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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Hey Gang! :sn :sn :sn

Had a REAL FUN commute this morning...two accidents on two different freeways I have to take...took me a cool 2 hours to make it to work! :roll: Loved it...just listened to some tunes, called my bride twice, and watched crazies drive on the shoulder! 8O

Not much else to share...but have a great and wonderous day! :D

E




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[Gordon Moore]

Of don't bother with the cable and go to an rf video tranmitter instead...though I'm not sure they work for coax?

Maybe...not sure on the cost of doing that. I would have to look into that, it might simplify matters.

The wall is exterior so there isn't alot of room (like nil) between the vapor barrier and the drywall (just to make matters more compilcated).

So your saying always fish down instead of up? How can I be sure I hit my hole at the bottom? I've done this before on interior walls but it was easy cause there was no insulation/vapour barrier to deal with I can't quite remember what I used but I seem to remember it being a bit of a butcher job in that I had to do a bunch of patching...that nearly caused a divorce so I need to be a little cleaner this time unless I would like to spend the rest of the winter in Andrew's garage....you'll let me sleep in the basement won't ya Andrew? I cook a mean breakfast and a killer steak! ;) ). I would like to keep poking holes in the plastic to a minimum.




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[Gordon Moore]

Tell you what...I'm going to move my question over to do it yourself (or re-post it at least) for the benefit of everyone....If anyone feels inclined to answer over there it would be much appreciated!




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[efarstad]

For those fisher's of cable, ;) , here's an idear: tie a large enough magnet to the cable you're fishing down the wall and then use an opposite polarized large magnet to pull the cable down the wall to your desired hole.

I read about that somewhere...so don't give me the credit for that one, though I wish! :P

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[Eduardo]

Giving some one the flip




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[efarstad]

McCall Idaho Flip!

http://www.mccallidproperties.com/412628_1.jpg
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This is a picture of a home on 18 acreas in McCall that's selling for $11,000,000!!!! 8O I'm working on a roadway project in this area.

Gee, honey let's go to the cabin to get away!

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[Lex]

I've stayed there, and Sonnie's goats wouldn't even like the place. :LOL:

That is nice, but wow, 11 Mil? 8O

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[efarstad]

LOL...yea at $25,000/night your cable biz must really be booming! :P

I just got off the phone with the realtor listing that, for some research i'm doing for my project...gee, I'd like that commission!

McCall Idaho is a BEAUTIFUL place...I loved that work trip a few months back!

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[Lex]

What do they think that place is, the tash mah hal? In Iowa? Give me a break, no place is worth 25 grand a night.

Lex




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[efarstad]

I was makin' it up...it's not for rent, only for sale at 11 mil! :roll: Nice huh...but that might be the one day rent, I wouldn't doubt it!

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[Lex]

ahhh, ic. Well, I guess what your buying is a piece of heaven there. It sure is beautiful surroundings. There's only so much of that type land to go around, so that that's here, is worth more! The house may be worth a couple hundred thous, depending on how equipped, but that view, priceless. :)

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[efarstad]

You can see more of it here: http://www.mccallidproperties.com/412628.html

Hey Lex...it's the Lex & E show....look at this page so far! ;)

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[Andrew Pratt]

nice little house E!

busy trying to baby proof the office a little better since the little monkey is into EVERYTHING now that she's crawling and standing up on furniture etc....she just loves power bars and phone cords:) Oh and books are her favorite food ;)




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[efarstad]

LOL Andrew...you're taking me back in time when our little Andrew did those things! ;) Soon, lil' nate will follow in those foot steps as well! :D

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[Lex]

Just put everything you own in 1 room, lock it up for the next 2 years Andrew. :LOL:

Lex

[Sonnie Parker]

Howdy gents!

Beautiful pad E... 11 million 8O Uh... uh... something is stuck in my throat... wow... that's a lotta smackaroos! Not even something I can dream about. Yeah... I bet my goats wouldn't like it either.


Thanks on the cabinet guys...


All I lack in the HT room is the return air vent... all else is done. Now it's time to get the BFD going.




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[Lex]

I was looking at tha property again. Man, that sure is a rocky place. It looks like you couldn't even walk around without spraining an ankle, or worse. I like a little more dirt than that myself, lol.

Lex

[Sonnie Parker]

Is the only way to get to it by boat or should I say yacht in this case?




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[Andrew Pratt]

That's not a bad idea doug:)

I just had to rearrange a fileing cabinate for the moment to cover up a power bar. The problem down here is that there's only two plugs so all the PC's, printers, montiors, DSL, routers etc are all running off one plug with cords running around the room...yeah I know its a nightmare. I have the stuff to run some more power lines and get some plugs above the desks so nothing has to be plugged in below which will greatly help...i just need a kick in the butt to get it done. There's also a pile of in celing lights to install one day as well :roll:




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[Chris D]

Andrew: Okay, consider your butt kicked! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/7/ale.gif It's funny how we all take on different projects, blazing through some, getting stuck in different places in others.

If there's one thing I've learned about my lifestyle preference (hey... easy now) :roll: by moving around the world and living somewhere different every few years in the military, it's that I'm a pretty boring person that's happy just being home, wherever home is. You know in the past 7 years I've lived in seven different places, in four different states and two countries? That doesn't even count the places I've "visited", staying for a day, week, or two months.

I found I don't have to be near restaraunts, bars, night life, or whatever to be satisfied. So I'll probably end up in some place like that in the future where I can build a nice home by myself and enjoy the area, but I'll probably do it wherever the cheapest place to live in the US is at the time. Unfortunately, my home of Colorado has just zoomed the cost of living and housing market over the past decade, so I don't know if I'll end up there. Might be Oklahoma, backwoods Montana, or something.

I just learned all about fine Canadian culture by watching "Strange Brew" on HD Net. http://www.htguide.com/CFBoards/images/smileys/icon_beer2.gif That's always a good flick. Haven't seen it for a while. Take off, eh, you hoser? Beauty.




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[Bent]

Hey guys :later: :later: :later: notice the triple wave?

Chris, Strange Brew is such an accurate representation of life in Canada, :^x :lol 'cept I don't know my brother yet...

Andrew, how many lights? Pot lights? Sconces? (I like lights...)
Are they going to be remote controlled?

[Chris D]

Chris, Strange Brew is such an accurate representation of life in Canada

Really? You all have flying dogs and mental institutions that co-mingle with breweries for hockey games? Cool. So much for the realism that I thought "Canadian Bacon" brought to our two countries. (my other favorite movie about Canada) :D

Andrew... Pot lights?

Pot lights? Cool... hey, everybody, party at Pr@'s house! He's got the pot lights! I'll bring Doritos for when people get the munchies.

Whoops... little girl just burped up a bunch of milk into my lap. I guess I'm done for the night!




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[Eduardo]

Morning everyone. You guys are too funny. That is a beautiful piece of property. Maybe when I win the Lottery (twice) I'll purchase the property. ;) Like Chris, I don't need to be around the corner from everything. I like living out of town :D

Back to pretending to work :rofl:




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[Andrew Pratt]

They's four pot lights to install but it should be pretty easy as I'm just piggy backing onto the existing light that's going to get removed.

Well we woke up to yet another blizzard outside and they closed a bunch of highways due to visibility...or lack there of. Of course with our office being out of town in the middle of know where (litterally) blowing snow's a problem for us...but it would pretty much need to be a hurricane before they'd close the building and we don't get many of those around these parts:) We made it ok though with only a few scary moments on the perimeter highway but things actually improved as we got away from the city which is unusual.

Anyway my PC's locked up at 100 percent CPU load as it crunches some data so I get to putter around unitl its done :)




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Good Morn! :sn :sn :sn

Glad you made it to work safely Andrew! 8O Folks freak out in these parts with just inches of snow!

Have fun pretending to work EJ! ;)

Off to go do so myself! Have a great day everyone... :D

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[Andrew Pratt]

Where is everyone today?




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[Eduardo]

I'm here. :later: Not much to say except just passing the day away. Working on a problem migrating Lotus LEI and its no fun.

Folks freak out in these parts with just inches of snow!

Must have had a lot of crazy people the past month. Didn't you get hit hard with some snow?




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[efarstad]

EJ...we got hit a few weeks back. Had 10" at my house...it lasted a few days...but the local news LOVES IT...."STORM WATCH 2004!!!" LOL.... :roll:

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[Andrew Pratt]

Its only 3PM! Man it feels like it should be like 8PM by now....days dragging onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :(




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[Preacherman]

Snow ?.........Whats that ? :LOL: It's a brisk 73 degrees :bluezoned:




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[Andrew Pratt]

Welcome to the TTP Deacon:T Be forewarned though that this place is addictive and those that stay for too long never leave:)




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[Pat]

Hey dudes,
Not much happening here...from the looks of things that seems to be going around :LOL:




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[efarstad]

Welcome, again, Deacon. Read and replied to your post in Spaced Out! Nice to have a HT buddy who represent the :sn part of this great country of ours! ;)

And Andrew's right...this place is addicting...so consider yourself warned, twice! :P

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[Chris D]

Hiya, Bruce. Welcome to the TTP!
(anybody ever see/hear the old Monty Python sketch with all the Australian Bruces that teach philosophy? "G'Day, Bruce". "How are ya, Bruce"? "Good to see ya, Bruce")

Rather irked today. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/0/grngrinbig.gif I picked up my "Patriot" DVD case last week, and thought, "hmmm... this feels light". I opened it up, and guess what... no DVD. Crap. I went through my collection and found 8 DVD discs that are missing, including MIB DTS and Fifth Element Superbit. I checked with all my friends and family, hoping that I just lent them out and forgot about it, but nobody has them. Sooooooo... sometime, apparently somebody just chose to steal my movies. I'm wondering if they might have happened during my move to Washington, as I only unpacked my movies 9 months ago. I'm not sure if I've watched those 8 movies since then, but it's strange that I just noticed it. Grrrrrrr....http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/a0/angryrazz.gif




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[Lex]

Chris, I've about resigned myself to the fact that DVDs are going to come up missing. No matter how hard I try, it will happen. As the collection grows, this problem can be magnified. At over 350 DVDs, just think how long it will take me to look in each case?

Incidentally, I watched the Patriot just about 2 weeks ago. Great movie. Hope you find it.

came home after work today and crashed, slept for 3 hours. Geesh, where'd the evening go? lol.

Watched the Bachelorette finally tonight. I remember Maredith, Pretty girl. Hope she finds what she's looking for.

Lex

[Trevor Schell]

Hi Guys!!

Been pretty busy, getting back to work after one weeks vacation.

Lex,,Send them on, the Cables that is. I hope those 9 meter Tigress's fit into one box!! I sure hope they are better quality than my first set.
They came apart and I don't use them any more. I never got a good picture with them anywyas, so it didn't matter that they broke..No loss.

Chris,,How is Abby doing?? I am sure it's different around the house now.
Bummer on the movies,,Strange though. Thankfully nobody broke into your home. For sure they would take your Parasound gear instead of some DVD's.

