Where I live, switching to DST means I'm getting up earlier, before sunrise and running lights I otherwise wouldn't need. Although it makes sundown later, it doesn't seem to save me much energy. I may run fewer lights, but I still have to run A/C, which is the major hit on my electric bill in the summer.
Plus, I find the sudden shift back in the fall to be rather depressing. One Friday I'm coming home after work in the daylight and the following Monday I'm driving home in the dark. The gradual shift of the seasons would be less jarring for me at least.
Over the years I've tried toothpaste, a paste of Bon-Ami cleanser + water as well as several commercially sold CD scratch removers. All worked to some degree but nothing has worked as well as Novus #2, followed by a cleaning with Novus #1.
I also use Novus #2 to clean up laptop screens, especially touchscreens.
Whatever you choose to polish with, use a soft cloth; never use a paper product. Use a small amount on a fingertip-sized area of cloth and rub firmly in small, overlapping circles. Never let the dry cloth rub against the surface.
A few months ago I tried to post on a blog (sorry, I forget which one), entered the CAPTCHA and got a message that I was a suspected bot and my IP address was banned from posting for 48 hours.
I went back and carefully read the terms of use (just above the posting window) and buried in the middle of the terms was the phrase, "Do not enter the captcha, instead enter the first three letters of the fifteenth word in the second paragraph followed by the third word after the eighth word in the first paragraph in all capital letters."
A neat idea, but I suppose it won't be long before that one is cracked as well.
I have a similar setup on my Linksys WRT54GS. With the factory software it would lock up every other week -- wouldn't pass traffic and I couldn't log into it. Had to pull power to reset it. I loaded DD-WRT (23v2) and set it as you described and it has never failed to pass traffic, although every 3-4 months I can't access it from the Web GUI for some reason. I can still telnet into it though, so I just login from there and reset it.
I have a second WRT54GS (on it's own subnet providing open access to anyone in the area) and it's never locked me out of the GUI, although it doesn't pass nearly the traffic mine does.
I used to have a Blitzz router/AP that required rebooting every 3.5 days, regular as clockwork, regardless of traffic or number of connections. Pitched it in the dumpster when I got the second WRT54GS.
Years ago I used to work on GE radio equipment. GE radios (Master II series) had tin-plated resonant cavities in their receivers. Tin whiskers were seldom a problem in the mobile radios as vehicle vibration tended to keep the whiskers knocked off. But in base stations the whiskers would grow along the lines of current until they shorted out the coils within the cavities.
The symptoms were always the same. The radio would be working fine one minute and be stone-deaf the next. Sometimes just opening the cabinet door would be enough to dislodge the whiskers and remove the short. But it always returned a few days or weeks later. We got to the point where whenever we were sent out to fix a deaf base, our first repair technique was to take a large screwdriver and rap the cavities with the handle a couple of times, hard. We got some funny looks from the customers but they were happy to be back on the air.
GE finally admitted that the plating was the problem and shipped us a bunch of cavities with a different alloy to use as replacements. They never would tell us what the difference was. Curious, we disassembled some of the old cavities and shook out tiny metal slivers that were finer than a human hair. Some were up to a centimeter in length.
All of the radios we had problems with were less than five years old at the time.
On a somewhat unrelated note, a friend of mine works for a company building avionics. They're still using Lead/Tin/Silver solder for US military contracts. He thinks they know something the rest of us don't.
Childhood's End scared the hell out of me. I think I was 10 at the time. Reread it in college for a class and understood it a lot better. Still gave me chills, though.
Requiem im pace, Sir Arthur. The world is not a better place for your passing.
By personal player I assume they mean portable player. I bought my first mp3 player in 1996 or `97 from Corporate Systems Center. (Copyright on the manual says 1996.)
It's a desktop unit with hard drive and CD player called the MP3 CD Blast It! It has a 4x40 backlit LCD display, built in amp and speakers, plays both CDs and MP3 disks. I still have it on my desk at work and it still works great. Hard drive is a little small (80M or less, I think), but I mostly listen to mp3s from the cd player anyway.
Criminals also use roads and sidewalks, therefore when searching a property for criminal activity all properties connected by roads or sidewalks to the suspect property should be searched as well.
