Cold in the morning, cool all day, but warm in the sun. That describes yesterday, and probably today. It was gorgeous and sunny though the breeze was stiff and chilly at times. It made working outdoors very pleasant.
Spent the day doing what I could to help the guys keep moving, and knocking off little tasks on my list. The big thing I did was removing a 4 foot wide strip of decking from the dock so the guys can access the bulkhead today. They are supposed to do the foam reinforcing and backfill later today.
Speaking of which, the sand fill under the house is so soft it’s essentially liquid. The “Dingo” tracked machine can barely stay upright on the sand as it shifts around. If I hadn’t been told to leave as much concrete as possible, they wouldn’t be able to use the machine. Stabilizing the sand will move up my priority list. Short of remove and replace, I’m thinking the foam injection makes sense. Some sort of geotextile in layers might be possible but it would mean moving a bunch of the sand anyway. Stabilizing the hill and the retaining walls was always on the radar, but the actual soil being wrong is a bit over the top…
I note that even if we’d scraped the house and started fresh, we’d still be facing some sort of soil and retaining corrections. Ditto for the septic system. And as an aside, the neighboring HOA park and boat launch is actually 2 lots, so I have even more distance on that side from any neighbors than I initially though. You just don’t get that kind of space normally. There is just a lot more up front work and expense than we’d have liked.
Today the guys will continue setting the helical piers, hopefully the foam guy will get started on the bulkhead, and after around noon, I’ll be headed home. I’ve got a couple of pickups to do, some material to buy, some tools I need to get from home, and I’m missing the kids. After dinner I’ll drive back up tonight so I can be here for the guys first thing on Thursday.
I should be able to bring up some more food stacks and maybe some medical as well.
Always be working to improve your position, and keep stacking!
nick
If you have an Android phone, install FDroid and use it to download OsmAnd as a backup.
OsmAnd will cache as many maps as you have secondary storage space to hold.
On iPhone, your alternative used to be HERE maps, but I pulled that from my phone.
A heart transplant patient in the US becomes part of a very large racket -er- study funded by various levels of government. My father-in-law also had Perot family money involved in his care because he carried around a very detailed knowledge of the AT&T billing system inside his head, and Perot Systems had some kind of contract to modernize the infrastructure with IBM.
Everyone wanted a piece of the action.
At UT Southwestern, even the nuns running the hospital guest house had a skim operation.
Ultimately, my father in law was done in by the nurses on the transplant ward. They had the best scam of all running in addition to being some of the highest paid non-physician employees in the building.
Oh, great. Now I’m getting sale information from Dick’s in my non-Google email.
More cleanout on my desktop. Last night, I booted Linux Mint, popped open the Bash shell, and cleared out the C:\Users\[Name]\AppData\Local\Temp directory on my relatively new Windows 10 partition, freeing up 5 GB of temporary files which would not respond to Disk Cleanup on the drive whenever I tried.
As they say, YMMV.
At first, Linux Mint wouldn’t mount the drive beyond read only, but booting to both Windows and executing Shutdown cleared some kind of problem on the drive.
Another “pro” argument for a new motherboard – none of the RHEL 9 clones will boot without core dumping on the machine.
After Christmas. For now, my laptop allows Docker experiments in Windows 10.
A couple of doctors pulled that crap when my wife had her hip replaced. Got a bill from two of them for “consulting fee” in the amount of a couple hundred dollars. I called their office and told them neither the wife nor I never consented to their services. Thus, I am not paying the bill. Take me to court if you like. Never got another bill. I found out later that insurance had paid them several hundred dollars.
Chilly this am, but not sure how chilly because they had to move my outdoor thermometer to access one of the holes. Chilly.
WRT GPS, .mil is very worried about loss or degradation of GPS on CONUS and elsewhere. They have been funding all sorts of stuff, from robustness research to alternative means of figuring out where you are (there’s even a nifty acronym that I can’t remember.) There isn’t any security in GPS data, so it’s vulnerable on several levels including just having a louder transmitter overwhelm one of the sat’s signal. Local loss of GPS is a good reason to have a street map for your area, a national street atlas, and some idea where you are and where you are going. I admit that I no longer check as carefully that my destination is correct before starting the trip, only that the route goes in the general path I expect. I used to be sure I understood the whole route. I do still have a Key Map for my city. If you can get one, even a couple years out of date, they are awesome backup. Our fire dept dispatch still references KeyMap pages when dispatching.