Welcome to TTP Deacon!! Please send some of that warm weather up here. Snow is not the problem, just real darn cold here today ,especially with the wind we had,, Just brutal!!

Watched the Bachlorette tonight as well!!
Next week should be good. They show one of the guys freaks out when he doesn't get a rose, plus there seems to be some tension building amongst some of the guys.
We also watched the Average Joe the other night. Man that girl is nice !! REAL nice!! :yesnod:
Almost forgot to mention,,both were viewed in HD..Most awesome picture I have seen to date!!:T

LEX,,Just kidding,,Tigress are working just fine. Best components cables I have used in my system. Bet I had the hair on your back standing up with that one!!
:rofl:




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I bring you !!! Trev's pic of the Day!!

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[Lex]

Whew, I was about to have to kick your butt, heh.

I shipped them global express yesterday pal. I'll get you a tracking number tomorrow, can be tracked on USPS site.

night all,
Lex




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[Chris D]

Whoa, late night flip waiting




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[Chris D]

for da takin!




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[Chris D]

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My doggy is a Beagle/Hound mix... my favorite kind of dog.




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[David Meek]

Aw man, only my second post in TTP for a while and I just missed the flip. :) Okay, by a few hours or so - some hot pilot guy aced me!

My dog Cosmo is a 5-year old pit bull, yellow lab mix. We've had him since the day he was born. Some guy dropped him and his sister off at the SPCA minutes after they were born. Since the SPCA doesn't take bottle-feeding size animals they were going to euthanize them. The young lady there called Jen and we wound raising Cosmo and his sister on eye-droppers and formula - finally graduating to little baby bottles. I really don't think he realizes he's a dog since Jen and I are mom and dad.

Nothing major to report here. Just wanted to say hi. Hey Chris, where's that PM? :huh:




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Hey it's Thursday! :sn :sn :sn

Nice doggy flip Chris!

Hey David! When can Nicole, I, and the boys come visit? :D We'll have to definitely come visit this summer when the weather get's nice...you game?

Hello to everyone else and have a great day! 8)

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[Andrew Pratt]

Hiya, Bruce. Welcome to the TTP!
(anybody ever see/hear the old Monty Python sketch with all the Australian Bruces that teach philosophy? "G'Day, Bruce". "How are ya, Bruce"? "Good to see ya, Bruce")

Oh yes I know all the python skits and every time I hear the name Bruce that's what I think off

Trevor VERY nice babe pic:drool:




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[Pat]

Hi David, glad to see you posting in the TTP again :T

Sure was a slow day today

Chris, nice flip




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[Trevor Schell]

Hi Guys!!

Thanks Andrew,,She was hand picked.

David!! Welcome back to TTP..
Nice Dog story!! That must have been a very neat experience.

Lex,,So you were going to give me a :smackbutt: ;)




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Thanks Andrew,,She was hand picked.

sounds like fun:yesnod:

Looks like there's trouble on mars :?




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Trev's pic of the day!

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[Andrew Pratt]

Nice round headlights on that mini 8)




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[Sonnie Parker]

Good Evening Everyone!

The theater is finished!

I've been busy with revamping our Cedar Creek Cinema pages and snapping shots of the HT room.... along with some private investigation work for a fellow forum buddy. ;)

I started a thread on Cedar Creek Cinema so you guys can check out a few of the pics or visit our website and see the whole shootin' cabang.

I also started a thread on the BFD for you lazy hounds that haven't pulled it out of the closet or out of the box yet.


What a dog of a flip Chris! :P


Welcome to TTP Bruce... good to see someone else from the southeast around these parts. Let's see... Lex, Patrick, you, and myself could have an htguide southeast meet... hey I'm the central location so you gusy can come here for the meet. :yeah: You'd get to see our goats and catch big bass in our pond (as you probably can do in south Florida).


Trev.... my family has gotten a kick out of your "First pics from Mars" e-mail.

Welp... it's time to relax... I've been going too hard the last few days.

Have a good rest of the night gents!




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[Eduardo]

Evening folks. Thank goodness tomorrows Friday. Well things have been getting better around the house. Allison is feeling good and gaining confidence in the abillity of having a baby. :D

Trev - loved the picks.

David - welcome back. Great dog story.

Pat - yeah, it has been a slow day. I was busy at work and took Allison out to dinner. How's the camera?

Chris - ahhhh cute flip. ;) G

good night.... :tired:




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[Lex]

Trevor, RED ALERT.

Your tracking number for www.usps.com is:

358771615

Eduardo, glad to hear allison is doing well. She's been through a lot, as have you.

Lex




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[Jehan]

morning folks!

Looks like XI is soon coming to an end. Missed a lot I am sure, I'll try and catch up but it seems unlikely given the amount of posts I've missed :D

Hope everyone is well.

[Jehan]

morning folks!

Looks like XI is soon coming to an end. Missed a lot I am sure, I'll try and catch up but it seems unlikely given the amount of posts I've missed :D

Hope everyone is well.

[Chris D]

Morning, guys. Slow day on TTP. Abby's first checkup is this afternoon.

Lots of stuff going on with my theater project and business contacts today. Talking to several businesses, placing some orders, schmoozing some deals.

TTFN!




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[Andrew Pratt]

Afternoon gents.

Had a fun game of chess at lunch with a co-worker. I ended up winning but we cames across a situation that neither of us had ever seen before so I looked up the rules and learned a new one today! Turns out you're not limited to just he peices that were captured when you promote a pawn...damn it i should have had two queens on the board:yesnod: Oh well one of my dept. heads saw us playing and asked if he coudl play the winner next week...this guys very smart and deliberate so I don't feel too confidant about winning that one! Still my father in law has his PhD and I beat him all the time so all is not lost just yet.




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[Eduardo]

TGIF - afternoon - :dance: Well I'm glad this week is over. No major plans for the weekend. I would like to tweak my TV a little more.

I also have access to Hitachi's Service site. :T This give me access to service manuels, training and online videos. This is going to be great.




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[Pat]

Eduardo, glad to hear you and Allison are feeling better :T
The camera is nice...still learning, but I am happy




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[Sonnie Parker]

Good Afternoon Everyone!

This work day is almost gone-gone.... yeah!

Pat, I was reading about your camera in aud19's thread but it didn't sound like it was the king of low light pics so I passed on it.

Below is what I think I've decided on... a little more than I wanted to spend at a tad less than $500 shipped but it's supposedly great with low lighting and the absolute king of battery life. Plus I can use my current compact flash cards.

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[Andrew Pratt]

Nice camera sonnie...I'd love a G5:yesnod:




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[Trevor Schell]

Hi Guys!!

Here is my pic of the day!

http://photo.thetechzone.com/data//505/2452Frozenpipesinthegarage.jpg?1522




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[Trevor Schell]

Sonnie!,,
Great camera.!
My G3 is the same, except it's the 4 megapixel version. Discontiued of course.
Check the pictures I posted in the FPTV area, It's OK in low light, but not great.

Lex,,Good Stuff!!,,Good timing as well. I just received confirmation that my screen has shipped. Bet is here next Monday or Tuesday.

Eduardo,Glad that Allison is doing better. That's good news.!!




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Andrew,,Looks like it's time to update the map!

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Yeah I know I really need to get an update done on that map.




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[Lex]

Who the hell is Mark? I dont' rememer a mark.

Someone please tell me. On your mark, get set go! :LOL:

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[Lex]

Sonnie, nice camera. Reminds me a whole lot of the Nikon 5700 in design.

Oh, FYI guys. An announcement. Effective Feb 1, CATCables.com will be advertised someplace else where someone else used to be advertised. So, when Feb gets here, I'll be asking your support, those of you that are Catster's. Ok? It will be easy to be right up front about it in Feb. No worrying about stepping on toes or getting beat up because you spoke up for CAT. I'm gonna expect a bit of support. :) I think you all know where Pl@ hangs his hat for his work duties, right? Well, that's the place.

Lex

[Andrew Pratt]

Oh that must be sweet to replace BC Doug:yesnod:




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[Lex]

Yes, Andrew, British Columbia, that's it. ;)

Well, all I can say is, they made their choice to leave, and I made mine to step in. I don't know how long I can stay. I guess that will be up to the members there. But at the very least, I'll get some good exposure to a large member base. That can pay dividends, now, or into the future perhaps even if I can't stay that long. We'll see. I'm excited about the possibilities anyway.

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[Lex]

Oh and Andrew, it's really no "sweat", but it is "sweet". We've got to get you in that spelling for dummies course. :wedgie: JK.

Lex

[Bent]

EXCELLENT!

I'm gonna be on the map!, I'm gonna phone Mom and tell her right away!
The kid's will be so thrilled! They are going to tell all their friends that their Daddy has finally made it big...

[Trevor Schell]

Not so fast Bent,,You will need at least 500 posts to get onto the Map...
But for you , we will make an exception. :P

I wonder who Mark is?

LEX, That is great news..Actually awesome news.
I bet people must of tired of BC's poor quality 'plastic party hat looking' covered interconnect tips.. :P
Anyways , your exposure will be HUGE!! Time to break out with a bang, meaing get that Cat Model ready for show. ;) I can pick out a new one for you! :yesnod:




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I am up early because I went to bed early.
I feel like I got hit by a truck,,First week back from Vacation
was real tough. You almost loose some of the endurance that you have
gained to combat the mental fatique that goes with the job, when you take a week off.




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I am excited about my screen arriving next week.
I also want to upgrade our 4:3 43" Toshiba in the upstairs room
to a 16:9 46" instead. The dimensions of the unti are pretty much the same or close enough anyways that it would fit into our Entertainment unit. The 46" 16:9 would be more suitable for the Hi-Def viewing.

Wonder which would be best.
*Panasonic
*Toshiba
*Sony
*Hitachi




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Maybe I should forget about the RPTV version and get an LCD version.
The Sony Wega 42" looks good. I believe it is a 16:9 set.




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Going to grab something to eat and then go back to bed>>
See you next day!




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[Gordon Moore]

Wow Trev you were up early....

My kids came bouncing in at 7:30...they let me sleep in for once. Usually they come in at 6:30 am :(

Ahhh the classic, 2 year old got into Mommy's lipstick picture:
http://www.mts.net/~gkmoore/pictures/Nick_lipstick_rs.jpg

and the good 'ol summer shot after a trip to DQ:
http://www.mts.net/~gkmoore/pictures/Mat_messyface_rs.jpg

[Sonnie Parker]

Good Morning Everyone from a beautiful day in Alabama!

Coffee and donuts anyone???


Early bird catches the prize? Well actually Trev was up earlier but he ran out of room and had to stop posting. lol

Funny flip pics Gordon... those pics remind me of a story my mother-in-law tells us about Angibug when she was still in diapers. She came walking into the den from the back of the house and had poopie all on her hands and had wiped it all over her face. At first glance they thought she had gotten into some chocolate but then she started crying (along with a gosh awful smell) and they figured out then it wasn't chocolate. Of course you had to be there while the story was told... we were all rotflobo! :P


We watched Fleetwood Mac - The Dance in concert DVD last night in the HT room and it was awesome! We were jammin'... BAMA style! Ahhh it was 4:3 but still good music. They put on one heck of a good show. Very talented musicians indeed. I especially enjoy the last couple of songs everytime I watch it... the USC marching band comes out towards the end of the song Tusk and finished up the last song Don't Stop.