Instead of hauling your culture's music half way around the world why not broaden your understanding of the people around you by immersing yourself in the local culture by taking a radio?
I know it sounds old fashioned, but a small, portable, multi-band radio doesn't take up much space and is easily replaced at any shop around the world.
For Christmas, my wife bought me 2 cases of 20 oz, dark brown bottles and a big bag of caps. And she says she's going to plant hops along our fence line this Spring (since hops have become so expensive of late). What a woman!
Lions and tigers are different species. They *can* breed, but they cannot produce fertile young, afaik.
Not true. Male hybrids are generally considered infertile but it has not been conclusively proven. There's just not enough examples to test.
Combinations that have been seen:
Tiger(M) + Lion(F) = Tigon
Lion(M) + Tiger(F) = Liger
Tiger(M) + Tigon(F) = Ti-Tigon
Lion(M) + Tigon(F) = Li-Tigon
Tiger(M) + Liger(F) = Ti-Liger
Lion(M) + Liger(F) = Li-Liger
Ligers and their offspring are prone to gigantism and early death from cancer. Tigons are prone to dwarfism and deafness. All the hybrids can have abnormalities that affect their health and shorten their lives, but many seem unaffected and have relatively normal lifespans and behavior.
Some of this is from my fading memory, as I couldn't find a good example on the net. It's late, I'm tired and I'm not going to bother to search anymore.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but I'll bet it's real slow running Vista.
How would you tell?
Where I live, switching to DST means I'm getting up earlier, before sunrise and running lights I otherwise wouldn't need. Although it makes sundown later, it doesn't seem to save me much energy. I may run fewer lights, but I still have to run A/C, which is the major hit on my electric bill in the summer.
Plus, I find the sudden shift back in the fall to be rather depressing. One Friday I'm coming home after work in the daylight and the following Monday I'm driving home in the dark. The gradual shift of the seasons would be less jarring for me at least.
There's nothing to worry about unless your name is Sarah Connor.
http://www.plastidip.com/
I've used this for years to coat electronics for exposure to the elements. Boards up to 6x6".
It can be cut away and removed if necessary and then reapplied.
Not sure about the heat tranfer characteristics, tho.
Your mileage may vary, etc.
I'm barred from talking about my hobbies by my employer as well.
Might have something to do with all the razor blades and dismembered animal parts.
On the plus side, no one wants to borrow your computer.
Over the years I've tried toothpaste, a paste of Bon-Ami cleanser + water as well as several commercially sold CD scratch removers. All worked to some degree but nothing has worked as well as Novus #2, followed by a cleaning with Novus #1.
I also use Novus #2 to clean up laptop screens, especially touchscreens.
Whatever you choose to polish with, use a soft cloth; never use a paper product. Use a small amount on a fingertip-sized area of cloth and rub firmly in small, overlapping circles. Never let the dry cloth rub against the surface.
This is a bit more durable and about the same price:
http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip
You can get it in spray cans or quantities up to 50 gallon drums.
Interesting.
A few months ago I tried to post on a blog (sorry, I forget which one), entered the CAPTCHA and got a message that I was a suspected bot and my IP address was banned from posting for 48 hours.
I went back and carefully read the terms of use (just above the posting window) and buried in the middle of the terms was the phrase, "Do not enter the captcha, instead enter the first three letters of the fifteenth word in the second paragraph followed by the third word after the eighth word in the first paragraph in all capital letters."
A neat idea, but I suppose it won't be long before that one is cracked as well.
I have a similar setup on my Linksys WRT54GS. With the factory software it would lock up every other week -- wouldn't pass traffic and I couldn't log into it. Had to pull power to reset it. I loaded DD-WRT (23v2) and set it as you described and it has never failed to pass traffic, although every 3-4 months I can't access it from the Web GUI for some reason. I can still telnet into it though, so I just login from there and reset it.
I have a second WRT54GS (on it's own subnet providing open access to anyone in the area) and it's never locked me out of the GUI, although it doesn't pass nearly the traffic mine does.
I used to have a Blitzz router/AP that required rebooting every 3.5 days, regular as clockwork, regardless of traffic or number of connections. Pitched it in the dumpster when I got the second WRT54GS.
