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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:37 am
by longtooth
Fully understand. My wife is too. 5'2". Some are shorter but not many. My son is in USAF stationed in Alamo city. Like yall get to shoot when we are together & it is a 4-hr drive for him. For me at the speed limit nearly 5. My wife shoots, my Mom, his grandmother (boy is he prowd of that) The grand ones both shoot. His wife does some. Enjoy every minute.
Introduction
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:42 pm
by rwehnau
48
Male
Army Paralegal working out of Fort Hood, rapidly approaching the 20 year mark
5th year CHL
S/W 9mm Glasers and Silvertip
Bersa 380 Glasers and Silvertip
and...Raven 25 auto (yeah, I know) ball ammo only :)
welcome
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:14 am
by longtooth
welcome rw. my son is also approcahing the 20 yr mark. USAF. Drill instructor Lackland AFB. Thank you for your service.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:09 pm
by Locke
Hi everyone. New to the forum and looking forward to learning from all of you.
38
Male
IT Manager
Single
4 yrs of CHL- Just sent in my renewal papers.
Live in Carrollton, Denton County
Usually carry G26, Occasionally G19 or PM9
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:43 pm
by Reysc
Welcome Locke!! Another DFW guy!! Maybe we can all meet one day and be able to put faces to the names..
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:22 pm
by Crossfire
Not just another DFW guy, but another Professional Geek! AND another Glock fan! Welcome, Locke!
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:37 pm
by apowell
Yes, we will all have to get together and have a "professional geek" shootout (not at each other of course - we'll use "users" as targets).
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:25 pm
by dubya
Guess I'll finally chime in. JW here. I have been in the computer/Internet services business for 25 years and taught at both Baylor and UT Austin in the business schools. Now in DFW.
Sons of the Republic of Texas, sportsman. Dog person.
Howdy to all!!
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:59 pm
by Locke
Getting paid to play with computers. What a life.
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:31 pm
by Reysc
Hey Locke, how about getting paid to taste food and wine and play golf.. wanna trade??
seriously, ya'll DFW guys if you want to meet I could sponsor you for coffee and something.. something.. No shooting yet! Dubya,jbenat and the rest of our "waiting roomates".. I'm off 635 east and La Prada
... I can do it as early as tomorrow.. Just send a PM..
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:34 pm
by flintknapper
dubya wrote:Guess I'll finally chime in. JW here. I have been in the computer/Internet services business for 25 years and taught at both Baylor and UT Austin in the business schools. Now in DFW.
Sons of the Republic of Texas, sportsman. Dog person.
Howdy to all!!
Anyone who likes guns and dogs, is alright in my book!
Welcome, Dubya!
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:36 pm
by Crossfire
Locke wrote:Getting paid to play with computers. What a life.
Yeah... it's nothing but fun all day long. And sometimes - all night long, too
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:45 pm
by apowell
All of us gun-tote'n-compu-geeks need to work at the same place
. I wonder how long it would be before someone felt threatened by a computer and had to apply deadly force to "stop" it.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:56 am
by KBCraig
apowell wrote:All of us gun-tote'n-compu-geeks need to work at the same place
. I wonder how long it would be before someone felt threatened by a computer and had to apply deadly force to "stop" it.
XP versus XTP... my money is on the one with sharp points.
My agency installed SurfControl on my days off last week. Quite deliberately defying IT policy against installing unapproved apps, I've always used Firefox instead of IE. I came back on my Monday, read the usual homepage stuff from the central office, then tried to check the weather (it's part of my job). I got a SurfControl warning. Hmmm... let's try another site. Nope, blocked.
I found that the new filters block access to everything outside our WAN unless you're using MSIE. Because --get this-- java security controls don't work properly with Firefox, so please use IE instead.
Java? IE? Security?
ROTFLMAO!
Why do they think I was using Firefox in the first place? I sat down at my computer one day, and found another user had clicked the dreaded "yes, scan my computer for viruses and install tons of adware while you're at it" popup button.
I love geeks. We couldn't get along without y'all. But seriously... even though your jobs rely on bugware from Redmond, you've got to be tempted to strangle the people who specify MS apps. I admire your restraint!
Kevin
Happily MS-free at home
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:06 am
by apowell
I was thinking more against the lines of HP vs HK, XP vs XD or 2000 vs 1911 but the same premise. Of course, with RAID, hot swappable drives, multiple CPUs and Failover, the HK might get a run for it's money. Of course if you just don't shoot at all, it will eventually die/crash on it's own, but that isn't near as much fun.