We got to talking about what all movies and concerts we have on laserdisc and decided we had to see some of them so I'm lookin' into a new LD player.... one that will play AC3 since ours doesn't.

I came across this fellow on e-bay (Steve Wilson from Texas) that has several Pioneer CLD-E2000's new in the box for $130 shipped. This includes the RF modulator. Sounds like a good deal as it plays both formats of LD.

http://www.hobi.com/hobi_main/auctions/te/28718FRONT.JPG

The catch is they don't play both sides like they are supposed to. For some reason the Auto-Reverse feature got left off of these. I don't have that feature now on our LD player and it's not a big deal really. On a 2-sided disk I have to get up....duh. He states they were purchased in 1993-94 by one of their client's (a major publishing company) to be used with an educational program they were selling to schools. Whatever they did not use they stored in a warehouse. They finally decided to clear the warehouse and dump the units. He's supposedly sold over 100 of these units with 100% positive feedback and has a 99.6% (232+) overall positive e-bay feedback.

Sounds like I'll spend the $130.




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[Sonnie Parker]

Ironically I was searching for more info on the above LD player and found what I suspect is the publishing company's educational package where these units were sold initially back in 1995.

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He's also selling the barcode readers for $15 that can be used as a wireless remote but I'm not sure why anyone would need one since the LD player comes with a remote. :? :? :?

EDIT: I also found a site that explains what the barcode readers are all about. It seems it eliminated the bulky remote and the students used it to simplify use of the LD player by placing barcodes in their books. Pretty neat... but I don't see any real use for me.




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[Lex]

Nice pictures of your boy Gord.

Sonnie, nice LD player. I know, you could pay someone to be your auto-reverser. That way, you don't loose any functionality. :LOL: I know Sonnie's probably wondering, hmm, could I teach one of my goats to do this? ;)

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[Andrew Pratt]

Yeah yeah bitte mee on the spellun...i cun spel write so fuk of ohk!

Gord cute pic!

got a ton of work to do today and then we're getting together with gordo tonight...gord's cooking on the BBQ though so I'll have to have the fire dept. on stand by :#




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[Sonnie Parker]

Uhhh... scratch that LD player....

It has an RF Modulator not an RF Demodulator. What it has is for converting composite video to 75 ohm. It doesn't even have RF output for DD/AC3 nor does it have S-video. At least my Sony does have optical digital output which will do fairly well and will pass DTS for those couple of LD's we have with DTS.

And Lex... my Sony actually does have Auto-Reverse so no having to teach the goats to flip burgers.




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[Andrew Pratt]

I thought that was a "too good to be true" deal sonnie. demod's are generally pricey.




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Sonnie try this ad (http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177457) or this one (http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174241) or this one if you want one of the best available (http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177434)




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Sonnie, the G5 will probably be just fine :T
Hope you enjoy it :)




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Guys, today I saw a red tailed hawk in my backyard...it was looking for lunch around the bird feeders my wife has out there.

Here is a wide shot so you get an idea of how close it was to the house
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you can see the window frame in the bottom of this image.

Here is the advantage of having a 10x optical zoom 8)
This time you can see it was successful in catching some lunch 8O
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[Pat]

server fart :fart:




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[Sonnie Parker]

Thanks Andrew... I didn't think to look there. I've sent an e-mail to the first dude. Gregg looks like he's sold his and the other is a little steep. I'll check audiogon too. No doubt that deal was too good to be true.

I hooked our Sony LD up today and watched a little Reba McIntyre. It was okay video wise but nothing to write home to mama about. The audio was pretty good in PLII via the optical i/o. It will probably be that I end up continuing to use it.

Yeah Pat... I think I'll like the G5. It has some really good reviews.

Pat, those are some cool pics of the Hawk.




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[Lex]

I thought I would get you guy's opinions on my new banners. Later, I may do some animated gifs, but for now, I think the stationary images will do ok.

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[Trevor Schell]

Hey Guys!!

Took the girls to the Fun Factory tonight.
It was an enjoyable 2 hours.

Gordon,,Excellent Flip pics!! :yesnod:

Sonnie !! Go for the G5..
That's the same one my Dad bought after seeing my G3.
The flip view finder is an option you will really appreciate.

Pat!! Another great pic from the BirdMan!! :P
Good Stuff!!

Lex,,Take out the word budget,,That gives the perception that your cables are cheap. Budget = low quality to most people. People like me anyways. Your Cables are definately not low quality.




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Here is a Smiley from Trevor!!

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[Chris D]

Hey, all! :later:

I spent the day with my father, stepmom, and stepbrother today on the island. First introduction to baby Abby for them, so that was a neat day. My dad's in a wheelchair, but it was cool to see him just hold Abby for a while.

Strange thing--I got a pop-up window on my desktop from Norton Antivirus that tells me I have the w32.spybot.worm virus in my explore.exe file. The directions for fixing this worm are to reboot into safe mode and delete the infected file, which I don't know if you can/should delete explore.exe. But when I run a normal Norton AV scan, with the super-detailed scan selected, it doesn't detect any viruses. My computer's been running slower for many months, but it's seemed progressive to me, perhaps with just adding more and more programs to the hard drive. I don't know if I should try to fix explore.exe or not.

Andrew- I want a G5 too! Of course, for me, that means a GULFSTREAM five, which is the newest, super-cool Gulfstream corporate aircraft. Very groovy stuff for the pilots, and super nice for the passengers. (we call them pax)

Doug- Actually, I don't know Pl@ details, so you'll have to clue me in when February rolls around.

Sonnie- Did you ever fish your wire through the walls?

Ben- Don't worry... I've got over 1400 posts and haven't even made the TTP map yet. :(

Trev: funny, funny pic of the garage. I really feel for those people, though! (I don't know about 3 luxury cars, though... Porsche yes. That SUV and VW Cabriolet, I would say no)




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[Trevor Schell]

Well!
Looks like that didn't work! :huh:




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My father-in-law just sent this to me:

How to Identify Where a Driver is From


1. One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago.

2. One hand on wheel, one finger out window: New York.

3. One hand on wheel, one finger out window, cutting across all lanes
of traffic: New Jersey.

4. One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on
accelerator: Boston.

5. One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino,
cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, with gun in lap: Los Angeles.

6. Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in
terror: Ohio, but driving in California.

7. Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned
to talk to someone in back seat: Italy.

8. One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on
brake, mind on radio game: Seattle.

9. One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between
both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on brake, throwing
McDonald's bag out the window: Texas.

10. Four-wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window,
beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna: West Virginia.

11. Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above
windshield, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left
blinker on: Florida.




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[Trevor Schell]

Chris!!
Glad you were able to show Abby to your family!
That's always a special time!

Sorry can't help you on the Virus..Out of my League is that computer stuff.
We need Bing and Kevin back here.

Yeah, the VW is definately not a luxury car..Pretty sad sight though!!




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Ben- Don't worry... I've got over 1400 posts and haven't even made the TTP map yet.

Ok Ok I get the message!

Had fun over at gordo's last night...but he worked me till the wee hours of the morning ;)

Got home at 2:30 and lauren woke up crying so half an hour later I got her back to sleep...then she woke up again at 5 and then again at 8 and then for good at 8:30:) Still had a nice breakfast and a cup of tea so I'm feeling good to go. Even managed to get my fish tank cleaned out and the power cables cleaned up on that unit so its now lauren proof. i'm about to start on the office again having practiced at gords last night on fishing cables though the wall:) I need to get one of those dremels though...slick little tool.

PS Gord Happy almost Birthday!




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[Trevor Schell]

Had fun over at gordo's last night...but he worked me till the wee hours of the morning.

Way to much information Andrew,,Or maybe not enough detail..
Not sure. Sounds weird though. :P

8O 8O 8O




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Well he does have nice tools:)




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[Gordon Moore]

MAn that just gets dirtier and dirtier... :LOL:

Ya the dremel (or the Canada Tire version which fits all dremel accessories) is really handy for drywall work, moddin computer cases (just need the circle cutter...maybe next x-mas) or polishing metals, small stuff etc...




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[Andrew Pratt]

slow day here on the TTP.

Well I had a productive day. I now have the wires snaked though the walls for the two power outlets on both my and glenda's desks and on mine I decided that if I was going to go to the trouble I might as well also run a coax and Cat5e cable down there as well. I bought a nice wall plate at HD that has two open sockets that accept a variety of input plugs ranging from Coax to S-video to Ethernet etc so in a double gang box I have a decora power switch on one side and on the other I've got a coax and ethernet port. Neither the coax or ethernet is presently connected but its there now if I need it. And I'll likely need the ethernet link as I think at some point in the not so distant future I'll need an internet link in the gear rack in the media room.

I also saw that HD was clearing out a bunch of stuff incl. a pile of pot lights so I snagged four. At $4 each their quite a buy and are very easy to install. I've got one if so far but the rest will have to wait till tomorrow night as I've got a lot of cleaning up to do before I turn in yet.

I also installed a new light in the laundry room/storeage area/work shop as there used to only be lights are either end and the middle was way to dark....now with all the lights on you almost need sunglasses 8)

Remember I said I cleaned my fish tank this morning? Well I had a Nemo story to tell that I didn't have time to elaborate on on my earlier post so here's what happened. My stuppid Pleco is very shy and it was always a hunt to find him. Anyway he decided that he'd had enough and so while I was vacuuming the gravel he decides to swim up the tube! No problem I figured he'd eventually swim out...nope he stay in till i was done and so I grabbed my net and as I dumped the remaining water into the bucket i tought I'd just catch him in the net and put him back in the tank...well I did catch him....but he jumped out and was now swimming around in the murky water in my 5 gallon bucket. Again thinking that I'd just dump the water out though the net to catch him I poured the water slowly into the toilet. Now pleco being the smart fish he is saw his oppertunity and he went from not moving at the bottom of the bucket to darting out and landing in the toilet! And of course he couldn't just hang around in the bowl where I could have a chance of catching him he swap up and up and away! Now there's me with a toilet full of murky fish crap and a stuppid pleco somewhere in the toilet bowl wonder how the hell I'm going to get him back when glenda comes in exclaiming that she needed the facilities! So figuring that i'd never get him back anyway I did the unthinkable and flushed him. He was a lazy git anway but still I'm sure the great escape of 2004 will not soon be forgotten in the Pratt fish tank!




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:x I just screwed up a long post.

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Andrew, to bad you lost your fish. It was funny except for that. :(

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Hey... flew another training local flight today. 5 hours of practicing touch-and-go's and such. Flew over my house quite a bit. I'll have to take an aerial picture of my place sometime. Hmmmm... on second thought, that might not be smart to post on the internet. :D

Went grocery shopping for 3.5 hours after flying, trying to get our house back together now that Jen and baby Abby are back home. Groceries weren't fun.

