jporter12

Because he's 19! The responsibilty factor is low, the risk factor is high! Plain and simple! Even with a clean record, the insurance companies know that this sort of vehicle in the hands of someone irresponsible is a high risk.

Don't forget about everything he has, House (apartment) car, bike..... Nobody cares about what you have! If people like him for what he has, he's gonna live a sad life. I've learned that one!

Oh, but that would be the fun part of it!!!

Nice....

A LONG time ago!!!!

Nope! No cookie for you sir. You CAN have that TR, but I don't think you'll like the steel toe boot doing it!

I'll have to warn, I haven't done any of it for a while, but I think I can still remember it all! The routers that I worked on were slightly different than standard g-code, but it was really close. Most of the differences had to do with the fact that each router had 4 pairs of axes, all running at the same time. It was fun stuff! Had to time it right to keep them from hitting each other, and so that all of them ended before the longest cut, all sorts of stuff that went into it! Then throw in the fact that we were cutting polycarbonate plastic, which is really hard, and somewhat brittle, that was about .060 - .080 in thick on the average! '' Anyway, when doing machining, the mills that I used the most were "conversational" controllers, which don't use g-code, and are pretty easy to program.

Yup! Got the 250 back in April, then a few months later picked up the Interceptor.

Eh, I drive it a little bit. Maybe 25-30 miles this year... Really, the big thing is getting rid of the carburetor, I don't want to put any more into it knowing that I'm going to EFI. It still has the original (modified) computer controlled Q-jet, and it's just not running right at full throttle. I dunno, I just thought about messing around with an identical parts carb I have on my bench to see what I can do with it. Again, laziness. Well, I DID have the bike bug hit me this year, also!

It's pretty much a ZZ430. 350, .030 overbore, LT4 Hot cam, 1.6 full roller rockers, GM Fastburn Aluminum heads. GM's limited edition crate motor of this combo made 430HP, 430 Torque. They only made a few hundred, I think. It has a 700R4 Auto in it now. I've just been too lazy to pull the trans back out and figure out what I did wrong. It has no second gear, and no engine braking in manual first gear. I could probably have it out, fixedand back in within a few hours.

Add vehicle maintenance to that list of my projects! You'd think that someone that works on cars for a living would be up on that stuff, but no! I've had parts sitting for both of our daily drivers for months!

That's a pretty cool idea! Question though, can you still use the connection on the computer without reconfiguring it, basically thinking you could use a media center box, bridge the connection to the 360, and use the net on both. Doubtful the connection would be getting much traffic from both at the same time, but wouldn't be much fun having to reconfigure it everytime you switched around.

You never seem to amaze me with the topics that your knowledgable in, and the connections you have!

Fixed.... (As you would be with said boots)

THAT is a cool idea. That's one BIG thing I miss about my old job. I made all sorts of stuff there! CNC Mill's, lathes, grinders, welders, pretty much anything needed! I actually built some CNC router machines.

Back in those days, it was all about partying, and working enough to support said partying.....

I had NO rep, but I did have a little street cred.... Just sayin'.. Hell, when I was 19, very few people knew what the internet was! AOL was just getting popular! And compuserve, and Prodigy! My first ISP account was with Netcom, I think.

Cheaper. WRT54G's are cheaper than the WAP54G's....

No wifi for the 360, just wired ethernet. Not exactly. Wireless routers are router with a wireless access point built in. Basically, most of the plain access points will work in reverse, like the op needs

From what I've read, the Linksys WAP54G can do what you want. I went the expensive route, twice! I have 2 TiVo's networked, both have usb to ethernet adapters, then one goes to a linksys "game adapter" which is around $100 (probably what you've looked at, or similar) and the other uses a Netgear WGPS606 wireless print server, that has a 4 port switch built in, connects the TiVo and the 360 that way, along with my USB printer, all wired to it, then wireless to the router. There are other access points out there that work in what they call "bridge mode", which is what you need, a wired to wireless bridge. I've seen some for as low as like $25 or 30. If I get a minute, I'll lookup a couple for you.

Depends on your outlook!

THAT's one of the projects that I need money for! It's time for some bodywork on it, and paint. I also have about half of the parts to put EFI on it (it's an 84, has a carb.) I spent about $4000 on the engine I built for it, about 6 or so years ago. I also would like to put a 6 speed transmission in it, since I keep failing at getting an automatic to work right in it (I rebuild transmissions sometimes as part of my job, and have rebuilt many of the same trasmission, but mine has never been right!) Two of my other projects are in my avatar, as well. The Ninja 250 gets fresh paint, and the starter gearing fixed (started clutch, or something is broken) and the Interceptor needs new paint, and I would love to do a complete overhaul on the engine, but at least the timing chains need attention. The next project is computer stuff, then home entertainment (TV, stereo, home theater, etc) and the list goes on from there....

I get what you're saying there, but it makes little sense to me. If someone get acquitted, they need a procedure in place to make it a simple filing, maybe said wages should be held in escrow? I see where the argument that driving is not a requirement for the job, BUT the use of one's judgement IS. This is not a simple case of speeding that went wrong, as much as it is a case of bad judgement causing 2 people to die.

Snowmobiles are a blast! Especially when you ride your friend's sled into a snow fence. Ask Chevysoldier about that one!!!

Xbox360....Not really, though. I'm contemplating (sp?) finding a short-term part-time job to supplement our income, catch up on bills, and put some money towards the projects (there are too many that need money thrown at them!)