Getting the furnace running in the house has become a top 3 priority! CHILLY.
@greg, don’t forget to look for failed windows updates. They all get saved somewhere that windows won’t find for cleanup. I mentioned it here when I got about half my drive back on the family desktop. I used windirstat to find big files.
WRT medical billing fraud, if everyone can wet their beak, who’s going to complain? Some faceless .gov program is paying, not Joe down the block so why not get as much as they will let you, amiright? Thieves, but the whole system is set up to let them steal.
I better get started on my day.
n
It’s not going to be any easier next year, Ed. I think you need to bite the bullet and bail.
(Yah, I’m speaking as someone still in NYFS. Two years, eight months, and a few days to go.)
It’s 34F at the dock. Frost on the grass near the water. Mist on the lake. I don’ t really have any cold weather clothes up here. Not even long sleeves or long pants. No hoodie. I’ve got a fleece and a carhart jacket though.
67F in the house without heating. Fingers are stiff.
I’ll have to bring some clothes back with me.
n
Yeah, I admit to not doing this as well. My in-laws moved from one part of KY to another. On our first trip to their new house, our GPS got us close, but then wanted to take us on a 40 minute detour for no reason. Luckily my wife knew the area and we ignored the gps from that point on.
On vacations, we always have a Bob’s road moment (obscure Twister reference). We almost look forward to it now…
I go on a hunt with “du -s *” with the PC booted into Linux and the Windows partition mounted as R/W.
Nuke it from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.
NTFS support is still not 100% under Linux so you kids watching at home should leave the crazy stunts to the professionals.
The Naval Academy is once again teaching Celestial Navigation IIRC. I’m surprised they ever stopped.
I can get 6-7 nautical miles accuracy with my $30 plastic sextant. From what I understand, the Chinese Astras can do 2-3 nautical miles, but I never had a justification to drop the cash on one when they were widely available and under $500.
Unlike the Chinese GPS devices, it isn’t possible to remotely disable the sextants. The alternatives are German and much pricier.
@Nick – If you see an Astra IIIB in a Goodwill bin or estate sale, that is money.
When GPS and ADS-B “Out” were created, no one thought that civilians would have access to transmitters in the frequency ranges in which the devices operate since both are either 1 GHz or above. Authentication of the transmitted signal was an afterthought, which may cause serious problems now with very capable SDR equipment up to 6 GHz is becoming available to the general public.
My rejected thesis was about securing ADS-B “Out”, but I imagine that the potential mischief is there in the unencrypted portion of GPS signals as well.
GPS – any radio signal can be jammed. If the military thinks they can rely on GPS against a high-tech opponent, they are nuts. Similarly, I assume they will deny navigation signals to any opponent.
IIRC there are now three constellations of nav satellites (Russian, European and American). Do the Chinese also have one?
On a related note, apparently Russia is launching cruise missiles from aircraft barely outside of Ukrainian airspace. Seems like it should be possible to get a shot with a SAM. Take down more irreplaceable Russian assets.
Jammed sure, but far more interesting would be a way of injecting fake data into the system.
I theorized that it was possible with ADS-B and proposed a solution. The response was, “The government must have a solution for this already.”
Yes, I’m sure. Top … Men.
[Cue “Raiders” theme]
GPS: Celestron makes an accessory called StarSense that, without GPS, just looks at the sky with a camera and finds out where you are closely enough to accurately point a telescope by recognizing star patterns.
A extension of functionality to navigate at sea seems quite doable.
I believe it needs a general idea of one’s location, probably achievable by DR afloat.
https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-StarSense-Automatic-Alignment-94005/dp/B00EZILDLS/ref=asc_df_B00EZILDLS?linkCode=df0&hvadid=80127027724175&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvtargid=pla-4583726554226994&psc=1&tag=ttgnet-20
“AFAIK, it is against international law to make someone “stateless”. If someone does not have a second passport, you cannot just take their only citizenship away.”
Pulling their passport and putting them on the no-fly list would work.
I remember reading an article on strange GPS spoofing a while back, and found the link:
https://skytruth.org/2020/05/ais-ship-tracking-data-shows-false-vessel-tracks-circling-above-point-reyes-near-san-francisco/
It’s unclear exactly what is going on technically. If it is a ‘simple‘ transmitter on a tower somewhere then possibly a mildly directional GPS antenna could identify that it isn’t a valid satellite (disclaimer: I am no radio guy…).
But it would still be a hit to the functionality of the system.