If you have frequent power interruptions, aren't they rebooting your router frequently?
Something is VERY wrong in slashdotland.
You're new here, right?
So don't keep us in suspense submitter, which model do you have?
You can load software on more than just the WRT54G.
DD-wrt works on quite a few devices:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
Used Linksys APs are fairly cheap and available. I bought a used WRT54GS V2.1 last weekend for $30. Loaded DD-wrt on it this afternoon.
I don't access other computers, I only connect to access points.
Years ago I used to work on GE radio equipment. GE radios (Master II series) had tin-plated resonant cavities in their receivers. Tin whiskers were seldom a problem in the mobile radios as vehicle vibration tended to keep the whiskers knocked off. But in base stations the whiskers would grow along the lines of current until they shorted out the coils within the cavities.
The symptoms were always the same. The radio would be working fine one minute and be stone-deaf the next. Sometimes just opening the cabinet door would be enough to dislodge the whiskers and remove the short. But it always returned a few days or weeks later. We got to the point where whenever we were sent out to fix a deaf base, our first repair technique was to take a large screwdriver and rap the cavities with the handle a couple of times, hard. We got some funny looks from the customers but they were happy to be back on the air.
GE finally admitted that the plating was the problem and shipped us a bunch of cavities with a different alloy to use as replacements. They never would tell us what the difference was. Curious, we disassembled some of the old cavities and shook out tiny metal slivers that were finer than a human hair. Some were up to a centimeter in length.
All of the radios we had problems with were less than five years old at the time.
On a somewhat unrelated note, a friend of mine works for a company building avionics. They're still using Lead/Tin/Silver solder for US military contracts. He thinks they know something the rest of us don't.
Apparently it's not available in all of the US either.
I only count 45 states and the District and Columbia on their reserve page..
"Invalid query: Table 'jester5_emptyjokeclusters' is marked as crashed and should be repaired"
Hey, that's pretty funny!
Childhood's End scared the hell out of me. I think I was 10 at the time. Reread it in college for a class and understood it a lot better. Still gave me chills, though.
Requiem im pace, Sir Arthur. The world is not a better place for your passing.
By personal player I assume they mean portable player. I bought my first mp3 player in 1996 or `97 from Corporate Systems Center. (Copyright on the manual says 1996.)
It's a desktop unit with hard drive and CD player called the MP3 CD Blast It! It has a 4x40 backlit LCD display, built in amp and speakers, plays both CDs and MP3 disks. I still have it on my desk at work and it still works great. Hard drive is a little small (80M or less, I think), but I mostly listen to mp3s from the cd player anyway.
Criminals also use roads and sidewalks, therefore when searching a property for criminal activity all properties connected by roads or sidewalks to the suspect property should be searched as well.
Instead of hauling your culture's music half way around the world why not broaden your understanding of the people around you by immersing yourself in the local culture by taking a radio?
I know it sounds old fashioned, but a small, portable, multi-band radio doesn't take up much space and is easily replaced at any shop around the world.
CES is and always has been more about marketing and hype than any actual innovation.
For Christmas, my wife bought me 2 cases of 20 oz, dark brown bottles and a big bag of caps.
And she says she's going to plant hops along our fence line this Spring (since hops have become so expensive of late).
What a woman!
Plastic bottles? Blasphemy!
Lions and tigers are different species. They *can* breed, but they cannot produce fertile young, afaik.
Not true. Male hybrids are generally considered infertile but it has not been conclusively proven. There's just not enough examples to test.
Combinations that have been seen:
Tiger(M) + Lion(F) = Tigon
Lion(M) + Tiger(F) = Liger
Tiger(M) + Tigon(F) = Ti-Tigon
Lion(M) + Tigon(F) = Li-Tigon
Tiger(M) + Liger(F) = Ti-Liger
Lion(M) + Liger(F) = Li-Liger
Ligers and their offspring are prone to gigantism and early death from cancer. Tigons are prone to dwarfism and deafness. All the hybrids can have abnormalities that affect their health and shorten their lives, but many seem unaffected and have relatively normal lifespans and behavior.
Some of this is from my fading memory, as I couldn't find a good example on the net. It's late, I'm tired and I'm not going to bother to search anymore.