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Hello Wayne - 

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WC>> Got a pending deal on a second small used Seagate drive as
WC>> well a CPU for the NEC so I could just install it there
WC>> instead as another option. 

CA>> I have a 233mhz tower case machine sitting here that has 9
CA>> gig of hard drive. I could install Linux on that but am in
CA>> no hurry. 

WC> I'd make time and the first thing I'd do is partition the
WC> disk with FIPS20 if I was going to install windows as well.
WC> If I had image software and a burnable CD drive I'd likely
WC> do that here. 

I had to install Linux to see 'LINKS' in action. If/when there
is another app I need Linux for I will be more motivated to
install it on that machine. 

I don't trust FIPS myself. I have BootitNG and Partition Magic
here. 

WC>>> Simply place a garbage file first in the list and running
WC>>> that app would secure a place for the boot zimage for
WC>>> Linux, it needn't be very large. 

CA>>> AFAIK W98 or W98SE defrag can also be instructed to do
CA>>> this if you know where it's config files are located. 

WC>> Thanks for the tip, I'll look for it! Wait, I've got 98FE. 

CA>> There is no "FE", it's just "W98" with no
"SE". I think
CA>> W98's defrag can be reconfigured to put a certain file
CA>> first on the drive but since I skipped over W9x OS as my
CA>> daily use machine I'm not certain anymore. I recall it
CA>> being discussed in the W95 echo back when they actually
CA>> discussed W9x. ;-) 

WC> Have not found that option yet. 

The person who was discussing W9x defrag in detail is no longer
on FIDO anywhere. 

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electric shock treatment: 

CA>> I think it's a common treatment for depression without the
CA>> 'manic' portion also. 

WC> I think it would _cause_ me depression and a good bit of
WC> nervousness as well ;-) 

If you witnessed a loved one being murdered (for instance) even
a temporary loss of memory would buy you some time to adjust. 

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WC> My sister did her doctoral thesis on TIR, Traumatic
WC> Incident Reduction therapy. Dr. Wendy Couglin. Clinical
WC> psychologist. No electricity required. Boy did I get a
WC> reaction out of her when I called her galvanometer an
WC> "e-meter." It's kinda inside but Wendy's a credentialed
WC> therapist and doctor and an "e-meter" is used by
WC> scientologists to "audit" their victems, er adherents ;-)
WC> Man I got some serious grins off that one! 

She wrote about using insulin shock treatments? 

WC>> People at the early part of the last century would swallow
WC>> "Radium Water" for it's _health benefits_ :-( 

CA>> Yes and George Washington was bled to death by his
CA>> doctors, I know. 

WC> I'm guessing electro-convulsive therapy will one day be
WC> looked on the same way. 

Probably. 

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CA>> Me thinks you wanted a 'death ray'? I was just thinking
CA>> 'stun gun'. 

WC> Actually it was for physics experiments but it did have a
WC> certain "death ray" potential to it. 

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WC> To tell you the truth I whapped myself once on just the
WC> primaries back EMF when I broke the power supply
WC> connection. Saw a blue spark inside my mind without virture
WC> of going through the optic nerve, this contributed to my
WC> decision to not further pursue the project. Thank dog I
WC> never got nailed by that secondary!!! Shoot at those votage
WC> levels just finding materials and keeping them either
WC> embedded or clean enough to not allow leakage paths becomes
WC> difficult. 

Can your remember who pushed you into it and threw the switch?
;-) 

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