@brad:
Yes, they do – Beidou. And you can buy GPS chips that can use all 4. Notably, the uBlox NEO-9. I don’t know of GNSS receivers that you can buy off-the-shelf right now, but I’m sure they’re coming. For that matter, the latest smartphones may do it already. In fact, my two-year-old Nokia 8.3 5G does, although Galileo is not offered.
G.
If the guys know the secret sauce to get a chip fab to produce good chips, I’m sure someone would be happy to offer them a passport…
It’s a black art.
n
far more interesting would be a way of injecting fake data into the system.
Maybe I misremember? I thought I had read of police forces,or maybe the feds doing this already?
The military has access to encrypted GPS signals, which should make spoofing more difficult. What I don’t remember, is whether they can enable the encryption while still leaving the civilian side alone. They may have to choose, and I suppose turning offciviluan GPS is no longer an option.
Headed home in a few… the foam guy will not be here before I leave, but the foundation guy will make sure he’s up to speed.
I’m bringing the wet suits home for the girls. They have a sailing weekend and I think it might be CHILLY on the Gulf.
Pickups, shopping, stuff from home, dinner, then back. Lots of driving. And that is why electric just doesn’t work for most people.. I’m going to drive over 300 miles today in the afternoon and evening. I did my mileage log for taxes, and that isn’t an uncommon day. I know plenty of people that drive more than an hour to work, sometimes two. And I’ll be hauling stuff in my pickup both ways.
n
@brad:
The encryption (so-called anti-spoofing) is only on the Precise Positioning Service signals – civilian Coarse/Acquisition service is completely open.
That said, in the early days of GPS, after the US Military suffered a loose sphincter moment when they realised exactly how good the C/A signal was, Selective Availability was introduced to degrade the C/A accuracy to about 100 metres – after SA was discontinued in about 2000 (I think – please correct me if I’m wrong) accuracy improved to units of metres.
G.
“AFAIK, it is against international law to make someone “stateless”. If someone does not have a second passport, you cannot just take their only citizenship away.”
Pulling their passport and putting them on the no-fly list would work.
Nah, they could just walk across the Rio Grande like the other 200,000 people per month walking into Texas from Mexico. Be sure to carry a gallon or two of water.
GPS – any radio signal can be jammed. If the military thinks they can rely on GPS against a high-tech opponent, they are nuts. Similarly, I assume they will deny navigation signals to any opponent.
IIRC there are now three constellations of nav satellites (Russian, European and American). Do the Chinese also have one?
On a related note, apparently Russia is launching cruise missiles from aircraft barely outside of Ukrainian airspace. Seems like it should be possible to get a shot with a SAM. Take down more irreplaceable Russian assets.
SpaceX has a sooper sekret project from DOD to add GPS to the Starlink satellites. Not sure how well that would work in LEO instead of GEO.
“Electric utility CEO pay gap widens as groups push to link executive compensation and decarbonization”
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electric-utility-ceo-pay-gap-widens-link-executive-compensation-decarbonization/628396/
Lets see, how well this has worked for Germany and the UK. Not well ? Too bad, it will work this time.
I am detecting insanity in these decarbonization people. They keep on doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Maybe the satellites are implementing A-GPS or a variation to account for the transmitter moving in orbit.
Location fixing using custom hardware listening to the signals from the Starlink satellites would be easy but expensive. The $100 Android phone I keep to play with LineageOS has A-GPS hardware.
Eh? GPS satellites are in medium orbits – not skimming the atmosphere but well below geosynch. The sats over the temperate regions orbit about twice a day. Those covering the far north regions have more elongated orbits, IIRC, I don’t recall their orbital period, and a quick web search didn’t tell me anything.
Which doesn’t answer the question of whether the current handhelds will be able to figure out position from a bunch of fast-moving sats.
“Men’s Funny If I Said I’ll Fix It I Will There Is No Need To Remind Me Every Six Months T-shirt”
https://lilicloth.com/products/men-funny-if-i-said-i-ll-fix-it-i-will-there-is-no-need-to-remind-me-every-six-months-t-shirt-13967886?variant=1085315
If I get one of these tshirts, will she take it well ?
Whoever asked, my employee is loving his 2022 Nissan Leaf Plus that he got in August. He plugs it into a dryer socket in his garage every weekend to charge up. He has found out that getting it for MSRP was unusual, most people are paying an extra $4,000 charge.
