Jim Whitehead wrote:
> So, after shutting off the water and mopping up, I was left to ponder what
> are the odds of having mechanical failure of a large rectangular porcelain
> bowl, in the absence of any visible stressors (like someone striking it with
> a sledgehammer)? We hadn't done anything unusual to the toilet in the recent
All it takes is an overtorqued nut (e.g. at the water intake entrance)
to stress the porcelain, and you've got a time bomb waiting to go off.
Of course, if you're lucky, you'll overtorque it enough that the tank
will break right away, while you still have the water intake shut off.
- Joe

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Adam L. Beberg wrote:
> Forwarding me stuff from a list is hardly handing me a job.
I was talking about the open reqs at Kana (the company I work for).
Oh, but programming in Java is beneath you.
- Joe

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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Geege wrote:
> Latest Rambus memory plus fast bus appear to give Intel's newest P4 the jolt it needs.
Well, Athlon FSB 333 is almost there. And I'm really looking forward to
the Hammer series.

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