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I'm also a bit concerned. If Merc has health problems and can't physically use a computer to send us a note that's understandable. But if there's a "non-medical (physical and/or mental)" reason why he hasn't dropped us a note here...that is just not right.

The fork is one of the early model Answer Manitou models. My bike is currently at the shop so can't look at fork to see which exact model it is. I won't be hitting any off-road trails anytime soon so it's not a big rush. If bike shop can't/won't replace elastomers I'll let you know. Thanks...

I took my "new" bike to a local bike shop and was told I can get a replacement rear shifter for about $40 installed. I went ahead and decided to get a full overhaul. Front/rear hubs, bottom bracket, headset re-greased. New cables/housings. Brake pads. Need to replace grips as old ones will...

/facepalm I'm having bike repair woes. 1) The tire pump I ordered doesn't work. I attach pump to valve but when I press pump handle down I can hear escape from bottom of pump and tire loses air. 2) I went about removing the old water bottle cages, as they were huge and designed for 1.5L...

I wonder how many companies (big or small) have that "one guy" that is essential to their operations. And if that person is usually in IT.

I was tired of being wishy-washy so I just went ahead and ordered a bunch of bike accessories from REI. I have two 20% off member coupons, one for regular priced items and one for "garage" items. Headlight. Way overkill for street riding but if I ever do decide to ride an offroad trail I want...

Sooooooooooooooooooo goddamn annoying that you have to sign up/register in order to see a web page.

This. Plus Sed is probably closer to $10/hour than $20/hour as a part-time UPS box thrower.

^^^^ April fools.

Yeah, my 32-bit firefox is v51 and when I click the "check for updates" button I get the "Firefox is up to date" message. I noticed you were on v52 so I thought that might be a 64-bit only version. But google says there is a 32-bit v52 so....not sure why I'm not getting asking to update to...

Thanks for the leads. I'll be checking them out.

edit: Doh.

Talk to me about bike lighting systems. Need a good headlight and taillight system. Headlight with a low & high power setting would be nice. Flashing taillight for better visibility preferred. LED "bulbs" and decently sized rechargeable/replaceable batteries. Battery I can quickly slip in a...

Ahhhhhhhh the early/mid 80s. My high school days. Wish I could go back in time knowing what I know now.

Merc's missing out on all this hot S*ny talk.

Nope. It's the NSA/CIA trying to make us think it's the Russians.

No snow here. I got the A/C cranking already!

She used a walker for a while to ensure she didn't fall, and had some in-home physical therapy but her recovery went smoothly. Sounds like you had more damage to the socket area than she had, hence your 10" incision, vs her tiny incision and "robotic" surgery.

Probably. Not 100% certain but more than likely we'll make the trip. Planning on driving up to Wyoming from friends place in Cali. You?

Do you have to go right back to work the next day after travel or were you able to take a few days off? Probably been 40 years since I've been on a plane.

I hear that Costco is actually a pretty good company to work for. ;)

I agree with your analysis SD. If you are a gamer, stick with Intel. If you do a lot of content creation and don't want (or can't) buy used then Ryzen is a possibility. At the very least Intel will have to either up their game a bit or lower prices. So Ryzen is a possible win for consumers...

Mom was walking 2 days after each of her hip replacements. One inch incision and mostly automated/robotic surgery.

Thanks for the pic. That screen shot is confusing because the "4" is in the middle of the screen and not in the lower right corner like in the news/hockey screen shots. But I can see now, barely, that you took the shot in a dark room and there is "extra" black on bottom and right side of...

^^^^^ Sorry to hear that your Sammy is sick. But is seems you are taking some serious actions to correct the problem. Hopefully your F8500 will hold out long enough until the OLED 4K, HDMI 2.1, HDR, etc TV standards appear and you can upgrade once again. Can you post a pic that shows the burn...

Every day...starting just before the sun comes up.

The DLs being discontinued makes sense when you look at these graphs. Fixed lens camera market share has nose dived.

Doh! My bad. It was a PM and not an email. The email was just the notification that I got a PM.

Nikon's Q3 financial results. Huge jump in their "Precision Equipment Business."

The DLs were delayed so long and had some serious issues it's probably better that Nikon just "discontinue" them before they even launch, then in 2018 reintroduce working/better cameras with a different name. Nikon needs to condense their DSLR product lines. D3xxx series. D5xxx series. D7xxx...

It appears the memory card manufacturers "negative campaign," with SD acting as the unlucky sucker, is working perfectly. Don't buy the cheap cards folks as they suck. Spend 2-3x as much on our "uber-high-ultra-speed-WORKING-memory cards!

I received the SPAM email as well. Twice. I didn't click the link that had a .VN domain. Vietnamese?

Canon will become the next Intel, with their microscopically small updates, if Nikon goes away. Canon users need a viable Nikon and vice versa.

SD have you tried a different card reader and/or computer, as Lunar mentioned in another thread, to see if that was the cause of your troubles? But regardless, you are having some bad luck with cards recently. :(

Nikon in financial trouble yet again. Nikon DL cameras discontinued.

I had to turn on the car A/C today. 80s today and tomorrow here in sunny AZ.

Has anybody received an email or PM from Merc? Can't believe he has had no access to a computer the last 3 months?!?

https://imgur.com/Nh902aV Warning: HUGE animated jpg/gif. You better now load this from home Sed.

HDMI v2.1 looks like a huge jump up from HDMI v2.0. 48Gbps bandwidth and support for 8K60Hz and 4K120Hz displays. Now the long wait for displays and vid cards to implement the new standard.

That Sony Walkman looks interesting. Thanks for looking into it for us. Maybe we can sent one to Merc (when available in U.S.) to get him to come back here or give us an update on WTF is going on.

This. Cough up the pics. Don't recall ever seeing BUSTY snakes.

Rule 34.

Lunar, or anybody else...Any experience using a DSLR to take photos/movies of the sun during a solar eclipse? Filter suggestions, tips, etc?

Holly crap that is cheap. Really cheap. I see Xeons and think hundreds to thousands of dollars each. 24x 8GB sticks I think several hundreds also, so the whole enchilada for just over a grand is really cheap.

Merc and I are the only pRon collectors so it can't be that... Edit: Seriously though...Aren't the dual xeons and 192 GB overkill? Or is there an actual need for that crazy horsepower to perform all the parity calculations? Edit2: Cost?

I'm in discussions with my friend in Cali about driving to Wyoming. Specifically, Grand Teton National Park and then onto Yellowstone NP. It's a 950 mile one-way drive from his SoCal condo, so it's on the long end as far as road trip distances go. Don't want to fly to southern Illinois and...

Was the snake confined in a cage or just laying on the ground? Those snakes are dangerous. I would not be attempting macro shots of that snake, even under well controlled circumstances.

Ideally I'd have an accurate and complete GPS route of the path of totality then simply stop on the side of the road or parking lot away from the horde of people. Not sure if I want to be around a bunch of people. Thanks for the links. Good point. These might sell out a month or so before...

HDMI v2 or DP v1.2 needed for 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz. I think HDMI v1.4 and dual-link DVI can do push 4k res but only at 24 Hz and 33 Hz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjpqQwhAVE4 Linus is excited! :)