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I kind of thought it was weird when I saw North Face bikes in a mag. Great tents yeah, but leave bikes to the bike people. I wouldn't buy a Specialized tent and sleeping bag. :confused:
 

narlus

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Sandwich said:
why did i have to go through a secondary link to get to an ebay site?
it just shortens the URL to a reasonable length, that's all. i think i learned that trick from toshi.

it's useful for putting in really long URLs into emails or posts (stuff like product selection URLs from an on-line merchant, driving direction URLs from mapquest, etc).
 

oly

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No ones ever heard of an SMU? (Special Make Up?) North face must have felt that they may sell a few more products with their name on them, and searched out someone to do it. I might add at least they picked a decent brand. Ive seen horrid SMU products over the years from no name china factories.... Mostly big box specific items.....

Although, most of the RM community wouldnt want a North Face bike, there are some people who like to have matching stuff. They'd probably also buy a North face branded SUV to stuff all their other North Face gear into that they only use 1-2 times a year.......
 

Toshi

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narlus said:
it just shortens the URL to a reasonable length, that's all. i think i learned that trick from toshi.

it's useful for putting in really long URLs into emails or posts (stuff like product selection URLs from an on-line merchant, driving direction URLs from mapquest, etc).
and if you put a link to javascript:void(location.href='http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+location.href) in your address bar then clicking it will turn the page you're currently on into a tinyurl
 

mobius

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Iron Horse just makes the bikes and they are the same spec but badged with a north face logo for places like galyans sporting goods etc.
 

Sandwich

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you know you are a nerd when:
Ska todd says Dicks will sell TNF bikes, and you think,

what's Tumor Necrosis Factor have to do with cycling?

I win!
 

narlus

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Sandwich said:
you know you are a nerd when:
Ska todd says Dicks will sell TNF bikes, and you think,

what's Tumor Necrosis Factor have to do with cycling?

I win!
hey, what do you know about TNF? the reason i was in ireland for 15 months had a lot do w/ that (for production of Enbrel).
 

Sandwich

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I worked for a biotech company using immunocytokines, my research paper is on cytokines, and I hope to be a virologist in the next few years....

"I don't mean to sound queer or nothin, but I think Interleukin-2 is KICKASS!"
 

Sandwich

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i **** thee not that I am seriously considering getting the base sequence of IL2 tattooed on my leg.

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narlus

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if anyone is interested, there's a guest speaker in next week, giving a talk on:

"Tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) mediates shedding of platelet adhesion receptor GP1b(alpha): implications for platelet transfusion and platelet function"

:D