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Then you figure I should stop at my second volume of Chris Maunder quotes? The ones about gotten take up around quarter of the first one.
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S u n s h i n e wrote: It would be nice if we could selectively erase some of these (like mind bleach) to make room for something more important
Unfortunately, it seems to be just the opposite. The space in my brain that was once used for college calculus and differential equations is now used to store lines from old movies.
Software Zen: delete this;
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So I have decided to join the 21st century in terms of home security.
Just purchased a 4 camera cctv system that records onto a dvr with hard drive and can be set to back up incidents to both a usb stick and to a cloud archive.
It also allows you to stream the output to your phone or pc.
Added to that I have just bought a Smartbel doorbell system that rings my phone when anyone pushes the doorbell.
So if I am out and someone comes to the house I can see them on video and speak to them directly via the phone.
All in for £350, not bad at all.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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That sounds interesting.
What they wont come up with for the phone.
Guess I need to start with upgrading my phone 
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That's a pretty reasonable price, Dave. I spent about $250 on a Uniden system that provides two wireless outdoor cameras and one indoor-only unit, plus the hardware and software to interface to the PC and use the things. What wasn't mentioned on the box is that it can record only form one camera at a time, and that has to be manually selected. Nice unit, but almost useless because of that limitation. I wrote to Uniden and asked for a SDK or API I can use to make my own recording scheduling software, but that email was ignored. Bummer, since I will now actively steer anyone I know or meet for the rest of my life away from any Uniden product, which could result in a significant number of folks never buying their stuff.
What brand did you buy, and is it available in the colonies?
On a related note, we recently had a bit of sabotage at one of our well sites, causing the destruction of a well pump and damage to other facilities. So I popped out to Sam's Club and bought a Bushnell game camera, then installed it at the well site, just to see how well it performs. The results are excellent - beautiful daytime shots, and very acceptable nighttime stuff. Since nothing's happened since the original attack, though, it's rather boring to review. So I'm in the market for a Yeti suit to wear whilst walking just outside the fence late at night during a new moon. It needn't be fancy, but it should be fairly sturdy as we often have rather nasty high winds at night. Any thoughts on where I might find one?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Just got a new au pair, eh?
Make sure you put the waterproof one in the bathroom.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What do you do with a teenager who whines all the time?
Arrest him for underage drinking!
CodeProject.Lounge.Groan(true);
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Just ask the teenager if he/she wants some cheese with the whine.
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I would like some whine now... Not working tomorrow...
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: What do you do with a teenager who whines all the time?
Tautologies are so wasteful.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I hate people who make comments at the movies or while watching TV. I was watching a cartoon movie the other day and a friend just kept making comments every few minutes on what the scene implied. I finally snapped at them and said:
[Sean Connery's voice] Don't you presume to tell me how to follow Up. [/Sean Connery's voice]
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Firefox 23 often shows the speed of downloads as 'infinity GB/sec'. I saw this sometimes with older versions as well.
Strange bug.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Your overage charges must be brutal.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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You sure he wasn't uploaded to the Internet instead?
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Chrome and IE(!) display a more correct number (usually around 90kb/s. On broadband. Thanks, Frontier Communications). I often go to Ivy Tech just to get speeds of around 3+mb/s. Yes, 3+mb/s.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Thats quick.. At home it says.. Over 100 kb/sec.. Oh, its IE..
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IE actually displays a logical number. This is just a FF bug (or possibly joke). I also have seen 'i GB/sec', '-infinity GB/s', and 'NaN GB/s'. I think someone at Mozilla might have a sense of mathematical humor.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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See my post right above yours to see some other strange values FF has displayed.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Just watching a show on old steam trains.. Thats technology from 80 years ago.. Thinking that my father built steam locos at Henschel in Kassel and I am working in an office and coding..
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I've already decided that my next personal software purchase will be a train simulator. I have tried OpenBVE and enjoyed it. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I love trains, I'm thankful that I got to ride one of the older trains 1961 while the nostalgia was still there. It's definitely a bygone era.
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Me too. I did a lot of model railroading with my father when I was kid, would love to get back into it!
I live a couple hours from here[^] - planning on visiting again soon. And the California Steam Railroad Museum[^] in Sacramento is excellent.
Marc
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You're all nuts, old trains indeed, I've never understood the fascination with trains. I guess growing up in Oz we didn't have a really strong railway history.
Ship engines now there are some real monster power systems. Mining trucks and those gigantic coal scoops are amazing as well.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yesterday it was my sons third birthday, which we celebrated by going on a trip on a real steam train.
He was at first very afraid of the engine as it was big black steaming and made a lot of noise. But later on he couldn't wait to go back.
Today he didn't want to go to kindergarten (as in totally freaking out screaming). He wanted to go to the train instead.
That's impact.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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