Pickups, shopping, stuff from home, dinner, then back. Lots of driving. And that is why electric just doesn’t work for most people.. I’m going to drive over 300 miles today in the afternoon and evening. I did my mileage log for taxes, and that isn’t an uncommon day. I know plenty of people that drive more than an hour to work, sometimes two. And I’ll be hauling stuff in my pickup both ways.
Driving with a load is reputedly a battery killer. That is why all electric trucks need a generator with at least an eight gallon tank in the bed.
Eh? GPS satellites are in medium orbits – not skimming the atmosphere but well below geosynch. The sats over the temperate regions orbit about twice a day. Those covering the far north regions have more elongated orbits, IIRC, I don’t recall their orbital period, and a quick web search didn’t tell me anything.
Which doesn’t answer the question of whether the current handhelds will be able to figure out position from a bunch of fast-moving sats.
IIRC, there are 13 or 16 GPS USA satellites. The Chinese have them all targeted. Moving GPS to Starlink would be a good thing.
“Netflix’s Account Sharing Crackdown Starts in ‘Early 2023’”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/netflixs-account-sharing-crackdown-starts-in-early-2023
“Netflix will allow existing subscribers to pay more to add extra members to their accounts.”
They caught me three years ago ! I now have a four user license that costs me $22/month.
“China Is Selling Russia Lots of Faulty Chips”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/china-is-selling-russia-lots-of-faulty-chips
“Up to 40% of the semiconductors being sold to Russia simply don’t work.”
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
“First Images Of Blown Up Nord Stream Reveals 50 Meter Missing Section Of Pipeline”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/first-images-blown-nord-stream-reveals-50-meter-missing-section-pipeline
“EU authorities have guesstimated an explosive load of “several hundred kilos” to destroy Nord Stream pipelines, which triggered four leaks at four locations — two in Denmark’s waters and two in Sweden’s waters. “
“The steel pipe itself has a wall of 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches), and it’s coated with another 6-11 cm of steel-reinforced concrete. Each section of the pipe weighs 11 tonnes, which goes to 24-25 tonnes after the concrete is applied.”
Um, somebody did not want that pipe to be easily fixed.
@lynn:
Make that between 30 and 32, some of which are on-orbit spares. A full constellation is 24.
There cannot be more than 32, by design – there are only 32 spreading codes.
G.
“Durham Denied (Again) – Igor Danchenko Not Guilty On All Counts”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/edva-jury-igor-danchenko-not-guilty-all-counts
“Igor Danchenko, a key source of information in the discredited Steele Dossier, was found not guilty on all counts related to lying to the FBI about his relationship to Trump opposition research documents.”
We should not allow any more national court cases to be decided in Washington DC. It is obvious that the people there are hopelessly compromised and juries just vote their politics.
>> I know, I know, time to leave California…but it’s hard to leave close friends and family in your sixties.
It’s not going to be any easier next year, Ed. I think you need to bite the bullet and bail.
How about AZ? Not all that far (more or less) from CA, and fewer PLTs.
Anyone here have any experience with Google Fi? Currently on Verizon but could save some money with Fi.
(Okay, let’s see how long until I start seeing cell service ads.)
>> Driving with a load is reputedly a battery killer. That is why all electric trucks need a generator with at least an eight gallon tank in the bed.
A big enough gennie and fuel tank will take up a good part of the bed, thereby restricting the load capacity and improving the range.
>> Driving with a load is reputedly a battery killer. That is why all electric trucks need a generator with at least an eight gallon tank in the bed.
A big enough gennie and fuel tank will take up a good part of the bed, thereby restricting the load capacity and improving the range.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34277725/ford-f-150-range-extender-ev-pickup-patent/
Isn’t Ford selling a “range extender” for the Lightning which is exactly that, disguised as a toolbox.
A toolbox generator with enough heft to charge the truck but small enough to make most of the bed still usable would sell well to non-EV truck owners.
Maybe Ford will come up with another generator to fit in the “frunk”.
I have a great idea – why not make an engine that will fit in the frunk, and somehow mount its fuel tank underneath the bed in the back………….
@Lynn – regarding the Nord Pipeline blast … do any of the images or reports indicate whether the explosive force was outside or inside the pipe? Wouldn’t there be physical blast indications on the pipe to determine if internal or external force caused the hole?
For instance, if the hole was ‘inward’, that would indicate an external blast. Or, if the hole was ‘outward’, that might indicate an internal pressure ‘blast’? (Like that article you cited a while ago about possible internal pressure problems on the pipeline?
