analog_kidd

Thanks for the tip. my copy is on the way.

I have had that same watch for probably ten years now. Never once had to change a battery or set the time. I think I've replaced the band twice now. the band holds up well, but the small band you tuck the tail into is what breaks. Its always cool to see the time change at exactly the same time as other things that use the atomic clock to sync with, like the servers at work, or the Comcast box

Isn't he just amazing? Apparently a Whitehouse Photographer took this photo of him on Air Force One. Supposedly getting some ridicule across social media.

  Back in the 80's when I signed up, I recall there not being any question by anyone of my age group. every one just KNEW you had to sign up. I don't know if the Gov just did a better job of making that known, or if there was just more of an attitude of loyalty to the country, and that was just a part of it. I suspect that current generations just don't care. Maybe it has to do with being war weary from over a decade of fighting someone.

I really like RSA for VPN authentication, but for server authentication, it's just a pain in the neck. It does not make one bit of difference for connecting to a server via a UNC path, or remote management, both of which give you full Admin access of the server. So if I can gain an admin password, bypassing RSA is trivial. Plus, if I can get physical access to the server, I can boot it with a utility disk of some sort, like DART, and one or two easy registry edits later, I have RSA turned off and the admin password reset.   We use RSA on our servers, and its just more of a hindrance than anything else. Having to look at your fob a hundred times a day and enter the token+pin is time consuming and annoying. Especially when followed up by a 16 character password.

  :up:  I work in IT, and we use that a lot.

I made an appointment with the loan officer at my Credit Union to talk about refinancing my house. She said it would take about an hour, and I told her I had meeting right after that and would be cutting it close. She's only at the bank location that is convenient for me one day a week, and it's hard to meet up, so I set the appointment.   I show up for the appointment a few minutes early and let someone know I'm here to see her, and she motions to the loan officer that I'm here. I can't see her from where I was, but I could hear her, and could tell that she was on the phone. I could also hear her giggling and making small talk in between talking to a customer about a loan.   I'm a patient guy, and I know small talk is a part of a work day, but after standing in the lobby for over 30 minutes listening to it, I had had enough. I made eye contact with the manager, and he came over to apologize it taking so long. I told him I had an APPOINTMENT 30 minutes ago, and that she knew I was short on time. He apologized again and took my name and number and said she would call to reschedule.   The manager knew I was annoyed. He should have made sure she called me immediately after hanging up the phone. But by the end of the day, I still had not received a call, so I emailed her. That email went unanswered for a week, until I emailed her again on the day she is in my local office. She finally replies and wants to set up the meeting right at the time my standing weekly meeting starts (the one I had to leave for weeks prior). She can't do it any other time, so we set up the appointment for the following week.    I looked back through my email and it was like SIX WEEKS since I started the whole process.    I would have given them a piece of my mind and walked away a long time ago if it weren't for the fact that my property is unique in that it has an old cemetery on it, which means the banks want nothing to do with loaning me money on it. This bank has told me that it should not be a problem, so I really want the deal to work out. Although, with the way things have been going thus far, I fully expect them to come back and say they also can't do it for some reason, or that they will gladly do it at 10% interest on a balloon mortgage.

  Or use this one:   http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=amazon+hp+dash+cam     :cool:

You got to give him "credit" for keeping it real with the Thug Life his music portrays. At least he's not hypocritical. Maybe he can do a benefit concert for the boys while he is in prison.   Article says the police confiscated the handguns. I wonder where that gold plated Desert Eagle will end up?

I'm a big fan of KeePass for storing my passwords in an encrypted file. It has a cool feature where you include the URL of the logon page for whatever web site you are storing a password for. When you click on the entry inside KeePass the URL is displayed, and will take you to the page if you click it. Then You right-click the KeePass object and select Autotype, and it will fill in the username / password for you.   I've started going through my passwords and making them very strong. If the site supports it, I'll use 16 to 20 characters, with upper / lower/ number / specials. I don't care what the password is, and I never have to remember it.   For work, I store my password file on an IronKey secure USB thumbdrive, so it is twice encrypted.

The Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge is the phone to own right now if you are not an Apple guy. It has gotten rave reviews and is expected to give the iPhone a run for it's money.   We've been planning on picking up a pair, and since the phone was released today, we'll probably take the plunge and get them. I'll need to bring a big bag of money though. They are not cheap.   I've been very happy with my Galaxy S3, but it is nearly three years old now, and ever since I moved, I have poor service with Verizon in my house. In fact I usually have to go to the porch to talk. AT&T has a tower I can see from my living room, and everyone that comes over and has service with them gets excellent reception all over my house. Verizon has given me excellent service over the years, but Its frustrating not being able to talk on the cell in my own living room, so that is enough to make me change providers.

Oh, stewardess. I speak Jive.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzIcec_bQss  

The article does not make a distinction for a bad guy getting shot and killed by the hand of law enforcement or a good guy citizen during the course of a crime.I'm sure the numbers would not seem so bad if you took out every Johnny Thug that got shot and killed trying to do harm to others. The article makes it sound like these were unprovoked murders of innocent people.

We went there a few years ago too. I'm pretty sure they have two tours you can take: the free one, or the longer one for $10 and you get a sample.   They explained the loophole of how they are able to sell the samples, and commemorative bottles in the store, but I've forgotten exactly how it works. Regardless there is a legal loophole. Don't expect that you are getting some fantastic deal there either. It will cost you the same, if not more because the bottles are commemorative, than it would for a similar sized bottle at your local package store.   We went for the weekend and stayed at a B&B, but that was way too long. We did enjoy relaxing at the B&B, but you won;t find a whole lot to do there. There is the distillery, at which you can spend a few hours. Down town has a few gift shops, and a restaurant or two, but not much else.   The tour guide said that the county will likely be dry forever because it takes a certain population density to vote on overturning the prohibition, and the town / county is so small they will never be able to reach that number of residents.

I hate carrying around those stupid reward cards on my keychain. I started using the Google Wallet App on my phone. You can scan each of your cards into the app, and then at the checkout you just let the clerk scan the barcode it generates on the phone screen. If you turn on location services, it will even figure out which store you just walked in to and have that card ready for you when you open your phone at the register. You don't have to open a Google Wallet account to use the app, and there are other companies that make similar apps if you don't want to use Google. I think there is even one built into Apple Pay.   We like to buy gift cards from Kroger to other places that we use frequently. I knew I was going to spend some money at Home Depot, so I bought a $500 gift card, and got the advertised 2x fuel points. We do that all the time with other things too, like restaurants, movies, Amazon, etc. When we have enough fuel points, and the wife and I coordinate empty gas tanks, we meet at the Kroger gas station and fill up both cars on the one pump. I think the other day we bought gas for something like $0.93 / Gal. If we see they are doing 4x fuel points, we'll stock up on gift cards to the places / services we use a lot.   BTW, the Google Wallet App can store those gift cards too. It's not smart enough to update the balance, you have to do that manually reading the balance from your receipt, but it is convenient to not have to carry around the card, or remember to bring it along.

  that's how I feel too. My wife would make fun of me for watching a "Zombie Show". I told her it's not a show about Zombies, its a show about people who have to live in a world full of Zombies. She was in the living room reading while I watched an episode or two, and she was drawn right in. Now she won't miss an episode, and even looks forward to the Talking Dead. She doesn't much care for the gore, but the drama of the people living in this world is what hooked her.

I found it interesting that Deanna didn't like the idea of killing anyone, until she thought someone needed killing. Then who does she turn to? Rick of course. The man who does the jobs that need to be done, but nobody else wants to. I suspect that the "Lets exile Rick" movement is now over. Deanna had an epiphany and will come to realize that he was right all along. They'll beef up just in time to take on the Wolves.   The priest is definitely losing it. He goes out to sacrifice himself, but ends up actually taking out his first walker instead. As much as I dislike him now, he may end up sticking around and become a productive member of the society. Either that or he just goes off the deep end and executioner Rick has to take him out.   The scene with Carol and Pete was great, but it was made awesome when, as she was leaving she said she wanted her bowl back - and clean.   I was surprised that Glenn made it out alive. Shot in the shoulder, attacked by multiple Walkers, and still got out alive and was able to  take on Nick. They never did clear up where Nick was headed to. He walked through a killing field of dead Walkers. Not sure if that was pertinent, or just a coincidence.

