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Most cars have some level of data recording tied to the airbag system that the vehicle manufacturer can access to defend the deployment of the airbags, but it's very very limited access.

Are you sure your cable modem doesn't lock access to a particular MAC address? I remember early on in the broadband days you would have to clone the MAC address of your PC (that you setup the cable modem with) into your router to make it work.

Like that's going to be an option. The cops will just plug into your car and download the box because you'll consent. And if you refuse to consent they'll bring in the ____ sniffing dog who sits on cue after getting the signal from the handler and then they'll have probable cause to search...

So, basically my impression of Europe based on my time in Belgium and Germany is that unless you want to live like people did before they had cars you need to have a car. I'm thinking back to the days of horse and buggy in the US like the late 1800's. You lived within a relatively close...

You've heard of the 5th amendment right?

jtr, I know I always love reading your delusional fantasies about Statist central planners who control where people live and what they can own whenever other people post about buying cars.

I've been to Shanghai several times in the past 2 years. First, it's absolutely huge and second, it's very expensive to live there. There's no way public transportation and bikes can get everyone to and from their jobs to where they live.

Have you visited a large city in China in the past decade?

I'd suggest a receiver. One with pre-amp outputs to allow outboard amps later if desired.

Yes, that was my thought process also.

So I went ahead and bought a vacuum sealer and Sous Vide from Monoprice. They showed up last week. I'm waiting on my plastic container that I'm going to use for my hot water bath to get here from Amazon. I played with the vacuum sealer a bit tonight to make sure it works. I was a little...

Do you need an amp or a receiver? You mention an amp, but the Yamaha piece you referenced is a receiver. You linked to the Emotiva X-series gear which does not include a receiver. It has pre-amps and amplifiers.

What's the worst that could happen? :scratch: https://www.dpreview.com/news/1506219186/lensrentals-shares-photos-of-destroyed-camera-gear-they-got-back-after-the-eclipse

I was about to suggest a silver Sharpie myself, but you beat me to it.

I have no idea what you just said.

Yeah, what he said. :cheers: Happy Birthday Mr. Drueding!!! :beer:

How's the steak taste and compare to when they're conventionally cooked? I note from your comment you haven't gone Sous Vide'ing yourself.

Well, it seems the situation is a bit more complex. This goes into lots of detail: http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Safety

130-150F is hardly "heated" when it comes to the plastics used. Some products see higher temps than that in shipping. Why would you need induction heating if you can get it waterproof? The cooking is in a warm to hot water bath. By the way, isn't Aluminum foil bad for food too? I think...

It was a bit of a group experience for us. There were people clustered around in small groups that were a bit spread out, certainly nothing like people shoulder to shoulder or anything though like you see in photos on the internet. People were cheering when totality started and were cheering...

Most food is packaged in plastic. Milk, cereal, bread, chips, crackers, cookies, condiments, soda/pop, water, etc. I can't see how your two small precautions are reducing your exposure to plastic on your food. How would you seal the food in metal foil under vacuum and keep the water water out?

That's always a concern, but people eat sushi with raw fish and "undercooked" steaks and seafood all the time.

According to whom? The temperatures are too low to cause any problems with the plastic melting or breaking down and the plastics used don't have BPA or other chemicals people are worried about. Do you ensure your food has no contact with plastic?

Has anyone beside Santilli tried a Sous Vide? I'm super tempted to get a Sous Vide setup w/ vacuum sealer now that you can get them relatively inexpensively at Monoprice. Their Sous Vide is $69.99 shipped and the Vacuum sealer is $79.99 shipped.

Someone hit the nail square on the head. Your thoughts exactly mirror mine. There was about 4 really interesting minutes. Totality + about 30-40 seconds on either side of it. The long lead in and lead out are neat, but totally paled in comparison compared to the center few minutes. How many...

But why would they want to when they can artificially keep prices high and make more money?

I saw it in a local store the other day where I bought my Westmalle Trappist brews. I didn't have that issue.

I'm pretty sure there are lots of places in CA where it gets that hot.

Is that an official temperature reading though or just an amateur one? :scratch:

Temperatures there couldn't be expressed in Celsius before?

I'm guessing Commiefornia.

I guess you should be drinking more water.

Houston is going to get wiped from the map by a natural disaster? :eekers:

I had a Köstritzer Schwarzbier while in Germany on business a few weeks ago. I did not care for it. And yes, I realize I'm replying to you almost 6.5 years after the fact. I decided to re-read the 15 years of thread.

I'm sure Houston will still be there for your next visit despite being "canceled".

I don't want to impugn his character, but I'd safely guess no.

I had some absolutely delicious Belgian Trappist beers while I was in Belgium. Westmalle Dubbel was my favorite. Westmalle Tripel was my second. Orval was very good also. They Westmalle beers can be bought in MI, but are quite expensive. The store I found it at wants $7.99 per 330ml bottle with...

Since someone else already injected politics into the thread... https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/american-totality-eclipse-race/537318/

Thankfully I left my Yoga 3 Pro behind at my old job. Now I have a Thinkpad 470s (but with a Skylake CPU instead of Kaby Lake). It's a much better machine.

I saw it. Totality was awesome!!! Had clear skies. Pictures aren't very good I think. I wasn't trying very hard. I was trying to soak in the experience.

As I'm sure you know they use it on video cards. So, if it gets more expensive the cards will too.

I bought a pair of clip on sunglasses today. The ones i lost were probably 20 years old, but I used them for driving in my car. I took them to SC with me though. I had been intending to get better prescription sunglasses like real sun glasses that are prescription instead of tinted lenses in...

My prescription sunglasses are now at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. :(

Maybe... My sister came and got me though.

What is your definition of "fairly quick"? I'd expect about 16 hours.

I'm sure. So I'm actually going to make it to South Carolina before dawn. I was originally supposed to be on the 2nd to last flight from Atlanta. The put me on the last one after I wouldn't make the one I was originally booked on. The last one had a 75 minute delay which is the only reason I...

Mechanical problems with the plane. Though maybe the lizard people sabotaged it. Now we're going to use a different plane after it lands.

Getting to South Carolina is proving to be challenging. My first flight has been delayed by over 4 hours. Now I can't even get there tonight.

Are you sure you can play golf? You've cryptically described having numerous physical issues at different times on the forum.

I'm not sure. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/eclipse/sc-warns-of-possible-lizard-man-sightings/465024992