“Another SPR crude oil sale announced, revised purchase policy unveiled”
https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/government/article/14284459/another-spr-crude-oil-sale-announced-revised-purchase-policy-unveiled
“The Biden administration Oct. 18 announced the last of a series of crude oil sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and a revised approach to purchasing oil to add to the reserve.”
“The strategic petroleum reserve “is meant to protect consumers against emergency supply disruptions, not politicians during an election year,” said Jeff Eshelman, president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, in a statement released Oct. 19.”
Total incompetence by the Biden administration. Slow Joe is a liar, a thief, and incompetent.
@Lynn – regarding the Nord Pipeline blast … do any of the images or reports indicate whether the explosive force was outside or inside the pipe? Wouldn’t there be physical blast indications on the pipe to determine if internal or external force caused the hole?
For instance, if the hole was ‘inward’, that would indicate an external blast. Or, if the hole was ‘outward’, that might indicate an internal pressure ‘blast’? (Like that article you cited a while ago about possible internal pressure problems on the pipeline?
I saw an article a while back that the method of destruction was probably an REV packed with explosives that they remotely drove up to the pipeline and exploded it. The problem was definitely not high pressure in the pipeline.
If you have Xfinity for internet service consider their cell phone service. I have two phones, unlimited data, 5G and all that other nonsense for $30 a month per device. Allows tethering. Service has been really good as supposedly Xfinity uses Verizon cell towers.
The Xfinity traffic probably has lower priority but that has never been an issue.
I don’t trust Google as Google is all about data. It would not surprise me to find that Google is using voice to text to glean information from phone calls to sell advertising data. Google is not your friend.
@lynn:
Isn’t that true of all politicians, to a greater or lesser extent?
G.
The old B-58 Hustler had a computerized cel nav system; it would continuously calculate a 3-star fix and read out lat/long. I’m certain that this functionality could “easily” be added to new military navigation systems. I used to teach this stuff for the Navy.
I remember that, we were using hand held Garmin GPS units to track our field surveys and mark sites and features. I would mark the corners of the property first so when I dropped the file into AutoCAD I could just shift it to fit where it belonged. And yes, 2000 is correct for discontinuing, although I remember there being allowances for time of war at least then.
Agree, I was sorely disappointed when the use of Morse code was dropped, for similar reasons, because code will get through interference better than anything else – similar to text for cell phones.
Anyone here have any experience with Google Fi? Currently on Verizon but could save some money with Fi.
I switched to Google Fi from Spectrum cable several months ago. Just internet service. Fast and reliable so far. Except for the mesh extender. It keeps going out. I suspect a bad unit and will contact support. when it goes out it screws up anything connected to it. I unplugged it and no more problems.
But do the pictures show an indication that it was an external explosive blast that caused the damage? Or are they just “Hey, look at the damage to the pipeline! Probably caused by a blast.” pictures/reports.
I’d like to see an analysis by experts of the damage pictures. Not just a new guy/org. Are the pictures showing conclusive evidence of an external blast?
Not saying that it wasn’t external, but that report from a pipeline guy referenced here a couple of weeks ago indicated that it was a maintenance internal over-pressure that caused the damage.
Nordstream failing as a internal methane hydrate explosion (apparently actually a change of state from solid to gas requiring 150x the volume) as a result of a maintenance error seems plausible.
Scenario: The pipeline is temporarily turned off for political reasons.
Senior managers and the A team go on a much needed break.
The B team gets bored and says:
“Hey, I know, let’s run a cleaning pig through the lines while we have a chanced! They’ll thank us later.”
Vodka may have been involved…
I had a friend who worked at a airport nights, while in college. When they got bored they’d occasionally race aircraft tugs. Wouldn’t it be something if a bunch of drunk Russians decided to race “pigs”?
Ok, I’m not a Super Genius. Never wanted to be one actually. But I’m NOT stupid. I am annoyed.
The new PC, fanless and all that, is cute, I suppose. Not cute like a puppy, but. Boots Win11 almost immediately. Seems to be zippy enough for my needs. I’ll get used to the “not pretty part” eventually.
However: Win11 Professional is a steaming pile of your favorite animal’s processed food output.
Open Control Panel. There might be a button somewhere in the menus but Search is quicker than poking around through a user interface that is a mix of WfW 3.11 and Win 98Se with a big pinch of NT5 Beta going into XP, and then Win7 mixed all in with a bunch of Android Phone touch screen interface crap.
