Search results

There's nothing wrong in using a machine till it's useful (!). The last two machines I built were used for 7 years (still going when I gave it away) and 6 years (it died). It indicates you selected good components and built the machine properly. :cheers:

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Chewy, that's awful. I hope like the MS scare, the other issues are also actually not so bad and can be takes care of. My prayers and best wishes for your wife's complete and speedy recovery.

Emps should be made to understand quality is not an add-on or bolt-on function. At one place I worked, I had major arguments with an Exec VP on this topic. He wanted to set up a massive QA function. I disagreed, saying quality should be intrinsic to the work. When I asked him who would QA the...

So much for progress, eh? My order for flashlights was canceled by Fenix-Store.com after charging my credit card (they credited back). Reason: bill-to address outside USA, ship-to address to California. I protested, saying I had used a one-time-use CC #, so how could it be fraud. Answer: we...

Congrats, Bozo, you sure deserve it after a long innings. Make sure you have a hobby that keeps you occupied. Doing nothing eats into you like nothing else does! If you have the space (I think you do), gardening is a great idea. It connects you back to your roots and to the earth in a unique way.

If those batts were not LSD, they probably self-discharged at a super-high rate. I always thought NiMH batts (the HSD ones) were crap, and when I bought Eneloops I gave them away to someone that wanted them. Some 30-40 of them.

The smaller species always seem more aggressive. Probably have to be to survive.

Maybe something in the phone config that says don't send mail over 3G/4G but only over Wi-Fi. Many have this option to save on mobile phone data bills.

Aww, that's too bad. Are you going to get the Zebralight SC52? 280 lm with one AA.

Link?

time, no flame war, I'm just interested in learning. Oddly, I've never heard of chargers made by Canon for AA/AAA batts. I thought Dave was replying to my post about the C-9000; my understanding is that he has one but doesn't use it. You nailed it when you said overcharging kills, and most...

That's the fastest, sure-shot way to kill them thar batteries. It's not that difficult or time consuming to use the Maha. I have some new, unused Eneloops bought in 2007 (left untouched) that I reconditioned a couple of days ago with the Maha and they're now at 99% of nominal (max) capacity...

For AA and AAA batteries, nothing beats a Maha CH-9000 charger IMO.

I did a lot of homework and ordered, among others, the Sunwayman D40 Neutral and the Zebralight SC52w Neutral White. The Zebralight SC52W and the Olight S15 seem too close to each other in terms of output; you may want to get one or the other instead of both. Same applies to the Romisen and...

Cute. Barely old enough to be separated from mommy. Reminds me of the one we had back in 2006. She was lighter colored, though, and we got her from a shelter. One of these days I'll have to put up pics of the cats we've had since 2006.

With all that clothing you still scraped your nuts?

If the victim's eyes are light adjusted, I think 100 - 150 cd shone directly into the victims eyes will be enough to blind them for at least half a minute, no?

I presume this person already has and uses 18650s? If not it's a whole can of worms learning about protected cells, getting the appropriate charger, etc. It might be better to go with AA based lights.

Gigantic engines in small cars reminds me of a saying in my language that goes "his balls are bigger than his head".

I believe we're very near to or have already the crossed the point of no return. Melting glaciers accelerating their own melting, buried methane deposits waiting to burst forth, and what not. Perhaps time to migrate to what are now harshly colder climes.

+1 !

Kids are like that, Merc, you ought to know, you teach enough of them. It started by her cousins (who are much older than her and were earning on their own) gifting her an Ipod much before her teens. I refused to let her use it and it put away, forgotten, till, at the wife's insistence, it was...

Did you read the article? It's not entirely without merit. Practically speaking, it ain't gonna happen. The US has still not gone metric, fancy something like this happening!

What scale are they using? F or C? Lousy writing; they should have clarified that.

