Dave

Apple says they have abandoned appletalk, and they seem to have absolutely no interest in helping.

My friend bought a new, 5-gallon cas can to take an emergency supply on a camping trip. It has a CARB-compliant nozzle, that's supposed to protect the environment. The nozzle won't fit into the fuel opening of my 2004 Toyota Sienna, so when you push the nozzle into the opening to make the nozzle open up to let gas flow, most of the gas just splashes out onto the ground. Any ideas?

It seems to me that Jesus was pretty specific about this. How can a major Christian leader justify advocating the assassination of Hugo Chavez just because he says nasty things about us? How do Christians justify trying to retaliate for 9/11?

I will have a relatively low Federal taxable income this year. If I convert, say $100,000 from my traditional IRA to my Roth IRA, will that "income" push me into the same bracket as if it were real income? Does my total income including the converted amount have to stay below the threshold for allowing a Roth conversion? Will this trigger AMT?

A friend insists that Vice President Cheney refused to divest his holdings in Haliburton when he took office. Can this be true? If so, it certainly stinks of conflict of interest when he pushes the Iraq war, and when Haliburton's KBR gets fat no-bid contracts.

When I try to create one, the choices are WAY too limited, and I don't want to use a photo.

The tiny (by today's standards) internal drive is full. I don't want to replace it, but to attach an external drive, that I could use later with a newer computer. USB connector is 1.0, no firewire. 9-pin serial port Dell calls DTE.

Where do they think that plane went? Who do they think fired the missile?

There is a bewildering array of power drills available today, in a wide price range. What, in your experience, is the best, and why? How important is NiMH battery, as opposed to NiCad, for a homeowner who may not touch the drill for months? What features do you feel are most important?

Our roof is one of those built with pre-assembled trusses, so the attic space is not really an attic. There is very thick blown insulation, so I can't see the joists. I assume there is no walkway under the insulation, so I'd break through the ceiling below if I stepped between the joists. Should I haul in some boards to walk on, and just lay them on top of the insulation? If so, is it OK to leave them for future work, or will they significantly reduce the insulation value?

I need to rewire a ceiling fixture where the sockets and some of the wires have deteriorated because of heat, even though we nexer use more than the recommended max 60 watt bulbs. The only wire I could find in my shop is Romex, which, of course, is solid wire, so I have to make a trip to Home Depot. I'll do that, but it started me wondering, why do we use solid wire in walls, but only stranded in fixtures? Is it because it's more flexible? Does it make better electrical connections with wire nuts?

I'd like to be able to access a calendar of which publicly traded companies will announce earnings on particular days.