As a kid, I used to do something similar, but not as detailed as this project. I used to take a small square of foil, and wrap it around a match. I'd put a sewing pin along the match before pressing the foil all around the match. Pull the pin out to leave an exhaust port. Set the match on an angle and light it up. The match will shoot of like a bottle rocket. Probably didn't go as far as the ones in the OP, since the match was part of the rocket, but still cool.

You're going to have to go there sooner or later, or decide to get another job. Just suck it up and go next time. It'll get easier every time. You don't have to look at the gory stuff. You'll probably be surprised and discover that it's mostly stupid people in the ER with symptoms that should have been brought to a doctors office, like a cold, or some tweaker looking for some Oxy for his "hurting back".   Be the guy that will do anything that needs to be done and you'll find that you will become the go-to guy, and you'll start getting promoted or at least make a name for yourself. If you are the guy that always tries to get out of tasks, you'll never go anywhere. My last job was as an IT manager where I hired, fired and promoted staff. I knew who the hard workers were and always gave them bigger raises, and put them on tasks that were high profile (and cooler) because I knew I could count on them.

Looks like Joe is still on his release an album every six months track. His Live tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf played at Red Rock Colorado just came out. It's a little bit of a different album for him. He relies on a full band to help him out. All the focus isn't on Joe, but it still sounds great, and has the signature Joe guitar playing and his vocals.   https://youtu.be/wvOwOrBrxNI

In the Talking Dead, they said that the finale would have a lot of non-walker deaths. That could mean a lot of things. Could be red-shirt Alexadrians. Could be from disagreeing factions such as Ricks supporters vs non-supporters. Could be a Wolves massacre.   My theory is that Rick gets voted for exile, and just as they are about to put him out, the Wolves show up, and he gets to stick around and lead the fight. Or they repeat the scenario from earlier, he gets exiled and returns to save them from the Wolves.   Another thought I had was that perhaps Enid was the one carving W's onto foreheads, during her many outings. Although I doubt she would be doing the dismemberment, as that would be pretty bloody and someone would notice.   I thought it was pretty odd that when Carol brought the dish to Deanna, she left it on the porch. As far as I can figure, Carol has done a great job of blending in, so I can't understand Deann's beef with her. Leaving the dish and burning the card tells me that Deanna is done with the new group. All of them. I think she is realizing she gave them too much power.

Yep, My son had a skunk problem in the crawlspace of his home. There is a TWRA agent at his work, and he asked if they would pick them up if he caught them. The TWRA guy said they don't do that, so my son mentioned that he would probably just relocate the skunks then. The TWRA guy said that it was illegal to transport wildlife, and he could get in big trouble. Guy said it was completely OK to kill them though. They discussed ways to kill the skunks, and since you can't shoot even a BB gun in Oak Ridge, the guy suggested the best method was to drown them.   :shrug:

What?!?!? You mean you sat down and had an adult conversation with the kids and everyone came to an agreement? What a concept!   Seriously, though, that was a fantastic idea and a great way to handle it. Not all families could have done that. You must have done a good job raising your kids into level headed adults. Glad that it all worked out for you.

  You should have poked holes in them to let the gas escape before you eat them.

I first heard Joe play a few years ago, and it completely changed my music listening preferences. I was a classic rock guy all the way through, but once I discovered Bonamassa, I discovered a whole new genre of music I didn't even know existed.  I've been listening to electric blues ever since.  It's been refreshing to discover new artists and hear awesome songs for the first time ever, instead of the classics that I've heard thousands of times before.   Joe is a music dynamo. He's been releasing close to two albums a year for a while now. And they just keep getting better. He will define the genre for decades to come.   I'ts odd to me that I never really caught on to this style of music. My favorite groups have always been Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, who are both firmly rooted in blues.    Here is Joe's version of one of my all time favorite Led Zep songs.      https://youtu.be/Y40o5ddhxcI