Took another 9 days of vacation, so it's all theater and house work again.

Andrew, Lex said it best. Funny story that I could just envision. But I'm sorry you lost your "fishie", as the little girl from Nemo would say. (was it Dora?) She was named after one of the corporate executives at Pixar that some people found annoying, which is pretty funny.




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[Mats]

Just incase you guys didn't know... here's the proof :rofl:

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[Sonnie Parker]

Good Morning Everyone!


Sonnie- Did you ever fish your wire through the walls?
If you are referring to my calbes for the PJ I fished them through the 3" PVC pipe that I installed during construction. All the electrical wired I just wove them through the staggered studs for those that I jumped from receptacle to receptacle.


Funny Mats... I've been smiley mooned!


Andrew... amazing fish story. Unfortunate for your little fish as I don't think he'll get the same trip Nemo got.


A weekend of Cedar Creek Cinema.... we watched David Gilmour in Concert again... Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound of Thunder on LD... and Reba McIntyre and my brother and a friend of his watched XXX with Van Dsomething. The best was of course Gilmour... he is awesome with the guitar.




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http://www.myshutter.com/flash/smiley-back.swf

That looks a little familiar ;) (like a couple of posts up....) :)




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[Mats]

ooops... sorry... missed that one :oops:




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[Mats]

Lex:
On the Banner... Don't use a beveled font on the right block. This text is so small and the blue background so strong so I suggest zou use a clean font and the text in plain white. Much easier to read.




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[Chris D]

flip




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[Chris D]

flip




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[Chris D]

flip




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[Chris D]

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Colorado Avalanche... back in 1st place in the NHL. Where they belong!




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[Bing Fung]

:later:




Bing

[Chris D]

Oops... I guess it was Gordon that was doing the wall cable fishing. Did you ever get that done, Gord?




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[Trevor Schell]

Hey Guys!!

Andrew!!
Funny story on your Plecto.
They are sure a good fish to have in the tank though, as they do a great job in keeping the tank clean. Unfortunately for me, I can't keep a Plecto in the tank.
My 22 Convict Cichlids will kill it instantly. That's how my first one died. :(

Bing!! Happy New Year!! :later:




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Good stuff Chris!!

Nice Flip!!

Enjoy your holiday!


Trev's pic of the day!!

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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Happy Monday to all! :sn :sn :sn

Trev: I thought we talked about NOT showing any pictures of the inside of my car! :evil: WOW...that is some bass! 8O

Andrew...that was some "fish story" of yours...sorry about the loss, but sounds like the little one wanted an adventure! :oh:

Hi Bing!

Hi Chris...not much of a hockey fan, but that's cool that your hometown boys are leading the way!

Lex: Congrats on the new advertising gig! 8) We'll for sure help where we can! ;)

To everyone and anyone...have a great last week of January...Super Bowl is coming soon!

E




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[Gordon Moore]

Yup Chris (I should update that thread) :)

Andrew brought over a real (electricians) finishing line and aftera couple of attempts and a tiny hole in the wall we got it...no fuss no muss :)

It worked out pretty good. If I knew I was doing more of that type of work I'd go out and get one myself becuase it's a really nice tool that simplifies the whole process.




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[Andrew Pratt]

But I'm sorry you lost your "fishie", as the little girl from Nemo would say. (was it Dora?)

No dora was the mindless blue fish that Nemo's dad has the adventure with...I forget the girls name though.

No worries on the pleco they're not that expensive and he was a lazy git anyway.

Looks like I'm going to try a HTPC as my next project:yesnod:




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[Bent]

I think the little girl's name was Dara,

the blue fish was dory...(dorrie?)

[Chris D]

Darla! That's it... thanks for jogging my memory.

Andrew and Gordon went fishin' together! Cool...

Page 97 of TTP XI. 97 is always special to me, as that was my class at the Air Force Academy.

Pr@: I'd love to put a HTPC in my theater, mostly just for playing games on the big screen. Looks like I'll be out of funds by then, though.




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[Trevor Schell]

Guys!!

Just a real quick question!
Is a TV with 720p capabilites really needed?
Not sure what the 720p offers VS 1080i ..Is there much of a difference?

Also,,What is a good price for the Hitachi 51s500??
This TV has 1080i , 540p and 1080p ..No 720 p though.
We are going to replace the 43" 4:3 Toshiba in the family room with a 51 16:9 since it will fit. This is the TV that wil be running the HDTV satelitte.




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1080P is what we want. :T

I don't know of anyone that's said they run 720P, if given the choice of 1080i. Strange really, since 1080i is interlaced. In fact, it's really hard for me to believe we settled on an interlaced number at all for HD.

Why won't it do 720P, that's the question I'd be asking. Just go with a 50" plasma Trev. heh, about 10 grand.

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Yes Trev, if your going to spend the money then get a TV that supports 720P... IMHO

Remember 1080i is only 540 lines of resolution, Sure it's interlaced to give you a sum of 1080(i) which sounds higher than 720 p and functionally it's comparitive in actual image quality.

However because the image is 1080 interlaced you will still see interlacing artifacts depending on the source material, esp during horizontial motion images.

The 720P will display no artifacts and should have a smoother overall image. In the time it takes for 1080i to draw 540 lines (it only draws odd or even in one frame), 720P with have drawn 720 lines (full frame).

Progressive is the prefered digital medium, interlaced is the prefered analog. Your PC laptop/HTPC will look much better on a 720p signal over a 1080i should you hook it up to the TV.

Hey E :later:




Bing

[Bing Fung]

how come I get so many errors posting on th HTG?




Bing

[Jehan]

Evening folks

hey there Bing!

[Bing Fung]

Hey Jehan! Hows the man from Cali doing? 8)




Bing

[Trevor Schell]

Thanks Bing!!
That makes sense.
The ExPressVu satelite receiver allows you to select
either 720P or 1080i. If 720 is going to look smoother , than that's
what I want.
Right now 1080i looks good , but only on certain stations.
NBC is astonishing in quality.

I will have to change my choice of TV..
Darn since the Hitachi does look good and the guys was going to
give me a $700 discount. Cost + 10%.




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NP Trev, inorder for a TV to display 720P it requires more expensive circuitry to be able to scan 720 lines in 1/60 th of a second. It's much easier and cheaper to scan 540 lines in 1/60 of a second and interlace the signal. So in the time it takes 1080i to draw a full frame (odd & even) of 1080 lines, the 720P has drawn an equivlent 1440 lines.

Note that most newer DLP and LCD are 720P capabible (digital), where as you be hard pressed to find a CRT (analog) that is capable of 720P, they are out there in 9" CRT, but those are probaly the Runcos and the Farudjas.

I remember reading somewhere once that 1080i is actually compressed due to the inability to fit all the information into the channel bandwidth, creating more artifacts ontop of the interlacing. 720P however requires no compression over air as such retains the original broadcast data in it's entirety...

Think of 720P as the equivilent of the Audiophiles choice over 1080i.

Sorry, I didn't mean to talk you out af a good deal on a TV. If you think your going to hook up your PC then sure spring for a 720P capabile set. However if your only going to view 1080i broadcast, then stay with the Hitachi even if it's not 720P native. It's conversion may look nice enough.... I know that I have been holding out for a 720P native set just cause I know it will be more suiting to my needs... That and I need the cash for one :(




Bing

[Chris D]

Bing: :later:

Trev: Some people prefer 720p over 1080i, especially on fast motion scenes like sports. CBS broadcasts in 720p, including the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Most people visually see about the same thing in 1080i and 720p, though. It might be worth it to have a TV that does 720p just to show an HDTV broadcast in native 720p format without any conversion. Same thing with 1080i. But not too big a deal.




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[Andrew Pratt]

Hey guys still trying to figure out what i need for my htpc...lots to learn but then that's the fun part. :LOL:




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[Bing Fung]

Hey Chris "Top Gun" Dotur http://www.coolarchive.com/gifanimations/vehicles/plane.gif :later:

Yes I agree with Chris, on a pure theretical standpoint 720P will always look better than 1080i, however if the signal processing is done well, it 1080i can look pretty darn good in comparison.

I seen 1080i on Cam's Sharp 9000 DLP projector and it looked phenomenal, every bit as ggod as the 720p I've seen ho his projector. I think the crdit goes to the processor in the Sharp, that makes the 1080i look comparitivly equal.




Bing

[Gordon Moore]

I think I'm guilty of putting that little bug in Andrew's ear ;)

I showed him my capture/tuner card and now he's got the fever 8)

His wife is going to killl me :cry:




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[Chris D]

Bing, by chance do you have a recommendation on the computer virus issue I posted on the last page or two of TTP?

People from my flying squadron and the Farstads have really been great about bringing over dinners. That's one of the great things about the military... (usually) families tend to bond together during important times. E and Nicole made a terrific soup and brought it over with other stuff as well.




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[Trevor Schell]

Funny!

The 51s500 the higher end model does not support 720p
While the 51f500 the model below does.
I'll get a Quote on that one I guess.




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Glad you liked the soup Chris! :D

Hey Bing!

Hey Andrew!

Hey Gord!

Hey Trev!

Hey everyone!

Busy playing around with my website....

E




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[Bing Fung]

Gang :later:

E :later:

Chris, I'll look into the previous posts about the virus.. Although I'm not a savvy as Kevin :P

Trev, check to see that the lower model "Natively" supports 720P.. It may just be scaling, which isn't nessesarly a bad thing, however think of it as processing, any time an audio or video signal is undulely processed, it can suffer from artifacts or degredation.. generally.

-35 in Saskatoon right now -51 with wind chill.. Man we need "Cold Days" up here like EJ is on his second "Snow Day" in NC :bluezoned:




Bing

[Mats]

If it's cold up there then hit the d*mn pinguin :rofl:

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf

hope this one is new :)




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[Sonnie Parker]

Good Morning Everyone!

Trev... several TV's will accept 720p but convert it to 1080i such as our Toshiba RPTV.

ESPN broadcast in 720p for their HD as well. But they don't have much programming in HD... most of their programming is stretched and ugly.

It would seem like that if Boxlight/Sanyo can include an "AUTO" resolution input on their PJ that the same could be done on RPTV's and the likes... instead of having to choose via a menu. Heck a PJ is tiny in comparison and cost less than several HD RPTV's.




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[Bing Fung]

Hey Sonnie, G5 is an excellent Camera! you won't be disapointed.. Nice choice :T

Most TVs will accept 720P, it's just that it scales it to 1080i as it can't actually handle 720p natively. It's electronics aren't capable of scanning at the high frequency required of a 720 progressive signal. The Boxlight/Sanyo is an LCD (digital) it can handle the 720p automatically because progressive scanning is native to digital. With the boxlight it should run at 720p when ever possible.


Chris, I did a look on the w32.spybot.worm and my thoughts are you are right, you don't want to be deleting the explore.exe file as deleting that will possibily cause you to have to reinstall windows..