Oh, you want to go back to the previous menu? Don’t hit backspace (like we have done since forever), click the back arrow at the top of the screen. Because now you go all the way back to Control Panel (for example).
But sometimes just hitting backspace works.
RIGHT THERE in Control Panel, under System and Security is “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)”. What the heck?
There’s a few more odd slash sloppy things.
“Objects”, an admin thing I don’t know much about, has a Help link to an MS page that says (pretty much) this stuff is still here but development and support has stopped. Dated 2014. In a BRAND NEW Operating System.
The little PC boots real fast. The TV I’m using for a monitor takes longer to boot.
New PC says it’s an Intel Pentium Silver N6005 @ 2.00GHz. 16 GB RAM. Quad core. It’s not a slouch to me. May not be the latest i7 but… I got the whole machine for less than Newegg sells i7 CPUs last time i looked.
Anyway. File Sharing is kicking my butt. I do all the things and it doesn’t work. Not as expected or desired.
I can open Explorer on new machine and type \\moa or \\kiwi or \\emu in the address bar and the various shares open and are usable. They don’t show in Explorer.
But from Kiwi or Emu? Yeah, new machine, \\emu1, shows in Explorer as a Desktop. Can’t connect.
“Windows cannot access \\EMU1\Desktop. Contact your network administrator to request access.”
Pissing with this has eaten my afternoon. With no joy. All the Googles are circular… “do this and that” that I’ve been doing over and over. They don’t have a fix.
I’m just sitting over here in a puddle of mud. I’m stuck and stumped.
Biden takes it to a whole other level. Go back 33 years to my Business Communications class in undergrad, and he was the first example cited in the lecture on plagiarism since his humiliation was fresh.
I wonder how much telemetry the pipeline had? Endpoints certainly, but in between is there a tap for pressure/temperature/sampling every km or so? And a small undersea cable for the same?
What OS are Kiwi and Emu running?
Windows 11 was created to make Hollywood happy and closes a bunch of security holes which probably include old versions of SMB still supported by Windows 10.
The printer exported by my home server has returned to not printing documents sent by my desktop, probably due to some SMB issue since it will print documents directly from the server. Even Windows 7 no longer works.
Kiwi and Emu are running Win7 Home Premium. Service Pack 1. I’m pretty sure Moa is running the same.
I recall there were problems with mixing Win7 Home and Win7 Pro way back when. I think there was a registry setting to tweak in Win7 Pro to make them play nice together. Domain servers and all that….
As for printing from Win11, I dunno. I poked around and found the Lexmark on the LAN and Win11 installed drivers and printed a Test Page. So I have a printer… and maybe a scanner. Haven’t tried scanning anything to new machine. I don’t have the printer’s “how much toner remains” but I’ll get there.
Ref the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Not that I’m saying anything. I’m just, you know, just sayin’.
If we’re thinking of the same report, he said that the explosion could have been by overpressure and poor maintenance. It sounded plausible but I don’t have any specific knowledge or expertise in the area.
Turn on SMB1. Control Panel → Programs → Turn Windows Features on or off → SMB 1.0
May help, may not. I have a file share on my router to transfer files between my PC and my wifes. Needed SMB 1.0 to work. But is not reliable. Sometimes using the proper UNC “\\Readyshare” works, sometimes it does not. I created a shortcut on the desktop that always seems to work. I also had to turn off all the security in the router for the share.
File sharing really only worked well when the share was on a true server. Desktop OSes from MuckitupSoft have never been reliable.
If we were in the same room you would have just been sprayed with a mouthful of beer. 🙂
And maybe a couple of cuss words.
Haven’t tried scanning anything to new machine. I don’t have the printer’s “how much toner remains” but I’ll get there
Generally requires downloading the application for the printer from the vendor’s web site. Scanning and consumable levels.
I have an Epson Ecotank printer. All computers found the printer on WiFi. Getting scanning to work requires the vendor software. The Macbook installed something on its own for scanning. Have not tried it.
The reason for the Ecotank is printing economy. My Canon printer was $50.00 at HSN. A complete supply of ink is $90.00. Cheaper to buy a new printer but is a hassle and is no longer offered. The Epson will print about 2K pages before a tank is low. Replacement ink is $25.00 a bottle. Getting all four colors would be $100.00. On a per page cost the Epson is much cheaper.
