rich, the computer needs more memory. You may have hit a plateau. Also, there may be some unneeded things running in the backgriund. Over time, they add up. So, run MSCONFIG (Start -> Run then type MSCONFIG and click OK), click the Startup tab, and inspect what is there. The anti-adware programs help here also, but I wanted to reduce my memory footprint and know what was happening to my computer. There is a great resource, Startup Applications List, which describes the things which could be in your startup folder. I found a counter-intuitive method to speed up slow connections. I cannot say if it really works, but it seems to have helped. Get rid of a bunch of the cached files, or in Windows-ese, "Temporary Internet Files". Windows checks to see if the cached file is current, but by the time Windows thrashes around and finds the right data in the Temporary Files, it could have downloaded the item. There is a Microsoft article which describes your options for Win 98; 98SE adds "Automatic" to your options for checking for newer versions of stored pages. Anyway ... Internet Options -> General -> Settings -> View Files, then manually delete to your heart's content. Note that deleting Cookies may also delete auto-login information for forums such as this one. Lee

Not a 700P and you need a custom barrel to get .260, but these (Scroll down to No4MK4 in the link) take an M14 magazine. No word on accuracy. Looks tempting, but I am not diving in until I hear a report. Lee

I have near-sightedness (about -7.25 diopters correction) and now aging eyes (presbyopia, I think it is called). So, I cannot see close and I cannot see far without bifocals. Fortunately, the front sight is in focus ... as long as I look straight out the distance lens. So pistols are okay. Looking at rifle sights means cocking my head so I look out the corner of the lens, where the correction is not correct, so the best front sight is fuzzy. An optician offered to make a shooting lens, ground so the prescription is centered where I use the sights. I never did it, because I quit shooting highpower (for other reasons). I now shoot a scoped AR in 3-gun, and have no problems. Les, you are shooting with an optic and the reticle is fuzzy? I guess that is something to look forward to. Lee

LMOS + comp + ammo tuned/selected for comp = NO FLIP. I mean, none. At least in my rifle (AR, 20" medium weight comp'ed barrel). There is a wiggle, but the crosshairs do not move from the bullseye. Lee

No firm answer here, just trying to clear up some variables. I would guess that barrel length and a comp would impact felt recoil more. Minor rifle? USPSA? The new 150 pf makes this less of an issue, but the lighter bullets need to be pushed a little faster in a short (16") barrel to be sure you make minor. So the lighter bullets may recoil sharper in a short barrel. Limited handguns are usually loaded to make PF with a little margin, regardless of bullet weight or caliber. Does anyone run heavier minor rifle bullets, just barely making minor? Example in .223, 69 grain bullet at 2350 fps? That is roughly the same power factor as a 55 at 2950 fps. Usually, rifle loads with heavier bullets have a higher PF. Lee

Erik, thanks for the tip. But first I have to find a corner in the new house, put together a reloading bench, unpack the stuff, etc. It is going to happen, just slowly right now. Lee

I guess you folks are lucky. When I change from 55 to 69, I have to change both windage and elevation to get a zero. That is on 2 different guns, iron sight service rifle and "tactical class" for 3-gun. So the highpower rifle is set for the 69's and 3-gun for 55. Lee

I do not own a Mini, but as a former Californian, I have seen my fair share at matches. They are generally reliable, but be sure to test all magazines thoroughly. Countless times I have seen failures, and the shooter was using "new" magazines. Ruger and PMI magazines seem to be the ones which work. You can say the same thing about AR's, but it is way easier to find USGI mags which run well in an AR. Oh wait, Garfield is in the Netherlands, so plentiful "USGI" mags would be tough. Ammo for the Mini can be found in match grades, to reduce that variable. My first reaction to this was then "Son, them's fightin' words" but I settled down. The M1 carbine had a purpose (farther reach than a 1911 for soldiers who did not need to carry an M1 rifle), then it was changed into something it was not. Think of it as the M4 carbine of the 1940's. And I do own both Blackhawk and AMT Automag III in 30 carbine. Yes, they do light up a range. Kingman, when did you get 30 carbine ammo at $2 for 50? I have never seen non-corrosive ammo that cheap. The best I have seen in years is S&B for $8. Lee

George, Why XP Pro? The advertised differences do not show much reason to go with Pro vs. Home, for DVD burning. Just asking, the only time I used XP was running some lab machines which were allowed not to use the corporate standard, which was 2000 Pro. Lee

Interesting. Because H110 and 296 load weights are almost identical, many people say they are the same. Now evidence they are different. Lee

Carbine, right? Not handgun? Ditto on the *case* OAL. The rounds which locked up my Blackhawk (too long) functioned fine in the carbine, but I am sure I was heading for trouble. The round headspaces on the mouth, and it was real easy to be over length in the Blackhawk after 2 loadings, for sure on the 3rd. I dabbled in case trimming, but it was a long time ago, and I gave up. Since then, I have shot just factory ammo. In those days, I never saw the warnings for ww296 regarding light loads, so I just reduced the load until the carbine just barely functioned; that load was way more friendly in the Blackhawk. Nowadays, it is much more fun to go the range and shoot factory loads, and have people ask, "What IS that thing?" The factory duplicate load was 15.0 gr of 296 and 110 gr bullets. Reading Winchester's warnings make me think that 296 is not a good powder for experimentation. Lee

No longer available from whom? They are still on Remingtons website: http://www.remington.com/ammo/shotshell/slugger.htm Sportsman's Guide still has them, at least on the website. Lee

NPSA 86-259, How far from the muzzle to the screens? As Roger said, move it further away. One thing I do is set a target downrange so there is a good aiming point through the screens. That way if I am even close, I know it. More than once (in range trash cans) I have seen chronographs with a hole through them. They say there are 2 kinds of chronograph users: those who have shot the chronograph, and those who will. I hope to remain in the second category. Lee