Question... did you follow the steps of of disabling system restore, update the virus definition files and then scan in safe mode? My reasoning here is the worm installs itself in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce

And that may make Norton think that the actual Explore.exe is corrupt, because it's infecting windows (explore.exe) everytime you start the PC.

I would recommend fllowing the steps outlined here (if you haven't already) Symantec w32.spybot.worm (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html)

and see what turns up.

If you have already and it's still showing explore.exe is infected, we may have to dig deeper.

K, I have to get to work... busy day ahead!

EJ, if your on line today, enjoy your snow day.. Great time last night on Xbox LIVE! That PoW mission where we finally had success felt so real as we were trying to make the home stretch with the hostages. That was a tough one, Cam's clear the front tower, exit and come around back worked in that situation :a>'>

Funny penguin game Mats!




Bing

[Sonnie Parker]

Bing I sure hope I'll be over pleased with the G5 as I just ordered it. I went ahead and got an extra Lithium-Ion battery, 256mb high capacity CFC, case, and cleaning kit and paid $594 shipped. I couldn't have bought the card and battery for $100 by themselves... or at least the few searches I did didn't turn up a lower price. It will no doubt be the nicest camera I've ever touched.


I got an e-mail from repstein*AT*hometheaterforum*DOT*com earlier today that had a W32 worm attached but NAV deleted the attachment.




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Sonnie, I got the same email from repstein.

E




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn WHOOO HOOOO! :sn :sn :sn

:banana: I just got an email from "that job" at NBBJ, the firm that "wants me but had to wait until the time was right." Well, I'm interviewing/meeting with yet another principal of the firm this Friday (he was not around the last time) so he has a chance to gauge me for the position! :D I'm excited because this might mean they're that much closer to officially offering me a job! ;h This guy is a CPA and is their "financial guru" and my insider (friend from college who works there) told me they want to see how my recent MBA schooling, personality, experience, etc...will help the team. ;lx

So I'm stoked...and just pray that this is the real deal and truly means they will offer me! Cause work around these parts is getting VERY slim! :? Also praying that they will at least match what I make now...cause this job, like I've shared, would be my dream...something I've always sought after...Urban Design....planning, designing, and creating...school campuses, city block renewal projects, waterfront design, you name it. This firm is the third largest architecture/design firm in the US and fifth largest in the world...so tons of opportunity!

If you can tell, I'm excited and so here's to good things to come! :D

Nice camera Sonnie, we need to get a new Digicam soon too!

Well...have a great Tuesday everyone!

E




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[Gordon Moore]

Congrats E....I'm hoping for the best for you, you've certainly worked hard for it (from the sound of things).

Even if they don't match and it's close....there's an old saying...beggers can't be choosers, but of course, it's whatever you can sit comfortably with.

Personally I'd take a drop in pay over pogey any day of the week.

If this firm is everything you say it is and a bag of chips, the oppertunity to advance sounds pretty much a certainty which might or might not be important as well.

Either way it's your decision in the end...good luck with whatever happens. There's so much talent floating around out there right now, businesses definately have the "upper hand" :(

There's another saying I keep in my breast pocket that says "No matter what you think you know, there's always someone around the corner that knows more"...

Here's the thing...you'd have to think that eventually you hit the end of that chain and finally get to the guy who knows the most...It must be boring to be that individual or really exciting (depending on your point of view)...I'd sure like to meet that guy.Also, If you wanted to get metaphysical then you might consider that there IS an "ultimate" answer to that little saying (all depends on your POV). One man's mountain is another man's molehill...

I'm just goofing around....Gord's mind f@ck of the day :P

(boy this oracle crap is making me silly today! Must be the low density oxygen in this building...or all the incense that they burn next door :LOL: )

Later all

(in my best Dr. Mick voice)

"Hi Everybody" :later: (it's also funny that we wave hello using the "later" simley)




"A RONSTER!"

[efarstad]

Thanks Gord. The wife and I have talked about cutting if we need to for an opportunity like this. I see opportunity when it's there. My friend from college has worked there for 6 years and just got promoted to Senior Associate...and most reach that level after at least 10+ years...so the company does take care of its own and treats folks like they should be treated...so that was very encouraging to see as well.

So, we'll see what happens! I'll of course keep you all posted. ;)

E




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[Andrew Pratt]

Go get um E!:T

His wife is going to kill me

Nah she'd just show Kathy how to do that password protection on your PC 8O (which I admit is a fate worse then death!)

Gord did you see my HTPC thread?

Anyone else getting hit with the latest W32 virus today? I've gotten 8 so far :roll:




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http://www.computer-parts.dk/shop/images/items/DVINE5_1B.jpg

Now that's a nice HTPC case:drool:




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[efarstad]

Andrew...have fun with your new "project!" HTPC...cool! 8)

E




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[Chris D]

Thanks, Bing... I'll try out the virus removal tonight and let you know how it goes. Norton AV has been great for me in preventing viruses, and I don't think I've ever gotten one in 11+ years of owning a computer.




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Andrew, that HTPC looks pretty sweet. Very clean and classy. I'll be very interested to watch your research and see what you decide on and build!

E: Hope the interview goes well!




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Thanks Chris...and I'm about to email you about "some lighting" ideas! ;)

E




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[Preacherman]

Just dropping in to say hello.

Saw this and laughed my butt off...

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[efarstad]

Hey Deacon! How's that home theater planning comming? Has the war department given approval to proceed! :P :LOL:

E




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Chris I've got a thread started in the Tower of Power area if you care to see what I've got picked out so far...




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[Sonnie Parker]

Congrats E... hope it all works out for ya on this interview.

Thanks on the digicam. Buydig.com is my etailer... I ordered today and they shipped today. They weren't the bottom dollar Bizrate dealer but they had 75,000+ reviews and have been in biz since 1983. They were about $15 higher than the lowest but the lowest had all frowns for ratings. I am shocked at what some dealers are attempting to sell this camera for (the highest was over $800 just for the camera and that is their Valentines Day special). OUCH!


Okay... I'm not gettin' into HTPC ... it's mo money to spend and I've spent enough lately.

Nice equipment Andrew... although I know nothing about it.




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[Pat]

Hi Guys,
EJ isn't the only one getting snow, although it's more commonplace here rather than there :)
I'm just getting tired of cleaning off the driveway daily :evil:

Going out for a bite to eat...later fellas




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[Trevor Schell]

Hi guys !!

A real cold one here today!! :yesnod:
-51C with the wind.:E
Bing like this kind of stuff.
I almost froze to death a couple of times.

Erik!! That's good news..
Best of luck with your interview/meeting on Friday!

Bing!! Sounds like you guys had a blast with XBoX Live.
Your gonna have to get me hooked up!!:T

Sonnie!! Congrats on the Canon G5. You will love more than
you could ever imagine!!:T

Andrew!!
Awesome PC DVD case..
How much? Where?

Chris!! Good Luck with the Virus!
I received an e-mail from myself today??
It's called Error.
Not sure if it is a Virus, However Nortons didn't pick it up.
I went into Live update and had two new definaitions to download..
So I hope I didn't miss it due to outdated definations. :huh:




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Trev's Pic of the day!!

http://photo.thetechzone.com/data//510/93soccerTeam_rain2.jpg?3449




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[Trevor Schell]

Quiet here tonight!!

9:30pm and its -40C/-39F
That is freeking colder than cold!!
-49C with the wind chill.:E




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[Lex]

For my 10,000'th post, which I wanted to do on a flip, but that wasn't possible due to somebody getting the flip right before I checked in today.

My favorite pic of the day is Trevor's pic of the day!

http://photo.thetechzone.com/data//510/93soccerTeam_rain2.jpg?3449

Lex, a 10K man.




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Congrat's Doug on the milestone:T

Trevor no I know why I love team sports:yesnod:




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[Preacherman]

Still hashing out some details and working on removing the pool table and the entertainment center.




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[Gordon Moore]

Hey Trevor it looks like your weather bar never anticipated Saskatchewan dropping to -60C (what is that...like -76F for all you south of this border)all your temp bar says is N/A....stay warm folks 8O

I wonder what the windchill temp would have been before Environment Canada corrected the formula that made it seem even harsher. -60C, humph, here I was bitching how cold the walk up to transit tom was at -50C this morning.

You win :clap:




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[Gordon Moore]

Hey 10 more (well nine now) posts and I'll be 1/10th of Andrew and Lex :P

[George Bellefontaine]

Hey guys. I've been busy the last couple of days deleting e-mails with nasty virus attachments. Couple of friends here who's IP use Sympatico, like me, have been getting upwards of 400 of these a day.

Erik, I'll be pulling for you during that interview Friday.




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[Bing Fung]

E Best of LucK! That sounds like one very interesting and awesome job, when I was a young tad, I wanted to be an architech.. misspend teens riuned that : Knock 'em down :T

Sonnie, nice package on the G5, have fun!

Chris, let me know haow it goes, or if you need any help

Trev, say the word, We'll set you up, anytime :wedgie:

George, good luck with the virus cleaning

Hey Everyone else :later:



here is a picture on the way to work this morning

8:00am / -42C

There seemed to be more ice crystals in the air than the picture shows

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/winter04.jpg




Bing

[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Happy Hump Day! :sn :sn :sn

EJ...this day is for you buddy! ;)

Thanks on all the well wishes guys...I'm looking forward to meeting this guy and chatting more about the position...for the third of what would be four interviews. :D With the fourth being the job offer...me hopes! ;)

Deacon...if you don't need or want that pool table anymore...I'll take it! :P Would go great in my basement!!!

Hey Bing...nice nighttime shot...burrr cold!

Hey Lex...congrats on 10K! 8O

Hey Trev...I played soccer for 13 years...but never like that! :oh:

Hey Andrew...how's that HTPC coming along?

Hey Pat...what's new? Your posts are so short...me thinks you have much more to share! :P

GORD! What's up buddy!!! You seem pretty cold too!....come move here, it's very mild weather in these parts.

Off to go do some edits on my reports....whooopeeee!

Have a great day gents!

E




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[Bing Fung]

Hey Bing...nice nighttime shot...burrr cold!

E


:rofl: That was this morning at 8:00AM on the drive to work.


What to see what Saskatoon looks like at -40C????
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http://209.115.207.74:8080/pics/classics/2003jan24/2003-Jan-22%20Thermometer.jpg

Kidding, I found that on the internet.

I took some pictures of Saskatoon during Lunch hour at -37C (it has warmed up a bit ;) ) I'll post later.




Bing

[efarstad]

Ah yes...it would help if I could READ...my bad! :oops:

E




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[Bing Fung]

E, NPs.. just having a bit of fun with ya. :wedgie:

In Saskatoon during the winter solstice the sun rises at around 9:30am and sets at 4:00pm. It's dark when you go to work, and it's dark when you leave. During Summer solstice it's rises at 4:00am and sets at 9:30.. Its Awesome!