My Brother color laser is a good printer. Duplexing, color, WiFi or ethernet. Got it for $230.00 at Staples on Black Friday. The ad was a misprint, but the store gave it to me for that cost without any hassles. A full set of toner cartridges is $280.00. The cartridges last a long time. In 10 years I have replaced only once.
Totally deserved.
That, too.
I’ve only been to hike the GC, and pass through. It’s an idea though. I believe it is also a “shall issue” state.
I was googling rents in various states a couple days ago, to see if I could visit & live for a bit and see if comfortable for me…holy googley moogley, it would be cheaper to pay a mortgage.
I’ve only been to hike the GC, and pass through. It’s an idea though. I believe it is also a “shall issue” state.
I was googling rents in various states a couple days ago, to see if I could visit & live for a bit and see if comfortable for me…holy googley moogley, it would be cheaper to pay a mortgage.
RV park.
I’ve only been to hike the GC, and pass through. It’s an idea though. I believe it is also a “shall issue” state.
Yes.
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/az-gun-laws/
Try disabling windows firewall on EmU1 and see if you can connect.
From 1995 to 2002 I worked on the Delta II Launch Vehicle team launching the 2nd generation GPS Satellites. Never once did we use metres or centimeters in our calculations or documentations. We solely used inches an feet.
@cowboystu:
I don’t doubt it. My metres comment summarised my observation of the effects, not a statement of the specification.
G.
Did you like that pretty picture here just a minute ago ? There were issues at Dreamhost (the hosting place for here) for about 20 minutes. All better now, so back to the discussions….
Another item off the “to do” list – the lawnmower repair guy stopped by today.
This is the first mower I’ve owned in my adult life which has gone long enough to develop an engine issue.
With the other mowers, which I used in Florida, the self propelled drives usually burned out after five years.
Much like my copper phone line, I will probably be the last house on my street using a gas mower.
New images of the “Pillars of Creation” from James Webb telescope. Story includes the prior version of the image, and the enhanced version from James Webb.
Here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/world/webb-telescope-pillars-of-creation-scn/index.html .
Images from James Webb continue to be impressive. More images from James Webb here (along with the support staff).
>> https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34277725/ford-f-150-range-extender-ev-pickup-patent/
Nothing that I saw in the article or the patent that specifies how much range extension would be available, though I did see this:
Level 2 chargers operate at 208-240 V and output anywhere from 3 kW to 19 kW of AC power. This power output translates to 18-28 miles of range per hour. Level 1 chargers supply an average power output of 1.3 kW to 2.4 kW. This power output is equivalent to 3-5 miles of EV range per hour. Again from the patent:
So the range is, “it depends.”
Or strap one of these into the truck bed.
“Could solar-powered headphones be the next must-have?”
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63211086
“It comes as the first commercially available solar-powered headphones are now on sale. The models, by Swedish firm Urbanista and German sports giant Adidas, both have solar panels built into their headbands.”
“Exeger’s solar panels are called Powerfoyle, and they are just 1.3mm thick. The technology is based around strips of titanium dioxide covered in a natural dye. In very simple terms, the dye absorbs photons from light, which are then converted into electrons.”
“While approximately only half as efficient as standard silicon-based solar panels of the same size in full sunshine, the titanium dioxide panels are, in addition to being significantly thinner, much easier and cheaper to produce.”
“The solar-powered headphones still have a built-in battery that can power up to 80 hours of playback time. It is this that the Powerfoyle strip charges. Mr Fili says that currently the tech can create one hour’s worth of power “from just 20 minutes of English or Swedish summer sunshine”.”
“Yet the panels can also create some power from artificial light, such as indoor lighting, so the idea is that the headphones are always charging unless it is the dead of night. And the headphones also still have a power socket if back-up power is required after heavy usage.”
This may be a game changer for solar power.
>> https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34277725/ford-f-150-range-extender-ev-pickup-patent/
Nothing that I saw in the article or the patent that specifies how much range extension would be available, though I did see this:
Level 2 chargers operate at 208-240 V and output anywhere from 3 kW to 19 kW of AC power. This power output translates to 18-28 miles of range per hour. Level 1 chargers supply an average power output of 1.3 kW to 2.4 kW. This power output is equivalent to 3-5 miles of EV range per hour. Again from the patent:
So the range is, “it depends.”
The article I read was 20+ kW four cylinder with 8 gallons of gasoline. Not sure what the usage rate is. Probably 2 or 3 gallons per hour.
The turbocharged Mitsubishi four cylinder for my house is 38 kW on natural gas at 1,800 rpm. Can produce 230 volts at 158 amps.
