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Ah, the good old days. I was originally involved in Usenet when it was still on ARPANET. Jim Ellis and Tom Truscott were a couple of grad students at Duke who figured out a way to connect their computer at Duke to one at UNC using shell scripts written by Steve Bellovin in 1979. I moved in next...

Yeah. I would expect it Wed or so.

If they do, that doesn't mean the American Revolution II is over and done with at that time. It's a process that won't begin and end with a single battle or protest. It could take many years.

In ancient times those who were expert in the abacus and other mathematical tools, and who were employed by emperors and kings, were given the lofty title of "Computer". My first was a C=64.

Because I know it's coming (Scott), I've got to say that since the hardware and software of the iPhone are co-designed specifically to enhance battery life, poor battery life really isn't an issue with the iPhone the way it is with the other smartphones.

Fumoto Oil Drain Valve F106N for your Sprinter ;)

It rings, you flip it open and say, "Hello" .... and it talks to you! Juuust... like..... Star Trek. :D

If you have to ask that question, and do so in earnest, then you'll never understand the answer. I was never a fan of Jobs. His ego and arrogance was unmatched. But he did change the world, and the way we live our lives within it, in fundamental ways. You can say if he didn't do it, then someone...

We'll need to start a "Drive For Dennis" campaign. It's gonna be a tough campaign because, well, they'd be driving for Dennis, and he's, you know, Dennis. Bumper stickers are obviously out of the question, as "Bullseye Obama in 2012" bumper stickers would be less controversial. :D

I wish I could accurately describe Andy Bittenbinder, but here's my best feeble attempt. He's a freak. Like the starship captain who knows every bolt, every weld on his ship, Doktor A knows every bolt, every weld, every system and subsystem, and not only every part, but every part of every part...

Andy was skeptical with 400,000 on the van, but the glow plug came out with hardly any effort at all. That was replaced with a new plug, and the module was replaced with a new one that's a different design than the current module. It's a solid state module, no internal fuses to blow, so no need...

Visited Doktor A yesterday. Had an injector seal leak, the earliest states of Black Death. Was getting diesel exhaust smell in the cab for the past week. Pulled the cover and saw the telltale sigh, a thin amber shellac coating over the #1 injector. It turns out Black Death was well on its way...

See post #4 above.

You can go to this link, scroll to the bottom, and download the form right from the FMCSA. Or click here to download it directly: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/eta/part-396form6.pdf

Solutions are usually created to solve some problem or another, but for the life of me I can't figure out what problem this simple solution would solve.

I agree. Most TAs and other truck repair shops don't work on vans, so many of them have a tendency to just olé the inspection. That's great if you need a "yes-man" to sign off on your inspection form, but not so much if you want the van to actually be thoroughly checked out for problems, both...

I'll be seeing Doktor A Wednesday. There's a good Sprinter tech in Weslaco, TX (Ed Payne Motors), and Corsicana, TX (Berry Dodge). Freedom Dodge in Lexington, KY is very good. My Sprinter tech at Parkway Chrysler in Benton, KY is good.

The trick will be whether or not we have the right kind user privileges to install software, like scanner and printer drivers, in order to use our own scanners/printers with the QC. I haven't tried yet, but I plan on it. It would be nice to be able to use the flatbed scanner for those...

"Fried chicken and turnip greens? Are you kiddin' me? You gonna have watermellon for desert, too? Gimme a little help here, brother. I can't rag on these crackers if you keep eatin' this stuff."

If you can't get a Mac 19 response because you're OOS, then the software should be changed to not even allow dispatch to put you on a load if you're OOS. I'm guessing Mac 23 and Mac 24 require some action on the part of dispatch, and it's more like a specially formatted freeform message than it...