Here are some of the shots I took during lunch

-37C in Saskatoon

http://www.bingtech.com/minus37a.jpg
Downtown with the Delta Bessborough hotel and the mighty South Saskatchwan river, nearly frozen solid. The reason the west side of the river isn't frozen is because of the warm water up river from the Queen Elizabeth Power Plant, and because the river flows too darn fast!

http://www.bingtech.com/bess2.jpg
Bessborough Hotel and Kiwanas Park

http://www.bingtech.com/stjohns.jpg
St. Johns Cathedral and Kiwanas Park. Christine and I were married in that church 15 years ago




Bing

[Sonnie Parker]

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Been in the kitchen all day cooking vegetable and beef soup. Got the whole house smelling hmmm hmmm good.


Awesome shots Bing.... I like that nighttime shot above.... lol... oops... I mean morning drive shot. :D

Congrats Lex on 10K post. That's a lotta typing!


Welp... time to go play in the HT room! I just love it! It has overwhelmed me! What else can I say?




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[Preacherman]

E, can you imagine the shipping charges on a pool table.... 8O

And, Its no wonder you all have great home theater rooms as cold as it gets up there....AARRGGHHH ! Minus anything isn't good....A brisk 63 today (and yes that is a positive 63)




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[Preacherman]

E, can you imagine the shipping charges on a pool table.... 8O

And, Its no wonder you all have great home theater rooms as cold as it gets up there....AARRGGHHH ! Minus anything on the thermometer isn't good....A brisk 63 today (and yes that is a positive 63)




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[Preacherman]

E, can you imagine the shipping charges on a pool table.... 8O

And, Its no wonder you all have great home theater rooms as cold as it gets up there....AARRGGHHH ! Minus anything on the thermometer isn't good....A brisk 63 today (and yes that is a positive 63)




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[efarstad]

Deac, can I call you Deac...Deacon? Thanks...I like Deac! ;)

Who said anything about shipping, our buddy Chris will just drop by on his next swing through Florida and put it in one of his storage bays on his C-17! 8)

E




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[Bent]

Yup, a 8' drogue chute, and a pair of 10' footers, and he could probably land it on the front street without it even bouncing... (more than once... 8O )

[efarstad]

Sure Bent, why not...I live on a cul-de-sac, so it would make for a perfect "drop" location! :P

E




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[Glen]

Well I thought I would share my cold Winnipeg story. Started to work today in my van. Got out to the main drive, pushed down the pedal to speed up, and..... 'it was so cold that' the pedal stayed down ( even though I'd taken my foot off it). 8O . So as the car is rapidly speeding up, I'm trying to think back to drivers ed (many years ago ) on what to do. I pounded my foot on the pedal a few times and it loosened up. It may have only taken a few seconds in all, but I think my heart stopped during it. :bluezoned:

If everyone down south could turn on their fans and point them north, it would be much appreciated.


Gordon, my wife was looking over my shoulder the other day and said "Hey, I know him". Did you go to Westwood Collegiate?

[Trevor Schell]

Hey Bing!!

Those are some great pics of the river!!
I see my Castle in one of them??




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Lex!!

Congrats on the 10,000 POSTS!!!

:party: :party: :party: :party:




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Welcome to Page 99!!!




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[Trevor Schell]

FLIP!!!!
Welcome to Page 99!!!

And a TRIBUTE to
:beer2: :beer2: LEX's 10,000 POSTS!!:beer2: :beer2:

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

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[efarstad]

Good Gravy...THOSE are gorgeous cables!!! 8O

E




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[Lex]

Thanks for the 10K tribute.

Nice cables, where could I get some like that at? :LOL:

You got them pretty fast really. :)

Lex




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[Gordon Moore]

Dang, I've been found out! Yes Glen I went to Westwood. Who's your wife?




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[Andrew Pratt]

Well I thought I would share my cold Winnipeg story. Started to work today in my van. Got out to the main drive, pushed down the pedal to speed up, and..... 'it was so cold that' the pedal stayed down ( even though I'd taken my foot off it). . So as the car is rapidly speeding up, I'm trying to think back to drivers ed (many years ago ) on what to do. I pounded my foot on the pedal a few times and it loosened up. It may have only taken a few seconds in all, but I think my heart stopped during it

I've had that happen to me too...scary stuff!

Oh Gord's in trouble now. Glen get the dirt on gordo:)

Well I managed to get the two plugs all wired up in the office so there's no more cables on the floor...and the PC's are on their own line now so they won't go down when the silly breaker trips like they used to :roll:

No real news on the HTPC still researching parts etc.




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[Glen]

Gordon, Do you remember Keri Henderson ( she's now Keri Morris ).

Actually, according to my mom - you and I are kinda related......I think its your grandfather was brothers with my grandfather ( Cooks and Moores are related in there somewhere ).

I showed my mom the pictures of your kids a few pages back - she said "Yep, that's a Moore all right ". :D

I was dating Keri when you guys were in highschool together.

[Eduardo]

Good Evening/Morning Everyone. Been a winter mess this past week. Fortunately I was able to work from home. As Bing stated earlier I've been addicted to my XBox since I got my television. I also finally got my cable HD box. 8O Its looks so awesom. Discovery HD is probably my favorite channel now. :D The HD box sends 1080i signal so the tv does no conversion. I watched Law and Order in HD too. Can't wait till I have Gregg Lowen here to do a true calibration.

Trevor - I've been happy with my Hitachi 57S500. It can process all formats including 1080p. But my understanding is that it will only display 540p and 1080i :huh:. I liked the pic of the day. :drool:

Lex - congrats on 10K. :dance: Those are some sweet cables you made Trev.

Andrew - Thats a sweet looking case. good luck on your new project.

Mats - thanks for your great links. Where would we be with out them.

E - Great news on the job front. Its good to be excited. :T

Bing - I had a great time playing. We need to do it more often and longer.

Sonnie - congrats on getting your cinema completed and on your new camera. Now we need so schedule a time for Super Bowl.

Chris - Glad Abbey and Jen are home safe and sound. So what is the flight schedule for Super Bowl Sunday? We need to get to Sonnie's early so we can see the goats.

Deacon - thanks for the video it makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Pat - Hope you faired OK. We might get more ice on Sunday :roll:

Sorry if I missed anyone but I have to get to bed. :tired: :later:




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[Bing Fung]

Thanks Guys :amen:

It's warmed up a bit tonight.

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/temp.jpg


Beautiful cables Lex 8O

Goodnight...




Bing

[Gordon Moore]

Oh okay now it's sort of coming together (in a blue haze sort of way).

Michael Cook (at least I think it's Michael...correct me if I'm wrong) *I think* is my dad's cousin...I'll have to double check that.

Kerri Henderson...the name is kinda familiar and I think I have a picture in my mind but I have to pull out a year book to be sure... Somewhere in a filing cabinet. I'll check it out.

Small world... :)

[Pat]

Trev, nice tribute flip

Bing, awesome photos...I love how the trees have frost on them :T

Erik, my posts are short and too the point...there isn't really much going on here.

Eduardo, No problems here...just bitchin' about the snow :evil:
Hope all is well on your side

Here is the weather outlook here:
http://pat.home.mchsi.com/images/12904.jpg
Note: I switched over to C for easier comparison to our northern friends




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[Bing Fung]

Hey Pat, Thanks :T

Nice job on the forecast :D Hopefully we'll also be near -22C by the weekend




Bing

[Sonnie Parker]

Good Morning Everyone!

It's a cold but beautiful day in Alabama.

Pat... where's my weather forecast? 8)

Very nice flippin' cables Trev.... makes me want to go to wally world and buy me some. Oh wait... those didn't come from wally world did they? Nah... really, those are very nice indeed.

So Gord and Keri had a thing maybe???? oh no... that was Glen. hee hee... yeah let's here some scoop on Gord.


I enjoy Discovery HD too EJ... I never knew Discovery like I do now.

Nice gadget Bing!




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[Glen]

Morning all. Its another COLD day on the prairies. :bluezoned:

Have a great day everyone!

[Gordon Moore]

So Gord and Keri had a thing maybe???? oh no... that was Glen. hee hee... yeah let's here some scoop on Gord.



Sorry Sonnie, "Days of our Lives" this ain't ;)

Actually there's not much to tell. We went to the same High School (as did 300 other kids) and had the occasional conversation but we didn't hang together. I kinda floated through high school...and was not one who was on the "A-list" so to speak. I speak most weekends and summers at the cottage so the majority of my friends are from there.

Don't you know about Aquarians? We don't make many friends (or have a hard time making friends or something like that :? ) but the ones we make we make for life. Something or other from a book on the signs of the zodiac....or maybe it was a fortune cookie (which would then be the year of the rat) I can't remember.


Happy Birthday to me :D :party:

[Gordon Moore]

Actually I just thought of something...apparently I haven't aged too dramatically in 15 years that I'm unrecognizable....that's a good sign!

[Bing Fung]

Happy B'day Gordo! How old you is?


Thanks Sonnie, its only marginally cooler than a tin goat shack ;) Are you having a Super Bowl Party that EJ and Chris is dropping into? Awesome!




Bing

[Preacherman]

E: Deacon....Deac....Big D...Little D...D...d....( Or Bruce.....B) .....it’s all good.

Lex: Congrats on 10,000.......Sheeesh.....That’s a lot of typing, your fingers must be little knubs
And SWEET cables....soon as I get to that point, we will talk.




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[George Bellefontaine]

Hey all.

Well, only had to delete 81 e-mails with virus attachments today. Guess all those people don't love me anymore.

One of the e-mails came from me. How do you send an e-mail to yourself ? Anyway, if any of you guys see one from me with an attachment, don't open it. I don't send e-mails with attachments.




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[Gordon Moore]

I is 33 :)

And my little bud Nick (or Nicky as he likes to be called) turned 3 yesterday.

Our birthdays are close but it wasn't by design.... He just really liked where he was and decided to enter the world sometime around 8:00 that evening. Actually he was born on Superbowl Sunday come to think of it. Our estimation of his due date was off so technically he was late but since birth is a rather natual process (unless induced) I think there rarely a "late" baby...though you hear people say it all the time. I remember getting to the hospital and Kathy had this really wild look on her face, 15 min later there he was 8O .

Far cry from #1 son where labour was induced (at around 3:30 pm) and the whole process took like all night long...I was sick as a dog (of course nobody cared...naturally...and when you're in a wing with several women in labour you don't talk about how you are feeling at that moment, especially when your a guy). She got an epidural I nearly fainted :P then the nurses started to feel sorry for me (needles don't bother me) ...I was realy dehydrated from the flu...(I know your all saying "YA-HA RIGHT") at around 7:00 or 7:30 am the next day Matthew was born, I cut the cord and that was that!

2 awesome and sometimes challenging kids (and whose kids aren't), my wife who is also my very best friend and a really annoying, and slightly (okay extremely) overweight cat who we put up with (I'm just kidding)...that's my crew! :)




"A RONSTER!"

[Glen]

Happy Birthday Gord.

