News on Dave - he did get his new laptop but the local WiFi where he is doesn't seem to include Internet access. He is hoping to go home late this week.

Morning Keith. I don't think I can keep up with that rate. It was the nearly 4 full pages of Pending Validations I built up over the weekend. As soon as everyone switched on their PC's at work on Monday ....Bingo

Still it's a new DA Record but I missed out, by just over an hour, on a Beta Badge. Aargh

Wisdom of the Month
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."
--Benjamin Franklin--- some good reading-- http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/ Some more for ??-- http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-world-clock-of-global-statistics.html#-- Expand your intellect and horizons ??

Standing in for Dave but only till later this week.

Good Morning MOT. . Good Morning Everyone else.

What good is wireless access if you can't get to the net? I guess just for there at the facility??

Having to piecmeal purchase the components. Just ordered a HD 500G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD5000AAKS bare drive from NewEgg. With discount, shipping included. $39.99

Wow David A. 50K Way to go. I must check the wattage consumed by my little atom netbook.

Everyone have a great day.

Edit: Additional info on the disk drive if anyone is interested: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $15 off with promo code EMCYXNR27, ends 9/30

Yikes.... Did you look up the prices on those puppies? ($300>$400>more).