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Thanks for link. I don't know if I want to have 80,000,000 million people around me cheering when the eclipse goes down or be by myself in a corn field. Dunno. Possibly a partial eclipse? Don't know how far outside the totality path you can be and still see a partial eclipse. My mom is 81...

Anybody planning a trip for this event? Some of you guys are fairly close and a days drive will get you there, I'd have to fly. The next, and realistically last, event for a good percentage of us here is 2024.

8k Dell monitor. From blurb, "Dell today announces a new 32-inch, 8K desktop monitor with 1.07 billion colors, aluminum construction, 100 percent coverage of the AdobeRGB and sRGB color gamuts, and a monster $4,999 price. The UP3218K has a resolution of 7680 x 4320..."

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/8442175

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for AC. Started playing in 2001 with some friends and eventually quit in 2007 when everybody was leaving for other MMOs. MMOs are just dumbed down so much now they just aren't worth playing.

Ping under a ms? That can't be right. Can it?

Happy New Year! Oh the glorious gunfire!!!

1) Who's working New Year's Day? My work day starts at 6pm so that barely counts. I'm also not doing any type of celebration on New Year's Eve that would prevent me from making it into work later in the afternoon. 2) What New Year's traditions/resolutions do you do, or try to do? I don't...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Sounds plausible. On the other hand, I doubt my gums receded the neccessary amount in under 12 hours. I'm going back in March for another cleaning and will mention it and salivary gland and any other possible issue. I'm always "ready" for xmas because I don't celebrate it.

Oh mi gawd!!! Lows all the way down to mid 40's this week! I'ma freeze to deth.

Thanks for the info. $1400 seems reasonable, depending on how much is covered by insurance. I was lucky that I ended up not needing a crown or worse a root canal. My only problem now is that if I eat/drink anything hot or cold I have intense toothache pain for 30-60 seconds. Dentist says...

He's just giving all of us time to catch up on our post counts. :)

Two upper molars (tooth 1 & 16) have been removed. Total time 40 minutes, and half of that was waiting for the jaw to numb. Bitting down on gauze right now so I don't bleed to death. Seems funny in this modern age, but tooth extraction is simply a doc putting your tooth in a pair of vice...

Not a lie. Just something I haven't done in 15 years.

That's extra special snowflake. TYVM.

WARNING: The next sentence may trigger you. Hey buddy, you need to post a trigger warning BEFORE you ask is someone was triggered because I was triggered by it.

Ahhhhhh fond memories of my friend's Seagate ST-225, 20MB HDD. I was eventually rocking a ST-238R RLL 30 MB HDD. ;)

My pop said they just ramp up the speeds and incline really quickly and get all the test information they need. He's in his 80s so perhaps the Docs just have to see if his heart can take a sudden increase in activity. No need to test for sustained activity as an 80+ year old won't usually be...

When I leave work at 4:30am and see frost on my car windshield, I'm like Oh WOW!!! Snow. LMAO. At least I don't have to worry about snow here.

Western Digital He12, 12 TB and 14 TB HDDs.

Good insight jtr. My Googling didn't bring up that possible cause. Both dentist and the doc probed the jaw and gums and I didn't feel any pain/swelling so perhaps they were checking for a blocked salivary gland but neither mentioned they were checking for that. If the gland is blocked, or...

The overgrown molars are the uppers, while the pain is in lower jaw. The upper molars aren't yet long enough to bump against the lower jaw. I guess it's possible there's a common nerve connection between the uppers and lowers. But since the pain came on rather suddenly I kind of discount the...

My pop went in for a physical/stress test a couple years ago. Treadmill stress test was under 60 seconds. Cost without insurance was $6k. So yeah, crazy prices (without ins) do exist. Hell, my recent teeth cleaning would have been billed at just under $1900 if I had no insurance.

I went to urgent care tonight and it was a $75 copay. Talked with a physicians assistant (PA) and he didn't think a sinus infection was the cause of my toothache like symptoms because it was the lower jaw and not the upper jaw. I pushed for the antibiotic anyways and got an Rx for some...

I'm going to not wait 4-5 years between cleanings ever again. I actually found a good dentist/hygienist less than 3 miles from my house. As far as antibiotics go I figured as much. I haven't been to a doc in decades so now I need to actually find a doctor and get some meds because putting an...

Test. Test. Test. Test. Space bar works for me.