Don't worry. I don't have any "dirt" on you. I'm just amazed at what a small world it is.

[Gordon Moore]

well, "small city" anyway....

(just trying to push a little closer to 1000...)

[Gordon Moore]

My wife and I went to a kindergarten seminar yesterday....Matthew will be the graduating class of 2017...my wife nearly cried when she heard that :LOL:

That's really not that far away :cry: Oh well they can't be babies forever.

You new parents...take as many pictures and video as you can (even the stuff that seems rather plain and everyday)...the first 5 years are THE most critical (the experts say) and seem to go by the most quickly....it has for us.




"A RONSTER!"

[Glen]

Your right Gord. My kids are 5 and 7. They're growing up wasy to fast.

As well as taking lots of pictures, my wife and I have let the kids display their 'art' around the house. ( gave them some sticky tack and let them go crazy ). Its is truely amazing to see how their creativity and skills with drawing and crafts can improve in just a few weeks. And its really great to be able to look back at them a year from now. Starting a scrap book for them is a great way to preserve the better ones.

I just wish I able to spend more time at home with them ( and less long hours at work ). You miss out on alot very quickly.

[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Happy Birthday Gord! :sn :sn :sn

Busy day today...so I'll check back in a bit!

E




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[Trevor Schell]

Hey Guys!!

Not feeling all that tough today , so I had to stay home.

Thanks Guys for liking my cables. :yesnod:



Eduardo!!

Trevor - I've been happy with my Hitachi 57S500. It can process all formats including 1080p. But my understanding is that it will only display 540p and 1080i

So you do have to S500!, In your diaria thread you called it the S700 , so I was confused abit.
How does 1080P look.
You say it does all formats, however that can't be true though as it does not do 720p.
I want to get the 51S500 , but not sure. They have to order it in , so I would to buy sight unseen.
I may go for the Sony LCD 50" Wega..Still deciding what to do!

BING!!!
What the heck is that themometer device.??
I want one too..as it is way too cool!! ;)

Winnipeg guys!! All old school buddies!! That is pretty cool!!:yesnod:

Pat,,Lucky for you guys!!
That's short and T-shirt weather for us guys here.
Especially Bing!! He'd be running outside with nothing but his XBoX
windshirt on. :P

Gord!! :party: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :party:

Glen!!,,My girls are also 5 and 7..
Nice age for kids, I really enjoy them. One is growing into an adult
it seems, the other is still the baby.
Gord,,We take tonnes of pictures and video and I sure am glad we have as they do grow so fast.




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[Bing Fung]

One of the e-mails came from me. How do you send an e-mail to yourself ?


Holy man that was a lot George! :evil:

How you get a message from yourself is the Virus performs what is called "Spoofing" It grabs user names from your contacts lists and sends (propagates) the virus to generally everyone in your contact list, using random contacts in your lists as the sender. Whats infuriating is it will sometimes send the virus back to you from a contact in your list, making you think it's them that is sending it to you.... Further perpetuating and spreading in an unprotected PC. Bastards :assimilate:




Bing

[Bing Fung]

Trev! Sorry to hear you're not well .. still :wedgie:

Get the 50" LCD Wega, That's an awesome set and I would buy it in a heart beat if I knew I wasn't going to have this huge Income Tax bill looming :evil: I'm bracing for the worse, and hoping for the best :roll:

It supports 720P, however it's weird as it's resolution is 1386x788

1386 / 16 * 9= 780.. So the LCD Wega would still have to scale or process 720p somewhat.. strange... 768 or 720 vertical pixels I can understand, but 788? Must be easier to make like that or something.



The device is a Davis Vantage Pro Wireless weather station. It is a powerfull tool that can track the environment and graph it on a daily, monthly, annual basis. It has a RS232 port so it can tracked and be connected to a PC that will logg the information in a data base. I have the software for that as well (I used it at work). It allows you to port the data to web pages so you can have your own little weather report station :) on line on the internet

http://www.davisnet.com/productpics/big/7862bull.jpg http://www.weathershop.com/images/wxlink-vantagepro-screenshot.jpg http://www.weathershop.com/images/wxlink-vantagepro-graphs.jpg


Features:
-Inside & Outside Temperature
-Barometric Pressure plus Graphing Trend Display
-Ticker-tape Forecast
-Inside & Outside Humidity
-Automatic Heat Index Calculation and Display
-Automatic Dew Point Calculation and Display
-Automatic Moon Phase Calculation and Display
-Rainfall for minutes, hours, days, month, year and storm total
-Rainfall totals for last 24 storms
-Rain Rate for minutes, hours, days, and months
-Wind Direction & Speed plus peak gust and timestamp
-Automatic Wind Chill calculation and display
-Time & Date 12/24 hour
-Automatic Time of Sunrise & Sunset display
-Alarms that can be set for most values
-Backlit LCD display
-AC or DC power options for the console, battery backup
-Solar Powered outdoor Sensor suite
-English or Metric Units display
-PC or Macintosh RS232 computer Interface/data logger includes software
With WeatherLink you can post weather Data and to a web site!

Out of that it calculates and displays many things like wind chill, weather prediction, High/lows based on seasonal, monthly, daily..etc for all parameters collected.

For instance in the last 2 years we have had 3 months with days colder than yesterday (-42C), we have also had 3 months with days that were just as cold. This can be viewed on the LCD screen, or it can be ported to a PC for indepth analysis.

http://www.weathershop.com/images/vanta.jpg

The senor suite is wireless and solar powered, it's mounted on the roof of my house. Although it does have a CR123 Litium battery for power as well, the solar cell has not required me to change a battery in it for the last 3 years.

The console can be powered by AC or DC. I run it on batteries, it too has not required batteries for the last 2 years that I can remember.

Here is more information on it if your interested.
http://www.weathershop.com/davis_vantagepro.htm
http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/vantage.asp

I actually bought this for an experiment I was performing that studied environmental effects on Fiber Optic cables. At the conclusion of the tests, I had the opportunity to purchase it in an auction..

I think I paid almost $1,100 us for it with Software, and bought it for $140 cdn 8)

It's actual Katherine's weather station now as she monitors it on a daily basis :LOL:




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[Trevor Schell]

Bing!!
That is astonishing!!
Very pricey , but you got a great deal on it..
Thanks for providing the info on it..Appreciate that!!
You should start your own weather news updates to the city!!!
Bing's weather channel.!!

The Wega is a nice set..Only actually had a close look at the 42" version.
We will see!!




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Bing!!
Looking forward to seeing your new Avatar.
It would crack me up if you came up with one
with some high motion activity!!
:rofl:

:smackbutt: :wedgie:




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[Andrew Pratt]

Fantastic deal Bing! I remember you calling me at work about that unit :phone:

Happy BDay Gordo :party:

Looks like my HTPC parts list is almost wrapped up...just need some cash and I'll press submit on the order:yesnod:




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[Gordon Moore]

Well I know this will flip soon so I'll take post 1000 to say Thanks Everyone! :T

Andrew I've made another comment in the HTPC thread, just under J.Marsh

[efarstad]

Pusing things along... 8)




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[Lex]

and




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[Lex]

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[Lex]

and welcome to page 100, the first 10K plus flip for me. ha. Mars, the red planet.
I know red clay when I see it, and rocks, lots o rocks.

http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/spotlight/spirit/images/Pathfinder_040113063852.jpg

Changed to link. Truly is a remarkable photo and should be enjoyed as is. I bet it's awesome on a widescreen monitor!

Lex




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[Bing Fung]

Bing!!
Looking forward to seeing your new Avatar.
It would crack me up if you came up with one
with some high motion activity!!
:rofl:

:smackbutt: :wedgie:



:rofl: :rofl: Now don't go poking that sleeping dog with a stick
:rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl:

Maybe I should resurect the spanking girls from the show "The Replacements"?


The only thing the LCD Wegas is the black level.
Katherine and I were down at the Sony store we were
watching the 60" LCD XBR Wega and the 57" KP57WV600 CRT Projection unit.

Katherine noted that the LCD looked cloudy as she stated it.
This was due to the lower contrast ratio of the LCD compared to the CRT.
The image looked slightly sharper with out the pixel crawl that is typical of
CRT based projection units, however in contrast comparision, the LCD
was washed out looking (cloudy) against the CRT.
We were watching Lord of the Rings Two Towers


Yes Andrew, I remember it like yesterday chating with you on the phone about it... 8)

Cool on the HTPC! I think Lex may have a cool HTPC case that you could talk him out of...

Great family stories Gordo & Glen




Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

bing that case is already on its way to Manitoba...but not to me:)

Congrat's on the 1000 post mark Gord:T

Just ordered half the parts for my new PC:)




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[efarstad]

Way to go Lex...the flip is fitting, given your 10K status! ;)

I'm happy to report that my first bid for Custom Home Theater Design
went out last night and I'm meeting my client tomorrow night to
discuss! :D Just thought I'd share the latest news!

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[Paul Wu]

Hey guys, wow another 100 pages have flown by.

Lex: Nice flip pic and congrats on the ad space coming up!

EriK" Great job on the first bid. Good luck on that interview. When will you know if you get the job?

Trev: Nice cables.

Bing: I remember that weather station. Were you busy doing any lion dances durning
Chinese New Year?

I gotta go checkout some prices for some brake pads. It's that time to replace the front.

Gotta get back to some work so I'll check in later.

[Trevor Schell]

Congrats on the 100 Flip Lex!!
Amazing image of Mars..
I was looking for a CatCable station there
but could not see one!

Bing!! A washed out look is not a good thing. I will have to take a close look at it.
I am still sweet on the Hitachi though,,Just need Eduardo to respond to my questions..

Yes!!
Do bring back the ButtSlap Avatar , that was a good one! :twisted:

Gord!! Congrats on 1000 POSTS!!!




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Paul, I should know by tomorrow night if I get the theater design job and I hope to know by the first week or two of February on the "work that pays the bills and feeds the family" job! ;)

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[Glen]

Trevor.

I agree with Bing that the Sony LCD Wega is something to see. On a true hi-def signal - it looks amazing. I would argue better than any other RPTV. Try and get a look at the 60" on a hi-def signal, very nice. If I were to buy a RPTV, this is about the only one I'd consider.

I would caution you that Sony is having some QC problems with their LCD TV's ( premature bulb failure within 90 days due to the bulb power supply and the bulb itself ). I would wait for the next generation at least before purchasing one.

Also, the next generations are supposed to be much thinner. The RCA DLP RPTV from the CES show is only 7" deep and can be mounted on a wall.

Just something to consider. :)

[Pat]

Nice 10K flip Doug!

Just trying to stay warm here 8)




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[Sonnie Parker]

Nice super duper widescreen flip Lex! Nice image but it looks like orange and gray...not red. :?


Daddy-George... sorry you had all the e-mail problems.


Happy happy birthday Gordon!!!!!!!!! Thirty something huh...