I could have a solar charged FLASHLIGHT, then shine the flashlight on the solar cells to charge the FLASHLIGHT. The greenies ultimate solution. [/sarcasm]
After having my EarPods for a couple of weeks I am impressed with the devices. The noise cancellation is outstanding. At a football almost all noise was completely blocked. Of course I doubt they would helped completely at the Bama vs UT where the noise exceeded 125 db for several minutes at a time.
I have a set of Bose noise cancelling headphones that I used on flights. I will take the EarPods to Europe this spring instead of the Bose. Much smaller, just as effective, less to carry. Just like not taking my camera to Europe, just my cell phone. More than good enough.
Windows 11… I upgraded my desktop PC (long story, it had MBR and needed UEFI and now you can convert) and immediately hated it because they took away the ability to ungroup icons in the taskbar. I found a thread in the Microsoft support forums with 41 (!) pages of people asking to bring back the feature, going back over a year.
This fixes it: https://www.startallback.com – totally worth the $5.
I have a couple of solar powered flashlights from a company called Sun Night Solar.
They sit in the window until they’re needed. Every now and then, I refresh the batteries in the charger.
Sadly, Sun Night Solar got eaten alive by Chinese knock offs.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/10/18/attenborough-laments-demise-of-800-penguins-because-climate-change-but-fails-to-report-discovery-of-new-colony-1-5-million-strong/
Flummery.
Mama told me there’d be days like this…
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1582422401148604419
>> File sharing really only worked well when the share was on a true server.
Or when PCs still had FDDs 🙂
>> I’ve only been to hike the GC, and pass through. It’s an idea though. I believe it is also a “shall issue” state.
Yes.
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/az-gun-laws/
Yes, ‘shall issue’ for CC permits, but permit-less carry is also legal. And it’s a Castle Doctrine state as well.
And spectacular weather in the southern AZ desert.
>> We solely used inches an feet.
I see what you’re doing there…better if you toe the line.
Ouch!
n
Well I made my round trip. Only forgot a couple of things I failed to add to the list. The Lowes I stopped at first had the gas plumbing stuff I need, barely. One 75ft coil of pipe, and I bought the last two T’s, with one being an open bag. I’ve got a parts kit, so even if someone stole one of the rings or spacers, I’m ok. Saved me making a second stop.
The ladder made howling noises the whole trip. Stereo BARELY covered the noise. 🙂
I did manage to sit at my PC and do a quick look thru this week’s auctions and while there was some stuff I would have bid on, nothing is pressing. No chest freezers this week.
Yelled at both kids and hit the road.
The one is writing stories about her classmates where she “ships” them, which is putting them in gay romantic relationships. The whole fanfic thing with ‘shipping’ is out of hand and disrespectful to the authors and creators, but when you do it to real people it crosses a line. I told her to stop and that nothing good will come from it. You don’t get to play with real people. They aren’t your playthings. I think she was sincere that she thought they’d be great together, and couldn’t see any bad thing coming out of her stories. I can certainly see a lot of bad outcomes from writing stories about real middle school boys in a gay love story…
Freaking kids today.
n
Got home from HEB after work and found that the wife had made “build a taco” and a banana cake. Life is awesome.
@Nick
About ten years ago I went back and forth several times with two ladders on the truck.
Had to stop and cut tapered plugs from a piece of foam pipe insulation.
5th Circuit Just Delivered a Decision That Has Elizabeth Warren Throwing a Hissy Fit
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/10/19/breaking-5th-circuit-just-delivered-a-decision-that-has-elizabeth-warren-throwing-a-hissy-fit-n645869
Only took twelve freaking years.
“Green Energy Fail: New England Facing Rolling Blackouts this Winter”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/10/19/green-energy-fail-new-england-facing-rolling-blackouts-this-winter/
“Severe cold spells in the Northeast could reduce the amount of gas available, as more of it is burned to heat homes
America is now competing with European countries for shipments of liquefied gas because of Russia’s decision to halt pipeline gas to the continent
New England does not import American LNG, because of the Jones Act, with the majority of the gas delivered coming from Trinidad and Tobago
ISO New England Inc have warned that an extreme cold snap could result in the need for rolling blackouts to keep supply and demand in balance”
Not good. And they shut down all those nuclear power plants with no replacement plans whatsoever. Maine Yankee, Connecticut Yankee, Vermont Yankee, Indian Point, etc.