I have good news and bad news. Good: I went to the dentist 8am on Monday, they did a complete set of X-rays the doc picked, probed, rubbed, tapped and every other damn thing to my teeth and told me, "there is nothing wrong with your teeth. No disease, decay, soft spots, no obvious signs...

Yeah I leave in less than an hour from the time of this post. I have not had the root canal yet, I'm just assuming it will be one because of the pain. But who know until they x-ray and probe the tooth.

^^^ Long time, no post. Welcome back.

Is the 5X no longer the best value ever "in a Google Fi phone"? A little confused by "for the briefest period of time, ever" part of your sentence? I'm thinking of doing the same and getting a 5X on the Google Fi plan. I don't have much use for a smart phone but I feel I should join the 21th...

I doubt I could afford any emergency dental work. The pain is not constant, thank god, comes and goes. If I keep my mouth full of water when I'm in pain the pain subsides, or if I rub my gums vigorously, pain subsides. It's enough that I can't just ignore it but not enough that I'm running to...

I have a dentist appointment for Monday A.M. I hope I survive till then. I've had crowns and root canals in the past, and the discomfort/pain has always ramped up in a slow/linear fashion over several weeks/month. Plenty of time to procrastinate. Not this time. I went from a very, very...

In other lens news.......... The new $2800 Nikkor 70-200/2.8E is stellar. It's even better than the legendary Canon 70-200/2.8.

mubs, to answer your questions: 1) I never had a real desire to shoot macro, but thought it would be cool and I thought I would eventually like it more than I do. I think that's partially because I've never gone on a specific "macro shoots" and/or shot somewhere with a high density of macro...

Well compared to a 500/4 the 200-500 is smaller, but it's still 17" long @500mm w/lens shade and 5+ pounds. The one major problem with the 200-500 is sample variation. Several photographers on YouTube describe their experience of having to return one or even two+ lenses to get a good copy...

The 105/2.8G Micro is obviously a specialty lens. It's nice to have, but I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I wish I would have not gotten the 105 and 16-35/4 and used the money for those two on the 14-24/2.8 lens. Lesson learned. The 200-500/5.6E is a monster, both in size and...

I'm thinking positive thoughts. Merc has been reverse gang-banged by all his stripper friends. He's recovering and will be back soon with details.

I just installed every Adobe application onto my WD hard drive that resides inside my S*ny computer.

Edit NEF files. Crop size, adjust exposure, bump contrast/colors, rotate flat my non-horizontal horizons, clone-out dust on sensor specs/minor problems with photo. That's about it. Don't have desire/skill to do much more. Nikon's Capture NX-D is garbage. I just don't like it. Slow and...

Lunar (or anybody else) have any experience with ON1 Photo 10.5, photo editing software? ON1 Photo RAW being their soon to be released upgraded product. -No cataloging/importing pics into database. -No subscription. -No Adobe.

You have me beat. Perhaps your new 6-figure salary has something to do with it?

Thanks Howell. That Nikon codec worked. I guess Nikon software is just mostly shit and not complete shit. Installed the Nikon Codec, rebooted, then clicked a NEF file. Got the "don't know how to open file" error and simply associated NEF with Windows picture viewer and bam it worked. To...

:scratch: That will work with Win7?

Most residential doors can be open with a good swift kick, regardless of the lock, unless the frame is hardened quite a bit. Of course your average lazy scumbag will just find an easier mark, such as a door left unlocked. But if they want in, and the door location is not viewable from the...

Correct. I was thinking .223 but wrote 5.56. It costs around $0.30/round to fire an AR because you can use .223 in an AR, while you may or may not be able to fire 5.56 in a .223 rifle. I remember back in the day when Chinese Norinco .223 was $0.13/round. 1600 round case was $200. Good times.

Funny. When I put in my Nikon D610+lens+accessories order at Adorama the total was around $3k. Because I was a first time buyer, and they were concerned with fraud, they sent an email saying I need give them a call and talk with someone in their "verification" department. They gave me the...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The joyous and wonderful sound of "Continuous High." Oh the mirror slapping goodness of it all. That sweet sound starts at 1m5s. Too bad a couple of windbags are trying to talk over it!

It's not a huge deal, but I thought there might be a easy solution that didn't require an "external" NEF viewer, aka the "Microsoft Camera Codec Pack," but said solution doesn't seem to work for me and my Win7 install. Probably user error. ;) I'm also looking for a NON-Lightroom/Photoshop...

^^^^ gotcha. Figured as much but thought I'd ask.