The new one came with a 1TB HDD; what do I do with it? It also came with Win8-64; the old lappy ran Win7-64. With the old lappy, I had given her an external 2.5" HDD and asked her to store all her docs, iTunes library etc. on it. With the new lappy, she can store everything on the built-in HDD...

Switching To A Base-12 Counting System

What Dave said. With new mobiles, you're getting f*ed multiple ways () and most don't even know it. They leak data constantly. I wanted ringtones for my Android, but guess what: it wants to see my contacts, it wants to know my location, it wants network access, and on and on. I'll happily pay...

Veering off the current topic. Everybody should see this. L. Ron Hubbard's great-grandson ripping him.

Done. Bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 (Model 59-347591). I told the dealer we wanted to check out one machine (up and running) from the Essential series (low-end), IdeaPad (mid-range) and ThinkPad (high-end). Daughter did not like the pimply track-pad on the ThinkPad. She also felt the trackpad &...

Ok, granted HP Pavilions are turds. What's the feedback on HP Envy laptops? Just asking...

The Los Angeles area is popularly called the Southland by the locals there. North America is frozen, Australia is roasting, Europe is unseasonably warm. Totally bizarre.

Issues are intermittent. I always use Firefox (latest release). For a few days, when I went from Quick Reply to Advanced, the preview pane would show what I had written till then, but the editable section would have no text at all. It's working alright now.

Bottoms up! You need to give her company with a bottle of Scotch in your hand.

For the longest time, Thomas Distributing's website has been a bare page with a single line at the top saying "Thomas Distributing is temporarily closed for the holidays. The offices and website are scheduled to reopen on Monday, January 6, 2014. Please check back with us then." Is is so even...

Thanks Chewy. I specifically asked the bloke if it was the CPU that was fried, and he said, "No, it's the chip next to it". Go figure. I checked out some Lenovos in a store this morning. Apparently only the Thinkpads have matte displays. All the others have glossy displays that reflect...

Yeah, saw that in the newspaper this morning. Damn, damn, damn! Too cold for a polar bear!

Thanks Merc, Lenovo is certainly at the top of the list.

Too good to be true? Sounds like it. The next day another bloke called from the place and said "AMD chip is dead, will cost $80+". Couldn't tell me if was the AMD CPU or which chip. Then I got an email that it was AMD chip 216-PQUY6A6VAR. Goggle knows nothing about this chip. I told them to...

Obama Selfie - what happened next. See the pics in sequence!

Not in New Delihi, but northern India is quite cold too. The Himalayan foothills have had a ton of snow and temps have gone negative Celsius. This happens every winter to some extent, but I believe it's been extra cold this year. Totally bizaorro.

Sheesh, you guys are going through some freaky weather. Shades of The Day After Tomorrow!

Dalwhinnie 15 yr 750 ml goes for ~ USD 88 here. Too much for me now; maybe one of these days.

I dropped off the laptop at a nearby repair place. The guy called now and said it could be fixed for ~ $46; something in the power circuit had gone wonky. I've asked him to fix it. We'll see how it goes.

Awesome. Which weather station is it? Am puzzled by the 99% outside humidity, though.

Chewy roasts while the folks in the US East/NE are getting frostbite. Oh, the irony.

Thanks DD, but no cigar. The power indicator stays lit for 7 seconds, then goes off. In this period, towards the end, the Bluetooth light flashes (going thru post). After this, the battery icon flashes once then all goes dead. Coug, I was talking about opening up the laptop's insides to see...

Thanks Mark & Merc. Everything seems to have a 1366 x 768 display. Is going to be tough to find something with more vertical pixels. I'll look.

If I get one with Win 8, am I automatically eligible to upgrade to Win 8.1 online? Thanks.

The Dell Lattitude D531 my previous employer allowed me to keep seems to have gone tits-up. 6 years and 4 months old. Won't post, can't go into BIOS. When the power button is pressed, the power on light comes on then goes off after half a sec. Battery fully charged, does same thing when plugged...