And if this ain't "Days of Our Lives" then I don't know what else TTP
would be. :P :P :P It's all about everyday of our lives. It's
practically my diary. Of course I don't share every intimate
detail ...no... but I sure share a lot about my personal life with
everyone here...to an extent. But don't worry... I was only echoing
what someone else ahd already posted when I mentioned about
the scoop.... surely you know we both were only kidding??? :roll:
That, we do a lot of here.




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[Trevor Schell]

Thanks for the info Glen!
I will keep all that in mind.

Hey Sonnie Bunny!!
Haven't seen you for a while! :P

Hey Paul!!
I am a Sheep according to the Chinese New Year.
I wonder what Bing is!!..Maybe a Mule! ;)




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[Trevor Schell]

I am gettig a lot of Virus E-mails too!
Not like George though,.
I had one so far that was from myself.

I am getting a lot that say non deliverable and they
have an attachment to them.
Almost like they originated form me!! :E
Not sure though.
A virus scan of my system says I am clean.




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[Andrew Pratt]

Nice pic Doug but man its making this page hard to read!

My car won't start again. I'm begining to think the block heater isn't working properly.




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[Trevor Schell]

It's finally super warm here today!
Only -28C

GOOD NEWS!!!!!
My SCREEN arrives at approx 1:30 pm Tomorrow!!!!
:banana:




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[Gordon Moore]

EASY there Sonnie...of course I knew you were joking ;)

Thanks for the birthday well-wishes...

[Glen]

Congrats on the screen Trevor.

Just in time for some weekend fun :D

[Andrew Pratt]

Trevor send some of that warm weather out way...my car's frozen solid again...seems like its not getting fuel since when I boost it it turns over and seems to "catch" but just can't keep going.




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[Eduardo]

Hey Gents. Hope everyone is having a good evinging.

Lex - Cool flip. Discovery HD has been diplaying the pictures and they look great.

Trev - I've been extremely happy with my TV. I just got my HD cable box and the Picture is awesome. I can't wait till I get the set professional callibrated. Xbox is great too. As Bing stated before I'm a crack shot but thats cause the enemy is viewable a far distances. Soul Caliber is 720p and It looks great in 1080i.

Gordon - Happy Birthday. :party:

Bing - I looked at the LCDs but just a lot more costly for my budget. PQ and tweak-ablitly was what sold me on the television. I remember your weather station. Your setting it up when I first joined the Guide.

Now back to HDTV. :dance:




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Eduardo!
So you don't have 720P capabilites, it's upconverted right?
Sounds good though.
I am glad you are happy with it and enjoying Hi-Def!
Just watched the Apprentice and finished the end of the Boston , Islanders game in HD ..Awesome !!!
Our discovery channel is poor in HD, not sure why though!??

Andrew,,Tell me about it! My Intrepid froze up as well yesterday.
That's cause I could not plug it in.
Tracey had backed down the driveway a while back without unplugging
and ripped the power cord tip off the Block Heater.
I never got it fixed and payed the price.
It was funny though as I had to take the truck to work which we park in the garage..
So we push the Intrepid down the driveway, hoever the barkes are frozen ,
so it was almost impossible to push. We got it down far enough that I was
able to drive the truck through between the front end of the car and a
spruce tree at the side of the driveway..
This meant of course that I had to drive right across our front lawn to get to the road..:E
At least I got out. :P




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Trev I can't wait to hear what you have to say about your 2HD. :D

Guys... buydig.com is for real. I ordered my G5 on Tuesday thinkin'
it would be delivered in 7-10 days as indicated for ground shipping
at $6.95. Fed-ex delivered it today. Packaged very well and
everything in order. An A+ online shopping experience. Almost as
good as ordering from Catcables. :D :D :D


Columbia House reeled me in again... not a bad deal really though.
It will end up being 9 DVD's at about $8.25 to $8.50 each. We picked
up several to replace some old LD's and a few others for the heck of it.


:T Gord!




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[Bing Fung]

Hey all, I just finished installing Antec Noise Killer
on all my PC's fans, power supply and harddrives...

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/images/noisekillerkit.jpg

It really worked! :T

These are silicone gasket like items that are used to suspend
your noise generating items from the case,
thus not using the fans, power supply and hard drives as voice coils
and the PC case as the cone.
My PC was quiet before, but now it's even more quiet.

-54 dB Before Antec noise Killer
-50 dB After Antec noise Killer

$48 bucks and well worth it, I would recommend this for any HTPC


I was a bit surprized Trev didn't remember my weather station.. :wedgie:

Hey Paul, yeah my team just did a Chinese New Year celebration at the U of S theater, last Sat.
We were also going to be in the China Town New Years parade this weekend,
but it's expected to be -24C out so we will probably be
performing indoors at the Whit Buffalo Pavilion.

Trev, I'm a RAT :twisted:

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E, good to hear your building HT's

I'm very excited about the DLP RPTVs coming out.
DLP's black levels are vastly superiour to LCD, plus
it does not have the typical screen door look of LCD.




Bing

[Bing Fung]

Nope no problem with the wide screen HTGuide 8)

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Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

Interesting tweak Bing:T

My HTPC case is by Antec and it has rubber gromet like things for mounting the drives in to keep them quiet. I got a shipping conformation just now but that Seagate HHD is back ordered which isn't surprising given the low cost but it wasn't listed as such when I ordered it or I might have picked a different drive:evil:




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:-y TGIF! :-y




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[Sonnie Parker]

Good Morning Everyone!


Bing... what in the world in that you are doing with that snake lookin' thing? Cool! Is this for a parade of some sort?


Yes Pat.... TGIF!




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[Glen]

Morning all. -41 in Winnipeg (-54 with the wind-chill ). Brrrrrrrr.

Andrew, did your car start today?

Have a great day everyone.

[George Bellefontaine]

E-Mail crap update.

I got about 80 today. Like Trevor, though, my computer is not infected. Most of the e-mails coming in are ones that have supposedly been rejected because of the virus attachment. The whole thing is just a pain in the ass. These hacker creeps should be given the death sentence.




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[Sonnie Parker]

This round of TTP is about over with... who won the flip challenge?

Who'll get the grand flip of this TTP?



Let's run and see...




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Andrew, did your car start today?

No we tried for about an hour last night but no go...she's all frozen up :roll:




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[Bing Fung]

Bing... what in the world in that you are doing with that snake lookin' thing? Cool! Is this for a parade of some sort?



Hey Sonnie :) ... Well let me tell ya Brau....

That is actually a Dragon, the Chinese have always believed we were desendants of dragons, and the Dragon represents the most powerfull mythalogical being to the Chinese people.

The dragon dance is an important festive tradition in China.
It was originally performed to appease the dragon, who is the deity of water, to ask for rain during drought years.

It is now an entertainment and dance form in festive occasions.
The Dragon dance is very Symbolic for each New Year to usher in good fortune, health and wisdom. Apperently the Pearl represents wisdom and all other good things thus the dragon chases it.

The dragons, usually range from several meters to more than 100 meters long. Ours is about 15 meters (50 feet).

During the dance the dragon chases a person holding a Pearl. This pearl is what enitces the dragon. The pearl will run inbetween the dragon (performers holding the poles) and the dragon head will give chase. The beauty of this is seeing the dragon chase in and out of it's self with out getting tangled or twsited in a knot. Although it has happened during practice, we generally don't like that to happen in performance as it takes away the magic of it all ;)

The dance is performed to the beats of roaring chinese drumers
which makes it very dynamic and exhillarting, even for us (the performers).

Our Dragon was given to us from the Goverment of China as part of our Heritage society.

It it a 9 man dragon, 10 counting the Pearl. We have 3 Drummers, but they drum for all the activities in the festival.

Looks like the cold has moved from Saskatoon to the Peggers :twisted:




Bing

[Eduardo]

Andrew and Trev :bluezone: dang its has to be very cold for y
ou cars not to start or have brake freeze.

That's very interesting Bing. You need to video tape your
performance and post on the web.

Well guys TGIF. Hopefully will be play XBL tonight with Bing and
bbanyone else that wants to join. Check out XBox thread.

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[Eduardo]

Andrew and Trev :bluezone: dang its has to be very cold for y
ou cars not to start or have brake freeze.

That's very interesting Bing. You need to video tape your
performance and post on the web.

Well guys TGIF. Hopefully will be play XBL tonight with Bing and
bbanyone else that wants to join. Check out XBox thread.

Have a good day.




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[Sonnie Parker]

Very interestin story on the dragons Bing.


Unofficial FLIP results for TTP XI:

21 Trevor (counting #1)
18 Andrew
13 Chris
11 Lex
9 Sonnie
7 Erik
5 Eduardo
4 Pat
3 Gordon/Mats
2 Bing/Bent/Kevin

And my pic of the flip pics is from page 7:

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Lauren is just too precious in this pic.


So... who's gonna roll this thing?




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[Gordon Moore]

Nice Tweak Bing...I've read about it. Since you have an Li-an case $48 is a drop in the hat....however if your case is only say $80, it might be cheaper (in the long run) to look at some of the value cases from Antec or even the Sonata and you get a really quiet P/S with that.

Andrew, the Overture is built with quiet in mind (think of a Sonata turned on it's side ) and includes the grommets so a kit like that might be overkill considering your case. I do like the silicone spacers with the kit...that IS a nice touch.

Here's a couple of reviews of your case...
http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/antec/overture/page1.html

http://www.ascully.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=307

One thing I'd suggest off the hop is to cut away that fan grill at the back and just add a fan guard or nothing at all if little fingers aren't a concern. That will maximize your exhaust, and kill the wind noise...you could try getting a small piece of tubing, split it and create a gasket around the edge, short of using a silicone gasket.

4 dB drop by killing vibration...I'd say that's pretty darn good.

Bing what's your CPU and case temp? Just curious.


TGIF!

Hey Andrew it just so happens that our new work pc's came with GF4 MX440's :W

[Bing Fung]

Thanks guys, on my Heritage 8)


Gord, agreed, it is costly, however that is about the final thing that could be done to my case, short of dyna matting my case. The Lian-Li 68 has been a very good investment for me.

Here is a review of it http://hwextreme.com/reviews/cases/lian-li_pc68


The Antec Sonata is a very quiet case as My buddy Cam has it. It comes with the Noise Killer kit that I had just bought. So yes if your starting out with something that is low in value, it may be best to just buy a Newer Antec case such as the Lan boy for $110, it too comes with the noise killer kit and is a killer price for an aluminum case.

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Link Here (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=10999&vpn=SUPER%20LANBOY)

Cuting out stamped holes and using round wire fan grills is one of the first thing any case modder should do as it greatly decreases fan noise.

My CPU temp is 32C Idle, and 36C max 100% load, I think ambient case temp is around 26C.

This is using an Alpha PAL 8045 cooler with a 80mm 2600-3200RPM fan. The biggest change I saw was by cutting in an extra 80mm exhaust fan at the back. Before my CPU temp was around 38-40C, indicating the 1x80mm fan was not quite enough to extract the air around the CPU. The back exhaust fans are 1700RPM Vantech Stealths, they are very silent, but do a great job of extracting air from around the CPU.




Bing